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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:44 · 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

    The example game in this phase · 22 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. TickTick ×3
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Mex
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. TickTick ×3
    17. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    18. Con turret
    19. PawnPawn ×2
    20. Con turret
    21. PawnPawn
    22. Mex
  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 · 211 steps
    1. Wind
    2. PawnPawn
    3. Energy storage
    4. PawnPawn
    5. Wind ×2
    6. SentrySentry
    7. Wind
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Energy storage
    11. Wind ×4
    12. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:14 · typical 0:47
    13. Wind
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Wind ×2
    16. BlitzBlitz ×2
    17. Wind ×3
    18. BlitzBlitz
    19. Wind ×2
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:12 · typical 8:52
    22. BlitzBlitz
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    25. Wind
    26. BlitzBlitz
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    28. Con turret
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    30. Mex
    31. Wind
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    33. BlitzBlitz
    34. Wind ×2
    35. BlitzBlitz
    36. Solar
    37. Wind ×3
    38. Solar
    39. Wind ×2
    40. SentrySentry
    41. Wind ×2
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    43. Wind ×4
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. Wind
    46. Mex
    47. Wind ×2
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Wind ×2
    50. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    51. Wind
    52. BlitzBlitz
    53. Wind ×2
    54. BlitzBlitz
    55. Wind
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    58. Wind ×4
    59. BlitzBlitz
    60. Wind ×2
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. Converter
    63. Wind
    64. BlitzBlitz
    65. Wind ×4
    66. BlitzBlitz
    67. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    68. Wind
    69. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    70. Converter
    71. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    72. Wind
    73. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    74. Wind
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    77. Converter ×2
    78. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    79. Wind
    80. BlitzBlitz
    81. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    82. Wind
    83. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    84. Con turret
    85. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    86. Wind
    87. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    88. Wind
    89. BlitzBlitz
    90. Converter
    91. Wind ×2
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. Converter
    94. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    95. Wind ×2
    96. BlitzBlitz
    97. Converter
    98. BlitzBlitz
    99. Wind
    100. BlitzBlitz ×2
    101. Con turret
    102. Wind
    103. BlitzBlitz ×2
    104. Wind ×2
    105. BlitzBlitz
    106. Wind
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. Wind
    109. BlitzBlitz
    110. Wind
    111. ChainsawChainsaw
    112. Wind
    113. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    114. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    115. Wind
    116. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    117. Wind
    118. BlitzBlitz
    119. Converter
    120. Wind ×2
    121. ChainsawChainsaw
    122. BlitzBlitz
    123. Wind
    124. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    125. Wind ×2
    126. BlitzBlitz
    127. Wind ×2
    128. BlitzBlitz
    129. Wind ×2
    130. Converter
    131. BlitzBlitz
    132. Wind
    133. BlitzBlitz
    134. Wind
    135. BlitzBlitz
    136. Wind
    137. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:26
    138. BlitzBlitz
    139. Wind ×2
    140. BlitzBlitz
    141. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 12:46
    142. Wind
    143. BlitzBlitz
    144. Wind
    145. Mex
    146. Wind
    147. BlitzBlitz
    148. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    149. Wind
    150. Converter
    151. Wind ×3
    152. Mex
    153. Wind ×2
    154. Converter
    155. Wind ×2
    156. Con turret
    157. Wind
    158. Converter
    159. Wind
    160. Converter ×2
    161. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    162. BeamerBeamer
    163. Wind
    164. SentrySentry
    165. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    166. Converter ×2
    167. StarlightStarlightnot finished by 15:00
    168. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    169. Converter
    170. Wind
    171. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    172. Wind
    173. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    174. Converter
    175. Wind
    176. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    177. StarlightStarlight
    178. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    179. Con turret
    180. Wind
    181. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    182. Wind
    183. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:22
    184. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    185. Converter
    186. Wind
    187. Con turret
    188. Wind
    189. BeamerBeamer
    190. Wind
    191. StarlightStarlight
    192. BeamerBeamer
    193. Converter
    194. BeamerBeamer
    195. Wind
    196. Con turret
    197. Wind
    198. BeamerBeamer
    199. Wind
    200. PrudePrudenot finished by 15:00
    201. Wind ×2
    202. Converter
    203. Wind
    204. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    205. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    206. Wind ×3
    207. StarlightStarlight
    208. Wind ×2
    209. BeamerBeamer ×2
    210. Wind ×2
    211. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is confirm_'s (62 OS, 20/08/2026); 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

confirm_

61.6 OS · 20/08/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
2989 metal received · 24249 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

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