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

  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 · 105 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. PawnPawn
    6. Wind
    7. PawnPawn
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. PawnPawn
    10. Wind
    11. PawnPawn
    12. Wind
    13. PawnPawn
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:23
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    17. Wind
    18. BlitzBlitz ×2
    19. Wind
    20. BlitzBlitz
    21. Wind
    22. BlitzBlitz
    23. Wind
    24. BlitzBlitz ×2
    25. Wind
    26. BlitzBlitz
    27. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:56
    28. BlitzBlitz
    29. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:18
    30. BlitzBlitz ×36
    31. Naval Energy Converter
    32. TickTick ×2
    33. Geothermal PowerplantGeonot finished by 15:00
    34. Wind
    35. GruntGrunt
    36. Con turret
    37. TickTick
    38. BlitzBlitz ×2
    39. TickTick
    40. Naval Energy Converter
    41. Wind
    42. BlitzBlitz
    43. GruntGrunt
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. TickTick ×2
    46. GruntGrunt
    47. TickTick
    48. BlitzBlitz ×2
    49. TickTick
    50. GruntGrunt
    51. TickTick
    52. GruntGrunt
    53. Wind
    54. TickTick ×2
    55. GruntGrunt
    56. BlitzBlitz ×2
    57. TickTick
    58. GruntGrunt
    59. TickTick ×2
    60. GruntGrunt
    61. Naval Energy Converter
    62. TickTick
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. TickTick
    65. BlitzBlitz
    66. Wind
    67. GruntGrunt
    68. TickTick ×2
    69. GruntGrunt
    70. BlitzBlitz
    71. TickTick
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. GruntGrunt
    74. Naval Energy Converter
    75. TickTick ×2
    76. GruntGrunt ×2
    77. Wind
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. GruntGrunt
    80. BlitzBlitz
    81. TickTick
    82. GruntGrunt
    83. TickTick
    84. GruntGrunt
    85. Naval Energy Converter
    86. BlitzBlitz
    87. GruntGrunt
    88. BlitzBlitz
    89. TickTick ×2
    90. GruntGrunt ×2
    91. Wind
    92. TickTick
    93. GruntGrunt
    94. TickTick
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    97. GruntGrunt
    98. BlitzBlitz
    99. Naval Energy Converter
    100. GruntGrunt
    101. TickTick
    102. GruntGrunt
    103. TickTick
    104. GruntGrunt
    105. BlitzBlitz

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 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

[BS]Hellzie

37.6 OS · 19/09/2026

Open source match ↗

150 received units · includes a constructor
2842 metal received · 80271 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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