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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 0:48 · 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 · 40 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. TickTick ×4
    6. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    9. Mex
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Mex
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Windfor Geo
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Windfor Geo
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. SentrySentry
    23. Windfor Geo
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. SentrySentry
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Windfor Geo
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    29. Windfor Geo
    30. SentrySentry
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. MaceMace ×2
    33. Windfor Geo
    34. MaceMace
    35. SentrySentry
    36. MaceMace
    37. SentrySentry
    38. MaceMace
    39. SentrySentry
    40. MaceMace
  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 · 94 steps
    1. MaceMace
    2. SentrySentry
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Mex
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Mex
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Mex
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. SentrySentry
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. PawnPawn ×8
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. Con turretfor Geo
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. Construction BotCon bot ×3for Geo
    21. PawnPawn
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Geodone 10:01 · typical 8:53
    23. SentrySentry
    24. PawnPawn ×3
    25. SentrySentry
    26. PawnPawn ×2
    27. Windfor Geo
    28. PawnPawn
    29. Windfor Geo
    30. PawnPawn ×2
    31. Windfor Geo
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Mex
    34. Windfor Geo
    35. PawnPawn ×2
    36. Windfor Geo
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Geo
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Windfor Geo
    41. PawnPawn ×2
    42. Windfor Geo
    43. PawnPawn ×2
    44. Windfor Geo
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Windfor Geo
    47. PawnPawn ×2
    48. Windfor Geo
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Geo
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Windfor Geo
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Windfor Geo
    54. Mex
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Windfor Geo
    57. PawnPawn
    58. Windfor Geo
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Windfor Geo
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Windfor Geo
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Windfor Geo
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Windfor Geo
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Windfor Geo
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Windfor Geo
    71. PawnPawn
    72. Windfor Geo
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Windfor Geo
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. Windfor Geo
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Windfor Geo
    80. PawnPawn ×2
    81. Windfor Geo
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Wind ×2for Geo
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Advanced solarfor Geo
    86. Windfor Geo
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Wind ×2for Geo
    89. PawnPawn
    90. PawnPawnfor Geo
    91. Windfor Geo
    92. PawnPawn ×3
    93. Windfor Geo
    94. BeamerBeamer ×2for Geo

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 ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
476 metal received · 5694 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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