BAR / BUILD ATLAS
← All builds
Front / Armada / Economy first / OBSERVED BUILD

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 · 995 distinct matches · 134 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1135 · 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 995 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 0:35–8:31

    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
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:26 · 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 · 26 steps
    1. TickTick ×4
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick ×3
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    23. SentrySentry
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    25. SentrySentry
    26. 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 · 168 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    4. Wind
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    6. Wind
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    8. Wind
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    11. Wind
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Con turret
    14. Wind
    15. TickTick ×2
    16. Wind
    17. TickTick ×3
    18. Wind
    19. TickTick ×4
    20. Wind
    21. TickTick
    22. Wind
    23. TickTick ×2
    24. Wind
    25. TickTick
    26. Wind
    27. TickTick
    28. Wind
    29. TickTick ×3
    30. Wind ×2
    31. TickTick
    32. Wind
    33. TickTick ×2
    34. Wind
    35. TickTick
    36. Wind
    37. TickTick
    38. Wind
    39. TickTick
    40. Wind
    41. Construction BotCon bot
    42. Wind ×2
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:22 · typical 8:53
    44. Construction BotCon bot
    45. Wind ×2
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Wind ×5
    48. Energy storage
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. Wind ×4
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Wind
    53. Converter
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Wind
    57. PawnPawn ×2
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Converter
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Wind ×2
    63. Converter
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Wind
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Wind
    68. Converter
    69. Wind
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Wind ×2
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Wind
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. Converter
    76. Wind
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Wind
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Converter
    81. Wind
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Wind
    84. Converter
    85. Con turret
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Wind ×2
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Wind ×2
    90. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:56
    91. Converter
    92. PawnPawn
    93. Wind
    94. Converter
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Wind
    97. Converter
    98. Wind
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Wind
    101. Construction BotCon bot
    102. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    103. Con turret
    104. Wind ×3
    105. Con turret
    106. Construction BotCon bot
    107. Wind ×2
    108. PawnPawn ×2
    109. Wind
    110. PawnPawn ×2
    111. Wind
    112. PawnPawn ×2
    113. Wind
    114. PawnPawn
    115. Wind
    116. PawnPawn
    117. Wind ×2
    118. PawnPawn ×2
    119. Construction BotCon bot
    120. Wind ×2
    121. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    122. PawnPawn
    123. Wind
    124. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    125. PawnPawn
    126. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    127. PawnPawn
    128. Wind
    129. PawnPawn
    130. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    131. PawnPawn
    132. Wind
    133. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    134. PawnPawn
    135. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    136. PawnPawn
    137. Con turret
    138. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    139. Wind
    140. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    141. Wind
    142. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    143. PawnPawn ×2
    144. Con turret
    145. Wind ×2
    146. PawnPawn
    147. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 14:24
    148. PawnPawn
    149. Wind ×2
    150. Pit BullPit Bull
    151. PawnPawn
    152. Wind ×2
    153. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    154. PawnPawn
    155. Wind ×2
    156. PawnPawn
    157. Wind
    158. PawnPawn ×4
    159. Con turret
    160. Wind
    161. PawnPawn
    162. Wind
    163. PawnPawn ×6
    164. Wind
    165. PawnPawn
    166. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    167. Wind
    168. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Blover's (37 OS, 29/09/2026); 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 68% 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

1135 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008462131
3:001625141105
4:002716541333
5:0038681199818
6:00507821121522
7:00633029862420
8:00766238713347
9:00908846794310
10:001069553235055
11:001262358215711
12:001484663856524
13:001745070107236
14:002018376238103
15:002272383748946
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

Blover

37.2 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
819 metal received · 33756 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:31 · n=716
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:37–0:58 · n=805
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:02–10:02 · n=910

Played most by

Hummell97games of this buildhaaven93games of this buildLeohvm83games of this buildXad63games of this buildImmort40games of this build