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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 · 182 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:47 · typical 0:47
    3. RoverScout
    4. Wind ×2
    5. RoverScout ×2
    6. BlitzBlitz ×3
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    8. JanusJanus
    9. Mex
    10. WhistlerMissile truck
    11. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    12. Mex
    13. JanusJanus
    14. WhistlerMissile truck
    15. Mex
    16. PincerPincer
    17. JanusJanus
    18. WhistlerMissile truck
    19. SentrySentry
    20. ShellshockerArty ×2
    21. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    22. Energy storage
    23. Wind
    24. JanusJanus
    25. Wind
    26. JanusJanus
    27. Wind
    28. PincerPincer
    29. WhistlerMissile truck
    30. Wind
    31. JanusJanus
    32. BlitzBlitz ×2
    33. Wind
    34. BlitzBlitz ×2
    35. Wind
    36. Con turret
    37. BlitzBlitz ×2
    38. Wind
    39. BlitzBlitz
    40. SentrySentry
    41. BlitzBlitz
    42. Wind
    43. BlitzBlitz
    44. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    45. Wind
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. Con turret
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Converter
    50. Wind
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. Wind
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. Converter
    55. Wind
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. Wind
    58. Converter
    59. BlitzBlitz ×2
    60. Wind
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. Wind
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    65. Wind
    66. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    67. Wind
    68. Mex
    69. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    70. SentrySentry
    71. Wind
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. Wind
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:57 · typical 8:53
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. SentrySentry
    77. Wind
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. Wind
    80. BlitzBlitz
    81. Mex
    82. Wind
    83. BlitzBlitz
    84. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    85. Wind ×3
    86. BlitzBlitz
    87. Wind
    88. BlitzBlitz
    89. Wind
    90. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    91. Wind
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. Wind ×2
    94. BlitzBlitz
    95. Wind
    96. BlitzBlitz
    97. Wind
    98. BlitzBlitz
    99. Wind
    100. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    101. BlitzBlitz
    102. Wind
    103. BlitzBlitz
    104. Wind
    105. BlitzBlitz
    106. Wind
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. Wind
    109. BlitzBlitz
    110. Wind
    111. BlitzBlitz
    112. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    113. Wind
    114. BlitzBlitz
    115. Wind
    116. BlitzBlitz
    117. Wind
    118. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    119. Wind ×2
    120. BlitzBlitz ×2
    121. Con turret
    122. Wind
    123. BlitzBlitz
    124. Con turret
    125. Wind
    126. BlitzBlitz
    127. Wind
    128. BlitzBlitz
    129. Wind
    130. BlitzBlitz
    131. Wind
    132. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:50
    133. BlitzBlitz
    134. Wind
    135. BlitzBlitz ×4
    136. Wind
    137. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:21
    138. BlitzBlitz ×2
    139. Con turret
    140. Wind
    141. BlitzBlitz ×2
    142. Wind
    143. Con turret
    144. BlitzBlitz ×2
    145. Wind
    146. Con turret
    147. BlitzBlitz ×2
    148. Wind
    149. BlitzBlitz
    150. SentrySentry
    151. BlitzBlitz ×2
    152. Wind
    153. SentrySentry
    154. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    155. Wind
    156. BlitzBlitz ×2
    157. Wind
    158. BlitzBlitz ×7
    159. Wind
    160. Con turret
    161. BlitzBlitz
    162. Converter
    163. BlitzBlitz
    164. Con turret
    165. Wind
    166. BlitzBlitz
    167. Con turret
    168. BlitzBlitz
    169. Converter
    170. BlitzBlitz
    171. Con turret
    172. Wind
    173. BlitzBlitz ×2
    174. Converter
    175. BlitzBlitz ×2
    176. Wind
    177. BlitzBlitz ×4
    178. Converter
    179. BlitzBlitz
    180. Wind
    181. BlitzBlitz ×2
    182. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:29 · 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 · 22 steps
    1. BlitzBlitz
    2. Fusion ReactorFusion
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Converter
    5. BlitzBlitz
    6. Wind
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. BlitzBlitz
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. BlitzBlitz
    11. Converter
    12. Wind
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. BlitzBlitz
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. BlitzBlitz
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. Converter
    19. Wind
    20. BlitzBlitz
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is matje2o's (35 OS, 28/09/2026); 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

matje2o

35.1 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
299 metal received · 28124 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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