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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 0:45 · 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 · 21 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
    15. TickTick ×3
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. Con turret
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×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 · 216 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    4. TickTick
    5. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    8. Wind
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Wind
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Wind
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Wind ×2
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Wind
    17. TickTick
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind
    23. Mex
    24. BeamerBeamer
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:17 · typical 8:52
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Converter
    30. Wind
    31. TickTick ×3
    32. Wind
    33. TickTick ×2
    34. Wind
    35. TickTick ×3
    36. Wind
    37. TickTick ×2
    38. Wind
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. RocketeerRocketeer
    41. Wind
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
    43. Wind
    44. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    45. RocketeerRocketeer
    46. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    47. Wind
    48. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    49. RocketeerRocketeer
    50. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    51. Converter
    52. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    53. Wind
    54. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    55. TickTick
    56. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    57. TickTick
    58. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    59. Wind
    60. TickTick
    61. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    62. TickTick
    63. Wind
    64. TickTick
    65. Wind
    66. SentrySentry
    67. Wind
    68. Construction BotCon bot
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. Wind
    71. SentrySentry
    72. Wind
    73. Con turret
    74. LazarusLazarus
    75. Wind
    76. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    77. Con turret
    78. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    79. Wind
    80. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    83. Wind
    84. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 9:29 · typical 0:47
    85. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    86. TickTick ×2
    87. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    88. TickTick
    89. StoutStout
    90. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    91. TickTick ×2
    92. StoutStout
    93. Wind
    94. Energy storage
    95. TickTick
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick ×2
    98. Wind
    99. TickTick ×2
    100. Wind ×2
    101. StoutStout
    102. Wind
    103. StoutStout
    104. Advanced solar
    105. Wind
    106. Advanced solar
    107. StoutStout
    108. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    109. Wind
    110. StoutStout
    111. Wind ×2
    112. StoutStout
    113. Wind ×2
    114. StoutStout
    115. Wind ×2
    116. Converter
    117. StoutStout
    118. Wind
    119. StoutStout
    120. Wind
    121. Converter
    122. TickTick
    123. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    124. TickTick
    125. Wind
    126. TickTick
    127. Converter
    128. TickTick
    129. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    130. TickTick
    131. SentrySentry
    132. Construction VehicleCon vehiclefor Geo sea
    133. SentrySentry
    134. StoutStout ×2
    135. SentrySentry
    136. CrossbowCrossbow
    137. Wind ×2
    138. StoutStout
    139. CrossbowCrossbow
    140. SentrySentry
    141. Wind
    142. StoutStout
    143. CrossbowCrossbow
    144. StoutStout
    145. CrossbowCrossbow
    146. Wind ×2
    147. CrossbowCrossbow
    148. Wind ×4
    149. TickTick
    150. Wind
    151. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    152. TickTick
    153. StoutStout
    154. TickTick
    155. LazarusLazarus
    156. Wind
    157. StoutStout
    158. TickTick
    159. Wind
    160. TickTick
    161. StoutStout
    162. TickTick
    163. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    164. Wind ×2
    165. TickTick ×2
    166. StoutStout
    167. TickTick
    168. Wind
    169. TickTick
    170. StoutStout
    171. TickTick
    172. Wind
    173. TickTick
    174. StoutStout
    175. TickTick
    176. Wind
    177. TickTick
    178. Wind
    179. StoutStout
    180. TickTick ×2
    181. LazarusLazarus ×2
    182. Wind
    183. StoutStout
    184. LazarusLazarus
    185. Wind
    186. StoutStout
    187. Wind
    188. StoutStout
    189. SentrySentry
    190. Wind
    191. StoutStout
    192. Wind
    193. StoutStout
    194. SentrySentry
    195. Wind ×2
    196. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    197. StoutStout
    198. Wind
    199. StoutStout
    200. SentrySentry
    201. TickTick
    202. StoutStout
    203. TickTick
    204. Wind
    205. TickTick
    206. Wind
    207. StoutStout
    208. TickTick
    209. StoutStout
    210. TickTick
    211. Wind
    212. TickTick
    213. StoutStout
    214. TickTick ×5
    215. Wind ×2
    216. TickTick ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is confirm_'s (62 OS, 30/08/2026); 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

confirm_

62.1 OS · 30/08/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
321 metal received · 19771 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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