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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 · 82 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 ×4
    16. BlitzBlitz
    17. ShellshockerArty ×5
    18. BlitzBlitz ×6
    19. Wind ×2
    20. BlitzBlitz
    21. Wind
    22. BlitzBlitz
    23. Wind
    24. Energy storage
    25. BlitzBlitz
    26. Mex
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. Con turret
    29. BlitzBlitz
    30. Mex
    31. Con turret
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Geodone 7:43 · typical 8:53
    33. Wind
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. Wind
    36. BlitzBlitz
    37. Wind
    38. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    39. BlitzBlitz
    40. Wind ×2
    41. BlitzBlitz
    42. Wind
    43. BlitzBlitz
    44. Wind
    45. BlitzBlitz
    46. Wind
    47. BlitzBlitz
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Geo
    49. BlitzBlitz
    50. Con turret
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. Con turret
    53. Wind
    54. BlitzBlitz
    55. Wind
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. Wind
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. Wind
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. Wind ×2
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. Wind
    65. BlitzBlitz
    66. Wind
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. Wind
    69. BlitzBlitz
    70. Wind
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. Wind
    73. Con turret
    74. BeamerBeamer
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. Wind ×4
    77. Con turret ×2
    78. Wind ×6
    79. BeamerBeamer
    80. Wind ×2
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:43 · 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 · 43 steps
    1. Con turret ×2
    2. PawnPawn ×8
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. PawnPawn ×2
    5. Wind
    6. PawnPawn ×3
    7. Wind
    8. PawnPawn ×3
    9. Wind
    10. PawnPawn ×3
    11. Wind
    12. PawnPawn ×3
    13. Wind
    14. PawnPawn ×2
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Wind
    17. PawnPawn ×2
    18. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:41
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Wind ×2
    21. PawnPawn
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    23. Wind
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn ×2
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn ×4
    30. Wind
    31. PawnPawn ×5
    32. Wind
    33. PawnPawn ×6
    34. Wind
    35. PawnPawn ×4
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn ×3
    38. LazarusLazarus ×2
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn ×30
    41. LazarusLazarus ×4
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    43. PawnPawn

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

haaven

47.0 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
16 metal received · 25622 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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