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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 · 66 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:53 · typical 0:47
    4. RoverScout
    5. Wind
    6. RoverScout ×2
    7. Wind
    8. RoverScout
    9. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    10. Wind
    11. BlitzBlitz ×4
    12. Mex
    13. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    14. Mex
    15. JanusJanus ×2
    16. Mex
    17. JanusJanus
    18. SentrySentry ×2
    19. JanusJanus
    20. StoutStout
    21. Energy storage
    22. WhistlerMissile truck
    23. Con turret
    24. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    25. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    26. SentrySentry
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    28. Wind
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    30. WhistlerMissile truck
    31. Wind ×8
    32. SentrySentry
    33. WhistlerMissile truck
    34. Wind ×2
    35. WhistlerMissile truck
    36. Wind
    37. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    38. Wind
    39. WhistlerMissile truck
    40. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    41. Wind
    42. WhistlerMissile truck
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    44. WhistlerMissile truck
    45. Wind ×3
    46. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00
    47. Wind
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:54 · typical 8:53
    49. Wind
    50. Mexfor Suicide front
    51. SentrySentry
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. Con turret
    54. SentrySentry ×2
    55. Con turret
    56. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. SentrySentry
    59. Wind ×5
    60. SentrySentry
    61. Wind ×3
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    64. Wind ×2
    65. SentrySentry
    66. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:56 · 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 · 114 steps
    1. CenturionCenturion
    2. Wind
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. SentrySentry
    7. Con turret
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    11. Mex
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Wind
    14. Con turret ×2
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Wind
    17. Con turret
    18. Energy storage
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. Con turret
    21. Wind
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. Wind
    24. CenturionCenturion
    25. Wind
    26. CenturionCenturion
    27. Wind ×2
    28. CenturionCenturion
    29. Wind ×2
    30. CenturionCenturion
    31. Wind
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Wind
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Wind ×2
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Wind
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Wind
    42. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:27
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Wind
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Wind
    47. PawnPawn ×2
    48. Wind
    49. PawnPawn ×4
    50. Con turret ×2
    51. Wind
    52. PawnPawn ×3
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn ×2
    57. Wind
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Wind
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Wind
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Wind
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Wind
    68. PawnPawn
    69. Wind
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Wind
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Wind
    74. PawnPawn ×4
    75. CenturionCenturion
    76. Wind
    77. CenturionCenturion
    78. Wind
    79. CenturionCenturion
    80. Converter
    81. Wind
    82. CenturionCenturion
    83. Wind
    84. Converter
    85. CenturionCenturion
    86. Converter
    87. Wind
    88. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    89. PawnPawn
    90. Wind
    91. Converter
    92. PawnPawn ×3
    93. Converter
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Converter
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Converter
    98. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 14:50
    99. Con turret
    100. PawnPawn
    101. Wind
    102. Converter
    103. PawnPawn
    104. Wind
    105. Converter
    106. Wind
    107. PawnPawn
    108. Converter
    109. Wind
    110. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    111. Con turret
    112. BeamerBeamer
    113. PawnPawn
    114. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Immort's (57 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

Immort

57.1 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
307 metal received · 80550 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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