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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 · 65 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:42 · typical 0:47
    4. RoverScout
    5. Wind
    6. RoverScout ×4
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    8. Wind
    9. JanusJanus
    10. Mex
    11. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    12. Wind
    13. JanusJanus
    14. Mex
    15. JanusJanus ×2
    16. Mex
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Mex
    19. SentrySentry
    20. StoutStout
    21. SentrySentry
    22. Wind
    23. BlitzBlitz ×2
    24. SentrySentry
    25. Wind
    26. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. Mex
    29. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    30. Wind
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. Wind
    33. BlitzBlitz ×2
    34. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    35. Con turret
    36. JanusJanus ×4
    37. StoutStout
    38. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    39. Wind ×2
    40. BlitzBlitz
    41. Wind ×3
    42. BlitzBlitz
    43. Wind
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. Wind ×2
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. Wind ×2
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Energy storage
    50. BeaverBeaver
    51. Wind ×2
    52. BeaverBeaver
    53. BlitzBlitz ×3
    54. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 7:54
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. Wind
    57. BlitzBlitz
    58. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    59. SentrySentry
    60. OspreyHeavy transport
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. Mex
    63. BlitzBlitz ×2
    64. NettleNettle ×2
    65. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:43 · 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

  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 · 73 steps
    1. Mex
    2. NettleNettle
    3. BeholderBeholder
    4. Mex
    5. Tidal
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:33 · typical 8:53
    7. BeholderBeholder
    8. Con turret
    9. Mex
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Tidal
    12. Mex
    13. CrossbowCrossbow
    14. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    15. CrossbowCrossbow
    16. Con turret
    17. Mex
    18. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Tidal
    21. Converter ×2
    22. Naval Energy Converter
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    24. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    25. Converter
    26. SentrySentry
    27. Con turret
    28. Tidal
    29. Wind
    30. Tidal
    31. Converter
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Converter
    34. Wind
    35. Pit BullPit Bull
    36. Tidal
    37. Wind ×3
    38. Tidal
    39. Wind ×4
    40. Tidal
    41. SentrySentry
    42. Pit BullPit Bull
    43. Wind ×2
    44. Tidal
    45. Wind ×2
    46. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:23
    47. Tidal
    48. Construction BotCon bot
    49. Con turret
    50. Tidal
    51. Construction BotCon bot
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    54. Tidal
    55. Construction BotCon bot
    56. Tidal
    57. Construction BotCon bot
    58. Tidal
    59. Construction BotCon bot
    60. Con turret ×2
    61. Tidal
    62. Construction BotCon bot
    63. Con turret
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. Con turret
    66. Construction BotCon bot
    67. Wind
    68. Tidal
    69. CrossbowCrossbow
    70. Con turret ×2
    71. CrossbowCrossbow
    72. Wind
    73. CrossbowCrossbow

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is armjanus's (40 OS, 19/09/2026); 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

armjanus

40.3 OS · 19/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
34 metal received · 30336 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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