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Shellshocker artillery

A fast T1 vehicle artillery build getting Shellshockers out by 2:55, well ahead of the role's usual timing, to support the fight in the middle with light artillery before transitioning into a Blitz-led army.

Usually 2 mex, then lab (61%)

#artillery #rush · 18 distinct matches · 9 players · 1% of Armada Front games · team won 67% of 18 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • ShellshockerT1 vehicle artillery from 2:55 · 9% of role by thenFrom the Vehicle Plant. Only 9% of Front games have it by then; others who build it get it around 3:33
  • ShellshockerArty in 56%4% of all Front games by then
  • JanusJanus in 44%9% of all Front games by then

Where those units first fight, in 18 games with kill data: in the middle 100%.

Those units destroy a typical 1,143 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into blitz (31% of army), janus (12% of army), Rattlesnake (11% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Shellshocker out by 3:16

  1. Open into Vehicle Plant immediately instead of the bot-based norm.
  2. Field Shellshocker light arty ahead of schedule to soften middle.
  3. Add Janus rocket support alongside the arty line.
  4. Bring Advanced Metal Extractor online to sustain the push.
  5. Transition the army toward Blitz as the main force.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 18 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 0:37–0:42

    Some games also: wind (39%)

    By 0:23 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:29 · typical 0:41
  2. 2

    Vehicle Plant to T1 vehicle artillery

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine2Wind
    Order
    1. ShellshockerT1 vehicle artillery after 5 mex, 2 wind
    Builders
    • Construction Vehicle3 Con vehicle
    Army
    • Rover3 Scout +2 vs standard
    • Janus2 Janus

    Some games also: Sentry (39%) · blitz (33%)

    By 2:47 in all: 5 mex · 2 wind

    The example game in this phase · 20 steps
    1. RoverScout
    2. Wind ×2
    3. RoverScout
    4. Wind
    5. RoverScout
    6. Mex
    7. BlitzBlitz
    8. Mex
    9. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    10. Mex
    11. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    12. SentrySentry
    13. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    14. Mex
    15. JanusJanus
    16. Wind
    17. JanusJanus
    18. SentrySentry
    19. Wind
    20. ShellshockerArtydone 2:47
  3. 3

    T1 vehicle artillery to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Shellshocker8 Arty +8 vs standard

    Some games also: wind (44%) · Dragon's Teeth (44%) · janus (39%) · con vehicle (33%)

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

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 5 wind

    The example game in this phase · 16 steps
    1. Mex
    2. ShellshockerArty
    3. Wind
    4. ShellshockerArty ×2
    5. Wind
    6. ShellshockerArty
    7. JanusJanus
    8. Wind
    9. JanusJanus
    10. Wind
    11. ShellshockerArty ×2
    12. Wind
    13. ShellshockerArty ×2
    14. Wind
    15. ShellshockerArty
    16. JanusJanus
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine21Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Construction Vehicle2 Con vehicle +2 vs standard
    Army
    • Sentry2 Sentry
    • Blitz14 Blitz +10 vs standard
    • Shellshocker6 Arty +6 vs standard

