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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 ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:50 · 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 · 38 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×3
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    4. PawnPawn
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Wind
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. Wind
    14. Mex
    15. TickTick
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. SentrySentry
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. Wind
    20. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. TickTick
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    28. Wind
    29. CenturionCenturion
    30. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. LazarusLazarus
    34. SentrySentry
    35. Wind
    36. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    37. Wind
    38. Construction BotCon bot
  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 · 61 steps
    1. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Wind
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    7. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Wind
    12. PawnPawn
    13. Energy storage
    14. PawnPawn ×2
    15. Wind
    16. PawnPawn ×5
    17. Wind
    18. PawnPawn
    19. Mex
    20. PawnPawn ×3
    21. SentrySentry
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Wind
    24. PawnPawn ×3
    25. SentrySentry
    26. PawnPawn ×2
    27. Wind
    28. PawnPawn ×3
    29. Con turret
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Wind
    32. LazarusLazarus
    33. PawnPawn ×4
    34. Wind
    35. Con turret
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:35 · typical 8:52
    38. PawnPawn ×3
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn ×4
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. Wind
    43. PawnPawn ×4
    44. Mex
    45. CenturionCenturion
    46. Wind
    47. CenturionCenturion
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. Energy storage
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Wind
    52. PawnPawn ×2
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. PawnPawn ×4
    57. Wind
    58. CenturionCenturion ×2
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Wind
    61. PawnPawn ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is JustSomeGuy's (38 OS, 25/09/2026); 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

JustSomeGuy

37.8 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
78 metal received · 19724 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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