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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is CentientWaffle's (35 OS, 29/08/2026); 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 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

CentientWaffle

35.1 OS · 29/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
231 metal received · 29479 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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