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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 0:45 · 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 · 36 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    6. Mex
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. TickTick ×3
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    11. Wind
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. Wind
    16. TickTick
    17. Mex
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind
    22. SentrySentry
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    31. TickTick
    32. LazarusLazarus
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    35. Wind
    36. 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 · 131 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    4. Wind
    5. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Wind
    11. TickTick
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. Con turret
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. Wind
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. PawnPawn ×2
    21. Wind
    22. PawnPawn ×4
    23. Wind
    24. PawnPawn ×4
    25. Wind
    26. PawnPawn ×2
    27. Metal storage
    28. PawnPawn
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:02 · typical 8:53
    30. Wind
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Mex
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Con turret
    35. Energy storage
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Wind
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Wind
    41. PawnPawn ×2
    42. Wind
    43. PawnPawn
    44. CenturionCenturion
    45. Wind ×2
    46. CenturionCenturion
    47. Wind
    48. PawnPawn ×3
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn ×2
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn ×2
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn ×2
    57. Wind
    58. PawnPawn ×3
    59. Wind
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. PawnPawn ×2
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn ×2
    65. Mex
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Wind
    68. PawnPawn ×3
    69. Wind
    70. PawnPawn ×4
    71. SentrySentry
    72. Wind
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. PawnPawn ×3
    76. Wind
    77. PawnPawn ×4
    78. Wind
    79. PawnPawn ×3
    80. Wind
    81. PawnPawn ×2
    82. CenturionCenturion
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn ×4
    85. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    86. Wind
    87. PawnPawn ×3
    88. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:55
    89. PawnPawn
    90. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    91. Wind
    92. PawnPawn ×3
    93. Wind
    94. PawnPawn ×3
    95. Wind
    96. PawnPawn ×3
    97. Wind
    98. PawnPawn ×2
    99. Wind
    100. PawnPawn ×4
    101. Wind
    102. PawnPawn ×3
    103. Wind
    104. Con turret
    105. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    106. PawnPawn
    107. Wind
    108. Energy storage
    109. PawnPawn
    110. Wind
    111. Advanced solar
    112. PawnPawn
    113. Wind
    114. Advanced solar
    115. PawnPawn
    116. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    117. Wind
    118. PawnPawn
    119. Advanced solar
    120. PawnPawn
    121. Wind ×2
    122. PawnPawn
    123. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    124. PawnPawn
    125. Wind
    126. PawnPawn ×3
    127. Wind
    128. PawnPawn ×4
    129. Wind
    130. BeamerBeamer
    131. PawnPawn ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is JustSomeGuy's (39 OS, 26/09/2026); 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

JustSomeGuy

38.6 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
344 metal received · 38340 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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