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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 · 973 distinct matches · 130 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1106 · 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 973 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 0:35–8:46

    Some games also: Vehicle Plant (42%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 1 step
    1. Mex ×3
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: rocketeer (45%) · con bot (44%) · Lazarus (43%) · tick (40%) · centurion (36%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 31 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:59 · typical 0:47
    3. RoverScout ×3
    4. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    5. BlitzBlitz
    6. Mex
    7. BlitzBlitz ×2
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    9. Wind
    10. Mex
    11. JanusJanus
    12. Wind
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. JanusJanus
    15. Wind
    16. JanusJanus
    17. SentrySentry
    18. JanusJanus
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Wind ×2
    21. JanusJanus
    22. Mex
    23. Wind
    24. WhistlerMissile truck
    25. Wind
    26. WhistlerMissile truck
    27. BeamerBeamer
    28. Wind
    29. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    30. Con turret
    31. WhistlerMissile truck
  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 (38%) · pawn (35%) · Lazarus (35%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 25 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 137 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    2. ShellshockerArty ×3
    3. Con turret
    4. BlitzBlitz ×4
    5. Mex
    6. Con turret
    7. BeamerBeamer
    8. BlitzBlitz
    9. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    10. Mex ×2
    11. BeamerBeamer
    12. ShellshockerArty
    13. GauntletGauntletdone 9:22
    14. ShellshockerArty
    15. Con turret
    16. Wind
    17. ShellshockerArty
    18. Wind ×5
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:15 · typical 8:53
    20. ShellshockerArty
    21. Wind ×2
    22. Energy storage
    23. Wind ×4
    24. ShellshockerArty
    25. Wind
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    27. Wind ×5
    28. BlitzBlitz
    29. Con turret
    30. Wind
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. Wind
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. BlitzBlitz ×2
    35. Wind
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    37. BlitzBlitz
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    39. BlitzBlitz ×2
    40. Converter
    41. Con turret
    42. BlitzBlitz
    43. Wind
    44. Converter
    45. BlitzBlitz
    46. Converter
    47. Con turret
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. BlitzBlitz ×2
    50. Wind
    51. Converter
    52. Con turret
    53. BlitzBlitz ×3
    54. Con turret
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. Wind
    57. Con turret
    58. BlitzBlitz ×2
    59. Converter
    60. BlitzBlitz ×2
    61. Converter
    62. Wind
    63. NettleNettle
    64. BlitzBlitz
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. NettleNettle
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. Converter
    69. BlitzBlitz ×2
    70. Wind
    71. BlitzBlitz ×4
    72. Converter
    73. Wind
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:53
    76. BlitzBlitz ×2
    77. Con turret
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. Con turret
    80. BlitzBlitz
    81. Wind
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    83. Con turret
    84. Wind
    85. BlitzBlitz ×2
    86. Wind ×2
    87. Con turret
    88. BlitzBlitz
    89. Wind ×3
    90. BlitzBlitz
    91. Wind
    92. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    93. Wind
    94. Con turret
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. Wind ×2
    97. Con turret
    98. BlitzBlitz ×2
    99. Wind ×3
    100. BlitzBlitz
    101. Wind ×2
    102. BlitzBlitz ×2
    103. Wind
    104. Con turret
    105. Wind
    106. BlitzBlitz ×2
    107. Wind ×3
    108. BlitzBlitz
    109. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    110. Wind ×2
    111. BlitzBlitz
    112. Wind
    113. BlitzBlitz
    114. Wind ×2
    115. BlitzBlitz
    116. Con turret
    117. BlitzBlitz
    118. Con turret
    119. Wind ×2
    120. BlitzBlitz
    121. Wind ×2
    122. Con turret ×2
    123. BlitzBlitz
    124. Con turret
    125. Wind
    126. BlitzBlitz
    127. Wind ×2
    128. BlitzBlitz ×2
    129. Wind ×2
    130. BlitzBlitz
    131. Wind
    132. BlitzBlitz
    133. Wind
    134. BlitzBlitz
    135. Wind ×2
    136. Con turret
    137. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [MooDeng]NongJohn's (41 OS, 27/09/2026); 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 69% 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

1106 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008452131
3:001625141105
4:002713541333
5:0038681197816
6:00507821211524
7:00633930122448
8:00766738773357
9:00911846694311
10:001069653425050
11:001264758395699
12:001486663976527
13:001746370137244
14:002018476298090
15:002267783978941
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

[MooDeng]NongJohn

40.7 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
169 metal received · 19751 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:46 · n=695
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:37–0:57 · n=789
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:01–10:02 · n=884

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