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Shellshocker artillery

Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

A T1 vehicle artillery opening built around early Shellshockers from the Vehicle Plant starting 2:47, bringing light artillery to the middle well before the role norm and later folding into a Blitz-led army.

#artillery #rush · 30 distinct matches · 17 players · 1% of Armada Front games · team won 57% of 30 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • ShellshockerT1 vehicle artillery from 2:46 · 9% of role by thenFrom the Vehicle Plant. Only 9% of Front games have it by then; others who build it get it around 3:40
  • ShellshockerArty in 60%4% of all Front games by then
  • JanusJanus in 40%9% of all Front games by then

Where those units first fight, in 30 games with kill data: in the middle 100%.

Those units destroy a typical 685 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into blitz (30% of army), janus (12% of army), Rattlesnake (11% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Shellshocker by 3:37

  1. Open double mex and solar, drop Vehicle Plant by 0:41.
  2. Take more mex and wind to fund early vehicle spam.
  3. Push first Shellshocker arty toward middle to outrange enemies.
  4. Add more Shellshocker and Sentry to hold the arty line.
  5. Get T2 cons up and transition into Blitz-led army.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 30 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD FRONT
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
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 Vehicle Plant

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    Order
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant after 2 mexdone ~0:41, middle half 0:35–0:44

    Some games also: wind (50%)

    By 0:23 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:48 · typical 0:41
  2. 2

    Vehicle Plant to T1 vehicle artillery

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine2Wind
    Order
    1. ShellshockerT1 vehicle artillery after 6 mex, 2 wind
    Builders
    • Construction Vehicle2 Con vehicle +2 vs standard
    Army
    • Rover3 Scout +3 vs standard
    • Janus2 Janus +2 vs standard

    Some games also: blitz (43%) · Sentry (30%)

    By 2:44 in all: 6 mex · 2 wind

    The example game in this phase · 13 steps
    1. RoverScout ×2
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    3. Mex
    4. RoverScout ×2
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    6. JanusJanus
    7. Mex
    8. JanusJanus
    9. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    10. JanusJanus
    11. Mex
    12. JanusJanus
    13. ShellshockerArtydone 2:53
  3. 3

    T1 vehicle artillery to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Shellshocker8 Arty +8 vs standard
    Other
    • Dragon's Teeth1 Dragon's Teeth

    Some games also: janus (47%) · wind (43%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 2 wind · 4 rocketeer

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 10 steps
    1. Mex
    2. ShellshockerArty ×2
    3. SentrySentry
    4. ShellshockerArty ×3
    5. Wind
    6. ShellshockerArty
    7. Solar
    8. Wind
    9. ShellshockerArty ×2
    10. Solar
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine15Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Blitz14 Blitz +14 vs standard
    • Shellshocker5 Arty +5 vs standard

