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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
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:41 · 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 · 14 steps
    1. RoverScout ×2
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Wind ×3
    4. JanusJanus
    5. Mex
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    7. PincerPincer
    8. Mex
    9. PincerPincer
    10. WhistlerMissile truck
    11. Mex
    12. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    13. Mex
    14. ShellshockerArtydone 2:57
  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 · 15 steps
    1. ShellshockerArty
    2. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    3. ShellshockerArty ×2
    4. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    5. ShellshockerArty
    6. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    7. ShellshockerArty
    8. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    9. ShellshockerArty
    10. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    11. ShellshockerArty
    12. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. ShellshockerArty ×3
    15. BlitzBlitz ×3
  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 · 99 steps
    1. BlitzBlitz ×2
    2. WhistlerMissile truck ×6
    3. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:21 · typical 9:16
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    6. Wind
    7. Energy storage
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    9. Wind ×3
    10. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    11. Wind ×3
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    13. Wind ×12
    14. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    15. Wind ×6
    16. BlitzBlitz
    17. Wind ×2
    18. BlitzBlitz
    19. Wind
    20. BlitzBlitz
    21. Wind
    22. BlitzBlitz
    23. Wind
    24. BlitzBlitz
    25. Wind
    26. BlitzBlitz
    27. Wind
    28. BlitzBlitz
    29. Wind
    30. BlitzBlitz ×2
    31. Wind
    32. SentrySentry
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. Wind
    36. BlitzBlitz ×2
    37. SentrySentry
    38. Wind
    39. BlitzBlitz ×2
    40. Wind
    41. BlitzBlitz ×2
    42. Wind
    43. BlitzBlitz
    44. Wind
    45. BlitzBlitz
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. BlitzBlitz
    48. Wind
    49. BlitzBlitz ×2
    50. Wind
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. Wind
    53. BlitzBlitz ×2
    54. Wind
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. BlitzBlitz ×3
    59. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. Con turret
    62. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    65. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    66. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    67. Con turret
    68. BlitzBlitz
    69. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    70. BlitzBlitz
    71. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    76. BlitzBlitz
    77. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    78. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    79. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    80. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    81. Con turret
    82. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    83. BlitzBlitz
    84. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    87. BlitzBlitz
    88. Con turret
    89. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    90. Wind
    91. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    92. Con turret
    93. BlitzBlitz
    94. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    95. Con turret
    96. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    97. Wind
    98. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    99. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is badbot's (33 OS, 25/08/2026); 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

badbot

33.5 OS · 25/08/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
664 metal received · 21088 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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