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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:41 · typical 0:47
  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 · 33 steps
    1. RoverScout
    2. Wind
    3. RoverScout ×4
    4. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    5. JanusJanus
    6. Mex
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    8. JanusJanus
    9. Mex
    10. JanusJanus
    11. Mex
    12. JanusJanus
    13. Mex
    14. StoutStout
    15. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    16. Wind
    17. SentrySentry
    18. BlitzBlitz
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Wind
    21. BlitzBlitz ×2
    22. Wind
    23. SentrySentry
    24. BlitzBlitz
    25. SentrySentry
    26. BlitzBlitz
    27. Wind
    28. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    29. BlitzBlitz
    30. Wind
    31. BlitzBlitz ×2
    32. Wind
    33. BlitzBlitz ×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 · 68 steps
    1. Wind
    2. WhistlerMissile truck
    3. Wind
    4. SentrySentry
    5. WhistlerMissile truck
    6. Wind
    7. SentrySentry
    8. Wind
    9. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    10. Wind
    11. SentrySentry
    12. Wind
    13. WhistlerMissile truck
    14. Wind
    15. WhistlerMissile truck
    16. Wind
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    18. WhistlerMissile truck
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    20. Wind
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    22. WhistlerMissile truck
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    24. Wind ×2
    25. WhistlerMissile truck
    26. Wind
    27. WhistlerMissile truck
    28. Wind ×2
    29. WhistlerMissile truck
    30. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    31. Wind ×2
    32. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    33. Con turret
    34. Wind
    35. StoutStout
    36. Wind
    37. ShellshockerArty
    38. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    39. Con turret
    40. Wind ×2
    41. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    42. Wind ×2
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:27 · typical 8:52
    44. ShellshockerArty
    45. Con turret
    46. Wind ×2
    47. StoutStout
    48. Wind ×2
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. StoutStout
    51. Wind ×2
    52. StoutStout
    53. Wind
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. StoutStout
    56. Energy storage
    57. StoutStout ×2
    58. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    59. Wind
    60. StoutStout ×2
    61. Wind ×2
    62. StoutStout
    63. Wind
    64. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    65. StoutStout
    66. Wind ×2
    67. StoutStout
    68. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [BS]Hellzie's (39 OS, 24/09/2026); 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

[BS]Hellzie

39.0 OS · 24/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
98 metal received · 6800 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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