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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is yubiyubi's (45 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

yubiyubi

45.2 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

18 received units · includes a constructor
219 metal received · 40574 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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