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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 · 973 distinct matches · 130 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1106 · 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 973 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 0:35–8:46

    Some games also: Vehicle Plant (42%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:51 · typical 0:45
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: rocketeer (45%) · con bot (44%) · Lazarus (43%) · tick (40%) · centurion (36%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 40 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×3
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    4. Mex
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. PawnPawn
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Mex
    10. Wind
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    12. Wind
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Mex
    15. TickTick
    16. SentrySentry
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. SentrySentry
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. SentrySentry
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind
    30. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    31. TickTick
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    33. Wind
    34. LazarusLazarus
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. Wind
    37. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    38. Construction BotCon bot
    39. Wind
    40. RocketeerRocketeer
  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 (38%) · pawn (35%) · Lazarus (35%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 25 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 88 steps
    1. CenturionCenturion
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. Wind
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Wind
    7. Con turret
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Mex
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Wind
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. PawnPawn ×3
    14. Wind
    15. PawnPawn ×2
    16. Energy storage
    17. PawnPawn ×3
    18. Wind
    19. PawnPawn ×6
    20. Wind
    21. PawnPawn ×3
    22. Con turret
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Wind
    25. PawnPawn ×8
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn ×3
    28. Mex
    29. PawnPawn
    30. SentrySentry
    31. Mex
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:02 · typical 8:53
    34. PawnPawn
    35. SentrySentry
    36. PawnPawn ×2
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    38. Wind
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    40. PawnPawn ×3
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    42. PawnPawn ×5
    43. Wind
    44. PawnPawn ×3
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. PawnPawn ×4
    47. Wind
    48. PawnPawn ×2
    49. Mex
    50. PawnPawn ×3
    51. Wind
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. PawnPawn ×3
    55. CenturionCenturion
    56. Wind
    57. CenturionCenturion
    58. PawnPawn ×4
    59. Wind
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Wind
    64. Mex
    65. PawnPawn ×4
    66. Wind
    67. PawnPawn ×7
    68. Wind
    69. PawnPawn ×7
    70. Energy storage
    71. Wind
    72. PawnPawn ×3
    73. Wind
    74. PawnPawn
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    76. Wind
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Wind
    79. SentrySentry
    80. Wind
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Wind
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Wind
    85. PawnPawn ×2
    86. Wind
    87. PawnPawn ×2
    88. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is JustSomeGuy's (38 OS, 25/09/2026); 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 69% 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

1106 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008452131
3:001625141105
4:002713541333
5:0038681197816
6:00507821211524
7:00633930122448
8:00766738773357
9:00911846694311
10:001069653425050
11:001264758395699
12:001486663976527
13:001746370137244
14:002018476298090
15:002267783978941
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

JustSomeGuy

37.8 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
267 metal received · 10797 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:46 · n=695
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:37–0:57 · n=789
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:01–10:02 · n=884

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