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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 ×2
    2. 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 (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 · 37 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick ×3
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. Mex
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Mex
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    24. Wind
    25. Con turret
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind
    30. Mex ×2
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    32. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    33. Wind
    34. Construction BotCon bot
    35. Mex
    36. Con turret
    37. PawnPawn
  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 · 336 steps
    1. SentrySentry
    2. PawnPawn
    3. Wind
    4. Energy storage
    5. PawnPawn
    6. Solar
    7. PawnPawn ×2
    8. SentrySentry
    9. PawnPawn ×3
    10. SentrySentry
    11. PawnPawn
    12. Converter
    13. PawnPawn
    14. Wind
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Wind
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Wind
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Wind
    21. PawnPawn
    22. Wind
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Wind
    25. NettleNettle
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Wind
    28. PawnPawn
    29. Wind
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Wind
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Wind
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Wind
    36. NettleNettle
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Con turret
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn
    41. NettleNettle
    42. Wind
    43. Con turret
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Wind
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Wind
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Wind ×2
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Con turret ×2
    54. Wind
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:05 · typical 8:52
    56. Wind
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. Wind ×15
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. Wind
    61. Converter
    62. Wind
    63. Mex
    64. Wind
    65. Mex ×4
    66. Wind ×4
    67. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    70. Wind
    71. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    72. Wind
    73. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    74. Wind ×2
    75. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    76. Wind
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    78. Converter
    79. Wind
    80. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    81. Wind ×2
    82. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    83. Wind ×3
    84. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:15
    85. Wind
    86. Construction BotCon bot
    87. Wind
    88. Converter
    89. Wind ×2
    90. Construction BotCon bot
    91. Converter
    92. Wind ×6
    93. Construction BotCon bot
    94. Wind ×6
    95. Converter
    96. Con turret
    97. Wind
    98. Con turret ×2
    99. Wind ×2
    100. Con turret
    101. Wind ×4
    102. Converter
    103. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    104. Converter ×4
    105. Wind
    106. Converter
    107. Wind
    108. Converter
    109. PawnPawn
    110. Wind
    111. Converter
    112. PawnPawn
    113. Wind
    114. Converter
    115. Wind ×2
    116. PawnPawn
    117. Wind
    118. Converter
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Wind
    121. Converter
    122. Wind
    123. PawnPawn
    124. Wind
    125. PawnPawn
    126. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:47
    127. Wind
    128. PawnPawn
    129. Wind
    130. Converter
    131. PawnPawn
    132. Converter
    133. PawnPawn
    134. Wind
    135. PawnPawn
    136. Construction BotCon bot
    137. PawnPawn
    138. Wind ×2
    139. PawnPawn
    140. Wind
    141. Converter
    142. PawnPawn ×3
    143. Con turret
    144. Wind
    145. Converter
    146. Wind
    147. PawnPawn
    148. Wind
    149. PawnPawn
    150. Con turret
    151. PawnPawn
    152. Wind
    153. SentrySentry
    154. PawnPawn
    155. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    156. PawnPawn ×2
    157. Con turret
    158. Wind
    159. PawnPawn
    160. Con turret
    161. Wind
    162. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    163. PawnPawn
    164. Converter
    165. Wind
    166. Con turret
    167. PawnPawn
    168. Wind
    169. PawnPawn ×3
    170. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:44
    171. Wind
    172. PawnPawn
    173. Wind
    174. PawnPawn
    175. Wind
    176. PawnPawn
    177. HarpoonHarpoon
    178. Wind ×2
    179. PawnPawn
    180. Converter
    181. Wind
    182. PawnPawn ×3
    183. Wind
    184. Con turret
    185. PawnPawn
    186. Wind
    187. Con turret
    188. PawnPawn ×2
    189. Wind
    190. PawnPawn
    191. Wind ×2
    192. PawnPawn ×4
    193. Wind
    194. PawnPawn
    195. Wind
    196. PawnPawn ×2
    197. Wind
    198. PawnPawn
    199. Wind
    200. PawnPawn ×3
    201. Wind ×2
    202. PawnPawn ×2
    203. Wind ×2
    204. PawnPawn ×4
    205. Wind
    206. PawnPawn ×2
    207. Wind
    208. PawnPawn ×2
    209. Wind
    210. PawnPawn
    211. Wind
    212. PawnPawn
    213. Converter
    214. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    215. PawnPawn ×2
    216. Converter
    217. PawnPawn ×2
    218. Wind
    219. PawnPawn ×4
    220. Wind
    221. PawnPawn ×2
    222. Wind ×2
    223. PawnPawn
    224. Wind
    225. PawnPawn ×3
    226. Wind
    227. PawnPawn
    228. Wind ×2
    229. PawnPawn ×3
    230. Wind
    231. PawnPawn
    232. Wind
    233. PawnPawn
    234. Wind
    235. PawnPawn ×3
    236. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:17
    237. Wind
    238. PawnPawn
    239. Wind
    240. PawnPawn ×4
    241. Wind ×2
    242. PawnPawn ×3
    243. Wind
    244. PawnPawn
    245. Wind
    246. PawnPawn
    247. Wind ×13
    248. Converter
    249. Wind ×2
    250. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    251. Wind ×3
    252. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    253. Wind
    254. Converter
    255. Wind ×9
    256. TickTick ×3
    257. Wind ×2
    258. TickTick ×4
    259. Wind
    260. TickTick ×2
    261. Wind
    262. TickTick ×3
    263. Wind
    264. TickTick ×7
    265. ChainsawChainsaw
    266. TickTick ×2
    267. Wind
    268. TickTick
    269. Wind
    270. TickTick ×5
    271. Wind ×2
    272. TickTick ×6
    273. Wind
    274. TickTick ×2
    275. Wind
    276. TickTick ×6
    277. Wind ×3
    278. TickTick ×5
    279. Wind
    280. TickTick ×4
    281. Wind
    282. TickTick
    283. Wind
    284. TickTick ×3
    285. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    286. TickTick
    287. Wind
    288. TickTick
    289. Wind
    290. TickTick ×3
    291. Wind
    292. TickTick ×3
    293. Wind
    294. TickTick
    295. Wind
    296. TickTick ×4
    297. Wind ×2
    298. TickTick ×7
    299. Wind ×3
    300. TickTick ×4
    301. Wind
    302. TickTick ×10
    303. Converter
    304. TickTick ×4
    305. Wind
    306. TickTick
    307. Wind
    308. TickTick
    309. Converter
    310. TickTick ×6
    311. Wind
    312. TickTick ×4
    313. Wind ×2
    314. TickTick
    315. Wind ×2
    316. TickTick ×6
    317. Wind ×2
    318. TickTick ×3
    319. Wind
    320. TickTick
    321. Con turret
    322. TickTick ×2
    323. Wind
    324. TickTick
    325. Wind
    326. TickTick ×4
    327. Wind
    328. TickTick
    329. Wind
    330. TickTick ×3
    331. Wind
    332. TickTick ×3
    333. Wind
    334. TickTick ×2
    335. Wind
    336. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is AlRelSoulfire's (51 OS, 14/08/2026); 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

AlRelSoulfire

51.4 OS · 14/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
297 metal received · 99899 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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