View source for Typical game progression

This is a guide explaining how a typical game progresses, after a [[typical opening]].
The game can be thought of as being organically split up into a few phases, each with a characteristic set of units and goals. 
*Note that these are general scenarios - depending on the map and factory match-up the game can play very differently!
*From a 1v1 perspective
==Raider phase==
The raider phase is the first phase in a typical game. It is defined by a few characteristics:
*Most of the map is untaken by either player.
*No defenses covering most areas.
Due to this, the mobility that raiders have tends to make them the dominant unit class.
===Expansion===
===Raider Usage===
===Why not other unit classes?===
====Riots====
It may seem intuitive to make riot units in this phase of the game. They are good against raiders aren't they?
====Any other class====
Skirmishers, artillery, assaults - all of these do very badly against raiders, so are not worth building at this point.
==Midgame phase==
In this phase, strategic diversity opens up significantly. Players typically transition out of raiders into some of the following.
===Skirmishers===
===Air switch===
==Lategame==
===Eco===
===Heavies===
==Late-late game==
In this phase you will see striders and some of the more exotic tools available to the player.