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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 ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:56 · 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 · 38 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. PawnPawn
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    6. Mex ×2
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. SentrySentry
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. OverwatchOverwatch
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Wind
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. SentrySentry
    26. Con turret
    27. Wind
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    33. Wind
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
  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 · 76 steps
    1. Wind
    2. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    3. Wind
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Wind
    7. Metal storage
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Wind
    12. Con turret
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. PawnPawn
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. PawnPawn
    20. SentrySentry
    21. PawnPawn ×2
    22. Bot LabBot Labdone 6:54
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Wind
    25. Energy storage
    26. PawnPawn ×4
    27. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    28. Con turret
    29. PawnPawn ×2
    30. Wind
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Mex
    33. PawnPawn ×2
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    36. PawnPawn ×2
    37. Wind
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Con turret
    40. PawnPawn ×2
    41. Wind
    42. PawnPawn ×2
    43. Wind
    44. PawnPawn ×24
    45. LazarusLazarus ×2
    46. Con turret
    47. LazarusLazarus ×2
    48. Construction BotCon bot
    49. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:15 · typical 0:47
    50. Mex
    51. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    52. Con turret ×3
    53. SentrySentry
    54. Con turret
    55. SentrySentry
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. PawnPawn
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. PawnPawn
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. PawnPawn
    62. BlitzBlitz
    63. PawnPawn
    64. BlitzBlitz
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Wind
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. Wind
    69. PawnPawn
    70. BlitzBlitz
    71. Wind
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Wind
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [MooDeng]NongJohn's (41 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

[MooDeng]NongJohn

41.0 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

22 received units
2 metal received · 45344 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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