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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. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:39 · 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 · 25 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind ×3
    5. PawnPawn ×4
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    7. Mex
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Wind
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Wind
    25. PawnPawn
  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 · 183 steps
    1. PawnPawn ×3
    2. Wind
    3. PawnPawn
    4. SentrySentry
    5. PawnPawn ×2
    6. SentrySentry
    7. PawnPawn
    8. Con turret
    9. Wind
    10. PawnPawn ×2
    11. SentrySentry
    12. PawnPawn ×2
    13. Wind
    14. PawnPawn ×2
    15. Wind
    16. PawnPawn ×2
    17. Wind
    18. PawnPawn ×2
    19. Energy storage
    20. PawnPawn ×4
    21. Wind
    22. PawnPawn ×2
    23. Wind
    24. PawnPawn ×2
    25. Wind
    26. PawnPawn ×2
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. Con turret
    29. LazarusLazarus
    30. PawnPawn ×4
    31. Wind
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Wind
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Energy storage
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Con turret
    38. PawnPawn ×2
    39. Con turret
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Wind
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Wind
    44. PawnPawn ×2
    45. Wind
    46. PawnPawn ×2
    47. Con turret
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn ×2
    51. Energy storage
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Wind
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Wind
    60. PawnPawn
    61. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    62. Converter
    63. RocketeerRocketeer
    64. Converter
    65. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    66. Converter
    67. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    68. Converter
    69. RocketeerRocketeer
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Converter
    72. Mex
    73. PawnPawn ×2
    74. Converter
    75. PawnPawn ×2
    76. Converter
    77. PawnPawn ×2
    78. Converter
    79. PawnPawn ×2
    80. Construction BotCon bot
    81. Wind
    82. Construction BotCon bot
    83. Wind
    84. Construction BotCon bot
    85. Wind
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Wind
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Wind
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Wind
    92. PawnPawn
    93. Wind ×4
    94. PawnPawn
    95. SentrySentry
    96. Wind
    97. PawnPawn
    98. Wind ×2
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Wind
    101. PawnPawn
    102. Wind ×2
    103. PawnPawn
    104. Wind ×2
    105. PawnPawn
    106. Wind ×2
    107. PawnPawn
    108. Wind
    109. SentrySentry
    110. PawnPawn
    111. Wind ×2
    112. PawnPawn
    113. Wind ×2
    114. PawnPawn
    115. Wind ×2
    116. PawnPawn
    117. Wind ×2
    118. PawnPawn
    119. Wind ×3
    120. PawnPawn
    121. Wind
    122. PawnPawn
    123. SentrySentry
    124. Wind ×2
    125. PawnPawn
    126. Wind ×2
    127. TickTick ×2
    128. Wind ×2
    129. TickTick
    130. Wind
    131. TickTick
    132. Wind
    133. TickTick
    134. Wind ×2
    135. PawnPawn
    136. Wind ×2
    137. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    138. PawnPawn
    139. Wind ×2
    140. PawnPawn
    141. Wind ×2
    142. PawnPawn ×2
    143. Wind
    144. PawnPawn ×3
    145. Wind
    146. PawnPawn
    147. Wind
    148. PawnPawn
    149. Advanced solar
    150. PawnPawn
    151. Wind
    152. PawnPawn
    153. Wind
    154. Advanced solar
    155. PawnPawn
    156. Wind
    157. PawnPawn
    158. Wind
    159. PawnPawn
    160. Wind
    161. PawnPawn
    162. Converter
    163. PawnPawn
    164. Wind ×2
    165. PawnPawn
    166. Converter
    167. PawnPawn ×2
    168. Converter
    169. Wind
    170. PawnPawn
    171. Wind
    172. PawnPawn
    173. Advanced solar
    174. Wind
    175. PawnPawn ×2
    176. Wind ×2
    177. PawnPawn
    178. Advanced solar
    179. LazarusLazarus
    180. Wind
    181. LazarusLazarus
    182. Wind ×2
    183. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00 · typical 8:52

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is KOT_'s (40 OS, 12/09/2026); 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

KOT_

39.6 OS · 12/09/2026

Open source match ↗

14 received units · includes a constructor
157 metal received · 44004 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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