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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. Solar
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:35 · 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 · 29 steps
    1. Mex
    2. TickTick ×3
    3. Mex
    4. TickTick
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. MaceMace ×3
    10. Mex
    11. MaceMace
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    15. Mex
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    20. LazarusLazarus
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. LazarusLazarus
    23. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    25. MaceMace
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Construction BotCon bot
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
  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 · 73 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. CenturionCenturion ×4
    6. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. Mex
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Mex
    16. CenturionCenturion
    17. SentrySentry ×4
    18. CenturionCenturion ×2
    19. LazarusLazarus ×2
    20. CenturionCenturion
    21. Metal storage
    22. LazarusLazarus
    23. Con turret ×2
    24. CenturionCenturion
    25. Mex
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:58 · typical 8:53
    28. CenturionCenturion
    29. Advanced solar
    30. Construction BotCon bot
    31. Solar
    32. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. Construction BotCon bot
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. Wind
    38. Construction BotCon bot
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. Wind
    41. Advanced solar
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. Wind ×3
    44. Construction BotCon bot
    45. Advanced solar
    46. Wind
    47. Construction BotCon bot
    48. Wind
    49. Advanced solar
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. Wind
    52. Solar
    53. Wind ×2
    54. Advanced solar
    55. Wind
    56. Con turret
    57. Wind
    58. Advanced solar
    59. Converter
    60. Wind
    61. Advanced solar
    62. Converter
    63. Wind
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. Advanced solar
    66. Energy storage
    67. Converter ×3
    68. Energy storage
    69. Converter
    70. Advanced solar ×2
    71. Converter
    72. Advanced solar
    73. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is CentientWaffle's (35 OS, 29/08/2026); 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

CentientWaffle

35.0 OS · 29/08/2026

Open source match ↗

11 received units · includes a constructor
71 metal received · 52070 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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