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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 ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Legion Vehicle PlantLegion Vehicle Plantdone 0:50 · 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 · 21 steps
    1. WheelieWheelie
    2. Wind
    3. WheelieWheelie ×3
    4. Wind
    5. WheelieWheelie
    6. Wind
    7. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle ×2
    8. Mex
    9. DecurionDecurion
    10. Mex
    11. DecurionDecurion
    12. BarrageBarrage
    13. Mex
    14. Wind
    15. BarrageBarrage
    16. Mex
    17. Wind
    18. PharosPharos
    19. LanceLance
    20. PharosPharos ×2
    21. LanceLance ×7
  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 · 196 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LanceLance
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Con turret
    5. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    6. Wind
    7. Con turret
    8. PharosPharos
    9. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    10. Energy storage
    11. LanceLance
    12. PharosPharos ×2
    13. LanceLance
    14. Wind
    15. HeliosHelios
    16. Wind
    17. Mex
    18. HeliosHelios
    19. Wind
    20. PharosPharos
    21. HeliosHelios
    22. Wind
    23. Con turret
    24. HeliosHelios
    25. Wind
    26. HeliosHelios
    27. Wind
    28. PharosPharos
    29. HeliosHelios
    30. Wind
    31. PharosPharos
    32. Wind
    33. HeliosHelios
    34. Wind
    35. AmputatorAmputator
    36. Wind
    37. HeliosHelios
    38. Wind ×2
    39. HeliosHelios
    40. DecurionDecurion
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:39
    42. DecurionDecurion
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    44. Con turret
    45. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    46. Wind
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Con turret
    49. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    50. Converter
    51. DecurionDecurion
    52. Wind
    53. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    54. PharosPharos
    55. Converter
    56. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    57. Wind
    58. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    59. Converter
    60. PharosPharos
    61. Wind
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    64. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    65. Converter
    66. Wind
    67. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    68. Wind
    69. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    70. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    71. Wind
    72. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    73. DecurionDecurion
    74. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    75. Wind
    76. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    77. Converter
    78. Wind
    79. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    80. Mex
    81. Wind
    82. DecurionDecurion
    83. Converter
    84. Wind ×2
    85. DecurionDecurion
    86. Wind ×2
    87. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    88. DecurionDecurion
    89. Wind ×2
    90. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    91. Advanced solar
    92. Wind ×3
    93. DecurionDecurion
    94. Wind ×2
    95. Legion Bot LabLegion Bot Labdone 12:08
    96. DecurionDecurion
    97. Wind
    98. Advanced solar
    99. Wind
    100. GoblinGoblin
    101. Wind
    102. DecurionDecurion
    103. ZagreusZagreus
    104. Wind
    105. ZagreusZagreus
    106. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    107. Wind
    108. ZagreusZagreus
    109. Advanced solar
    110. Wind
    111. DecurionDecurion
    112. Wind
    113. GoblinGoblin
    114. DecurionDecurion
    115. Wind
    116. GoblinGoblin ×3
    117. Advanced solar
    118. GoblinGoblin
    119. Wind
    120. GoblinGoblin
    121. DecurionDecurion
    122. GoblinGoblin ×2
    123. Wind
    124. GoblinGoblin ×4
    125. Wind
    126. GoblinGoblin
    127. DecurionDecurion
    128. GoblinGoblin
    129. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    130. GoblinGoblin
    131. LanceLance
    132. Con turret
    133. Wind
    134. GoblinGoblin ×3
    135. DecurionDecurion
    136. Wind
    137. GoblinGoblin ×2
    138. Wind
    139. GoblinGoblin
    140. Wind
    141. DecurionDecurion
    142. GoblinGoblin ×2
    143. Wind
    144. GoblinGoblin
    145. Wind
    146. DecurionDecurion
    147. GoblinGoblin ×2
    148. LanceLance
    149. GoblinGoblin
    150. Wind ×2
    151. BastionBastionnot finished by 15:00
    152. GoblinGoblin
    153. DecurionDecurion
    154. GoblinGoblin
    155. Wind
    156. GoblinGoblin
    157. Wind
    158. GoblinGoblin
    159. Wind
    160. DecurionDecurion
    161. GoblinGoblin ×3
    162. Wind
    163. DecurionDecurion
    164. GoblinGoblin
    165. Wind
    166. GoblinGoblin
    167. LanceLance
    168. GoblinGoblin
    169. Wind ×2
    170. GoblinGoblin
    171. DecurionDecurion
    172. GoblinGoblin
    173. Wind
    174. GoblinGoblin
    175. Wind
    176. GoblinGoblin
    177. DecurionDecurion
    178. GoblinGoblin
    179. Wind ×2
    180. GoblinGoblin
    181. Wind
    182. GoblinGoblin
    183. DecurionDecurion
    184. GoblinGoblin ×2
    185. Wind
    186. LanceLance
    187. Wind
    188. GoblinGoblin ×3
    189. DecurionDecurion
    190. Wind
    191. GoblinGoblin
    192. Wind
    193. GoblinGoblin
    194. DecurionDecurion
    195. GoblinGoblin ×2
    196. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Immort's (51 OS, 09/09/2026); 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

Immort

51.4 OS · 09/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
827 metal received · 47916 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