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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. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:33 · 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 · 28 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Mex
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    11. TickTick
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. SentrySentry
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×9
    20. TickTick
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    24. CenturionCenturion
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    27. CenturionCenturion
    28. Wind
  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 · 123 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Wind
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    6. CenturionCenturionfor Suicide front
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    9. Wind
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:19 · typical 8:53
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Wind
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Wind ×2
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    17. Wind ×4
    18. TickTick
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. Wind ×2
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Wind ×2
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Con turret
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. LazarusLazarus
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Wind ×2
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Wind
    35. PawnPawn ×2
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Wind
    39. PawnPawn ×2
    40. Wind
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Wind
    44. PawnPawn
    45. LazarusLazarus
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Wind
    48. Construction BotCon bot
    49. PawnPawn
    50. RocketeerRocketeer
    51. Wind
    52. CenturionCenturion ×2
    53. Wind
    54. CenturionCenturion
    55. Wind
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. Construction BotCon bot
    58. Energy storage
    59. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    60. CenturionCenturion
    61. LazarusLazarus ×2
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. LazarusLazarus
    64. CenturionCenturion
    65. Con turret
    66. CenturionCenturion ×2
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. CenturionCenturion
    69. LazarusLazarus
    70. Con turret
    71. Solar
    72. CenturionCenturion
    73. Wind ×2
    74. Energy storage
    75. CenturionCenturion
    76. Wind ×2
    77. Solar
    78. CrossbowCrossbow
    79. CenturionCenturion
    80. Wind ×3
    81. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:24 · typical 0:47
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    83. CenturionCenturion
    84. LazarusLazarus
    85. Wind
    86. LazarusLazarus
    87. Wind ×3
    88. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:39
    89. CenturionCenturion
    90. LazarusLazarus
    91. Wind
    92. CenturionCenturion
    93. Wind ×2
    94. BeamerBeamer
    95. Wind
    96. CenturionCenturion
    97. Wind ×2
    98. CenturionCenturion
    99. Wind ×2
    100. BeamerBeamer
    101. CenturionCenturion
    102. Wind ×2
    103. CrossbowCrossbow
    104. Wind ×2
    105. CenturionCenturion
    106. Wind
    107. BeamerBeamer
    108. Wind
    109. CenturionCenturion
    110. Wind ×2
    111. BeamerBeamer
    112. CenturionCenturion
    113. Wind ×2
    114. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    115. Wind
    116. LazarusLazarus
    117. BeamerBeamer
    118. Wind ×3
    119. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00
    120. LazarusLazarus
    121. Wind ×3
    122. CenturionCenturion
    123. Wind ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is watermeloans's (60 OS, 03/09/2026); 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

watermeloans

60.0 OS · 03/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
534 metal received · 40441 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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