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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 ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:44 · 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 · 28 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. TickTick
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Mex ×2
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. SentrySentry
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    23. Mex
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. LazarusLazarus
  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 · 121 steps
    1. NettleNettle
    2. SentrySentry
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×4
    4. Mex
    5. PawnPawn ×2
    6. Wind
    7. PawnPawn
    8. Wind
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind
    11. PawnPawn
    12. Wind
    13. PawnPawn
    14. Wind
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Wind
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Wind
    19. Con turret
    20. PawnPawn
    21. Wind
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Wind ×3
    24. PawnPawn
    25. Energy storage
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Wind ×2
    28. PawnPawn
    29. Wind
    30. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Wind ×2
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Wind ×2
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Wind ×3
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Wind
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Wind
    41. SentrySentry
    42. Wind
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Wind ×2
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Wind ×3
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Wind ×3
    49. SentrySentry
    50. Wind ×4
    51. AnemoneAnemone
    52. Wind ×8
    53. AnemoneAnemone
    54. Wind ×7
    55. SentrySentry
    56. Wind ×2
    57. SentrySentry
    58. Wind ×6
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:10 · typical 8:52
    60. Wind ×3
    61. Converter
    62. Wind ×2
    63. AnemoneAnemone
    64. Wind ×2
    65. Converter
    66. Wind ×3
    67. Converter
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. NettleNettle
    70. Wind ×5
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. Converter ×2
    73. Wind ×2
    74. Converter ×2
    75. Wind ×4
    76. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 12:23
    77. Converter
    78. Wind
    79. Converter
    80. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    81. StorkLight transport
    82. Converter ×2
    83. Wind
    84. Con turret
    85. Wind ×7
    86. Converter
    87. Wind ×2
    88. StorkLight transport
    89. Wind ×3
    90. AnemoneAnemone
    91. Wind ×2
    92. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    93. Wind ×2
    94. Converter
    95. Wind
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    97. Wind ×3
    98. Con turret
    99. Wind
    100. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    101. Wind ×4
    102. Converter
    103. Wind
    104. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    105. Wind ×2
    106. FalconFighter
    107. Con turret
    108. Wind
    109. Con turret
    110. Wind ×2
    111. BeamerBeamer
    112. FalconFighter
    113. Wind
    114. FalconFighter
    115. Converter
    116. FalconFighter ×2
    117. ShipyardShipyardnot finished by 15:00
    118. Con turret
    119. FalconFighter
    120. BeamerBeamer
    121. FalconFighter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Nutzz's (42 OS, 13/09/2026); 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

Nutzz

41.7 OS · 13/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
2 metal received · 9032 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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