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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 · 74 steps
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:22 · typical 0:47
    2. RoverScout
    3. Wind
    4. RoverScout ×2
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    6. Wind
    7. Mex ×3
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    9. JanusJanus
    10. Mex
    11. JanusJanus
    12. Mex
    13. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    14. JanusJanus
    15. Mex
    16. JanusJanus ×3
    17. BlitzBlitz ×10
    18. SentrySentry
    19. BlitzBlitz
    20. Wind
    21. BlitzBlitz
    22. Metal storage
    23. BlitzBlitz
    24. Wind ×2
    25. BlitzBlitz
    26. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    27. Wind
    28. Energy storage
    29. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    30. SentrySentry
    31. Con turret
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:46 · typical 8:53
    33. SentrySentry
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. Mex
    36. BlitzBlitz
    37. SentrySentry
    38. Con turret
    39. BlitzBlitz
    40. SentrySentry
    41. BlitzBlitz
    42. Con turret
    43. BlitzBlitz
    44. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    45. Wind
    46. NettleNettle
    47. Wind
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. Wind ×4
    51. BeamerBeamer
    52. Wind
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. Wind ×3
    55. BeamerBeamer
    56. Wind ×4
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. Wind
    59. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    60. Con turret
    61. Wind
    62. Con turret
    63. Wind
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. Con turret
    66. BeamerBeamer
    67. Wind ×2
    68. Con turret
    69. Wind ×3
    70. Con turret
    71. Wind ×2
    72. Con turret
    73. Wind ×2
    74. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:57 · 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 · 156 steps
    1. Wind ×11
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick ×2
    5. Wind ×2
    6. TickTick
    7. Wind
    8. TickTick ×2
    9. Wind
    10. Con turret
    11. TickTick ×2
    12. Wind
    13. TickTick
    14. Wind
    15. TickTick ×2
    16. Wind
    17. TickTick ×2
    18. Wind
    19. TickTick
    20. Con turret
    21. Wind
    22. TickTick ×2
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    24. TickTick
    25. Con turret
    26. Wind
    27. TickTick
    28. Con turret
    29. TickTick
    30. Wind
    31. TickTick
    32. Wind
    33. TickTick ×2
    34. Wind ×2
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Wind
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Wind ×4
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Wind
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Wind
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. Wind
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Wind
    49. Con turret
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Wind
    52. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Wind ×2
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Wind
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Wind ×2
    60. BeamerBeamer
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Wind
    63. PawnPawn ×2
    64. Wind ×2
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:32
    67. Wind
    68. PawnPawn
    69. Wind
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Wind
    72. PawnPawn
    73. BeamerBeamer
    74. Wind
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Wind
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Wind
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Wind
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Wind ×2
    83. PawnPawn
    84. BeamerBeamer
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Wind
    87. SentrySentry
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Wind ×2
    90. PawnPawn ×2
    91. Wind
    92. PawnPawn
    93. Wind
    94. PawnPawn ×2
    95. BeamerBeamer
    96. Wind
    97. PawnPawn ×2
    98. SentrySentry
    99. Wind
    100. PawnPawn ×2
    101. Con turret
    102. Wind
    103. PawnPawn ×2
    104. Wind
    105. PawnPawn
    106. SentrySentry
    107. PawnPawn ×2
    108. Wind
    109. PawnPawn
    110. Con turret
    111. PawnPawn
    112. CrossbowCrossbow
    113. PawnPawn
    114. Wind
    115. PawnPawn ×2
    116. Wind ×2
    117. Con turret
    118. PawnPawn ×3
    119. Wind
    120. PawnPawn
    121. Wind
    122. Con turret
    123. PawnPawn
    124. Wind
    125. PawnPawn
    126. Wind
    127. PawnPawn
    128. Wind ×2
    129. Con turret
    130. PawnPawn ×3
    131. Wind
    132. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:07
    133. PawnPawn ×2
    134. Wind
    135. PawnPawn ×2
    136. Wind
    137. CrossbowCrossbow
    138. PawnPawn
    139. Wind
    140. PawnPawn
    141. Wind ×2
    142. PawnPawn ×2
    143. Wind
    144. PawnPawn ×2
    145. Wind
    146. CrossbowCrossbow
    147. Wind
    148. PawnPawn
    149. Wind
    150. PawnPawn
    151. Wind
    152. PawnPawn ×2
    153. Wind ×2
    154. PawnPawn
    155. CrossbowCrossbow
    156. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is haaven's (47 OS, 26/09/2026); 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

haaven

46.6 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
3228 metal received · 44465 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

Played most by

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