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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 · 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 · 23 steps
    1. TickTick ×2
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    6. Mex
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    8. Mex
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. SentrySentry
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. Mex
    16. Wind
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. PawnPawn
  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 · 107 steps
    1. PawnPawn
    2. Wind
    3. Con turret
    4. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Solar
    7. PawnPawn
    8. Solar
    9. Wind
    10. PawnPawn ×2
    11. Wind
    12. PawnPawn ×2
    13. Wind
    14. Con turret
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Wind
    17. Energy storage
    18. PawnPawn
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:03 · typical 8:53
    20. Wind ×3
    21. PawnPawn
    22. Wind ×3
    23. Pit BullPit Bull
    24. Wind ×3
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    28. Wind ×15
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Wind ×2
    31. Con turret
    32. Wind ×9
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Energy storage
    36. Wind ×6
    37. Con turret
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. Wind
    40. Con turret
    41. Wind ×8
    42. Con turret
    43. Wind
    44. Con turret
    45. Wind ×4
    46. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 11:58
    47. Converter
    48. Wind
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. Wind ×5
    51. Converter
    52. Wind ×2
    53. Converter
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. Wind ×4
    56. Converter
    57. Wind ×2
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. Wind
    60. Converter
    61. Wind
    62. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:27
    63. Wind
    64. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:29
    65. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    66. Wind
    67. PawnPawn ×2
    68. Wind
    69. Converter
    70. PawnPawn ×2
    71. Converter
    72. Wind
    73. PawnPawn ×2
    74. Wind
    75. Converter
    76. PawnPawn ×3
    77. Wind
    78. PawnPawn ×3
    79. Converter
    80. PawnPawn ×2
    81. LazarusLazarus ×2
    82. PawnPawn ×7
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn ×7
    85. LazarusLazarus ×2
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Converter
    88. PawnPawn ×3
    89. Converter
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Wind
    92. PawnPawn ×9
    93. LazarusLazarus ×2
    94. PawnPawn ×8
    95. Converter
    96. PawnPawn ×4
    97. Converter
    98. PawnPawn ×2
    99. LazarusLazarus ×2
    100. PawnPawn ×14
    101. LazarusLazarus ×2
    102. Converter
    103. PawnPawn ×5
    104. Converter
    105. PawnPawn ×9
    106. LazarusLazarus ×2
    107. PawnPawn ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is SauceDispenser's (35 OS, 17/09/2026); 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

SauceDispenser

35.4 OS · 17/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
83 metal received · 41392 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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