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Standard front

Standard Front economy-first opening with Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant thrown down almost immediately, transitioning into a mixed Blitz/Rocketeer/Pawn/Janus army feeding the middle over the game.

#eco · 993 distinct matches · 133 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1132 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Vehicle Plant by 0:47

  1. Open 3 mex then Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant almost together.
  2. Layer wind while both labs start producing.
  3. Send early units to coast first to stop leaks, not middle.
  4. Add Construction Turrets as "Blitz", "Rocketeer", "Janus" mix builds up.
  5. Transition into Advanced Metal Extractor once T2 con is out.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 993 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 Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 3 mex, 1 winddone ~0:45, middle half 0:35–8:32

    Some games also: Vehicle Plant (41%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:33 · typical 0:45
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: rocketeer (46%) · con bot (44%) · Lazarus (44%) · tick (41%) · centurion (36%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 32 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Mex
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. TickTick
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Mex
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×9
    19. TickTick
    20. LazarusLazarus
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine14Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: energy storage (46%) · rocketeer (39%) · blitz (38%) · pawn (36%) · Lazarus (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 25 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 213 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. TickTick
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. SentrySentry
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Wind
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:50 · typical 8:53
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    20. Wind
    21. CenturionCenturion
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. SentrySentry
    26. Wind ×2
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    28. Wind
    29. LazarusLazarus
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. SentrySentry
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Wind ×2
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    36. CenturionCenturion
    37. Con turret
    38. SentrySentry
    39. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    40. Wind
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. RocketeerRocketeer
    44. SentrySentry
    45. RocketeerRocketeer
    46. CenturionCenturion ×2
    47. RocketeerRocketeer
    48. Mex
    49. RocketeerRocketeer
    50. Wind
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. Wind
    53. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    54. Wind
    55. Con turret
    56. RocketeerRocketeer
    57. CrossbowCrossbow
    58. RocketeerRocketeer
    59. CenturionCenturion
    60. Wind
    61. Con turret
    62. Wind
    63. Mex
    64. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    65. Wind
    66. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    67. CenturionCenturion
    68. Energy storage
    69. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    71. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    72. Wind
    73. BeamerBeamer
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick
    76. BeamerBeamer
    77. Con turret
    78. PawnPawn
    79. LazarusLazarus
    80. Wind
    81. BeamerBeamer
    82. Wind
    83. PawnPawn
    84. TickTick
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Wind
    87. LazarusLazarus
    88. BeamerBeamer ×2
    89. Wind ×2
    90. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    91. TickTick
    92. Wind
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Wind
    95. NettleNettle
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Wind ×3
    98. Mex
    99. Wind ×5
    100. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    101. Wind ×3
    102. Con turret
    103. Energy storage
    104. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    105. Wind
    106. Mex
    107. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:46
    108. CenturionCenturion ×2
    109. Wind
    110. TickTick
    111. CenturionCenturion
    112. TickTick
    113. CenturionCenturion
    114. Con turret
    115. Mex
    116. Wind
    117. CrossbowCrossbow
    118. Con turret ×2
    119. PawnPawn
    120. CenturionCenturion
    121. Con turret
    122. CenturionCenturion
    123. Con turret
    124. CenturionCenturion
    125. Wind
    126. PulsarPulsarnot finished by 15:00
    127. Wind
    128. CrossbowCrossbow
    129. Wind ×2
    130. Mex
    131. PawnPawn
    132. Wind ×2
    133. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    134. CenturionCenturion
    135. Wind ×4
    136. CenturionCenturion
    137. Wind
    138. BeamerBeamer
    139. Wind ×3
    140. CenturionCenturion
    141. Con turret
    142. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:38 · typical 0:47
    143. Wind ×2
    144. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    145. Converter
    146. CrossbowCrossbow
    147. BlitzBlitz
    148. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:10
    149. Wind
    150. PawnPawn
    151. BlitzBlitz
    152. Converter
    153. Mex
    154. Wind
    155. CenturionCenturion
    156. BlitzBlitz
    157. Converter
    158. Wind ×2
    159. Con turret
    160. BlitzBlitz
    161. Converter
    162. CenturionCenturion
    163. Wind ×3
    164. Con turret
    165. BlitzBlitz
    166. Wind ×3
    167. CenturionCenturion
    168. Wind
    169. BlitzBlitz
    170. Con turret
    171. Wind ×2
    172. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    173. BlitzBlitz
    174. Wind ×3
    175. CrossbowCrossbow
    176. Wind
    177. Con turret
    178. BlitzBlitz ×2
    179. Wind ×2
    180. Converter
    181. PawnPawn
    182. SentrySentry
    183. Wind
    184. BlitzBlitz ×2
    185. Wind
    186. CenturionCenturion
    187. Converter
    188. BlitzBlitz
    189. Wind
    190. BlitzBlitz
    191. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    192. BlitzBlitz
    193. Wind
    194. BlitzBlitz
    195. Wind
    196. Converter
    197. BlitzBlitz
    198. CenturionCenturion
    199. Wind
    200. BlitzBlitz
    201. Wind ×2
    202. BlitzBlitz
    203. Wind
    204. Converter
    205. BlitzBlitz
    206. Wind ×2
    207. CenturionCenturion
    208. Wind
    209. BlitzBlitz ×2
    210. Wind ×2
    211. Converter
    212. Con turret
    213. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is watermeloans's (59 OS, 02/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:18 · in 69% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:18 · in 67% 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

05k10k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

05k10k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

1132 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008462131
3:001625141105
4:002716541333
5:0038681200817
6:00508321131522
7:00633229962419
8:00766238673347
9:00909046694310
10:001069453185050
11:001262558255709
12:001484563906523
13:001744970097234
14:002018076218098
15:002270483748944
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Front play wins more often than suicide front and produces more metal by 15:00, reflecting its safer positioning.

  • + Metal produced reaches 22219 by 15:00, above suicide front's 19882
  • + Own losses of 8949 stay under enemy metal destroyed's near-equal 8347
  • − First unit lost by 1:44 shows exposure even from the safer side
  • − Wider gap to defend demands disciplined coast-then-mid unit movement
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

watermeloans

58.8 OS · 02/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
480 metal received · 25126 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:32 · n=715
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:37–0:58 · n=802
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:01–10:02 · n=907

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