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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 ×2
    2. 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 · 27 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×3
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Wind
    8. TickTick ×4
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Mex
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Mex
    13. CenturionCenturion ×2
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Mex
    16. BeamerBeamer
    17. CenturionCenturion
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Mex
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×9
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
  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 · 165 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    4. LazarusLazarus ×2
    5. Mex
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. PawnPawn
    8. NettleNettle
    9. PawnPawn ×2
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. PawnPawn
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. PawnPawn ×4
    14. Wind
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Wind
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:31 · typical 8:53
    18. Wind ×2
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. Wind
    21. Tidal
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. Wind
    24. Tidal
    25. Wind
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Tidal
    28. PawnPawn
    29. Wind
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Tidal
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Wind
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Wind
    38. PawnPawn ×2
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn
    41. BeamerBeamer
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Naval Energy Storage
    44. PawnPawn ×3
    45. Wind
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Wind
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Con turret
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. PawnPawn ×2
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn ×2
    55. BeamerBeamer
    56. Wind
    57. PawnPawn ×2
    58. Wind
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Wind
    61. Con turret
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Tidal
    64. LazarusLazarus
    65. Wind
    66. Tidal
    67. LazarusLazarus
    68. Wind
    69. Tidal
    70. Naval Energy Converter ×2
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. LazarusLazarus
    73. Naval Energy Converter ×2
    74. Wind
    75. LazarusLazarus
    76. Wind
    77. LazarusLazarus
    78. Wind
    79. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:28
    80. CenturionCenturion
    81. MauserMauser
    82. Naval Energy Converter
    83. Wind
    84. TickTick
    85. PawnPawn
    86. TickTick
    87. Naval Energy Converter
    88. Con turret
    89. PawnPawn
    90. TickTick
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    92. TickTick
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick
    96. HoundHound
    97. PawnPawn
    98. TickTick
    99. Wind
    100. TickTick
    101. PawnPawn
    102. Wind
    103. TickTick
    104. Wind
    105. PawnPawn
    106. TickTick
    107. Wind
    108. TickTick
    109. PawnPawn
    110. TickTick
    111. Wind
    112. PawnPawn
    113. TickTick
    114. PawnPawn
    115. Wind
    116. TickTick
    117. PawnPawn
    118. TickTick
    119. PawnPawn
    120. TickTick
    121. Wind
    122. PawnPawn
    123. TickTick
    124. PawnPawn
    125. TickTick
    126. PawnPawn
    127. TickTick
    128. PawnPawn
    129. Wind
    130. TickTick
    131. PawnPawn
    132. TickTick
    133. Tidal
    134. PawnPawn
    135. TickTick
    136. PawnPawn
    137. TickTick
    138. CenturionCenturion
    139. Tidal
    140. PawnPawn
    141. TickTick
    142. PawnPawn
    143. TickTick
    144. Wind
    145. PawnPawn
    146. TickTick
    147. Tidal
    148. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:11 · typical 0:47
    149. PawnPawn
    150. TickTick
    151. WelderWelder
    152. Tidal
    153. PawnPawn
    154. TickTick
    155. Wind
    156. PawnPawn
    157. TickTick
    158. PawnPawn
    159. TickTick
    160. BlitzBlitz
    161. PawnPawn
    162. TickTick
    163. PawnPawn
    164. TickTick
    165. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Immort's (57 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

Immort

57.1 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
633 metal received · 20879 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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