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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 · 18 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:42 · typical 0:47
    4. RoverScout ×5
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    6. JanusJanus
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    8. JanusJanus
    9. Mex ×2
    10. JanusJanus
    11. RoverScout
    12. Mex
    13. RoverScout
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RoverScout ×2
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RoverScout ×2
    18. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:13 · 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 · 19 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Mex
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Wind
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    7. Mex
    8. Wind
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    10. Wind
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
  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 · 89 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    4. Wind
    5. Mex
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Wind
    12. RocketeerRocketeerfor Suicide front
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. RocketeerRocketeerfor Suicide front
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2for Suicide front
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind ×2
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Wind
    22. SentrySentry ×2
    23. Con turret
    24. SentrySentry ×3
    25. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 9:33
    26. Mex
    27. SentrySentry
    28. BlitzBlitz
    29. Con turret
    30. SentrySentry
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. SentrySentry
    33. BlitzBlitz
    34. SentrySentry
    35. BlitzBlitz
    36. Wind
    37. BlitzBlitz
    38. Wind
    39. BlitzBlitz
    40. SentrySentry
    41. Wind
    42. BlitzBlitz
    43. Wind
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. Wind
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. Wind
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Wind
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. Wind
    52. BlitzBlitz
    53. Wind
    54. BlitzBlitz
    55. Wind
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. Wind
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. Wind
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. Wind
    62. StoutStout
    63. Wind
    64. StoutStout
    65. Wind
    66. StoutStout
    67. Wind
    68. StoutStout
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 13:01 · typical 8:52
    70. Wind
    71. StoutStout
    72. Wind
    73. StoutStout
    74. Wind
    75. StoutStout
    76. Wind
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    78. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    79. Wind
    80. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    81. Wind
    82. StoutStout
    83. BlitzBlitz ×4
    84. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    85. BlitzBlitz ×3
    86. Mex
    87. BlitzBlitz ×6
    88. StoutStout
    89. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Syphos's (42 OS, 23/09/2026); 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

Syphos

42.5 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
167 metal received · 6417 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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