    Some games also: converter (43%) · janus (43%) · energy storage (43%) · Radar Tower (40%) · Dragon's Teeth (40%) · eat Vehicle Plant (30%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 20 wind · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 238 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. ShellshockerArty ×2
    3. Solar
    4. Mex
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    6. Solar
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    8. Con turret
    9. BlitzBlitz
    10. Con turret
    11. BlitzBlitz
    12. Con turret
    13. BlitzBlitz
    14. GauntletGauntletdone 7:16
    15. BlitzBlitz
    16. Con turret
    17. Solar
    18. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    19. Con turret
    20. BlitzBlitz ×3
    21. Con turret
    22. BlitzBlitz ×2
    23. Mex
    24. Wind ×2
    25. BlitzBlitz
    26. Wind
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. Wind ×3
    29. BlitzBlitz
    30. Converter
    31. Wind
    32. BlitzBlitz
    33. Wind ×3
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. Converter
    36. Wind
    37. BlitzBlitz
    38. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:15
    39. Wind ×2
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:12 · typical 9:16
    41. BlitzBlitz
    42. Wind
    43. Converter
    44. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:02
    45. Wind ×5
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. Converter
    48. Wind
    49. Converter
    50. Wind ×2
    51. TickTick ×3
    52. Wind ×2
    53. TickTick ×2
    54. Wind ×2
    55. TickTick ×2
    56. Converter
    57. TickTick
    58. Wind
    59. TickTick ×2
    60. Wind
    61. TickTick
    62. Converter
    63. TickTick
    64. Wind
    65. TickTick ×2
    66. Wind
    67. TickTick
    68. Wind
    69. TickTick ×2
    70. Wind
    71. TickTick
    72. Converter
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick ×3
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick
    77. Wind ×2
    78. TickTick
    79. Wind
    80. TickTick
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. Converter
    83. Wind
    84. TickTick ×2
    85. Converter
    86. TickTick
    87. Wind
    88. TickTick
    89. Wind ×2
    90. TickTick
    91. Wind
    92. TickTick
    93. Wind ×2
    94. TickTick ×2
    95. Converter
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick ×2
    98. Wind ×2
    99. TickTick
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick
    102. Converter
    103. Wind
    104. TickTick ×2
    105. Wind
    106. TickTick ×2
    107. Converter
    108. TickTick
    109. Wind
    110. TickTick ×2
    111. Wind ×2
    112. TickTick ×2
    113. Wind
    114. TickTick
    115. Wind
    116. TickTick
    117. Wind
    118. TickTick
    119. Wind ×2
    120. TickTick ×2
    121. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    122. Converter
    123. Construction BotCon bot
    124. Converter
    125. TickTick
    126. Wind ×2
    127. TickTick
    128. Wind
    129. TickTick
    130. Wind
    131. TickTick ×2
    132. Wind
    133. TickTick ×3
    134. Con turret
    135. Wind ×2
    136. TickTick ×2
    137. Wind
    138. Converter ×2
    139. TickTick ×5
    140. Con turret
    141. TickTick
    142. Wind ×2
    143. TickTick
    144. Wind ×2
    145. TickTick
    146. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:04
    147. TickTick ×2
    148. Wind
    149. TickTick ×2
    150. Wind
    151. TickTick ×2
    152. Wind
    153. TickTick ×3
    154. Converter
    155. TickTick
    156. Wind
    157. TickTick ×4
    158. Converter
    159. Wind
    160. TickTick ×5
    161. Wind
    162. TickTick ×2
    163. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    164. Wind
    165. TickTick ×2
    166. Wind
    167. TickTick ×3
    168. Wind
    169. TickTick ×2
    170. Wind
    171. TickTick ×2
    172. Wind
    173. TickTick ×3
    174. Converter
    175. TickTick ×2
    176. Wind
    177. TickTick ×4
    178. Wind
    179. TickTick ×2
    180. Converter
    181. TickTick ×4
    182. Wind
    183. TickTick ×5
    184. Wind
    185. TickTick
    186. Wind
    187. TickTick ×4
    188. Wind
    189. TickTick ×2
    190. Wind
    191. TickTick
    192. Wind
    193. TickTick ×5
    194. Wind
    195. Converter
    196. TickTick ×3
    197. Converter
    198. TickTick ×7
    199. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    200. TickTick
    201. Wind
    202. TickTick ×5
    203. Wind
    204. TickTick ×4
    205. Wind
    206. TickTick
    207. Wind
    208. TickTick ×5
    209. Converter
    210. TickTick
    211. Wind
    212. TickTick ×8
    213. Wind
    214. TickTick ×3
    215. Wind
    216. TickTick ×5
    217. Wind
    218. TickTick
    219. Wind
    220. TickTick ×4
    221. Wind
    222. TickTick ×2
    223. Converter
    224. TickTick ×2
    225. Wind
    226. TickTick ×3
    227. Converter
    228. TickTick
    229. Wind
    230. TickTick ×4
    231. Wind
    232. TickTick ×3
    233. Wind ×2
    234. TickTick ×4
    235. Wind ×2
    236. TickTick
    237. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00
    238. TickTick ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is malleking's (32 OS, 29/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:17 · in 63% of games
  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:28 · in 30% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:59 · in 73% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build against the role’s standard build, running totals by minute

  • This build
  • Standard front

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

30 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildMetal produced: Standard frontEnemy metal destroyed: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: Standard frontOwn metal lost: This buildOwn metal lost: Standard front
1:003333330000
2:0081184021213131
3:0015851618160135133108
4:0026722700526522342333
5:003835384710271128630787
6:00492350351762192811241428
7:00596562502940272019412303
8:00698575353466354633343173
9:00825389734001433042704071
10:009939105424655501148444810
11:0011682123755382554056305548
12:0013523145285683599865366409
13:0016364168596298647072677001
14:0018768192176646718681997827
15:0021700218497341787090828694
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Slightly lower win rate and metal destroyed than the standard Front build, with lower losses too.

  • + Loses less metal early, 644 vs 807 by 5:00
  • + Arty reaches field by 3:37, way ahead of the 9% norm
  • − Metal produced falls behind standard by 15:00, 21530 vs 22614
  • − Destroys less enemy metal by 15:00, 7556 vs 8296
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

malleking

31.6 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
147 metal received · 18013 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Vehicle Plant0:41Middle 50%: 0:35–0:44 · n=30
Advanced Metal Extractor9:16Middle 50%: 8:31–10:21 · n=23

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