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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 · 29 steps
    1. WheelieWheelie ×5
    2. Wind
    3. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    6. DecurionDecurion
    7. Mex
    8. Wind
    9. BarrageBarrage
    10. Mex
    11. Wind
    12. LanceLance
    13. Wind
    14. Mex
    15. DecurionDecurion
    16. PharosPharos
    17. BarrageBarrage
    18. PharosPharos
    19. LanceLance
    20. DecurionDecurion
    21. BarrageBarrage
    22. LanceLance
    23. DecurionDecurion
    24. Wind
    25. Mex
    26. Wind
    27. PharosPharos
    28. Wind
    29. BarrageBarrage
  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 · 173 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Con turret
    3. LanceLance
    4. Metal storage
    5. DecurionDecurion
    6. Mex
    7. PharosPharos ×2
    8. BarrageBarrage
    9. Mex
    10. LanceLance
    11. DecurionDecurion
    12. Wind
    13. BarrageBarrage
    14. Wind
    15. LanceLance
    16. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    17. Wind ×2
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:15 · typical 9:01
    19. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    20. PharosPharos
    21. Wind
    22. PharosPharos
    23. Wind
    24. Energy storage
    25. PharosPharos
    26. Wind
    27. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    28. Wind ×7
    29. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    30. Converter
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    32. Wind ×7
    33. Converter
    34. Wind ×5
    35. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. Converter
    38. Wind ×5
    39. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    40. Wind
    41. Converter
    42. Wind ×3
    43. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    44. Wind ×5
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. Con turret
    47. Wind
    48. Converter
    49. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    50. Wind ×3
    51. Converter
    52. Wind ×2
    53. Converter
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Converter
    56. Wind
    57. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    58. Wind
    59. Converter
    60. Wind ×2
    61. Converter
    62. Wind
    63. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    64. Converter
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. Wind
    67. Converter
    68. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    69. Wind ×2
    70. Converter
    71. Wind
    72. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    73. Wind ×2
    74. Converter
    75. Con turret
    76. Wind
    77. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    78. Wind
    79. Converter ×2
    80. Wind
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    83. Wind ×4
    84. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    85. Wind
    86. Converter
    87. Wind
    88. Converter
    89. Wind ×3
    90. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    91. Wind
    92. Converter
    93. Wind ×3
    94. Con turret ×2
    95. Wind
    96. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    97. Wind
    98. Converter
    99. Wind
    100. Con turret
    101. Converter ×2
    102. Wind ×2
    103. Con turret
    104. Wind
    105. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    106. Converter
    107. Wind ×2
    108. Converter
    109. Con turret
    110. Wind
    111. Converter
    112. Wind ×3
    113. Con turret
    114. Wind
    115. Converter ×2
    116. Wind ×2
    117. Con turret
    118. Wind ×4
    119. Converter ×2
    120. Con turret
    121. Wind ×4
    122. Converter
    123. Wind
    124. Con turret
    125. Converter
    126. Wind
    127. PulsarPulsardone 14:18
    128. Converter
    129. Con turret
    130. Wind ×2
    131. Converter
    132. Wind ×2
    133. Converter
    134. Wind
    135. Converter
    136. Wind ×5
    137. Converter ×2
    138. Wind ×3
    139. Converter
    140. Wind ×11
    141. Converter ×2
    142. Wind
    143. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    144. Wind
    145. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    146. Wind
    147. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    148. Wind
    149. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    150. Converter
    151. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    152. Wind
    153. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    154. Wind ×3
    155. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    156. Wind
    157. Energy storage
    158. Wind
    159. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    160. Wind
    161. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    162. Wind ×2
    163. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    164. Converter ×2
    165. Wind ×3
    166. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    167. ArbalestArbalest
    168. Wind ×5
    169. Converter
    170. Wind ×5
    171. Converter
    172. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    173. Wind ×4

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

44.8 OS · 07/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
1308 metal received · 15569 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