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Standard front

Opens with a Legion Vehicle Plant, defends the wider gap by sending early units to the coast before pushing to middle, then adds an Advanced Metal Extractor around 9 minutes and builds up Barrage and Lance into a mixed vehicle army for the…

Usually 3 mex, then lab (63%)

#eco #defence · 19 distinct matches · 7 players · 83% of Legion Front games · team won 68% of 19 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Legion Vehicle Plant by 0:55

  1. Grab starting mex and wind, then rush Legion Vehicle Plant.
  2. Start producing raiding units to defend the wide coastal gap.
  3. Send first units to coast, not middle, to stop leaks.
  4. Group 3-4 units into a line moving up toward mid.
  5. Upgrade a mex to Advanced Metal Extractor as economy transitions.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 19 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 Legion Vehicle Plant

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor3Mex
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Order
    1. Legion Vehicle PlantLegion Vehicle Plant after 3 mex, 1 winddone ~0:55, middle half 0:50–0:55

    By 0:36 in all: 3 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Legion Vehicle PlantLegion Vehicle Plantdone 0:55 · typical 0:55
  2. 2

    Legion Vehicle Plant to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine7Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Legion Construction Vehicle2 Legion Construction Vehicle
    Army
    • Pharos2 Pharos
    • Wheelie5 Wheelie
    • Decurion3 Decurion
    • Lance3 Lance
    • Barrage3 Barrage

    Some games also: Wheelie for allies (37%) · Radar Tower (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 8 wind · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 27 steps
    1. WheelieWheelie ×5
    2. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    3. Wind ×3
    4. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    5. DecurionDecurion
    6. Wind
    7. Mex
    8. LanceLance
    9. Wind
    10. Mex
    11. BarrageBarrage
    12. Wind ×2
    13. DecurionDecurion
    14. Wind
    15. Mex
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    17. PharosPharos
    18. LanceLance
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    20. Mex
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    22. BarrageBarrage
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    24. DecurionDecurion
    25. LanceLance
    26. BarrageBarrage
    27. DecurionDecurion
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine17Wind
    • Energy Converter1Converter
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    Army
    • Pharos3 Pharos
    • Lance3 Lance
    • Decurion3 Decurion
    • Barrage2 Barrage

    Some games also: Legion Construction Vehicle (47%) · Radar Tower (37%) · metal storage (32%) · Dragon's Teeth (32%) · Helios (32%)

    By 10:00 in all: 8 mex · 25 wind · 1 converter · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 109 steps
    1. LanceLance
    2. BarrageBarrage
    3. PharosPharos ×2
    4. LanceLance
    5. Mex
    6. DecurionDecurion
    7. BrambleBramble ×2
    8. LanceLance
    9. PharosPharos
    10. DecurionDecurion
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. PharosPharos
    13. LanceLance
    14. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    15. PharosPharos
    16. Con turret
    17. Wind
    18. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    19. Wind ×2
    20. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    21. Mex
    22. Wind ×2
    23. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    24. Wind ×2
    25. Converter
    26. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    27. Wind
    28. Con turret
    29. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    30. Wind
    31. Converter
    32. Energy storage
    33. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    34. Wind
    35. Converter
    36. Wind ×2
    37. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    38. Wind
    39. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    40. Converter
    41. Wind ×3
    42. Converter ×2
    43. Energy storage
    44. Wind ×2
    45. Con turret
    46. Wind ×25
    47. Con turret
    48. Wind ×11
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:48
    50. Wind ×16
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. Wind ×26
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. Wind ×20
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. Wind ×5
    57. Converter
    58. Wind ×4
    59. Converter
    60. Wind ×3
    61. Converter
    62. Wind ×4
    63. Converter
    64. Wind ×4
    65. Converter
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. Wind ×6
    68. Converter
    69. Wind ×2
    70. Converter
    71. Wind ×4
    72. Converter ×2
    73. Wind ×5
    74. Converter
    75. Wind ×3
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. Wind ×8
    78. Energy storage
    79. Con turret
    80. Wind ×2
    81. Energy storage
    82. Wind ×4
    83. Converter ×2
    84. Wind ×4
    85. Con turret
    86. Converter
    87. Wind
    88. Converter
    89. Wind ×2
    90. Converter
    91. Con turret
    92. Wind
    93. Converter
    94. Wind
    95. Con turret
    96. Wind
    97. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    98. Converter
    99. Wind
    100. Con turret
    101. Wind
    102. Converter
    103. Wind
    104. Con turret
    105. Wind ×2
    106. Converter
    107. Con turret
    108. Wind ×2
    109. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Hummell's (45 OS, 07/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wheelie3 Wheelie to Pondfirst at 2:00 · in 37% of games

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:19 · in 32% of games
  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:19 · in 42% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geofirst at 7:21 · in 58% 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

02.5k5k7.5k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

02k4k6k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

19 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0040200
2:009315246
3:0016385269
4:00273223493
5:003791598202
6:0049541378582
7:00614318701259
8:00791236241844
9:00920046272995
10:001110650613141
11:001305656763777
12:001491866124202
13:001700067964213
14:001928667964581
15:002194468235039
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Front performs strongly, winning 65% of games with the highest destroyed-to-lost ratio of the sampled roles by 10:00.

  • + Enemy metal destroyed hits 5503 by 10:00, well ahead of losses.
  • + T2 con by 7:33 in most games keeps tempo up.
  • − Own metal lost reaches 3459 by 10:00 from constant front-line trades.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Hummell

44.9 OS · 07/09/2026

Open source match ↗

15 received units · includes a constructor
101 metal received · 61829 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Legion Vehicle Plant0:55Middle 50%: 0:50–0:55 · n=17
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:06–9:52 · n=12

Played most by

Hummell12games of this buildTregan2games of this buildEpicTyrannus1game of this buildhaaven1game of this buildImmort1game of this build