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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 Bot LabLegion Bot Labdone 0:48
  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 · 43 steps
    1. ZagreusZagreus
    2. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    3. Wind
    4. GoblinGoblin
    5. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    6. GoblinGoblin
    7. PharosPharos
    8. GoblinGoblin
    9. Mex
    10. GoblinGoblin
    11. Mex
    12. GoblinGoblin ×6
    13. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    14. PharosPharos
    15. GoblinGoblin
    16. Mex
    17. PharosPharos
    18. GoblinGoblin ×3
    19. Wind
    20. PharosPharos
    21. GoblinGoblin
    22. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    23. Wind
    24. Mex
    25. Wind
    26. BallistaBallista
    27. Con turret
    28. Wind
    29. Dragon's JawDragon's Jaw
    30. BallistaBallista
    31. Wind ×2
    32. BallistaBallista
    33. Wind
    34. BallistaBallista
    35. Con turret
    36. PharosPharos
    37. Wind
    38. BallistaBallista
    39. Mex
    40. Wind ×2
    41. BallistaBallista
    42. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    43. Wind ×2
  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 · 99 steps
    1. BallistaBallista
    2. Wind ×2
    3. BallistaBallista
    4. Wind ×2
    5. BallistaBallista
    6. Wind
    7. Mex
    8. BallistaBallista
    9. Wind
    10. Dragon's JawDragon's Jaw
    11. Wind
    12. GoblinGoblin
    13. Wind
    14. BallistaBallista
    15. GoblinGoblin
    16. ZagreusZagreus
    17. HiveHive
    18. GoblinGoblin ×2
    19. Wind
    20. GoblinGoblin ×3
    21. Wind
    22. Legion DroneLegion Drone ×2
    23. Wind
    24. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    25. HiveHive
    26. Wind
    27. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    28. Wind
    29. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    30. Wind
    31. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    32. Wind ×3
    33. Legion DroneLegion Drone ×3
    34. SatyrSatyr
    35. Wind
    36. SatyrSatyr
    37. PharosPharos
    38. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    39. Wind
    40. SatyrSatyr
    41. PharosPharos
    42. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    43. SatyrSatyr ×2
    44. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    45. Wind
    46. PharosPharos
    47. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    48. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    49. SatyrSatyr
    50. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    51. SatyrSatyr
    52. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    53. PharosPharos
    54. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    55. SatyrSatyr
    56. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    57. Dragon's JawDragon's Jaw
    58. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    59. SatyrSatyr
    60. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    61. SatyrSatyr
    62. PharosPharos
    63. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    64. SatyrSatyr
    65. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    66. PharosPharos
    67. Dragon's JawDragon's Jaw
    68. SatyrSatyr
    69. PharosPharos
    70. SatyrSatyr
    71. Wind
    72. SatyrSatyr
    73. PharosPharos
    74. Wind
    75. SatyrSatyr
    76. PharosPharos
    77. Wind
    78. Mex ×2
    79. Legion Bot LabLegion Bot Labdone 10:01
    80. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    81. Con turret
    82. NyxNyx
    83. ZagreusZagreus
    84. Wind ×2
    85. ZagreusZagreus
    86. Wind
    87. Mex
    88. GoblinGoblin
    89. Wind
    90. GoblinGoblin ×2
    91. Wind
    92. Energy storage
    93. Mex
    94. Con turret
    95. Dragon's JawDragon's Jaw
    96. Wind ×3
    97. Mex
    98. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    99. PharosPharos

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Kurosul's (36 OS, 11/09/2026); 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

Kurosul

35.9 OS · 11/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units
149 metal received · 15564 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

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