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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 0:44 · 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. LazarusLazarus
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Mex
    7. TickTick
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    20. SentrySentry
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. SentrySentry
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    30. CenturionCenturion
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
  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 · 105 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    2. SentrySentry
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
    4. SentrySentry
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. LazarusLazarus ×2
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    8. Mex
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    10. SentrySentry
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:05 · typical 8:53
    15. CenturionCenturion ×3
    16. Mex
    17. CenturionCenturion ×2
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    21. Wind
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    24. Wind ×6
    25. Energy storage
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    27. Wind
    28. Con turret
    29. Wind ×4
    30. Con turret ×2
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    32. Con turret
    33. Wind ×5
    34. Construction BotCon bot
    35. Wind ×4
    36. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:54 · typical 0:47
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Wind
    39. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Wind ×3
    42. PawnPawn
    43. BlitzBlitz
    44. Wind
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Wind
    47. BlitzBlitz
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Wind
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Con turret
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. Wind
    55. Energy storage
    56. PawnPawn
    57. BlitzBlitz
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Wind
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. Wind
    62. PawnPawn
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. PawnPawn ×2
    65. BlitzBlitz
    66. Wind
    67. PawnPawn
    68. BlitzBlitz
    69. PawnPawn
    70. BlitzBlitz
    71. PawnPawn
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. PawnPawn
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. Wind
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Wind
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 14:58
    81. Wind
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn ×2
    85. Wind
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Wind ×4
    88. LazarusLazarus
    89. Wind ×2
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Wind ×2
    92. PawnPawn
    93. Wind ×2
    94. Energy storage
    95. Wind
    96. PawnPawn ×2
    97. Con turret
    98. Wind
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Wind ×2
    101. PawnPawn
    102. Wind ×2
    103. LazarusLazarus
    104. StarlightStarlightnot finished by 15:00
    105. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Nutzz's (42 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

Nutzz

41.9 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
249 metal received · 23564 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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