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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 · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:20 · 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 · 36 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick
    5. Mex
    6. TickTick ×2
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Wind
    10. Mex
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. TickTick ×2
    13. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. Mex ×2
    16. CenturionCenturion
    17. TickTick ×2
    18. Mex
    19. TickTick
    20. Mex
    21. TickTick
    22. Mex
    23. CenturionCenturion
    24. SentrySentry ×2
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    26. SentrySentry
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    28. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    30. Construction BotCon bot
    31. Con turret
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Con turret
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. CenturionCenturion
    36. 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 · 157 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    2. BeamerBeamer
    3. LazarusLazarus ×2
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Wind
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    21. Wind
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Con turret
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    26. Energy storage
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    28. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    31. Con turret
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Wind ×2
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. Wind ×3
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
    38. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:11
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn ×3
    41. CenturionCenturion
    42. GauntletGauntletdone 9:27
    43. CenturionCenturion
    44. Wind ×15
    45. LazarusLazarus
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Wind ×9
    48. TickTick
    49. Wind
    50. TickTick
    51. Wind
    52. TickTick
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:26 · typical 8:52
    54. Wind
    55. TickTick
    56. Wind
    57. Converter ×2
    58. TickTick ×3
    59. Converter
    60. TickTick ×3
    61. Converter
    62. Con turret
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. TickTick
    65. Converter
    66. TickTick ×3
    67. Converter
    68. TickTick
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. Converter
    71. LazarusLazarus
    72. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    73. LazarusLazarus
    74. TickTick ×2
    75. Converter
    76. TickTick
    77. Converter
    78. TickTick
    79. Converter
    80. TickTick ×2
    81. Con turret
    82. TickTick
    83. Construction BotCon bot
    84. Con turret
    85. Construction BotCon bot
    86. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    87. BeamerBeamer
    88. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    89. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    90. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    91. Construction BotCon bot
    92. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    93. Converter
    94. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:57 · typical 0:47
    95. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    96. Construction BotCon bot
    97. Converter
    98. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    99. BlitzBlitz
    100. Con turret
    101. BlitzBlitz
    102. Construction BotCon bot
    103. BlitzBlitz
    104. Converter
    105. Construction BotCon bot
    106. BlitzBlitz
    107. Converter
    108. BlitzBlitz ×3
    109. Converter
    110. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    111. BlitzBlitz
    112. Con turret
    113. BlitzBlitz
    114. Converter
    115. BlitzBlitz ×2
    116. Con turret
    117. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:56
    118. BlitzBlitz
    119. Converter
    120. BlitzBlitz
    121. Energy storage
    122. BlitzBlitz
    123. Wind
    124. BlitzBlitz
    125. Converter ×2
    126. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    127. BlitzBlitz
    128. LazarusLazarus
    129. Converter ×2
    130. Mex
    131. BlitzBlitz
    132. Wind
    133. BlitzBlitz
    134. LazarusLazarus
    135. BlitzBlitz
    136. Converter ×2
    137. BlitzBlitz
    138. Cloakable Fusion ReactorCloakable Fusion Reactordone 14:30
    139. Converter ×2
    140. Wind
    141. Converter
    142. Con turret
    143. Converter ×2
    144. Wind
    145. Converter ×2
    146. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    147. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 14:21
    148. Wind
    149. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    150. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labnot finished by 15:00
    151. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    152. Wind
    153. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    154. Wind
    155. Con turret
    156. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    157. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is UsurpeR's (42 OS, 24/09/2026); 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

UsurpeR

42.2 OS · 24/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
116 metal received · 75516 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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