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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 · 135 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. Mex
    15. JanusJanus ×4
    16. BlitzBlitzfor Geo
    17. Wind ×2
    18. BlitzBlitzfor Geo
    19. Wind ×2
    20. BlitzBlitzfor Geo
    21. Energy storage
    22. BlitzBlitzfor Geo
    23. Con turret
    24. BlitzBlitz ×4for Geo
    25. BlitzBlitz
    26. Con turret
    27. BlitzBlitz ×2
    28. Wind
    29. BlitzBlitz
    30. Wind
    31. JanusJanus
    32. Wind ×2
    33. JanusJanus
    34. Wind
    35. BeamerBeamer
    36. JanusJanus
    37. Wind ×2
    38. JanusJanus
    39. Wind
    40. Mex
    41. JanusJanus
    42. Con turret
    43. BlitzBlitz
    44. Con turret
    45. Wind
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. Wind
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Wind
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. Wind
    52. BlitzBlitz
    53. Wind ×2
    54. BlitzBlitz ×2
    55. Wind
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. Wind ×2
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. Wind
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. Wind
    62. BlitzBlitz
    63. Metal storage
    64. BlitzBlitz
    65. Con turret
    66. BlitzBlitz
    67. Wind
    68. BlitzBlitz
    69. Wind
    70. BlitzBlitz
    71. Wind
    72. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    73. BlitzBlitz
    74. Wind
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 8:16
    77. BlitzBlitz
    78. OspreyHeavy transport
    79. Con turret
    80. BlitzBlitz
    81. Con turret
    82. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    83. BlitzBlitz
    84. Energy storage
    85. BlitzBlitz ×2
    86. Energy storage
    87. Wind
    88. BlitzBlitz
    89. Wind
    90. BlinkScout plane
    91. Energy storage
    92. Wind
    93. BlitzBlitz
    94. Con turret
    95. StorkLight transport
    96. Wind
    97. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:05 · typical 8:53
    98. StorkLight transport
    99. Wind
    100. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    101. Wind ×2
    102. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    103. Wind
    104. Con turret
    105. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    106. BeamerBeamer
    107. Con turret
    108. BeamerBeamer
    109. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    110. ChainsawChainsaw
    111. FerretFerret
    112. Con turret
    113. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    114. Wind
    115. FerretFerret
    116. Wind ×2
    117. NettleNettle
    118. Wind
    119. NettleNettle ×2
    120. Wind
    121. NettleNettle
    122. Wind
    123. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    124. Wind ×2
    125. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:39
    126. Wind ×3
    127. Con turret
    128. Wind
    129. Con turret
    130. Wind
    131. Con turret ×2
    132. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 13:16
    133. Wind
    134. Con turret
    135. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:29 · 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 · 18 steps
    1. BlinkScout plane
    2. BeamerBeamer
    3. Wind
    4. PawnPawn ×2
    5. Wind
    6. PawnPawn ×4
    7. BeamerBeamer
    8. PawnPawn ×7
    9. BeamerBeamer
    10. PawnPawn ×6for Geo
    11. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:32
    12. PawnPawnfor Geo
    13. BeamerBeamer
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. PawnPawnfor Geo
    16. PawnPawn ×2
    17. Con turret
    18. FerretFerret ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is haaven's (47 OS, 27/09/2026); 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

47.4 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

23 received units · includes a constructor
4768 metal received · 152293 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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