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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 · 956 distinct matches · 128 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1089 · 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 956 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 0:35–8:32

    Some games also: Vehicle Plant (42%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:22 · typical 0:47
    2. RoverScout
    3. Wind
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: rocketeer (45%) · con bot (44%) · Lazarus (44%) · tick (40%) · centurion (36%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 36 steps
    1. RoverScout ×2
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Wind
    4. Mex ×2
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    6. Mex
    7. JanusJanus
    8. RoverScout ×3
    9. Mex
    10. RoverScout
    11. JanusJanus ×2
    12. Mex
    13. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    14. Mex
    15. JanusJanus
    16. SentrySentry
    17. JanusJanus
    18. SentrySentry
    19. Wind ×3
    20. JanusJanus
    21. Wind
    22. Energy storage
    23. BeamerBeamer
    24. JanusJanus
    25. Con turret
    26. BlitzBlitz
    27. BeamerBeamer
    28. Con turret
    29. BlitzBlitz
    30. Wind
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. Wind
    33. BlitzBlitz
    34. Wind
    35. BlitzBlitz
    36. Wind
  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 (47%) · blitz (38%) · rocketeer (38%) · 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 · 206 steps
    1. Wind
    2. BlitzBlitz
    3. Wind
    4. BlitzBlitz ×2
    5. Wind
    6. BlitzBlitz
    7. Wind
    8. BlitzBlitz ×2
    9. Con turret
    10. BlitzBlitz
    11. Con turret
    12. BlitzBlitz
    13. Wind
    14. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:59 · typical 8:53
    15. BlitzBlitz
    16. Wind ×3
    17. BlitzBlitz
    18. Wind ×2
    19. SentrySentry
    20. BlitzBlitz
    21. Wind
    22. BlitzBlitz
    23. Wind ×2
    24. BlitzBlitz
    25. Wind ×2
    26. BlitzBlitz ×2
    27. Con turret
    28. BlitzBlitz
    29. Wind
    30. BlitzBlitz
    31. Wind
    32. BlitzBlitz
    33. Wind
    34. BeamerBeamer
    35. BlitzBlitz
    36. Wind
    37. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. Con turret
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. Con turret
    42. BlitzBlitz ×2
    43. Wind ×2
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. Wind
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. Wind
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Wind
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. Wind
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. Con turret
    55. Wind ×2
    56. BlitzBlitz ×2
    57. Mex
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. Con turret ×3
    62. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    63. Wind
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. Wind
    66. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 10:06
    67. Wind ×2
    68. Energy storage
    69. BeamerBeamer
    70. Energy storage
    71. Con turret
    72. Energy storage ×3
    73. BeamerBeamer
    74. Energy storage
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    76. Wind ×3
    77. Con turret
    78. Wind
    79. Con turret
    80. Wind
    81. Con turret
    82. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 11:20
    83. Wind ×3
    84. BeamerBeamer
    85. Wind
    86. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    87. Wind
    88. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    89. Wind
    90. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    91. Wind
    92. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    93. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    94. Wind
    95. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    96. BeamerBeamer
    97. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    98. Wind
    99. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    100. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    101. Wind
    102. BeamerBeamer
    103. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    104. Wind ×2
    105. BeamerBeamer
    106. Wind
    107. BeamerBeamer
    108. Wind ×2
    109. SeekerSeeker
    110. CrocodileCrocodile
    111. Con turret
    112. CrocodileCrocodile
    113. Wind
    114. CrocodileCrocodile
    115. Energy storage
    116. CrocodileCrocodile
    117. Wind
    118. Energy storage
    119. CrocodileCrocodile
    120. Wind
    121. Con turret
    122. CrocodileCrocodile
    123. Energy storage
    124. Wind
    125. CrocodileCrocodile
    126. Energy storage
    127. Wind
    128. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    129. Energy storage
    130. CrocodileCrocodile
    131. BeamerBeamer
    132. CrocodileCrocodile
    133. Wind ×2
    134. CrocodileCrocodile
    135. Wind
    136. Con turret
    137. Pit BullPit Bull
    138. Wind
    139. ShipyardShipyarddone 13:20
    140. FerretFerret
    141. Con turret
    142. Wind ×4
    143. EelSubmarine ×2done 13:26
    144. Wind ×2
    145. NettleNettle
    146. Wind ×3
    147. EelSubmarine
    148. Pit BullPit Bull
    149. Wind ×3
    150. NettleNettle
    151. Wind
    152. NettleNettle
    153. Wind
    154. DolphinDolphin
    155. Wind
    156. DolphinDolphin
    157. Wind
    158. NettleNettle
    159. DolphinDolphin
    160. Wind
    161. DolphinDolphin
    162. Wind ×3
    163. DolphinDolphin
    164. Wind ×3
    165. DolphinDolphin
    166. Wind ×2
    167. DolphinDolphin ×2
    168. Wind ×2
    169. DolphinDolphin
    170. Wind
    171. DolphinDolphin
    172. Wind
    173. DolphinDolphin
    174. Wind ×3
    175. DolphinDolphin
    176. Wind
    177. DolphinDolphin
    178. NettleNettle
    179. Wind
    180. DolphinDolphin
    181. Wind
    182. NettleNettle
    183. Wind
    184. BeamerBeamer
    185. DolphinDolphin
    186. Wind
    187. NettleNettle
    188. BeamerBeamer
    189. Wind
    190. NettleNettle
    191. DolphinDolphin
    192. Wind
    193. SkaterSkater
    194. Wind
    195. NettleNettle
    196. BeamerBeamer
    197. Wind
    198. SkaterSkater
    199. BeamerBeamer
    200. Wind ×2
    201. NettleNettle
    202. Wind
    203. NettleNettle
    204. DolphinDolphin
    205. Wind ×2
    206. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is haaven's (46 OS, 21/09/2026); 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

1089 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008452131
3:001623141105
4:002712543333
5:0038681199818
6:00507821201534
7:00632830062457
8:00766238713361
9:00908746384329
10:001066653235062
11:001262258385711
12:001483463856544
13:001745070287287
14:002018376558104
15:002266984148946
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

haaven

45.7 OS · 21/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
911 metal received · 124443 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:32 · n=686
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:37–0:57 · n=774
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:01–10:03 · n=869

Played most by

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