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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. Solar
    3. Wind
  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 · 27 steps
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:50 · typical 0:47
    2. RoverScout ×4
    3. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    4. JanusJanus
    5. Mex
    6. BlitzBlitz ×3
    7. Mex
    8. JanusJanus
    9. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    10. Mex
    11. JanusJanus ×2
    12. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    13. JanusJanus
    14. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    15. JanusJanus
    16. Mex
    17. JanusJanus
    18. Wind
    19. JanusJanus
    20. Wind
    21. JanusJanus
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    23. Wind
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    25. WhistlerMissile truck
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    27. ShellshockerArty
  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 · 137 steps
    1. Wind
    2. ShellshockerArty ×2
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Wind
    5. ShellshockerArty ×2
    6. Wind
    7. JanusJanus
    8. Wind
    9. JanusJanus
    10. Wind
    11. BlitzBlitz ×3
    12. Wind
    13. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    14. Wind
    15. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    16. BlitzBlitz ×2
    17. Wind
    18. BlitzBlitz ×4
    19. Wind
    20. SentrySentry
    21. BlitzBlitz ×3
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:41 · typical 8:53
    23. Con turret
    24. Energy storage
    25. BlitzBlitz ×4
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    27. Wind
    28. BlitzBlitz
    29. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    30. BlitzBlitz
    31. Wind
    32. BlitzBlitz ×2
    33. Wind
    34. BlitzBlitz ×2
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. BlitzBlitz
    37. Con turret
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. Wind
    40. BlitzBlitz
    41. Wind
    42. BlitzBlitz
    43. Con turret
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. Wind
    46. BlitzBlitz ×2
    47. Wind ×2
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Wind ×2
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. Wind
    52. BlitzBlitz
    53. Wind ×2
    54. BlitzBlitz ×2
    55. Wind
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. Wind ×2
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    60. Wind
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    63. Wind ×2
    64. BlitzBlitz
    65. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    66. Wind
    67. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    68. BlitzBlitz
    69. Wind ×2
    70. BlitzBlitz
    71. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. BeamerBeamer
    74. Wind ×2
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. Wind
    77. BeamerBeamer
    78. Wind
    79. BlitzBlitz
    80. Wind
    81. BlitzBlitz
    82. BeamerBeamer
    83. Wind
    84. BlitzBlitz ×2
    85. Wind ×2
    86. BlitzBlitz
    87. Wind
    88. BlitzBlitz
    89. Wind
    90. BlitzBlitz
    91. Wind ×2
    92. BlitzBlitz ×2
    93. Wind
    94. BlitzBlitz
    95. Con turret
    96. BlitzBlitz
    97. Wind
    98. Con turret
    99. StoutStout
    100. Con turret
    101. Wind
    102. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    103. Con turret
    104. StoutStout
    105. Wind
    106. StoutStout
    107. Con turret
    108. Wind
    109. StoutStout
    110. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:24
    111. StoutStout
    112. Wind
    113. StoutStout ×3
    114. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    115. Wind
    116. StoutStout
    117. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    118. StoutStout
    119. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×3
    120. Wind
    121. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    122. StoutStout
    123. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    124. StoutStout
    125. Wind
    126. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    127. StoutStout
    128. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    129. Wind
    130. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    131. StoutStout ×3
    132. Wind
    133. StoutStout ×2
    134. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    135. StoutStout ×6
    136. Converter
    137. StoutStout

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Leohvm's (52 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

Leohvm

52.4 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
1519 metal received · 15216 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

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