BAR / BUILD ATLAS
← All builds
Front / Armada / Economy first / OBSERVED BUILD

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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:50 · 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 · 36 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    4. PawnPawn
    5. Mex
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. PawnPawn
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Mex
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. Mex
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. PawnPawn
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    23. Wind
    24. PawnPawn
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. TickTick
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. CenturionCenturion
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    35. Wind
    36. 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 · 151 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. Wind
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    9. PawnPawn
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Wind
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    16. TickTick
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    27. Mex
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. LazarusLazarus
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:43 · typical 8:53
    33. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    34. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    35. Con turret
    36. Wind
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
    38. Wind
    39. Construction BotCon bot
    40. PawnPawn
    41. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Wind
    44. PawnPawn ×3
    45. Wind
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Con turret
    49. SentrySentry
    50. Wind
    51. PawnPawn ×3
    52. Wind
    53. PawnPawn ×3
    54. Wind
    55. PawnPawn ×3
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. SentrySentry
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Wind
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Energy storage
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Wind
    66. PawnPawn ×2
    67. Wind
    68. PawnPawn
    69. Wind
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Wind
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Wind
    74. PawnPawn ×2
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    76. PawnPawn ×2
    77. Wind
    78. PawnPawn ×2
    79. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    80. Con turret
    81. Wind ×2
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Advanced solar
    84. PawnPawn ×2
    85. Wind
    86. PawnPawn ×2
    87. Wind
    88. PawnPawn ×2
    89. Advanced solar
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Wind
    92. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Con turret
    95. Wind
    96. Energy storage
    97. PawnPawn
    98. Advanced solar
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Wind
    101. PawnPawn
    102. Advanced solar
    103. Wind
    104. PawnPawn
    105. Advanced solar
    106. Wind
    107. PawnPawn ×2
    108. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    109. Con turret
    110. Wind
    111. PawnPawn
    112. Wind
    113. PawnPawn ×2
    114. Wind
    115. PawnPawn
    116. Wind
    117. PawnPawn ×2
    118. Advanced solar
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Wind
    121. PawnPawn
    122. Advanced solar
    123. PawnPawn ×2
    124. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:51
    125. PawnPawn
    126. Wind
    127. PawnPawn ×4
    128. Wind
    129. PawnPawn ×4
    130. Wind
    131. PawnPawn ×4
    132. Wind
    133. PawnPawn
    134. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    135. PawnPawn
    136. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    137. PawnPawn ×2
    138. Wind
    139. PawnPawn ×5
    140. Wind
    141. PawnPawn ×4
    142. Wind
    143. PawnPawn ×5
    144. Wind
    145. PawnPawn ×3
    146. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    147. PawnPawn ×2
    148. Wind
    149. PawnPawn ×5
    150. Wind
    151. PawnPawn ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is JustSomeGuy's (39 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

JustSomeGuy

38.6 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
27 metal received · 9787 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

Played most by

Hummell97games of this buildhaaven93games of this buildLeohvm81games of this buildXad63games of this buildImmort40games of this build