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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 ×2
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:33 · 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 · 42 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTickfor Pond
    3. TickTick
    4. Wind
    5. TickTick ×3
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. Mex
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Mex
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    22. SentrySentry
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    28. Construction BotCon bot
    29. Wind
    30. Mex
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    39. RocketeerRocketeer
    40. Wind
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    42. LazarusLazarus
  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 · 282 steps
    1. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    2. Mex
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Con turret
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Converter
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. SentrySentry
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Wind
    13. Energy storage
    14. Con turret
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Con turret
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Con turret
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. GauntletGauntletdone 7:28
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:32 · typical 8:52
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind ×2
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Wind ×2
    31. SentrySentry
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. SentrySentry
    35. Wind
    36. GauntletGauntlet
    37. Wind ×2
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn ×2
    41. Wind ×2
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Wind
    46. Converter
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Wind
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Converter
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Wind
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Wind
    55. PawnPawn ×2
    56. Wind
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. BeamerBeamer
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Wind
    61. Construction BotCon bot
    62. Wind
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Wind
    65. Con turret
    66. Wind
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Wind
    69. Converter
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Converter
    72. Wind
    73. PawnPawn ×2
    74. Wind
    75. Construction BotCon bot
    76. Converter
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Wind
    79. Con turret
    80. PawnPawn
    81. Wind
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Mex
    84. Wind ×2
    85. PawnPawn
    86. LazarusLazarus
    87. Wind
    88. Con turret
    89. Wind
    90. Converter
    91. PawnPawn
    92. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    93. Wind
    94. PawnPawn ×2
    95. Wind
    96. PawnPawn ×2
    97. Wind
    98. PawnPawn
    99. Converter
    100. PawnPawn
    101. Wind
    102. PawnPawn ×3
    103. Wind
    104. PawnPawn
    105. Wind
    106. PawnPawn
    107. Wind
    108. PawnPawn ×2
    109. Wind
    110. PawnPawn
    111. Wind
    112. PawnPawn
    113. Wind
    114. PawnPawn
    115. Wind
    116. PawnPawn ×2
    117. Wind
    118. PawnPawn ×2
    119. Converter
    120. Wind
    121. PawnPawn
    122. Wind
    123. PawnPawn ×2
    124. Wind
    125. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    126. PawnPawn
    127. Converter
    128. PawnPawn
    129. Wind
    130. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    131. Wind
    132. PawnPawn
    133. Con turret
    134. PawnPawn
    135. Wind ×2
    136. Con turret
    137. Wind
    138. PawnPawn
    139. Wind ×2
    140. PawnPawn
    141. Con turret
    142. Wind ×2
    143. PawnPawn
    144. Wind
    145. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:58
    146. PawnPawn
    147. Wind
    148. PawnPawn ×2
    149. Converter
    150. PawnPawn ×4
    151. Wind
    152. PawnPawn
    153. Converter
    154. PawnPawn ×2
    155. Wind
    156. PawnPawn
    157. Pit BullPit Bull
    158. PawnPawn
    159. Con turret
    160. PawnPawn ×3
    161. Wind
    162. PawnPawn
    163. Wind
    164. PawnPawn ×2
    165. Wind
    166. PawnPawn
    167. Wind
    168. PawnPawn ×3
    169. Wind
    170. PawnPawn
    171. Wind
    172. PawnPawn
    173. Wind
    174. PawnPawn
    175. Wind
    176. PawnPawn ×2
    177. Wind ×2
    178. PawnPawn ×2
    179. Wind
    180. PawnPawn
    181. Wind
    182. PawnPawn ×3
    183. Converter
    184. PawnPawn
    185. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    186. PawnPawn
    187. Wind
    188. PawnPawn ×3
    189. BeamerBeamer
    190. PawnPawn ×2
    191. Wind
    192. PawnPawn
    193. Wind
    194. PawnPawn ×4
    195. Converter
    196. PawnPawn ×2
    197. Wind
    198. PawnPawn ×7
    199. Wind
    200. PawnPawn ×6
    201. Wind
    202. Construction BotCon bot
    203. Wind
    204. PawnPawn ×4
    205. Wind
    206. PawnPawn ×2
    207. Wind
    208. Con turret
    209. PawnPawn ×3
    210. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    211. Wind ×2
    212. Pit BullPit Bull
    213. Con turret
    214. Wind
    215. PawnPawn ×4
    216. Con turret
    217. Wind ×2
    218. PawnPawn ×2
    219. Wind
    220. PawnPawn
    221. LazarusLazarus ×2
    222. Wind ×2
    223. Con turret
    224. PawnPawn
    225. Wind
    226. Converter
    227. PawnPawn ×3
    228. Wind ×2
    229. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:09
    230. PawnPawn ×3
    231. Wind
    232. PawnPawn
    233. Converter
    234. PawnPawn
    235. Wind
    236. PawnPawn
    237. Wind
    238. PawnPawn ×3
    239. Wind
    240. PawnPawn
    241. Wind ×2
    242. PawnPawn ×3
    243. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    244. Wind ×2
    245. PawnPawn ×2
    246. Wind
    247. PawnPawn ×2
    248. Wind
    249. PawnPawn ×2
    250. Wind
    251. PawnPawn
    252. Wind
    253. PawnPawn ×2
    254. Wind
    255. PawnPawn ×3
    256. Wind
    257. PawnPawn
    258. Wind
    259. PawnPawn
    260. Wind
    261. PawnPawn ×5
    262. Wind
    263. PawnPawn
    264. Wind
    265. PawnPawn ×3
    266. Wind
    267. PawnPawn ×3
    268. Wind
    269. PawnPawn ×2
    270. Wind
    271. PawnPawn ×4
    272. Wind
    273. PawnPawn ×3
    274. Converter
    275. Wind
    276. PawnPawn ×2
    277. Wind
    278. PawnPawn
    279. Converter
    280. PawnPawn ×3
    281. Wind
    282. PawnPawn ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is AlRelSoulfire's (52 OS, 14/08/2026); 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

AlRelSoulfire

52.2 OS · 14/08/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
2615 metal received · 122939 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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