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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:41 · 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 · 32 steps
    1. TickTick ×2
    2. Mex
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. TickTick
    6. PawnPawn ×2
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. Mex
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. TickTick ×3
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Mex
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. TickTick
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Mex
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Mex
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    30. Wind
    31. LazarusLazarus
    32. 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 · 103 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. Wind
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    5. Con turret
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    9. Wind
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:36 · typical 8:53
    14. LazarusLazarus ×2
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind
    24. Con turret
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Converter
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    29. Wind
    30. Energy storage
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. CenturionCenturion
    33. SentrySentry
    34. Wind
    35. CenturionCenturion
    36. Mex
    37. Wind
    38. Converter
    39. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Wind
    42. NettleNettle
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Wind ×2
    45. NettleNettle
    46. Wind
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Wind
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Wind ×2
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Wind
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Mex
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Wind ×2
    60. PawnPawn
    61. NettleNettle
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. Wind
    65. PawnPawn
    66. SentrySentry
    67. Wind
    68. PawnPawn ×2
    69. NettleNettle
    70. PawnPawn ×3
    71. Wind
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Wind
    74. PawnPawn ×2
    75. Wind
    76. PawnPawn ×5
    77. CenturionCenturion ×2
    78. Con turret
    79. Advanced solar
    80. Con turret
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    83. Con turret
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Mex
    86. Con turret
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Con turret
    89. Mex
    90. SentrySentry
    91. Con turret
    92. PawnPawn
    93. SentrySentry
    94. Advanced solar
    95. PawnPawn
    96. SentrySentry
    97. PawnPawn
    98. Advanced solar
    99. PawnPawn ×2
    100. Advanced solar
    101. PawnPawn ×2
    102. Advanced solar
    103. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is MischievousDragonGF's (42 OS, 27/09/2026); 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

MischievousDragonGF

42.4 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
127 metal received · 21681 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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