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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 · 120 steps
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:22 · typical 0:47
    2. RoverScout
    3. Solar
    4. RoverScout ×5
    5. Mex ×2
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    7. Mex
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    9. Mex
    10. JanusJanus
    11. Mex
    12. JanusJanus ×2
    13. Mex
    14. Wind
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Wind
    17. JanusJanus ×2
    18. Wind
    19. JanusJanus
    20. Wind
    21. BlitzBlitz
    22. Wind
    23. BlitzBlitz ×2
    24. Wind
    25. BlitzBlitz ×2
    26. Wind
    27. BlitzBlitz ×2
    28. Wind
    29. BlitzBlitz ×2
    30. Energy storage
    31. BlitzBlitz ×5
    32. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    33. Con turret
    34. BlitzBlitz ×4
    35. Con turret
    36. BlitzBlitz ×2
    37. Con turret
    38. BlitzBlitz ×2
    39. Con turret
    40. BlitzBlitz
    41. Wind
    42. Con turret
    43. Wind
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. Wind
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. Wind ×2
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Wind
    50. Con turret
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. Wind
    53. Con turret
    54. BlitzBlitz
    55. Converter ×2
    56. Wind
    57. Con turret
    58. Wind ×9
    59. BlitzBlitz
    60. Wind ×4
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. Wind ×3
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00
    64. Wind
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. BlitzBlitz
    67. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    68. Wind
    69. Mex
    70. Converter ×2
    71. Wind ×2
    72. Mex
    73. Wind ×5
    74. Con turret
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    76. Converter
    77. Con turret
    78. Converter ×2
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. Wind ×9
    81. Converter ×4
    82. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    83. Converter ×2
    84. Wind ×2
    85. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    86. Wind ×2
    87. Converter
    88. Wind
    89. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    90. Wind ×4
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    92. Wind ×3
    93. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    94. Wind ×3
    95. Con turret
    96. Wind ×2
    97. Converter
    98. Con turret
    99. Converter
    100. Wind
    101. Converter ×2
    102. Wind
    103. Converter
    104. Con turret
    105. Wind ×7
    106. Con turret
    107. Wind ×2
    108. Con turret
    109. Converter
    110. Wind
    111. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    112. Wind ×3
    113. Con turret
    114. Converter
    115. Wind
    116. Converter
    117. Con turret
    118. Wind
    119. Converter
    120. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:55 · 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 · 20 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Wind
    3. Converter
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Converter
    6. Wind ×14
    7. Converter
    8. Wind
    9. Converter ×2
    10. Wind
    11. Converter
    12. Wind
    13. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 14:52
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Converter
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Converter
    18. Wind ×2
    19. DuckDuck
    20. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Damsko's (39 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

Damsko

39.0 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
698 metal received · 71312 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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