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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:34 · 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 · 31 steps
    1. TickTick ×4
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Mex ×2
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    22. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    29. Energy storage
    30. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
    31. Con turret
  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 · 229 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Wind
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Wind ×2
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Wind
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:51 · typical 8:53
    12. Wind ×2
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. Con turret ×2
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×7
    17. Wind
    18. PawnPawn
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    20. Wind
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    25. Con turret
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    27. PawnPawn
    28. NettleNettle
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    31. Wind
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Wind
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    40. Wind
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    44. Wind
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Wind
    47. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    48. Wind
    49. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Energy storage
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    66. Construction BotCon bot
    67. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    68. Wind
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    72. Wind
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Wind
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Energy storage
    77. Wind ×5
    78. PawnPawn ×4
    79. Energy storage
    80. PawnPawn ×2
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Wind
    86. PawnPawn ×3
    87. Wind
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Wind
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Wind
    92. PawnPawn
    93. Wind
    94. PawnPawn ×2
    95. Wind
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Wind
    98. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    99. Wind
    100. PawnPawn
    101. Wind
    102. PawnPawn
    103. Wind
    104. PawnPawn
    105. Wind
    106. PawnPawn ×7
    107. Con turret
    108. PawnPawn
    109. Con turret ×2
    110. PawnPawn ×6
    111. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 11:50
    112. PawnPawn ×4
    113. Con turret
    114. PawnPawn ×5
    115. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    116. PawnPawn ×2
    117. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    118. PawnPawn ×2
    119. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    120. PawnPawn
    121. Wind
    122. PawnPawn
    123. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    124. PawnPawn
    125. Wind
    126. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    127. PawnPawn ×2
    128. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    129. PawnPawn
    130. Wind
    131. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    132. PawnPawn ×2
    133. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    134. PawnPawn
    135. Wind
    136. PawnPawn
    137. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    138. PawnPawn ×2
    139. Wind
    140. PawnPawn ×2
    141. Pit BullPit Bull
    142. Wind
    143. PawnPawn ×3
    144. Wind
    145. PawnPawn ×3
    146. Wind
    147. PawnPawn
    148. Wind
    149. PawnPawn ×2
    150. Wind
    151. BeamerBeamer
    152. PawnPawn ×3
    153. Wind
    154. PawnPawn ×2
    155. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    156. Wind
    157. PawnPawn ×3
    158. Wind
    159. PawnPawn ×2
    160. Wind
    161. BeamerBeamer
    162. PawnPawn ×3
    163. Con turret
    164. PawnPawn ×6
    165. Wind
    166. PawnPawn ×2
    167. Wind
    168. PawnPawn
    169. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    170. Wind
    171. PawnPawn
    172. Wind
    173. PawnPawn ×2
    174. Wind
    175. PawnPawn ×2
    176. Wind
    177. PawnPawn ×2
    178. Wind
    179. PawnPawn ×2
    180. Wind
    181. PawnPawn
    182. Wind
    183. PawnPawn ×2
    184. Wind
    185. PawnPawn
    186. Wind
    187. PawnPawn ×2
    188. Wind
    189. PawnPawn ×2
    190. Wind
    191. PawnPawn
    192. Wind
    193. PawnPawn ×2
    194. Wind
    195. PawnPawn ×2
    196. Wind
    197. PawnPawn ×2
    198. Wind
    199. PawnPawn
    200. Wind
    201. PawnPawn ×2
    202. Wind
    203. PawnPawn ×2
    204. Wind
    205. PawnPawn ×2
    206. Wind
    207. PawnPawn
    208. Wind
    209. PawnPawn ×3
    210. Wind
    211. PawnPawn
    212. Wind
    213. PawnPawn ×2
    214. Wind
    215. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:34 · typical 0:47
    216. PawnPawn
    217. Wind
    218. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    219. BlitzBlitz
    220. PawnPawn
    221. Con turret
    222. CenturionCenturion
    223. Con turret
    224. PawnPawn
    225. BlitzBlitz
    226. CenturionCenturion
    227. Con turret
    228. BlitzBlitz
    229. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Tregan's (37 OS, 13/09/2026); 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

Tregan

37.0 OS · 13/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
230 metal received · 12393 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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