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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [BS]Hellzie's (38 OS, 19/09/2026); 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

[BS]Hellzie

38.2 OS · 19/09/2026

Open source match ↗

29 received units · includes a constructor
814 metal received · 5280 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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