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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:33 · typical 0:45
  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 · 33 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick ×3
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. Mex
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Mex
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    13. SentrySentry
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Mex
    17. Wind
    18. PawnPawn
    19. SentrySentry
    20. PawnPawn ×3
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    25. Mex
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    30. Construction BotCon bot
    31. Wind
    32. Con turret
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
  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 · 188 steps
    1. Wind
    2. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. Wind
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Wind
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Wind
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Wind
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Wind
    14. Converter
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Wind ×2
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Energy storage
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Mex
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind
    29. Mex
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. SentrySentry
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Wind
    34. SentrySentry
    35. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    36. Wind
    37. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    38. Wind
    39. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    40. Wind
    41. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    42. Converter
    43. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    44. LazarusLazarus
    45. Con turret
    46. Wind
    47. Energy storage
    48. LazarusLazarus
    49. RocketeerRocketeer
    50. Wind
    51. Mex
    52. Wind
    53. RocketeerRocketeer
    54. SentrySentry
    55. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    56. Wind
    57. RocketeerRocketeer
    58. Con turret
    59. Converter
    60. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    61. RocketeerRocketeer
    62. PawnPawn ×2
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Wind ×2
    66. SentrySentry
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Wind
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Wind
    71. Con turret
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Wind ×2
    74. PawnPawn
    75. Wind
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Converter
    78. Wind
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Wind
    81. Converter
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Wind ×2
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Wind
    86. Converter
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Wind
    89. Converter
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Converter
    92. Wind
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Converter
    95. Wind ×3
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Con turret
    98. PawnPawn
    99. Wind
    100. PawnPawn
    101. Wind
    102. PawnPawn
    103. Wind ×3
    104. PawnPawn
    105. Wind ×2
    106. PawnPawn
    107. Wind
    108. PawnPawn
    109. SentrySentry
    110. Wind
    111. PawnPawn
    112. Wind
    113. PawnPawn
    114. Wind
    115. Construction BotCon bot
    116. Wind
    117. Converter
    118. Construction BotCon bot
    119. Wind ×2
    120. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:20 · typical 8:52
    121. PawnPawn ×2
    122. Converter
    123. SentrySentry
    124. Wind
    125. Converter
    126. Wind
    127. Converter
    128. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    129. Converter
    130. Wind ×2
    131. Converter
    132. Wind
    133. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    134. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:15
    135. Wind ×2
    136. Con turret
    137. Wind
    138. Con turret
    139. PawnPawn
    140. Wind
    141. Converter
    142. PawnPawn
    143. Mex
    144. Wind
    145. PawnPawn ×2
    146. Wind
    147. PawnPawn
    148. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    149. Converter
    150. Wind
    151. PawnPawn ×3
    152. Converter
    153. PawnPawn
    154. Wind
    155. PawnPawn
    156. Converter
    157. PawnPawn ×2
    158. Wind
    159. PawnPawn
    160. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:53
    161. PawnPawn ×4
    162. Wind
    163. PawnPawn ×2
    164. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    165. PawnPawn
    166. Wind ×2
    167. PawnPawn
    168. Wind
    169. PawnPawn ×2
    170. SentrySentry
    171. PawnPawn ×4
    172. Wind
    173. PawnPawn
    174. SentrySentry
    175. PawnPawn ×2
    176. Wind
    177. PawnPawn
    178. NettleNettle
    179. PawnPawn
    180. Wind
    181. SentrySentry
    182. PawnPawn ×9
    183. Converter
    184. PawnPawn
    185. Wind
    186. PawnPawn ×3
    187. Wind
    188. PawnPawn ×9

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is AlRelSoulfire's (53 OS, 16/08/2026); 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

AlRelSoulfire

52.5 OS · 16/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
265 metal received · 25441 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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