Openings found in real games.
Follow the sequence. Understand the role.
Find your next first move.
Bot Lab first into Rocketeer/Centurion/Pawn to contest the middle early and hold until T2 arrives, the role's baseline play.
Bot Lab → Advanced Metal Extractor
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→→×371% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 60% of 1411 · Then: rocketeer, centurion, pawn · Last seen 25 Sept
Vehicle Plant first with a Rover raid, then Janus skirmishers pushed to the middle by 1:18 to fight there well ahead of the usual timing, transitioning into Blitz/Whistler later.
Vehicle Plant → Advanced Metal Extractor
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→→×3→→×2→×2→×55% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 104 · Then: blitz, missile truck · Last seen 25 Sept
Player rushes a Hovercraft Platform by 1:10 and pushes out Seeker hovercraft as an early raid by 2:13, well before the shipyard which is delayed to around 4:16, using the raid to harass while sea presence catches up later.
Hovercraft Platform → Shipyard → Destroyer → Advanced Metal Extractor
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→→×511% of Armada Beach sea games · team won 53% of 70 · Then: destroyer, seeker, dolphin · Last seen 24 Sept
Geo rushes a Vehicle Plant and pushes out Blitz tanks from 4:14, well before the usual T2 focus, fighting forward in the middle rather than sitting on defence, then transitions back into the normal Starlight/T2 economy.
Bot Lab → Geothermal Powerplant → Vehicle Plant → Advanced Metal Extractor
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→×2→5% of Armada Geo games · team won 51% of 65 · Then: Starlight, Jaguar, Platypus · Last seen 23 Sept
Bot Lab into an early Mace-led T1 bot assault by 2:07, pushing into the middle and sometimes into the enemy base, well ahead of the role's usual army composition.
Bot Lab → Advanced Metal Extractor
→→×2→→→×2→→3% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 53% of 64 · Then: blitz · Last seen 24 Sept
Pond skips straight to a Vehicle Plant by 3:37 and pushes a Blitz-led tank raid into the middle from around 4:14, with units reaching the enemy base in over half its games, before settling into the usual eco transition.
Vehicle Plant → Bot Lab → Advanced Metal Extractor
×10→×4→→×4→→×3→→6% of Armada Pond games · team won 64% of 53 · Last seen 23 Sept
Skips the usual transport-first routine to build Whirlwind bombers from an Aircraft Plant as early as 5 minutes, sending them to hit the enemy base and middle well before the front stabilizes, before easing back into the normal…
Aircraft Plant → Advanced Metal Extractor → Fusion Reactor
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→3% of Cortex Air games · team won 63% of 19 · Then: valiant, fighter · Last seen 24 Sept
Pond skips the usual eco-only start to build a shipyard by ~3:00 and push Riptides and Oppressors into the middle from under 4 minutes, pumping T1 naval assault far earlier than any normal Pond.
Bot Lab → Shipyard → Frigate → Destroyer
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→→6% of Cortex Pond games · team won 40% of 15 · Then: frigate, missile corvette · Last seen 25 Sept
Front skips the usual Vehicle Plant opening for an early Bot Lab, pushing Mace bots out by 2:18 to fight forward at middle well before the norm, later adding Centurion to hold the line.
Bot Lab → Advanced Metal Extractor
→→×2→×5→→→×4→1% of Armada Front games · team won 47% of 15 · Then: pawn · Last seen 21 Sept
Geo rushes an Advanced Vehicle Plant to field a Tzar around 6 minutes, far earlier than the role's typical first T2 unit, leading the front push before adding Omen support and Fury anti-air.
Bot Lab → Geothermal Powerplant → Vehicle Plant → Advanced Vehicle Plant
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5% of Cortex Geo games · team won 63% of 19 · Then: tiger · Last seen 20 Sept
Geo pivots into an Aircraft Plant for Whirlwind bombers around 7 minutes, striking into the enemy base instead of the usual bot/vehicle push to front.
Bot Lab → Geothermal Powerplant → Advanced Metal Extractor → Advanced Geothermal Powerplant
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→×4→×2→→×25% of Cortex Geo games · team won 56% of 18 · Then: Sheldon, valiant · Last seen 20 Sept
Front skips early economy expansion to push Stout tanks out of the Vehicle Plant by 4:38, reaching a real Stout push around 7:00 to fight forward at middle before falling back on a delayed Bot Lab and mex.
Vehicle Plant → Advanced Metal Extractor → Bot Lab
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×5→→×2→×82% of Armada Front games · team won 35% of 23 · Then: janus, blitz · Last seen 22 Sept
Front rushes Shellshocker artillery from the Vehicle Plant by 3:09, well earlier than the norm, using it with Janus to shell the middle before transitioning into the usual Blitz-led army.
Vehicle Plant → Advanced Metal Extractor
×3→→×3→×3→→×2→→×31% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 16 · Then: blitz, janus, Rattlesnake · Last seen 20 Sept
Pond rushes straight to an Advanced Vehicle Plant by ~4:00 and pushes a Tzar with Quaker and Fury support into the enemy base from under 5 minutes, skipping the normal boost/lab phase entirely for a fast T2 assault.
Vehicle Plant → Advanced Vehicle Plant → Tzar → Quaker
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4% of Cortex Pond games · team won 91% of 11 · Then: tiger, quaker · Last seen 24 Sept
Geo skips ahead to T1 bot assault with Thug from under 2 minutes, pushing into the middle very early while relying on an ally for T2 constructor supply, before transitioning to Arbiter and Mammoth.
Bot Lab → Geothermal Powerplant → Advanced Metal Extractor → Advanced Geothermal Powerplant
×2→→→×2→→→×3→3% of Cortex Geo games · team won 69% of 13 · Then: Arbiter, Sumo, Sheldon · Last seen 25 Sept
Geo builds an Aircraft Plant almost immediately and uses a light transport to drop Valiant fighters and Whirlwind bombers behind enemy lines from under 4 minutes, well before any T1 lab norm timing.
Bot Lab → Geothermal Powerplant → Aircraft Plant → Advanced Metal Extractor
×3→×3→→×2→→→×2→3% of Cortex Geo games · team won 83% of 12 · Then: Sumo, Arbiter · Last seen 20 Sept
Real games. Real sequences.
Repeated openings, made readable.
A starting point for your own game.
One battlefield. Eight responsibilities. Mirrored positions share the same role.