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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 · 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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:39 · 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 · 30 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Mex
    4. TickTick
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Mex
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Mex
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Wind
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Mex
    14. BeamerBeamer
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    17. Wind
    18. OverwatchOverwatch
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. BeamerBeamer
  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 · 195 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. LazarusLazarus ×2
    5. Wind
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. OverwatchOverwatch
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    10. Wind
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. MaceMace
    13. Wind
    14. MaceMace ×2
    15. Mex
    16. MaceMace
    17. Con turret
    18. Wind
    19. MaceMace
    20. Wind
    21. Con turret
    22. BeamerBeamer
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    24. MaceMace
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    26. MaceMace
    27. Wind
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    29. MaceMace
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    31. Wind
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    33. MaceMace
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    35. Wind
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×9
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:51 · typical 8:53
    38. Wind
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    40. Wind
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    42. Con turret
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    44. Energy storage
    45. Wind
    46. MaceMace
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Converter
    49. MaceMace
    50. Wind
    51. Converter
    52. Wind
    53. MaceMace
    54. Converter
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    57. Wind
    58. Converter
    59. Construction BotCon bot
    60. TickTick
    61. Wind
    62. Construction BotCon bot
    63. Converter
    64. TickTick ×2
    65. Wind
    66. Converter
    67. TickTick ×2
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. TickTick
    70. Converter
    71. TickTick
    72. Wind
    73. TickTick
    74. Converter
    75. TickTick
    76. Con turret
    77. TickTick
    78. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    79. Wind
    80. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    81. TickTick
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Converter
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Wind
    86. PawnPawn ×2
    87. Wind
    88. Converter
    89. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    90. Wind ×2
    91. PawnPawn
    92. Converter
    93. Construction BotCon bot
    94. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    95. Wind
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Converter
    98. PawnPawn ×3
    99. Converter
    100. PawnPawn
    101. Wind ×2
    102. PawnPawn
    103. Converter
    104. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    105. PawnPawn
    106. Converter
    107. PawnPawn
    108. Wind
    109. PawnPawn
    110. Wind
    111. Converter
    112. LazarusLazarus
    113. Wind
    114. Con turret
    115. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:58
    116. LazarusLazarus
    117. Converter
    118. Wind
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Wind
    121. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    122. PawnPawn
    123. Converter
    124. PawnPawn
    125. Wind
    126. PawnPawn
    127. Wind
    128. Converter
    129. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:09
    130. Wind ×4
    131. PawnPawn
    132. Converter
    133. Wind
    134. PawnPawn
    135. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:28
    136. Wind
    137. PawnPawn
    138. Con turret
    139. Converter
    140. PawnPawn
    141. Wind
    142. Converter
    143. Wind
    144. PawnPawn
    145. Con turret ×2
    146. Wind ×2
    147. PawnPawn
    148. Con turret
    149. Wind
    150. Converter
    151. PawnPawn
    152. Wind
    153. Con turret
    154. PawnPawn
    155. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    156. PawnPawn
    157. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    158. PawnPawn
    159. Converter
    160. Wind
    161. Con turret
    162. Construction BotCon bot
    163. Wind
    164. PawnPawn
    165. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    166. PawnPawn
    167. Wind ×2
    168. Converter
    169. Construction BotCon bot
    170. LazarusLazarus ×2
    171. PawnPawn
    172. LazarusLazarus ×2
    173. Wind
    174. LazarusLazarus
    175. Wind
    176. Construction BotCon bot
    177. LazarusLazarus
    178. Wind ×2
    179. PawnPawn ×4
    180. Wind ×2
    181. PawnPawn
    182. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    183. PawnPawn
    184. Con turret
    185. PawnPawn
    186. Con turret
    187. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    188. PawnPawn
    189. Wind
    190. PawnPawn
    191. Wind
    192. PawnPawn ×5
    193. CrossbowCrossbow ×3
    194. NettleNettle
    195. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is OUDLES's (36 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

OUDLES

35.8 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
145 metal received · 23268 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

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