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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:39 · 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 · 25 steps
    1. TickTickfor Geo
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind ×2
    4. TickTick
    5. TickTick ×2for Geo
    6. PawnPawn ×3
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. Mex ×2
    13. SentrySentry ×3
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Mex
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    19. Mex
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. SentrySentryfor Tech
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. SentrySentry ×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 · 139 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. SentrySentry
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. BeamerBeamer
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    7. SentrySentry
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. NettleNettle ×2
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. BeamerBeamer
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Wind
    18. BeamerBeamer
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Wind
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    24. Wind
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. CenturionCenturion
    27. Con turret
    28. Wind ×2
    29. Con turret
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. Wind ×5
    38. LazarusLazarus
    39. Wind ×2
    40. LazarusLazarus
    41. Wind ×2
    42. BeamerBeamer
    43. Energy storage
    44. Wind ×6
    45. BeamerBeamer
    46. Wind ×2
    47. BeamerBeamer
    48. Wind ×3
    49. Con turret
    50. Wind ×3
    51. LazarusLazarus
    52. Con turret
    53. Wind
    54. BeamerBeamer
    55. LazarusLazarus
    56. Wind
    57. TickTick ×3
    58. Wind
    59. TickTick
    60. Wind
    61. TickTick
    62. Wind ×3
    63. TickTick
    64. Wind
    65. TickTick
    66. Wind
    67. TickTick
    68. Wind ×2
    69. TickTick
    70. Wind
    71. TickTick
    72. Wind
    73. TickTick
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick
    76. Wind ×2
    77. TickTick
    78. Wind ×2
    79. TickTick ×2
    80. Wind ×2
    81. TickTick
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick
    84. Wind
    85. TickTick
    86. Wind ×2
    87. TickTick
    88. Wind
    89. TickTick ×2
    90. Wind
    91. TickTick
    92. Wind
    93. TickTick
    94. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    95. Wind ×2
    96. TickTick
    97. Wind ×2
    98. TickTick
    99. Wind ×2
    100. TickTick
    101. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    102. TickTick
    103. Wind
    104. TickTick
    105. Wind ×2
    106. TickTick
    107. Wind
    108. TickTick
    109. Wind ×9
    110. TickTick
    111. Wind ×2
    112. TickTick ×4
    113. Wind
    114. TickTick
    115. Wind
    116. TickTick ×3
    117. Wind
    118. TickTick ×6
    119. Wind
    120. TickTick
    121. CenturionCenturion
    122. Wind
    123. TickTick
    124. LazarusLazarus ×2
    125. Wind
    126. TickTick ×4
    127. Wind
    128. TickTick
    129. CenturionCenturion
    130. Wind
    131. TickTick ×5
    132. Wind
    133. TickTick
    134. CenturionCenturion
    135. Wind
    136. TickTick ×3
    137. Wind
    138. TickTick ×3
    139. CenturionCenturion

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Handicapping_mySelf's (36 OS, 10/09/2026); 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

Handicapping_mySelf

35.9 OS · 10/09/2026

Open source match ↗

13 received units
456 metal received · 48991 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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