    Some games also: janus (50%) · energy storage (50%) · mex (44%) · Radar Tower (39%) · converter (33%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 29 wind · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 155 steps
    1. Energy storage
    2. JanusJanus
    3. ShellshockerArty ×3
    4. Con turret ×2
    5. BlitzBlitz ×2
    6. Mex
    7. BlitzBlitz ×4
    8. Wind
    9. BlitzBlitz
    10. Wind
    11. BlitzBlitz
    12. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    13. Wind
    14. BlitzBlitz
    15. Wind
    16. Con turret
    17. BlitzBlitz
    18. Wind
    19. BlitzBlitz
    20. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    21. Con turret ×2
    22. Mex
    23. BlitzBlitz ×2
    24. Wind
    25. BlitzBlitz
    26. Converter
    27. BlitzBlitz ×2
    28. Converter
    29. BlitzBlitz ×2
    30. Converter
    31. BlitzBlitz ×3
    32. Converter
    33. BlitzBlitz
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:16 · typical 9:23
    35. Wind
    36. BlitzBlitz
    37. Advanced solar
    38. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. Wind
    41. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    42. Wind ×2
    43. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    44. Wind
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    47. Wind ×2
    48. BlitzBlitz ×2
    49. Wind
    50. BlitzBlitz ×3
    51. Wind
    52. BlitzBlitz
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. BlitzBlitz
    55. Wind
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. Wind
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. Wind
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. Wind
    62. BlitzBlitz
    63. Wind ×2
    64. BlitzBlitz
    65. Con turret
    66. BlitzBlitz
    67. Wind
    68. BlitzBlitz
    69. Con turret
    70. Wind
    71. Con turret
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. Wind
    74. Con turret
    75. BlitzBlitz ×2
    76. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:44
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. Wind ×2
    80. BlitzBlitz ×6
    81. Wind
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. Wind
    84. BlitzBlitz ×5
    85. Wind ×2
    86. BlitzBlitz
    87. WhistlerMissile truck
    88. Wind ×2
    89. PincerPincer
    90. Wind ×3
    91. StoutStout
    92. BlitzBlitz ×2
    93. Wind
    94. PincerPincer
    95. Wind
    96. WhistlerMissile truck
    97. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    98. Wind
    99. BlitzBlitz
    100. Wind
    101. StoutStout
    102. PincerPincer
    103. Wind
    104. BlitzBlitz ×2
    105. WhistlerMissile truck
    106. Wind
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. Wind ×2
    109. StoutStout
    110. BlitzBlitz ×3
    111. WhistlerMissile truck
    112. StoutStout
    113. Wind ×2
    114. StoutStout
    115. BlitzBlitz
    116. Wind
    117. BlitzBlitz ×2
    118. WhistlerMissile truck
    119. BlitzBlitz
    120. Wind
    121. StoutStout ×2
    122. Wind ×2
    123. BlitzBlitz ×2
    124. WhistlerMissile truck
    125. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    126. BlitzBlitz
    127. Wind
    128. StoutStout
    129. BlitzBlitz
    130. Wind
    131. BlitzBlitz
    132. StoutStout
    133. Wind
    134. WhistlerMissile truck
    135. BlitzBlitz
    136. Wind
    137. StoutStout
    138. WhistlerMissile truck
    139. BlitzBlitz
    140. Wind ×2
    141. BlitzBlitz
    142. WhistlerMissile truck
    143. BlitzBlitz
    144. Wind
    145. StoutStout ×2
    146. BlitzBlitz ×2
    147. WhistlerMissile truck
    148. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    149. Wind
    150. BlitzBlitz
    151. StoutStout
    152. BlitzBlitz ×2
    153. StoutStout
    154. WhistlerMissile truck
    155. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Gieds's (46 OS, 26/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:19 · in 72% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:48 · in 78% 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

18 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
1:003183330000
2:0081384611213131
3:0015901625135141109105
4:0027352716417541259333
5:003879386810091200668817
6:0050825083177521139161522
7:00607263322143299617682419
8:00698676623127386731073347
9:00827290904001466939074310
10:0010100106944641531846955050
11:0012152126255382582556375709
12:0013523148455571639064546523
13:0016364174496316700974267234
14:0018316201806976762181928098
15:0021700227047944837494418944
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Won slightly more often than the standard build while losing a bit less metal across all checkpoints shown.

  • + Won 67% vs 61% for the standard build.
  • + Lost less own metal at every checkpoint (e.g. 8803 vs 8949 by 15:00).
  • − Destroyed slightly less enemy metal than standard by 15:00 (7830 vs 8347).
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Gieds

46.3 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
532 metal received · 48450 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Vehicle Plant0:41Middle 50%: 0:37–0:42 · n=18
Advanced Metal Extractor9:23Middle 50%: 8:08–9:38 · n=14

Played most by

Optimusprimenutt5games of this buildGieds3games of this buildPRO_Rerory3games of this build[BS]Hellzie2games of this buildAcqua1game of this build