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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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Solar
    3. Wind
    4. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:43 · 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 · 32 steps
    1. RoverScout ×3
    2. BlitzBlitz
    3. Mex
    4. Wind
    5. Solar
    6. BlitzBlitz ×2
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    8. JanusJanus
    9. Mex
    10. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    11. JanusJanus
    12. Mex
    13. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    14. Wind
    15. JanusJanus
    16. Wind
    17. Mex
    18. JanusJanus
    19. WhistlerMissile truck
    20. Wind
    21. Mex
    22. WhistlerMissile truck
    23. Wind
    24. JanusJanus
    25. Mex
    26. JanusJanus
    27. Wind
    28. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    29. Wind
    30. JanusJanus ×2
    31. Wind
    32. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
  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 · 80 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. BlitzBlitz ×2
    4. Wind
    5. BlitzBlitz ×3
    6. Wind
    7. BlitzBlitz ×5
    8. Wind
    9. BlitzBlitz ×3
    10. NettleNettle
    11. BlitzBlitz
    12. Wind
    13. BlitzBlitz
    14. Con turret
    15. Wind
    16. Con turret
    17. Wind ×2
    18. GauntletGauntletdone 8:57
    19. BlitzBlitz ×3
    20. Wind
    21. BlitzBlitz
    22. Wind
    23. BlitzBlitz
    24. Wind
    25. Mex
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Energy storagefor Suicide front
    28. Mex
    29. Energy storage
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×7
    31. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 9:40
    32. FalconFighter ×6for Air
    33. Mexfor Suicide front
    34. FalconFighter ×6for Air
    35. Twilight
    36. FalconFighterfor Air
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:09
    38. Twilight
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. SentrySentry
    41. Mex
    42. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:06
    43. BlitzBlitz ×5
    44. Con turret
    45. BlitzBlitz
    46. Wind
    47. BlitzBlitz ×2
    48. Wind
    49. BlitzBlitz
    50. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    51. Con turret
    52. BlitzBlitz ×2
    53. Wind
    54. Con turret
    55. BlitzBlitz ×2
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. Wind
    58. Mex
    59. BlitzBlitz
    60. Wind
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. Wind
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    66. BlitzBlitz
    67. Wind
    68. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    69. BlitzBlitz
    70. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    71. BlitzBlitz
    72. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    73. BlitzBlitz
    74. Wind
    75. BlitzBlitz ×3
    76. Wind
    77. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    78. BlitzBlitz ×5
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Leohvm's (51 OS, 22/09/2026); 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

Leohvm

50.9 OS · 22/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
86 metal received · 9972 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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