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 · 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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:44 · 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. TickTickfor Pond
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. TickTickfor Pond
    7. TickTick ×2
    8. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. TickTick ×2
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. TickTick ×6
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. Mex
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Construction BotCon bot
    31. SentrySentry
    32. Construction BotCon bot
    33. Con turret
    34. Construction BotCon bot
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    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 · 155 steps
    1. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Wind ×2
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Wind
    11. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    12. Wind
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    14. PawnPawn
    15. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    16. Wind
    17. PawnPawn
    18. SentrySentry
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Wind
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:03 · typical 8:53
    22. Energy storage
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Wind
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Wind ×2
    29. PawnPawn ×2
    30. Wind
    31. GauntletGauntletnot finished by 15:00
    32. Mex
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 8:11 · typical 0:47
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    38. Wind
    39. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    40. BlitzBlitz
    41. Wind
    42. WhistlerMissile truck
    43. NettleNettle ×2
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. Wind
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. Wind
    48. NettleNettle
    49. BlitzBlitz
    50. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. Wind
    55. Con turret
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    58. Wind
    59. Solar
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. Solar
    62. BlitzBlitz ×2
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. Solar
    65. Wind
    66. BlitzBlitz
    67. Mex
    68. BlitzBlitz
    69. Wind
    70. BeamerBeamer
    71. Mex
    72. Wind
    73. BlitzBlitz
    74. NettleNettle
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. BeamerBeamer
    77. BlitzBlitz
    78. Con turret
    79. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    80. Wind
    81. Solar
    82. Wind
    83. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    84. Wind
    85. Solar
    86. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    87. Wind
    88. Advanced solar
    89. BlitzBlitz
    90. Wind
    91. Energy storage
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. BeamerBeamer
    94. Wind ×3
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. Wind
    97. BlitzBlitz
    98. SentrySentry
    99. Wind ×2
    100. BlitzBlitz
    101. SentrySentry
    102. Wind
    103. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    104. BlitzBlitz
    105. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    106. Wind
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 13:38
    109. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    110. SentrySentry
    111. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    112. Advanced solar
    113. BlitzBlitz
    114. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    115. Wind
    116. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    117. Wind ×2
    118. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    119. Con turret
    120. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    121. Wind ×4
    122. Mex
    123. Wind ×2
    124. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    125. Wind ×6
    126. ConsulConsul
    127. Wind
    128. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    129. Wind
    130. UmbraJammer
    131. Wind
    132. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    133. JaguarJaguar
    134. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    135. JaguarJaguar
    136. Wind
    137. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    138. Wind
    139. JaguarJaguar
    140. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    141. Converter
    142. Wind
    143. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    144. JaguarJaguar
    145. Wind
    146. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    147. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    148. Wind ×2
    149. JaguarJaguar ×2
    150. Wind ×2
    151. JaguarJaguar
    152. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    153. Converter
    154. Wind ×2
    155. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is confirm_'s (62 OS, 22/08/2026); 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

confirm_

61.9 OS · 22/08/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
477 metal received · 64796 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

Played most by

Hummell97games of this buildhaaven93games of this buildLeohvm83games of this buildXad63games of this buildImmort40games of this build