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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 · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:20 · 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 · 32 steps
    1. Mex
    2. TickTickfor Geo
    3. PawnPawn
    4. Wind
    5. Mex
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Mex
    8. Wind
    9. PawnPawn
    10. Wind
    11. PawnPawn
    12. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. Mex
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. TickTickfor Geo
    18. Mex
    19. TickTick ×3for Geo
    20. TickTick ×4
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Mex
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    24. SentrySentry
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×12
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. PawnPawn ×2
    31. SentrySentry
    32. PawnPawn ×2
  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 · 192 steps
    1. PawnPawn ×5
    2. Con turret
    3. PawnPawn ×2
    4. Con turret
    5. PawnPawn
    6. Con turret
    7. Wind
    8. PawnPawn
    9. Wind
    10. Energy storage
    11. PawnPawn
    12. Wind
    13. Energy storage
    14. Wind
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Wind ×2
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Wind ×2
    19. PawnPawn
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Wind ×3
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Wind
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. Wind ×2
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. Wind ×2
    28. Construction BotCon bot
    29. Wind
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:29 · typical 8:52
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. Wind ×5
    33. LazarusLazarus
    34. Wind
    35. Construction BotCon bot
    36. Wind ×2
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Wind
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Wind
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Wind
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Wind
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. PawnPawn
    47. LazarusLazarus
    48. Wind
    49. LazarusLazarus
    50. Wind
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. Wind
    53. LazarusLazarus
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Wind ×3
    56. PawnPawn ×2
    57. Wind ×2
    58. PawnPawn ×2
    59. Wind
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Wind
    62. PawnPawn ×2
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn ×2
    65. Wind ×2
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. LazarusLazarus
    69. Wind
    70. Construction BotCon bot
    71. Con turret
    72. Wind ×2
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Con turret
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. Wind
    78. Con turret
    79. Mex
    80. PawnPawn
    81. Wind
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Wind ×2
    86. PawnPawn ×2
    87. Wind
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Wind ×2
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Wind
    92. PawnPawn
    93. Wind
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Wind
    96. Con turret
    97. PawnPawn
    98. Con turret
    99. Wind
    100. PawnPawn
    101. Wind
    102. Construction BotCon bot
    103. Wind
    104. Construction BotCon bot
    105. PawnPawn
    106. Wind
    107. PawnPawn ×2
    108. LazarusLazarus
    109. Wind
    110. Construction BotCon bot
    111. PawnPawn
    112. Wind
    113. PawnPawn ×2
    114. Con turret
    115. PawnPawn
    116. Wind
    117. PawnPawn ×4
    118. Wind
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Converter
    121. PawnPawn ×2
    122. Wind
    123. Metal storage
    124. PawnPawn ×2
    125. Advanced solar
    126. PawnPawn
    127. Con turret ×3
    128. PawnPawn
    129. Con turret
    130. Advanced Radar TowerAdvanced Radar Tower
    131. PawnPawn
    132. LazarusLazarus
    133. Advanced solar
    134. Construction BotCon bot
    135. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:36 · typical 0:47
    136. Converter
    137. GroundhogGroundhog
    138. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    139. Energy storage
    140. GroundhogGroundhog
    141. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    142. Advanced solar
    143. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    144. Medium MineMedium Mine
    145. Advanced solar
    146. Medium MineMedium Mine
    147. Converter
    148. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    149. Con turret
    150. VeilVeil
    151. Medium MineMedium Mine ×2
    152. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 13:40
    153. Medium MineMedium Mine ×3
    154. Advanced solar
    155. PlatypusPlatypus
    156. Medium MineMedium Mine ×2
    157. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    158. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    159. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:25
    160. PlatypusPlatypus
    161. Converter
    162. Con turret ×2
    163. Medium MineMedium Mine
    164. PlatypusPlatypus
    165. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    166. Medium MineMedium Mine
    167. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    168. PlatypusPlatypus
    169. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    170. Medium MineMedium Mine
    171. PlatypusPlatypus
    172. Medium MineMedium Mine
    173. Advanced solar
    174. PlatypusPlatypus ×2
    175. Medium MineMedium Mine ×2
    176. PlatypusPlatypus
    177. StarlightStarlightdone 14:33
    178. PlatypusPlatypus
    179. Converter
    180. Medium MineMedium Mine
    181. Pit BullPit Bull
    182. Medium MineMedium Mine
    183. Con turret
    184. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    185. JaguarJaguar
    186. PlatypusPlatypus
    187. Medium MineMedium Mine
    188. JaguarJaguar
    189. Con turret
    190. Converter
    191. PlatypusPlatypus
    192. JaguarJaguar

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is CentientWaffle's (38 OS, 27/08/2026); 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

CentientWaffle

37.7 OS · 27/08/2026

Open source match ↗

18 received units · includes a constructor
2937 metal received · 64135 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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