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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. WheelieWheeliefor Pond
    2. WheelieWheelie ×2
    3. WheelieWheeliefor Pond
    4. WheelieWheelie
    5. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    6. Wind
    7. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    8. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    9. DecurionDecurion
    10. Mex
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Mex
    13. BarrageBarrage
    14. Wind
    15. Mex
    16. Wind
    17. LanceLance
    18. WheelieWheelie ×4
    19. PharosPharos
    20. WheelieWheelie
    21. DecurionDecurion
    22. PharosPharos ×3
    23. BarrageBarrage
    24. PharosPharos ×2
    25. LanceLance
    26. DecurionDecurion
    27. PharosPharos ×2
    28. Wind
    29. BarrageBarrage
    30. Wind
    31. LanceLance
  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 · 117 steps
    1. DecurionDecurion
    2. BarrageBarrage
    3. Energy storage
    4. LanceLance
    5. DecurionDecurion
    6. Con turret
    7. PharosPharos
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:07 · typical 9:01
    9. BarrageBarrage
    10. PharosPharos ×2
    11. LanceLance
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    13. DecurionDecurion
    14. Metal storage
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    17. BarrageBarrage
    18. Mex
    19. Wind ×3
    20. LanceLance
    21. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    22. Wind
    23. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    24. Wind ×3
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    26. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    27. Mex
    28. Wind ×2
    29. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    30. Wind
    31. Con turret
    32. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    33. Wind
    34. Converter
    35. Wind ×3
    36. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    37. Wind ×3
    38. Converter
    39. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    40. Wind ×5
    41. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    42. Wind
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. Wind ×4
    45. Converter
    46. Wind
    47. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    48. Wind ×5
    49. Energy storage
    50. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    51. Wind ×3
    52. Converter
    53. Wind ×4
    54. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    55. Mexfor Suicide front
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Con turret
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. Wind ×2
    60. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    61. Mexfor Suicide front
    62. Wind ×4
    63. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    64. Wind ×2
    65. Converter
    66. Wind ×8
    67. Mexfor Suicide front
    68. Wind ×8
    69. Converter
    70. Wind ×7
    71. Pit BullPit Bull
    72. Wind ×9
    73. Converter
    74. Wind ×7
    75. Con turret
    76. Wind ×9
    77. PulsarPulsardone 14:13
    78. Converter
    79. Wind ×2
    80. Con turret
    81. Wind ×9
    82. Converter
    83. Wind ×2
    84. CacophonyCacophony
    85. Wind ×6
    86. Converter
    87. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    88. Wind
    89. Converter
    90. Wind ×3
    91. Converter
    92. Wind ×10
    93. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    94. Wind
    95. Converter
    96. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    97. Wind
    98. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    99. Wind ×2
    100. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    101. Converter
    102. Wind
    103. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    104. Wind ×2
    105. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    106. Wind ×2
    107. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    108. Wind ×2
    109. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    110. Wind
    111. Con turret
    112. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    113. Converter
    114. Wind ×5
    115. ArbalestArbalest
    116. Converter
    117. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Hummell's (46 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

Hummell

45.6 OS · 11/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
497 metal received · 15103 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