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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 · 993 distinct matches · 133 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1132 · 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 993 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 0:35–8:32

    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
    2. Wind
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:42 · typical 0:47
  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 · 37 steps
    1. RoverScout ×2
    2. BlitzBlitz
    3. Wind
    4. BlitzBlitz
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    6. Wind
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    8. Mex
    9. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    10. Con turret
    11. JanusJanus
    12. Mex
    13. Wind ×3
    14. Mex ×2
    15. Wind
    16. JanusJanus
    17. Wind ×2
    18. JanusJanus
    19. Wind ×2
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Wind
    22. BeamerBeamer
    23. JanusJanus
    24. Wind
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. Wind
    27. JanusJanus
    28. Wind
    29. Converter
    30. Energy storage
    31. PincerPincer
    32. Wind
    33. PincerPincer
    34. Wind
    35. Converter
    36. Wind
    37. BlitzBlitz
  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 · 128 steps
    1. BlitzBlitz
    2. Energy storage
    3. Wind
    4. BlitzBlitz
    5. Con turret
    6. BlitzBlitz
    7. Wind
    8. BlitzBlitz
    9. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    10. Wind ×3
    11. BlitzBlitz
    12. Wind ×2
    13. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    14. Wind ×4
    15. BlitzBlitz
    16. Wind ×2
    17. BlitzBlitz
    18. Wind ×4
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. Wind ×2
    21. BlitzBlitz
    22. Wind ×2
    23. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    24. Converter
    25. BlitzBlitz
    26. Wind ×2
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. Wind ×3
    29. BlitzBlitz
    30. Wind ×3
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. Wind
    33. BlitzBlitz
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Converter
    36. BlitzBlitz
    37. Wind ×2
    38. Converter
    39. BlitzBlitz
    40. Wind
    41. BlitzBlitz
    42. Wind
    43. Con turret
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. Wind ×2
    46. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    47. Wind ×2
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Wind
    50. Converter
    51. Wind
    52. Converter
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. Wind
    55. Converter
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. Wind
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:52
    59. Wind
    60. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. Wind ×3
    63. Converter ×2
    64. BeamerBeamer
    65. Wind ×4
    66. BeamerBeamer
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. Wind ×3
    69. BlitzBlitz
    70. Wind
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. Wind ×2
    74. Converter
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. Wind
    77. Converter
    78. Wind
    79. BlitzBlitz
    80. Wind ×2
    81. BlitzBlitz
    82. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    83. Wind ×2
    84. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. Wind
    87. BlitzBlitz
    88. Wind
    89. BlitzBlitz
    90. Wind ×2
    91. Converter
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. Wind
    94. BlitzBlitz
    95. Wind ×2
    96. BlitzBlitz
    97. Wind ×2
    98. BlitzBlitz
    99. Wind ×2
    100. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    101. BlitzBlitz ×2
    102. Wind
    103. BlitzBlitz
    104. Wind
    105. BlitzBlitz ×3
    106. Con turret
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    109. Con turret
    110. BlitzBlitz ×2
    111. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:06
    112. BlitzBlitz ×3
    113. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    114. BlitzBlitz ×22
    115. Mex
    116. BlitzBlitz
    117. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    118. BlitzBlitz
    119. BeamerBeamer
    120. BlitzBlitz ×2
    121. BeamerBeamer
    122. BlitzBlitz
    123. BeamerBeamer
    124. BlitzBlitz ×3
    125. BeamerBeamer
    126. BlitzBlitz ×4
    127. BeamerBeamer
    128. BlitzBlitz ×10

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Hannodins's (36 OS, 26/09/2026); 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 69% 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

1132 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008462131
3:001625141105
4:002716541333
5:0038681200817
6:00508321131522
7:00633229962419
8:00766238673347
9:00909046694310
10:001069453185050
11:001262558255709
12:001484563906523
13:001744970097234
14:002018076218098
15:002270483748944
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

Hannodins

35.9 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
212 metal received · 11906 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:32 · n=715
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:37–0:58 · n=802
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:01–10:02 · n=907

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