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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 0:47 · 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 · 34 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. TickTick ×5
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. TickTick
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. TickTick
    8. Mex
    9. TickTick ×2
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. BeholderBeholder
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    20. SentrySentry
    21. TickTick
    22. LazarusLazarus
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. TickTick ×2
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Mex
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. SentrySentry
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
  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 · 182 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Wind
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. TickTick
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Wind
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    11. BeholderBeholder
    12. Wind
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    16. Wind
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    20. LazarusLazarus
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Con turret
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Converter
    32. Con turret
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Wind ×3
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:48 · typical 8:52
    38. Converter
    39. Wind
    40. RocketeerRocketeer
    41. SentrySentry
    42. Wind ×2
    43. RocketeerRocketeer
    44. Construction BotCon bot
    45. Wind
    46. Converter
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Wind ×3
    49. Construction BotCon bot
    50. Converter
    51. Wind
    52. SentrySentry
    53. Wind ×2
    54. Converter
    55. Wind
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. Con turret
    58. Wind
    59. Construction BotCon bot
    60. RocketeerRocketeer
    61. Wind
    62. Converter
    63. Wind ×3
    64. BeamerBeamer
    65. Wind ×3
    66. Con turret
    67. Wind ×2
    68. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    69. Converter
    70. Con turret
    71. Wind
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. Con turret
    74. Wind
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    76. Converter
    77. Con turret ×2
    78. Converter
    79. Wind
    80. Converter
    81. Wind ×3
    82. Con turret
    83. Converter
    84. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    85. Converter
    86. Con turret
    87. Wind ×5
    88. Con turret
    89. Wind ×4
    90. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    91. Energy storage
    92. Wind ×2
    93. Converter
    94. Energy storage
    95. Wind
    96. Energy storage
    97. Wind
    98. Converter
    99. Wind
    100. Con turret
    101. Wind
    102. Converter
    103. Wind
    104. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 12:42
    105. Wind
    106. Converter
    107. Wind
    108. Converter
    109. Wind ×2
    110. Converter
    111. Con turret
    112. Wind
    113. Converter ×3
    114. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    115. Converter ×2
    116. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    117. BeholderBeholder
    118. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    119. Con turret
    120. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    121. Wind
    122. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    123. Converter
    124. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    125. Wind
    126. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    127. Converter
    128. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    129. Con turret
    130. Wind
    131. Converter ×2
    132. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    133. Converter
    134. Wind
    135. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    136. Converter
    137. SentrySentry
    138. Advanced Fusion ReactorAdvanced Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    139. Con turret
    140. Wind
    141. Converter ×2
    142. SentrySentry
    143. Wind
    144. Converter
    145. Con turret
    146. Converter ×2
    147. Wind
    148. Con turret
    149. Converter
    150. Wind
    151. Con turret
    152. Converter ×2
    153. Con turret ×2
    154. Converter ×2
    155. Con turret
    156. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    157. Converter
    158. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    159. Converter
    160. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    161. Wind
    162. Converter
    163. Wind
    164. Converter
    165. Wind
    166. Converter ×2
    167. SentrySentry
    168. Wind
    169. Converter
    170. SentrySentry
    171. Wind
    172. SentrySentry ×2
    173. Wind
    174. Converter
    175. Wind ×2
    176. Converter ×3
    177. SentrySentry
    178. Converter ×2
    179. SentrySentry
    180. Wind
    181. Converter
    182. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is JelousOfMyEco's (37 OS, 13/09/2026); 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

JelousOfMyEco

36.8 OS · 13/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
117 metal received · 99445 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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