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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 · 935 distinct matches · 127 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1063 · 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 935 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 0:35–8:30

    Some games also: Vehicle Plant (41%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 222 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:54 · typical 0:47
    4. RoverScout ×3for Pond
    5. RoverScout ×2
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    7. JanusJanus
    8. Mex
    9. JanusJanus
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Mex
    12. JanusJanus
    13. Wind
    14. JanusJanus
    15. Mex
    16. JanusJanus
    17. BlitzBlitz ×2
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    19. BlitzBlitz ×8
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. BlitzBlitz ×2
    23. Con turret
    24. Mex
    25. BlitzBlitz ×2
    26. Mex
    27. BlitzBlitz ×2
    28. Con turret
    29. SentrySentry
    30. BlitzBlitz
    31. Wind ×2
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    33. BlitzBlitz
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    37. Wind
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    40. Wind ×2
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    42. Wind
    43. BlitzBlitz
    44. Wind ×2
    45. Con turret
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. SentrySentry
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Wind
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. SentrySentry
    52. Wind
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. Wind
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. Wind
    57. BlitzBlitz
    58. Wind
    59. Energy storage
    60. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    61. Wind
    62. BlitzBlitz
    63. Converter
    64. BlitzBlitz
    65. Converter
    66. Wind
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. Wind
    69. SentrySentry
    70. BlitzBlitz
    71. Converter
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. SentrySentry
    74. Wind
    75. Converter
    76. BlitzBlitz
    77. Wind
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. SentrySentry
    80. Wind
    81. BlitzBlitz
    82. Wind ×2
    83. BlitzBlitz
    84. Con turret
    85. Wind
    86. SentrySentry
    87. Wind
    88. BlitzBlitz
    89. Wind ×2
    90. SentrySentry
    91. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    92. Wind ×3
    93. BlitzBlitz
    94. Wind ×2
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. Wind
    97. Con turret
    98. Wind
    99. BlitzBlitz
    100. Wind
    101. BlitzBlitz
    102. Wind ×2
    103. BlitzBlitz
    104. Wind ×2
    105. BlitzBlitz
    106. Wind
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. Wind ×3
    109. BlitzBlitz
    110. Wind
    111. BlitzBlitz
    112. Wind
    113. BlitzBlitz
    114. Converter
    115. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    116. Wind
    117. SentrySentry
    118. Wind
    119. Converter
    120. BlitzBlitz
    121. Wind
    122. BlitzBlitz
    123. NettleNettle
    124. Converter
    125. BlitzBlitz
    126. Wind ×2
    127. BlitzBlitz
    128. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    129. Converter
    130. Wind
    131. BlitzBlitz
    132. Wind ×3
    133. BlitzBlitz
    134. Wind
    135. BlitzBlitz
    136. Wind
    137. BlitzBlitz ×2
    138. Wind
    139. Converter
    140. Wind
    141. BlitzBlitz
    142. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:40 · typical 8:52
    143. Wind
    144. BlitzBlitz
    145. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    146. Converter
    147. Wind ×2
    148. BlitzBlitz
    149. Wind
    150. Converter
    151. Wind ×2
    152. SentrySentry
    153. BlitzBlitz
    154. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    155. Converter
    156. BlitzBlitz
    157. Wind
    158. BlitzBlitz
    159. Wind
    160. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    161. Wind
    162. SentrySentry
    163. Converter
    164. BlitzBlitz
    165. Wind
    166. BlitzBlitz
    167. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    168. BlitzBlitz
    169. Wind ×3
    170. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    171. BlitzBlitz ×2
    172. Wind
    173. BlitzBlitz ×2
    174. Wind
    175. BlitzBlitz
    176. Wind
    177. BlitzBlitz
    178. Wind
    179. BlitzBlitz ×2
    180. Wind
    181. BlitzBlitz ×3
    182. SentrySentry
    183. BlitzBlitz
    184. Wind ×2
    185. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    186. Wind
    187. SentrySentry
    188. BlitzBlitz ×2
    189. Wind
    190. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    191. BlitzBlitz
    192. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    193. BlitzBlitz
    194. SentrySentry
    195. Wind
    196. BlitzBlitz
    197. Wind
    198. BlitzBlitz
    199. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    200. BlitzBlitz
    201. Wind
    202. BlitzBlitz ×2
    203. NettleNettle
    204. BlitzBlitz
    205. Wind
    206. BlitzBlitz ×3
    207. Wind ×2
    208. BlitzBlitz ×2
    209. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    210. Wind
    211. BlitzBlitz
    212. Wind
    213. BlitzBlitz ×2
    214. Wind
    215. BlitzBlitz
    216. Wind
    217. BlitzBlitz ×2
    218. Wind
    219. BlitzBlitz ×3
    220. Wind
    221. BlitzBlitz ×5
    222. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:46 · typical 0:45
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: rocketeer (46%) · con bot (45%) · Lazarus (44%) · tick (40%) · centurion (37%)

    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 (39%) · pawn (36%) · Lazarus (35%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 49 steps
    1. BlitzBlitz ×2
    2. Converter
    3. BlitzBlitz
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Wind
    6. BlitzBlitz
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. BlitzBlitz
    9. RoverScout ×2
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Converter
    12. RoverScout ×2
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. RoverScout ×2
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. RoverScout
    17. Wind ×2
    18. RoverScout
    19. Converter
    20. Wind
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. RoverScout ×2
    23. LazarusLazarus
    24. RoverScout ×2
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. Wind
    27. RoverScout ×2
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. RoverScout ×2
    30. Wind
    31. RoverScout ×2
    32. Wind
    33. RoverScout
    34. Wind
    35. RoverScout ×2
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. Wind
    38. RoverScout ×3
    39. Converter
    40. LazarusLazarus
    41. RoverScout ×2
    42. Wind
    43. RoverScout ×2
    44. Wind ×2
    45. RoverScout
    46. Energy storage
    47. RoverScout
    48. Wind
    49. RoverScout ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Hummell's (45 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 68% 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

1063 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008462131
3:001624140105
4:002712540333
5:0038681188813
6:00507620991526
7:00631429842459
8:00766238713365
9:00908746324312
10:001066653085060
11:001260858195701
12:001481563136521
13:001744069817256
14:002018375848093
15:002263083948939
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

Hummell

44.9 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
1082 metal received · 37220 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:30 · n=670
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:37–0:59 · n=753
Advanced Metal Extractor8:52Middle 50%: 8:00–10:03 · n=845

Played most by

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