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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is AlRelSoulfire's (52 OS, 15/08/2026); 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

AlRelSoulfire

52.0 OS · 15/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
404 metal received · 20704 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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