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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:47 · typical 0:47
  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 · 29 steps
    1. RoverScout
    2. Wind
    3. RoverScout
    4. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    5. Wind
    6. JanusJanus ×2
    7. Mex
    8. Wind
    9. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    10. WhistlerMissile truck
    11. Mex
    12. WhistlerMissile truck
    13. BlitzBlitz ×2
    14. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    15. Mex
    16. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    17. Mex
    18. WhistlerMissile truck
    19. SentrySentry
    20. WhistlerMissile truck
    21. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    22. SentrySentry
    23. WhistlerMissile truck
    24. SentrySentry
    25. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    26. Con turret
    27. SentrySentry
    28. WhistlerMissile truck
    29. SentrySentry
  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 · 82 steps
    1. Solar
    2. Wind
    3. WhistlerMissile truck
    4. Wind
    5. WhistlerMissile truck
    6. Wind
    7. BeamerBeamer
    8. WhistlerMissile truck
    9. Wind
    10. JanusJanus
    11. Wind
    12. JanusJanus
    13. Wind
    14. BeamerBeamer
    15. Con turret ×2
    16. WhistlerMissile truck
    17. Wind
    18. Energy storage
    19. ShellshockerArty
    20. Wind
    21. BeamerBeamer
    22. ShellshockerArty
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    25. Advanced solar
    26. WhistlerMissile truck
    27. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    28. BlitzBlitz
    29. Wind
    30. BlitzBlitz
    31. Wind ×2
    32. BlitzBlitz
    33. Wind
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. Wind
    36. BlitzBlitz
    37. Wind ×2
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. Con turret
    40. Advanced solar
    41. Wind
    42. BlitzBlitz
    43. Wind
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. Wind
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. Wind
    48. BlitzBlitz ×3
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:53 · typical 8:53
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. Wind
    52. BlitzBlitz ×2
    53. Wind
    54. BlitzBlitz ×2
    55. Wind
    56. BlitzBlitz ×2
    57. Wind
    58. Energy storage
    59. BlitzBlitz
    60. Wind
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. Wind
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. BlitzBlitz
    66. Wind ×3
    67. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 12:12
    68. Wind
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. Converter ×3
    71. MauserMauser
    72. Converter
    73. MauserMauser
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. MauserMauser ×3
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. MauserMauser ×6
    78. ConsulConsul
    79. BullBulldone 14:27
    80. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    81. ConsulConsul ×2
    82. MauserMauser

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Kcorp's (51 OS, 26/09/2026); 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

Kcorp

50.8 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
21 metal received · 29346 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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