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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:47 · 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 · 31 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    4. Mex ×2
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. TickTick ×3
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Mex
    10. SentrySentry
    11. RocketeerRocketeerfor Suicide front
    12. SentrySentry
    13. RocketeerRocketeerfor Suicide front
    14. Wind
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeerfor Suicide front
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2for Suicide front
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×2for Suicide front
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. CenturionCenturion
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. LazarusLazarus ×2
    29. Wind
    30. LazarusLazarus
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×3for Suicide front
  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 · 177 steps
    1. ThugThug
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. ThugThug
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. ThugThug
    7. RocketeerRocketeerfor Suicide front
    8. ThugThug
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×3for Suicide front
    11. ThugThug
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2for Suicide front
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    15. PawnPawn ×4
    16. Con turret
    17. SentrySentry
    18. PawnPawn ×3
    19. SentrySentry
    20. PawnPawn ×2
    21. SentrySentry
    22. PawnPawn ×3
    23. SentrySentry
    24. PawnPawn
    25. Con turret
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn
    28. SentrySentry
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Wind
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Con turret
    33. SentrySentry
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Wind ×2
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Energy storage
    38. SentrySentry
    39. Wind ×2
    40. PawnPawn
    41. SentrySentry
    42. Wind ×2
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Wind ×3
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Converter
    47. Wind ×2
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Wind
    50. Converter
    51. Wind
    52. PawnPawn
    53. SentrySentry
    54. Wind
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Wind
    57. Converter
    58. Wind
    59. SentrySentry
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Wind ×2
    62. Converter
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Wind ×2
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Converter
    67. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    68. Wind
    69. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    70. Wind
    71. PawnPawn
    72. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    73. Wind ×2
    74. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    75. Converter
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    78. Wind
    79. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    80. Wind ×2
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    83. Converter
    84. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    85. Wind
    86. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Wind
    89. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    90. Wind
    91. Converter
    92. PawnPawn
    93. Wind ×2
    94. Construction BotCon bot
    95. Wind ×2
    96. Converter
    97. Wind ×2
    98. Construction BotCon bot
    99. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:45 · typical 8:53
    100. Converter
    101. Wind ×2
    102. Converter
    103. Construction BotCon bot
    104. Wind ×3
    105. Converter
    106. Construction BotCon bot
    107. Wind ×2
    108. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    109. Wind
    110. Converter
    111. Construction BotCon bot
    112. Wind ×3
    113. Converter
    114. Wind ×2
    115. PawnPawn
    116. Wind
    117. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    118. Wind
    119. Converter
    120. Wind
    121. PawnPawn
    122. SentrySentry
    123. Wind
    124. Converter
    125. Wind
    126. PawnPawn
    127. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 12:08
    128. SentrySentry
    129. Wind
    130. Converter
    131. Wind ×2
    132. PawnPawn
    133. Wind
    134. Converter
    135. Wind ×4
    136. PawnPawn
    137. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    138. Wind
    139. Con turret
    140. SentrySentry
    141. Wind
    142. PawnPawn
    143. Con turret
    144. SentrySentry
    145. Wind
    146. SentrySentry
    147. PawnPawn
    148. Con turret
    149. Wind
    150. Con turret
    151. SentrySentry
    152. Wind
    153. PawnPawn
    154. Wind
    155. Con turret
    156. Converter
    157. Wind
    158. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    159. Wind
    160. PawnPawn
    161. Wind ×2
    162. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labnot finished by 15:00
    163. Wind
    164. Converter
    165. Wind
    166. TickTick
    167. Wind ×2
    168. TickTick
    169. Converter
    170. Wind ×2
    171. TickTick
    172. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    173. Wind ×3
    174. Converter
    175. TickTick
    176. Wind ×2
    177. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Erilium's (46 OS, 28/09/2026); 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

Erilium

45.8 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
23 metal received · 40836 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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