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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 0:43 · 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 · 20 steps
    1. RoverScout ×3
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Mex
    4. BlitzBlitz
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    6. JanusJanus
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    8. SentrySentry
    9. JanusJanus
    10. Mex ×2
    11. SentrySentry ×2
    12. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Energy storage
    15. JanusJanus ×2
    16. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    17. WhistlerMissile truck ×3
    18. Mex
    19. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    20. JanusJanus ×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 · 119 steps
    1. BlitzBlitz ×8
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. BlitzBlitz ×6
    4. Con turret
    5. BlitzBlitz ×2
    6. Wind
    7. BlitzBlitz
    8. Wind
    9. BlitzBlitz
    10. Wind
    11. BlitzBlitz
    12. Wind
    13. BeamerBeamer
    14. BlitzBlitz
    15. Wind ×2
    16. BlitzBlitz
    17. Wind
    18. BlitzBlitz ×2
    19. Wind ×2
    20. BlitzBlitz
    21. Wind
    22. BeamerBeamer
    23. BlitzBlitz
    24. Wind ×2
    25. Converter
    26. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    27. Converter ×2
    28. StoutStout
    29. Converter
    30. Con turret
    31. Converter
    32. StoutStout
    33. Wind
    34. Con turret
    35. StoutStout
    36. Converter
    37. Wind
    38. Converter
    39. StoutStout
    40. RoverScout
    41. Wind
    42. RoverScout
    43. Converter
    44. RoverScout
    45. Wind
    46. Converter
    47. RoverScout
    48. Converter
    49. Con turret
    50. Converter
    51. Wind
    52. RoverScout ×2
    53. Wind
    54. RoverScout
    55. Wind ×2
    56. RoverScout ×2
    57. Wind ×2
    58. RoverScout
    59. Wind
    60. RoverScout ×2
    61. Wind
    62. RoverScout
    63. Wind
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:57 · typical 8:52
    65. Wind
    66. RoverScout
    67. Wind
    68. RoverScout
    69. Wind
    70. BeamerBeamer
    71. Wind
    72. RoverScout
    73. Wind ×2
    74. RoverScout
    75. Wind
    76. RoverScout
    77. Wind
    78. RoverScout ×2
    79. Wind
    80. RoverScout
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. Wind
    83. RoverScout ×3
    84. Wind
    85. RoverScout
    86. Con turret
    87. Wind
    88. RoverScout
    89. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    90. Wind
    91. RoverScout ×3
    92. Wind
    93. RoverScout
    94. BlitzBlitz
    95. Wind
    96. BlitzBlitz
    97. Wind
    98. BlitzBlitz
    99. Wind
    100. BlitzBlitz
    101. Wind
    102. BlitzBlitz
    103. Wind
    104. BlitzBlitz
    105. Wind
    106. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. Advanced solar
    109. Wind
    110. BlitzBlitz ×6
    111. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    112. Advanced solar
    113. BlitzBlitz ×2
    114. Con turret
    115. BlitzBlitz
    116. Con turret
    117. BlitzBlitz
    118. Con turret
    119. BlitzBlitz ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PongoPygmaeus's (35 OS, 21/09/2026); 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

PongoPygmaeus

35.5 OS · 21/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
61 metal received · 66721 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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