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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 · 31 steps
    1. WheelieWheelie ×4for Pond
    2. WheelieWheelie
    3. Wind
    4. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    7. DecurionDecurion
    8. Mex
    9. Wind
    10. BarrageBarrage
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Mex
    13. LanceLance
    14. Wind
    15. Mex
    16. DecurionDecurion
    17. Wind
    18. PharosPharos
    19. BarrageBarrage
    20. PharosPharos
    21. Wind
    22. PharosPharos
    23. Con turret
    24. LanceLance
    25. PharosPharos
    26. DecurionDecurion
    27. PharosPharos
    28. BarrageBarrage
    29. LanceLance
    30. Mex
    31. 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 · 185 steps
    1. BarrageBarrage
    2. LanceLance
    3. PharosPharos
    4. DecurionDecurion
    5. PharosPharos ×2
    6. BarrageBarrage
    7. Mex
    8. LanceLance
    9. Converter
    10. Wind
    11. DecurionDecurion
    12. BarrageBarrage
    13. Wind
    14. Converter
    15. LanceLance
    16. Wind
    17. DecurionDecurion
    18. BarrageBarrage
    19. Converter
    20. Wind
    21. LanceLance
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:01 · typical 9:01
    23. DecurionDecurion
    24. Wind
    25. Converter
    26. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    27. Wind
    28. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    29. Wind ×2
    30. Energy storage
    31. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    34. Wind ×3
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. Wind ×4
    37. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. Wind
    41. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    42. Wind ×2
    43. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    44. Wind
    45. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    46. Wind ×2
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    49. Wind
    50. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    51. Wind ×2
    52. Con turret
    53. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    54. Wind
    55. Converter
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. Wind
    59. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    60. Wind
    61. Converter
    62. Wind
    63. Con turret
    64. Wind ×2
    65. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    68. Wind ×8
    69. Converter
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    71. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    72. Wind ×5
    73. Converter
    74. Wind
    75. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    76. Wind ×7
    77. Converter
    78. Con turret
    79. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    80. Wind ×3
    81. Converter
    82. Wind ×2
    83. Con turret
    84. Converter
    85. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    86. Wind ×3
    87. PulsarPulsardone 13:59
    88. Converter
    89. Wind ×2
    90. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    91. Wind ×2
    92. Converter
    93. Wind ×4
    94. Converter
    95. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    96. Wind ×4
    97. Converter
    98. Con turret
    99. Wind ×4
    100. Converter
    101. Wind ×3
    102. Converter
    103. Con turret
    104. Wind ×5
    105. Converter
    106. Wind ×2
    107. Converter
    108. Wind ×3
    109. Con turret
    110. Converter
    111. Wind
    112. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    113. Wind ×2
    114. Converter
    115. Wind
    116. Con turret
    117. Wind ×6
    118. NyxNyx
    119. Converter
    120. Wind
    121. Converter
    122. Con turret
    123. Wind ×5
    124. PharosPharos
    125. Wind
    126. Converter
    127. Wind ×9
    128. Converter
    129. Wind ×4
    130. Converter
    131. Wind ×8
    132. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    133. Wind ×2
    134. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    135. Converter
    136. Wind ×2
    137. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    138. Wind
    139. Converter
    140. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    141. Wind ×2
    142. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    143. Wind
    144. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    145. Wind
    146. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    147. Wind ×2
    148. Converter
    149. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    150. Wind
    151. PharosPharos
    152. Wind ×3
    153. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    154. Wind
    155. Converter
    156. Wind
    157. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×3
    158. ArbalestArbalest
    159. Wind ×4
    160. Converter
    161. Wind ×9
    162. Converter
    163. Wind
    164. NyxNyx
    165. Converter
    166. Wind ×2
    167. Con turret ×2
    168. Wind ×4
    169. Con turret
    170. Wind ×2
    171. Converter
    172. Wind ×5
    173. Converter
    174. Wind ×2
    175. Con turret
    176. Wind
    177. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    178. Wind ×2
    179. Con turret
    180. Converter
    181. Wind ×6
    182. Converter
    183. Wind ×3
    184. Converter
    185. Wind

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
127 metal received · 18030 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