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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 0:46 · 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 · 37 steps
    1. TickTickfor Pond
    2. TickTick
    3. TickTickfor Pond
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    6. TickTick
    7. TickTick ×2for Pond
    8. Mex ×2
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Wind
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. SentrySentry
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    28. SentrySentry
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. SentrySentry
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. SentrySentry
    35. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
    36. Wind
    37. 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 · 137 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    5. Wind
    6. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    8. Wind
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. SentrySentry
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. PawnPawn ×6
    13. TickTick ×4
    14. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:27 · typical 8:53
    15. Mex
    16. TickTick
    17. PawnPawn ×3
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    19. Mex
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. TickTick
    23. PawnPawn ×4
    24. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    25. PawnPawn ×2
    26. Con turret
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    28. PawnPawn ×3
    29. Mex
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Wind
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    33. PawnPawn ×2
    34. Wind
    35. PawnPawn
    36. TickTick
    37. Wind
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Mex
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Wind
    42. TickTick
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Wind
    45. Con turret
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Wind
    48. TickTick
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Wind
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind
    54. TickTick
    55. PawnPawn ×2
    56. Wind
    57. TickTick
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Wind
    60. PawnPawn
    61. TickTick
    62. Wind
    63. PawnPawn
    64. TickTick
    65. Wind
    66. PawnPawn
    67. TickTick
    68. Wind
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Wind
    71. TickTick
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Wind ×2
    74. TickTick
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Wind
    77. TickTick
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Wind
    80. TickTick
    81. Con turret
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:15
    84. TickTick
    85. Con turret
    86. Energy storage
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Con turret
    89. PawnPawn
    90. TickTick
    91. LazarusLazarus
    92. PawnPawn
    93. LazarusLazarus
    94. Advanced solar
    95. TickTick
    96. Wind
    97. LazarusLazarus
    98. PawnPawn ×2
    99. TickTick
    100. PawnPawn ×3
    101. Wind
    102. TickTick
    103. PawnPawn ×3
    104. TickTick
    105. Wind
    106. PawnPawn ×3
    107. Wind
    108. TickTick
    109. PawnPawn ×2
    110. Wind
    111. PawnPawn
    112. TickTick
    113. Wind
    114. PawnPawn ×3
    115. TickTick
    116. Wind
    117. PawnPawn ×3
    118. TickTick
    119. Wind
    120. PawnPawn ×3
    121. TickTick
    122. PawnPawn
    123. Wind
    124. PawnPawn ×2
    125. Wind
    126. TickTick
    127. PawnPawn
    128. Advanced solar
    129. PawnPawn ×2
    130. Wind
    131. TickTick
    132. PawnPawn ×3
    133. Wind
    134. TickTick
    135. PawnPawn ×2
    136. Wind
    137. PawnPawn

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
8 metal received · 15264 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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