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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:41 · typical 0:47
  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 · 39 steps
    1. RoverScout
    2. Wind
    3. RoverScout
    4. BlitzBlitz ×2
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    6. Mex
    7. JanusJanus ×2
    8. Mex
    9. JanusJanus
    10. Mex
    11. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    12. Mex
    13. JanusJanus
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Con turret
    16. BeamerBeamer
    17. JanusJanus
    18. BeamerBeamer
    19. Wind
    20. RoverScout
    21. Wind
    22. RoverScout
    23. Wind
    24. RoverScout
    25. Wind
    26. JanusJanus
    27. Wind ×2
    28. JanusJanus
    29. Wind
    30. PincerPincer
    31. Wind ×2
    32. SentrySentry
    33. Mex
    34. Energy storage
    35. PincerPincer
    36. Wind
    37. BlitzBlitz
    38. Wind ×2
    39. SentrySentry
  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 · 211 steps
    1. BlitzBlitz
    2. Wind
    3. BlitzBlitz
    4. Wind
    5. BlitzBlitz
    6. Wind
    7. BlitzBlitz
    8. Wind
    9. BeamerBeamer
    10. BlitzBlitz
    11. Wind
    12. BlitzBlitz
    13. Wind
    14. SentrySentry
    15. BlitzBlitz
    16. Wind ×2
    17. JanusJanus
    18. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Wind ×2
    21. JanusJanus
    22. Converter
    23. Wind
    24. BeamerBeamer
    25. Wind ×2
    26. Converter
    27. JanusJanus
    28. Wind ×2
    29. Mex
    30. BlitzBlitz
    31. Wind
    32. Converter
    33. Wind
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. Converter
    36. BlitzBlitz
    37. Wind
    38. Con turret ×2
    39. BlitzBlitz
    40. JanusJanus
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    42. Wind
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    44. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    45. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    46. Wind
    47. BlitzBlitz
    48. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:54 · typical 8:53
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. Wind
    52. BlitzBlitz
    53. Wind ×4
    54. BlitzBlitz
    55. Wind ×2
    56. JanusJanus
    57. BlitzBlitz
    58. Wind
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. Wind ×2
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. Wind
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. Wind
    65. SentrySentry
    66. Wind
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. Wind
    71. Con turret
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. Wind ×3
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. PincerPincer
    76. Wind ×5
    77. PincerPincer
    78. Wind ×2
    79. Converter ×3
    80. Wind
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. PincerPincer
    83. Wind
    84. Converter
    85. Wind
    86. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    87. Converter ×2
    88. Wind ×3
    89. PincerPincer
    90. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    91. Wind
    92. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    93. Wind
    94. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    97. Wind
    98. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    99. BlitzBlitz
    100. Wind ×2
    101. BlitzBlitz
    102. Wind
    103. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    104. Wind ×3
    105. Energy storage
    106. BlitzBlitz
    107. Wind
    108. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    109. Con turret
    110. Wind
    111. BlitzBlitz
    112. Wind
    113. Con turret
    114. Wind
    115. BlitzBlitz
    116. Wind
    117. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    118. Con turret
    119. Wind ×2
    120. BlitzBlitz
    121. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:01
    122. Wind
    123. BlitzBlitz
    124. Wind ×3
    125. NettleNettle
    126. BlitzBlitz
    127. Wind ×2
    128. BlitzBlitz ×2
    129. Wind
    130. NettleNettle
    131. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    132. Wind
    133. BlitzBlitz ×2
    134. NettleNettle
    135. BlitzBlitz
    136. Wind
    137. BlitzBlitz ×3
    138. Wind ×2
    139. BlitzBlitz ×2
    140. Wind ×2
    141. BlitzBlitz ×2
    142. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    143. Wind ×2
    144. BlitzBlitz ×2
    145. Wind
    146. Con turret
    147. Wind
    148. BlitzBlitz ×2
    149. Wind
    150. BlitzBlitz
    151. Wind ×2
    152. BlitzBlitz
    153. Wind
    154. Con turret
    155. BlitzBlitz ×2
    156. Wind
    157. Con turret
    158. BlitzBlitz ×2
    159. Wind ×2
    160. BlitzBlitz ×3
    161. Wind
    162. BlitzBlitz ×3
    163. Wind
    164. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    165. Wind
    166. BlitzBlitz ×2
    167. Wind
    168. BlitzBlitz ×2
    169. Wind
    170. BlitzBlitz ×2
    171. Wind
    172. Con turret
    173. BlitzBlitz ×5
    174. Con turret
    175. Wind
    176. BlitzBlitz
    177. Wind ×2
    178. BlitzBlitz ×2
    179. Wind ×2
    180. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    181. BlitzBlitz
    182. Wind
    183. BlitzBlitz
    184. Wind ×3
    185. BlitzBlitz ×2
    186. Wind ×2
    187. BlitzBlitz
    188. Wind
    189. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    190. Wind ×2
    191. BlitzBlitz ×2
    192. Wind ×2
    193. BlitzBlitz
    194. Wind ×2
    195. BlitzBlitz ×2
    196. Wind ×2
    197. BlitzBlitz
    198. Wind ×2
    199. BlitzBlitz ×2
    200. Wind ×2
    201. BlitzBlitz ×2
    202. Wind
    203. BlitzBlitz
    204. Wind ×2
    205. BlitzBlitz ×2
    206. Wind
    207. Con turret
    208. Wind ×2
    209. BlitzBlitz ×3
    210. Wind ×2
    211. BlitzBlitz ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Hannodins's (36 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

Hannodins

36.4 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
45 metal received · 12925 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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