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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 · 1 step
    1. Mex ×3
  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 · 33 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:54 · typical 0:47
    3. RoverScout ×2
    4. RoverScoutfor Pond
    5. RoverScout
    6. RoverScoutfor Pond
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    8. JanusJanus
    9. Mex
    10. Wind
    11. JanusJanus
    12. Wind
    13. Mex
    14. Wind
    15. JanusJanus
    16. Mex
    17. JanusJanus ×2
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    19. BlitzBlitz ×4
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    21. BlitzBlitz
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    23. BlitzBlitz ×2
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    25. BlitzBlitz
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    29. BlitzBlitz
    30. SentrySentry
    31. BlitzBlitz ×2
    32. Con turret
    33. 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 · 119 steps
    1. Mex
    2. BlitzBlitz ×3
    3. Wind
    4. BlitzBlitz
    5. Wind
    6. BlitzBlitz
    7. Wind
    8. BlitzBlitz
    9. Wind
    10. BlitzBlitz
    11. Wind
    12. BlitzBlitz
    13. Wind
    14. BlitzBlitz
    15. JanusJanus
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    17. JanusJanus
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    19. JanusJanus
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    21. JanusJanus
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:01 · typical 8:53
    23. JanusJanus
    24. SentrySentry ×2
    25. BlitzBlitz ×17
    26. Wind
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. Wind
    29. Converter
    30. BlitzBlitz
    31. Mex
    32. Wind
    33. BlitzBlitz
    34. SentrySentry
    35. Wind
    36. BlitzBlitz
    37. Wind ×3
    38. Converter
    39. Wind
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. Wind
    42. Converter
    43. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    44. Wind
    45. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. Wind
    48. Converter
    49. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    50. Wind
    51. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    52. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    53. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×7
    54. Wind
    55. Converter
    56. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    57. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    58. Wind
    59. BlitzBlitz
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. Energy storage
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. Wind
    65. Converter
    66. BlitzBlitz
    67. Wind ×2
    68. BlitzBlitz
    69. Wind ×3
    70. Converter
    71. Wind
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. Wind ×4
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. Wind
    76. Converter
    77. BlitzBlitz
    78. Wind
    79. BlitzBlitz
    80. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    81. Wind
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. Wind
    84. Mex
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. Converter
    87. Wind
    88. BlitzBlitz
    89. Wind
    90. BlitzBlitz
    91. Wind
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    94. Converter
    95. Wind
    96. BlitzBlitz
    97. Wind
    98. BlitzBlitz
    99. Wind
    100. Metal storage
    101. BlitzBlitz
    102. Wind
    103. Converter
    104. BlitzBlitz
    105. Wind
    106. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. Wind
    109. NettleNettle
    110. BlitzBlitz
    111. SentrySentry
    112. Wind
    113. BlitzBlitz
    114. Con turret
    115. Converter
    116. BlitzBlitz ×2
    117. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    118. SentrySentry
    119. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Hummell's (45 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 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

Hummell

45.4 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
46 metal received · 11401 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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