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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 · 1 step
    1. Mex ×3
  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 · 39 steps
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:52 · typical 0:47
    2. RoverScout
    3. Wind ×2
    4. RoverScout ×2
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    6. Mex
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    8. SentrySentry
    9. JanusJanus
    10. Mex
    11. JanusJanus ×2
    12. Mex
    13. JanusJanus ×2
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    16. ShellshockerArty
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    18. SentrySentry
    19. BeholderBeholder
    20. ShellshockerArty
    21. SentrySentry
    22. ShellshockerArty
    23. SentrySentry
    24. ShellshockerArty
    25. SentrySentry
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. Energy storage
    28. ShellshockerArty
    29. LazarusLazarus
    30. ShellshockerArty
    31. SentrySentry
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. ShellshockerArty
    34. SentrySentry
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. JanusJanus
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
    38. SentrySentry
    39. 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 · 79 steps
    1. JanusJanus
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. SentrySentry
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. JanusJanus
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. SentrySentry
    9. JanusJanus
    10. SentrySentry
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. JanusJanus
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. JanusJanus
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. JanusJanus
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    19. SentrySentry
    20. JanusJanus
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. SentrySentry
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. JanusJanus
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. JanusJanus
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    28. JanusJanus
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. RoverScout
    31. StoutStout
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. CenturionCenturion
    34. StoutStout
    35. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    36. CenturionCenturion
    37. StoutStout
    38. CenturionCenturion
    39. StoutStout ×2
    40. CenturionCenturion
    41. StoutStout
    42. Solar
    43. CenturionCenturion
    44. StoutStout
    45. CenturionCenturion
    46. StoutStout
    47. Mex
    48. CenturionCenturion
    49. StoutStout
    50. CenturionCenturion ×2
    51. StoutStout
    52. SentrySentry ×2
    53. StoutStout ×2
    54. Converter ×2
    55. StoutStout ×2
    56. Wind ×3
    57. Con turret
    58. Wind
    59. Converter ×3
    60. Con turret
    61. Converter
    62. JanusJanus
    63. Wind
    64. JanusJanus
    65. Wind ×2
    66. JanusJanus
    67. Wind ×3
    68. JanusJanus
    69. RoverScout ×2
    70. Wind
    71. RoverScout
    72. Wind
    73. RoverScout ×2
    74. Wind
    75. RoverScout
    76. Energy storage
    77. RoverScout ×5
    78. Energy storage
    79. RoverScout

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is EXZoPrimer3's (38 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

EXZoPrimer3

37.7 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

27 received units · includes a constructor
295 metal received · 33433 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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