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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 ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:59 · 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 · 23 steps
    1. TickTick ×4
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. Mex
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Mex
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Wind
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Mex
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    22. BeamerBeamer
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
  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 · 147 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. Con turret
    4. Wind ×3
    5. Con turret
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Wind ×4
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Wind ×3
    11. Con turret
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    17. Wind
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    19. Advanced solar
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    26. Wind
    27. Con turret
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Wind ×5
    31. Metal storage
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Wind ×3
    34. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Wind ×2
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Wind ×2
    41. LazarusLazarus
    42. Wind ×2
    43. LazarusLazarus
    44. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 8:35
    45. Wind ×3
    46. OspreyHeavy transport
    47. LazarusLazarus
    48. Wind ×2
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Wind ×2
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Wind ×2
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Wind ×2
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Wind ×2
    57. PawnPawn
    58. Wind
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Wind
    61. SentrySentry
    62. Wind
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Wind ×2
    65. StorkLight transport
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Wind
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:09 · typical 8:52
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Wind ×2
    71. PawnPawn
    72. Con turret
    73. StorkLight transport
    74. Wind
    75. SentrySentry
    76. Wind
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Wind
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Wind
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    84. ShipyardShipyardnot finished by 15:00
    85. Wind
    86. PawnPawn
    87. HarpoonHarpoon
    88. Wind ×2
    89. PawnPawn
    90. StorkLight transport
    91. Wind
    92. HarpoonHarpoon
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    95. PawnPawn ×3
    96. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    97. PawnPawn
    98. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:16
    99. PawnPawn ×2
    100. ShipyardShipyarddone 12:00
    101. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    102. DolphinDolphin
    103. PawnPawn
    104. DolphinDolphin ×2
    105. PawnPawn
    106. DolphinDolphin ×2
    107. Mex
    108. DolphinDolphin
    109. PawnPawn
    110. CorsairDestroyerdone 13:13
    111. PawnPawn
    112. SentrySentry
    113. PawnPawn
    114. CorsairDestroyer
    115. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    116. LazarusLazarus ×2
    117. ShipyardShipyardnot finished by 15:00
    118. Converter
    119. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower ×2
    120. LazarusLazarus
    121. CorsairDestroyer
    122. Converter
    123. PawnPawn
    124. DolphinDolphin
    125. PawnPawn
    126. DolphinDolphin
    127. PawnPawn
    128. DolphinDolphin
    129. PawnPawn
    130. Converter
    131. PawnPawn
    132. DolphinDolphin
    133. PawnPawn
    134. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    135. DolphinDolphin
    136. PawnPawn ×2
    137. DolphinDolphin
    138. PawnPawn
    139. DolphinDolphin
    140. Converter
    141. PawnPawn
    142. DolphinDolphin
    143. PawnPawn ×2
    144. DolphinDolphin
    145. PawnPawn
    146. DolphinDolphin
    147. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PRO_Rerory's (50 OS, 18/09/2026); 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

PRO_Rerory

49.7 OS · 18/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
2 metal received · 73 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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