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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 · 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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:33 · 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 · 35 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Mex
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex
    9. TickTick
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. Mex
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. Con turret
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. CenturionCenturion
    26. Wind
    27. CenturionCenturion
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. LazarusLazarus
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. BeamerBeamer
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Wind
    35. 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 · 225 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. BeamerBeamer
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Wind
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Wind ×2
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Wind ×2
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Con turret
    16. TickTick ×3
    17. Wind
    18. TickTick ×4
    19. Wind
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    21. TickTick
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    23. BeamerBeamer
    24. TickTick ×3
    25. Con turret
    26. TickTick
    27. BeamerBeamer
    28. Wind
    29. TickTick ×3
    30. GauntletGauntletdone 10:42
    31. TickTick
    32. Wind
    33. TickTick ×2
    34. Wind ×2
    35. TickTick ×2
    36. Wind ×2
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:42 · typical 8:53
    38. Con turret
    39. CenturionCenturionfor Air
    40. Wind
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. Wind ×2
    43. Construction BotCon bot
    44. Wind ×2
    45. Converter
    46. Wind ×2
    47. Mex
    48. Converter ×2
    49. Wind
    50. Construction BotCon bot
    51. Wind
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. Wind
    54. Construction BotCon bot
    55. Wind ×6
    56. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    57. Wind
    58. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    59. Construction BotCon bot
    60. Wind
    61. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick
    64. Wind
    65. TickTick
    66. Wind
    67. BeamerBeamer
    68. TickTick
    69. Wind
    70. TickTick
    71. Wind
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. Con turret
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick
    76. Wind
    77. TickTick ×2
    78. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:39 · typical 0:47
    79. TickTick ×4
    80. BlitzBlitz
    81. TickTick
    82. Con turret
    83. TickTick
    84. BlitzBlitz
    85. TickTick
    86. BlitzBlitz
    87. TickTick
    88. Wind
    89. BlitzBlitz
    90. TickTick
    91. Wind
    92. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    93. TickTick
    94. BlitzBlitz
    95. TickTick
    96. Wind
    97. BlitzBlitz
    98. TickTick
    99. Wind
    100. TickTick
    101. BlitzBlitz
    102. Construction BotCon bot
    103. Wind
    104. BlitzBlitz
    105. Wind
    106. TickTick
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. TickTick
    109. Wind
    110. TickTick
    111. BlitzBlitz
    112. TickTick
    113. Energy storage
    114. TickTick
    115. Wind
    116. BlitzBlitz
    117. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    118. TickTick
    119. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    120. Wind
    121. TickTick
    122. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    123. Wind
    124. TickTick
    125. Wind
    126. BlitzBlitz
    127. TickTick
    128. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    129. TickTick
    130. Wind ×2
    131. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    132. BlitzBlitz
    133. Energy storage
    134. TickTick
    135. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    136. TickTick
    137. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    138. Wind
    139. TickTick
    140. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    141. BlitzBlitz
    142. TickTick
    143. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    144. Wind
    145. TickTick
    146. Converter
    147. Wind
    148. TickTick
    149. BlitzBlitz
    150. Wind ×2
    151. TickTick
    152. BlitzBlitz
    153. Converter
    154. TickTick
    155. Wind
    156. BlitzBlitz
    157. Converter
    158. TickTick
    159. BlitzBlitz
    160. TickTick
    161. Wind
    162. Converter
    163. BlitzBlitz
    164. Construction BotCon bot
    165. BlitzBlitz
    166. Wind
    167. Converter
    168. Con turret
    169. TickTick
    170. BlitzBlitz
    171. Wind
    172. TickTick
    173. BlitzBlitz
    174. TickTick
    175. Wind
    176. Converter
    177. TickTick
    178. BlitzBlitz
    179. TickTick
    180. Con turret
    181. Wind
    182. BlitzBlitz
    183. Converter
    184. TickTick
    185. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    186. BlitzBlitz
    187. TickTick
    188. Wind
    189. Converter
    190. TickTick
    191. Con turret
    192. TickTick
    193. Con turret
    194. Wind
    195. TickTick
    196. Converter
    197. TickTick
    198. BlitzBlitz
    199. Con turret
    200. Wind
    201. TickTick
    202. BlitzBlitz
    203. TickTick
    204. BlitzBlitz
    205. TickTick
    206. Wind
    207. Con turret
    208. TickTick
    209. BlitzBlitz
    210. TickTick
    211. Wind
    212. TickTick
    213. BlitzBlitz
    214. TickTick
    215. BlitzBlitz
    216. TickTick
    217. Wind
    218. TickTick
    219. BlitzBlitz
    220. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    221. Construction BotCon bot
    222. BlitzBlitz
    223. Wind
    224. SentrySentry
    225. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is phorofor's (41 OS, 29/09/2026); 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 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

phorofor

41.5 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
916 metal received · 9462 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

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