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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 · 85 steps
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:22 · typical 0:47
    2. RoverScout
    3. Wind
    4. RoverScout ×2
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    6. Wind
    7. Mex ×2
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    9. Mex
    10. JanusJanus
    11. Mex
    12. JanusJanus
    13. Mex
    14. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    15. JanusJanus
    16. Mex
    17. JanusJanus ×3
    18. BlitzBlitz ×4
    19. Mex
    20. BlitzBlitz ×7
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. BlitzBlitz ×7
    23. Wind
    24. SentrySentry
    25. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    26. SentrySentry
    27. Wind
    28. SentrySentry
    29. Wind ×2
    30. Energy storage
    31. Con turret ×2
    32. Wind ×8
    33. Con turret
    34. Mex
    35. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    36. Con turret
    37. Wind
    38. Con turret
    39. Wind ×4
    40. HarpoonHarpoon
    41. Wind
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:49 · typical 8:53
    43. Wind ×4
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. Wind
    46. Con turret
    47. BeamerBeamer
    48. Wind
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. Wind ×3
    51. BeamerBeamer
    52. Con turret ×2
    53. Wind
    54. Con turret
    55. Wind
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    58. Wind
    59. Con turret
    60. Wind ×12
    61. Con turret
    62. Wind ×4
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. Wind
    65. Con turret
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Con turret
    68. Wind
    69. BeamerBeamer
    70. Con turret
    71. Wind ×3
    72. BeamerBeamer
    73. Wind
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. BeamerBeamer
    76. Wind ×4
    77. BeamerBeamer
    78. Wind ×4
    79. BeamerBeamer
    80. Wind ×7
    81. Pit BullPit Bull
    82. Wind ×2
    83. SentrySentry
    84. Wind ×10
    85. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:10 · 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 · 61 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:34
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind
    6. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    7. Wind
    8. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    9. Wind
    10. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×20
    19. BeamerBeamer
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×8
    21. BeamerBeamer
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    23. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:27
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    27. BeamerBeamer
    28. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    30. BeamerBeamer
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    34. BeamerBeamer
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    38. BeamerBeamer
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    40. BeamerBeamer
    41. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    42. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    43. Construction BotCon bot
    44. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    45. BeamerBeamer ×2
    46. TickTick
    47. PawnPawn ×2
    48. BeamerBeamer
    49. PawnPawn ×4
    50. Construction BotCon bot
    51. PawnPawn ×2
    52. Con turret
    53. BeamerBeamer
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Con turret
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Con turret
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Con turret
    60. PawnPawn ×2
    61. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is haaven's (47 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

haaven

47.0 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

16 received units · includes a constructor
104 metal received · 13522 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

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