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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 · 4 steps
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:22 · typical 0:47
    2. RoverScout
    3. Wind
    4. RoverScout
  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 · 20 steps
    1. RoverScout
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Wind
    4. Mex ×2
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    6. Mex
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    8. Mex
    9. PincerPincer
    10. RoverScout ×2
    11. PincerPincer
    12. Mex
    13. PincerPincer
    14. Wind
    15. PincerPincer
    16. Wind ×3
    17. PincerPincer
    18. Mex
    19. Energy storage
    20. PincerPincer ×14
  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 · 87 steps
    1. PincerPincer
    2. SentrySentry
    3. PincerPincer ×2
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Wind
    6. PincerPincer
    7. SentrySentry
    8. Wind ×2
    9. PincerPincer
    10. Energy storage
    11. Con turret
    12. PincerPincer
    13. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    14. Con turret
    15. PincerPincer
    16. Wind ×2
    17. PincerPincer
    18. Wind ×2
    19. PincerPincer
    20. Wind ×3
    21. PincerPincer
    22. Wind
    23. Con turret
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:20 · typical 8:53
    25. Con turret
    26. Wind ×5
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    28. Wind
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    30. Wind ×5
    31. Con turret
    32. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 10:29
    33. Wind
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. Wind ×3
    36. Con turret
    37. SeekerSeeker ×2
    38. Con turret
    39. SeekerSeeker ×4
    40. Wind
    41. SeekerSeeker
    42. Wind
    43. SeekerSeeker
    44. Wind
    45. SeekerSeeker
    46. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:26
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Wind ×5
    49. GroundhogGroundhog
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. PincerPincer ×2
    52. Con turret ×2
    53. PincerPincer ×5
    54. Wind
    55. PincerPincer
    56. Wind
    57. PincerPincer
    58. Wind
    59. PincerPincer
    60. Wind
    61. PincerPincer ×2
    62. Wind
    63. PincerPincer
    64. Wind
    65. PincerPincer
    66. Wind ×2
    67. PincerPincer
    68. Wind
    69. PincerPincer
    70. Wind
    71. PincerPincer
    72. Wind
    73. PincerPincer
    74. Wind
    75. PincerPincer
    76. Wind ×2
    77. PincerPincer
    78. Wind
    79. PincerPincer
    80. Wind
    81. PincerPincer ×2
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    83. PincerPincer
    84. BeamerBeamer
    85. PincerPincer ×4
    86. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 14:50
    87. StormbringerBomber ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is haaven's (46 OS, 25/09/2026); 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

haaven

45.7 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

13 received units · includes a constructor
591 metal received · 58396 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

Played most by

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