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Standard front

Standard economy-first Front play: Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant almost immediately, Advanced Metal Extractor around 9 minutes, with a mixed T1 army of Blitz, Rocketeer, Pawn and Janus sent to hold the wider gap and then middle.

#eco · 935 distinct matches · 127 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1063 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Vehicle Plant by 0:47

  1. Open 3 mex then Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant almost together.
  2. Layer wind while both labs start producing.
  3. Send early units to coast first to stop leaks, not middle.
  4. Add Construction Turrets as "Blitz", "Rocketeer", "Janus" mix builds up.
  5. Transition into Advanced Metal Extractor once T2 con is out.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 935 GAMES
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 6:00 step by step: what to build now, what comes next, and where it goes. At 1× it keeps pace with your own game.

  1. 1

    Up to the Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 3 mex, 1 winddone ~0:45, middle half 0:35–8:30

    Some games also: Vehicle Plant (41%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:42 · typical 0:47
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: rocketeer (46%) · con bot (45%) · Lazarus (44%) · tick (40%) · centurion (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 23 steps
    1. RoverScout
    2. Wind
    3. RoverScout ×4
    4. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    5. JanusJanus
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    7. Mex
    8. JanusJanus ×2
    9. Mex
    10. StoutStout
    11. Mex
    12. BlitzBlitz
    13. Mex
    14. BlitzBlitz
    15. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. WhistlerMissile truck
    18. Mex
    19. WhistlerMissile truck
    20. BlitzBlitz ×6
    21. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    22. SentrySentry
    23. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine14Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: energy storage (46%) · blitz (39%) · rocketeer (39%) · pawn (36%) · Lazarus (35%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 25 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 135 steps
    1. WhistlerMissile truck
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. WhistlerMissile truck ×4
    4. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    5. Wind
    6. BlitzBlitz
    7. Wind
    8. BlitzBlitz ×2
    9. Wind
    10. BlitzBlitz
    11. Wind
    12. BlitzBlitz ×2
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Con turret
    15. BlitzBlitz
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Wind
    18. BlitzBlitz
    19. Wind
    20. BlitzBlitz
    21. SentrySentry
    22. Wind
    23. BlitzBlitz
    24. Wind
    25. BlitzBlitz ×2
    26. SentrySentry
    27. Wind
    28. BlitzBlitz ×2
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:48 · typical 8:52
    30. Wind
    31. BlitzBlitz ×2
    32. Wind
    33. BeamerBeamer
    34. Wind
    35. BlitzBlitz
    36. Wind ×2
    37. BlitzBlitz
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. BlitzBlitz
    40. Wind
    41. NettleNettle
    42. Wind ×2
    43. BlitzBlitz
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. Wind ×5
    46. RoverScout
    47. Wind
    48. Mex
    49. RoverScout
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. RoverScout
    52. Wind
    53. RoverScout
    54. Wind
    55. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    56. Con turret
    57. Wind
    58. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    59. SentrySentry
    60. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    61. Wind
    62. SentrySentry
    63. RoverScout
    64. Wind
    65. RoverScout
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. Energy storage
    68. RoverScout ×3
    69. Wind
    70. RoverScout
    71. Wind
    72. RoverScout
    73. Wind
    74. Advanced solar
    75. RoverScout ×2
    76. Wind
    77. RoverScout
    78. Wind
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. RoverScout
    81. Wind
    82. RoverScout
    83. Wind
    84. RoverScout
    85. Wind
    86. RoverScout
    87. Wind
    88. RoverScout ×3
    89. Wind
    90. RoverScout ×4
    91. Wind
    92. RoverScout ×2
    93. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:23
    94. RoverScout
    95. Wind
    96. RoverScout ×3
    97. Energy storage
    98. RoverScout
    99. Energy storage
    100. RoverScout ×2
    101. Energy storage
    102. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    103. RoverScout
    104. SentrySentry
    105. RoverScout ×2
    106. Wind
    107. RoverScout
    108. SentrySentry
    109. Wind
    110. RoverScout
    111. Wind
    112. RoverScout
    113. Wind
    114. SentrySentry
    115. RoverScout
    116. Wind
    117. RoverScout
    118. Wind
    119. RoverScout
    120. Wind
    121. RoverScout
    122. Con turret
    123. Wind
    124. RoverScout ×4
    125. Wind
    126. Con turret
    127. RoverScout ×3
    128. Con turret
    129. Wind
    130. ShipyardShipyarddone 14:49
    131. RoverScout ×2
    132. Con turret
    133. RoverScout ×5
    134. Con turret
    135. RoverScout

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [BS]Hellzie's (39 OS, 24/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:18 · in 68% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:17 · in 67% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build, running totals by minute

Metal produced

010k20k30k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

05k10k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

05k10k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

1063 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008462131
3:001624140105
4:002712540333
5:0038681188813
6:00507620991526
7:00631429842459
8:00766238713365
9:00908746324312
10:001066653085060
11:001260858195701
12:001481563136521
13:001744069817256
14:002018375848093
15:002263083948939
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Front play wins more often than suicide front and produces more metal by 15:00, reflecting its safer positioning.

  • + Metal produced reaches 22219 by 15:00, above suicide front's 19882
  • + Own losses of 8949 stay under enemy metal destroyed's near-equal 8347
  • − First unit lost by 1:44 shows exposure even from the safer side
  • − Wider gap to defend demands disciplined coast-then-mid unit movement
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

[BS]Hellzie

38.7 OS · 24/09/2026

Open source match ↗

28 received units · includes a constructor
222 metal received · 86949 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:30 · n=670
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:37–0:59 · n=753
Advanced Metal Extractor8:52Middle 50%: 8:00–10:03 · n=845

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