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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. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:46 · 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 · 29 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. Tidal
    3. TickTick
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Tidal
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Tidal
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Tidal
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    11. Mexfor Pond
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Mex
    14. Mexfor Pond
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    18. Mex
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    22. SentrySentry ×2
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    27. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    28. LazarusLazarus ×2
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
  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 · 135 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×8
    2. Con turret
    3. Wind
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    5. Wind
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. SentrySentry
    11. Con turret
    12. Wind
    13. LazarusLazarus ×2
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind ×2
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Wind ×2
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Wind
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Wind ×2
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Wind ×2
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Wind
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Wind ×3
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Wind
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Wind
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Wind ×2
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Wind ×2
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Wind
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Wind
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:19 · typical 8:53
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Wind
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Wind ×7
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. Wind
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Wind ×3
    65. PawnPawn ×2
    66. Wind
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Wind
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Wind
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Wind
    74. PawnPawn
    75. Wind
    76. Mex
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Wind
    79. PawnPawn ×6
    80. Energy storage
    81. PawnPawn ×5
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    83. PawnPawn ×2
    84. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    85. PawnPawn ×3
    86. SentrySentry
    87. PawnPawn ×5
    88. Mex
    89. PawnPawn ×2
    90. Con turret
    91. PawnPawn ×2
    92. Con turret
    93. Converter
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Con turret
    96. PawnPawn ×2
    97. Wind
    98. Converter
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Converter
    101. PawnPawn
    102. Wind
    103. Converter
    104. PawnPawn
    105. Converter
    106. Wind
    107. PawnPawn
    108. Converter
    109. PawnPawn
    110. Wind
    111. Converter
    112. PawnPawn
    113. Converter
    114. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    115. PawnPawn ×2
    116. Converter
    117. PawnPawn
    118. Converter
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Wind
    121. Converter
    122. PawnPawn
    123. Converter
    124. PawnPawn ×2
    125. Converter
    126. PawnPawn
    127. Wind
    128. Converter
    129. PawnPawn
    130. Converter
    131. PawnPawn
    132. Wind
    133. PawnPawn ×2
    134. Wind
    135. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Alphacure's (37 OS, 27/09/2026); 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

Alphacure

36.5 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

15 received units · includes a constructor
41 metal received · 45925 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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