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Shellshocker artillery

Front rushes Shellshocker artillery from the Vehicle Plant by 3:09, well earlier than the norm, using it with Janus to shell the middle before transitioning into the usual Blitz-led army.

Usually 2 mex, then lab (69%)

#artillery #rush · 16 distinct matches · 9 players · 1% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 16 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • ShellshockerT1 vehicle artillery from 3:09 · 10% of role by thenFrom the Vehicle Plant. Only 10% 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 50%9% of all Front games by then

Where those units first fight, in 16 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 (30% of army), janus (12% of army), Rattlesnake (12% 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 16 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 ~0:42, middle half 0:40–0:43

    Some games also: wind (44%)

    By 0:23 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:50 · typical 0:42
  2. 2

    Vehicle Plant to T1 vehicle artillery

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor3Mex
    • Wind Turbine2Wind
    Order
    1. ShellshockerT1 vehicle artillery after 6 mex, 2 wind
    Builders
    • Construction Vehicle3 Con vehicle
    Army
    • Rover4 Scout +3 vs standard
    • Janus3 Janus

    Some games also: Sentry (31%)

    By 3:02 in all: 6 mex · 2 wind

    The example game in this phase · 15 steps
    1. RoverScout
    2. Wind ×2
    3. RoverScout
    4. JanusJanus ×3
    5. Wind
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×3
    7. Mex
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    9. Mex
    10. WhistlerMissile truck
    11. RoverScout
    12. WhistlerMissile truck
    13. Mex
    14. JanusJanus ×2
    15. ShellshockerArtydone 3:30
  3. 3

    T1 vehicle artillery to 5:00

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

    Some games also: mex (50%) · wind (38%) · con vehicle (38%) · janus (31%)

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

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 9 steps
    1. ShellshockerArty ×2
    2. Con turret
    3. ShellshockerArty ×2
    4. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    6. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    7. Con turret
    8. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    9. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine22Wind
    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
    • Janus1 Janus

    Some games also: energy storage (44%) · mex (38%) · Radar Tower (31%) · Dragon's Teeth (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 113 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    3. Con turret
    4. Energy storage
    5. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    6. ShellshockerArty
    7. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    8. Con turret
    9. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    10. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantfor Suicide frontdone 6:33
    11. ShellshockerArty
    12. Wind ×3
    13. OspreyHeavy transport
    14. Wind ×4
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:30 · typical 9:14
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Con turret
    18. Wind ×5
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    20. Wind ×7
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    22. Wind
    23. Con turret
    24. Wind ×2
    25. Energy storage
    26. Wind ×3
    27. BeamerBeamer
    28. Wind
    29. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 9:43
    30. Wind
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    32. BeamerBeamer
    33. Wind ×3
    34. RoverScout ×2
    35. Wind ×2
    36. RoverScout
    37. Wind
    38. RoverScout ×2
    39. Wind ×2
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. RoverScout
    42. Wind
    43. RoverScout
    44. Wind
    45. RoverScout
    46. Wind
    47. RoverScout
    48. Wind
    49. RoverScout
    50. Wind ×2
    51. RoverScout
    52. Wind
    53. RoverScout
    54. Wind ×2
    55. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    56. RoverScout
    57. Wind
    58. RoverScout
    59. Wind ×2
    60. RoverScout
    61. Wind ×2
    62. BeamerBeamer
    63. RoverScout
    64. Wind ×2
    65. RoverScout
    66. Wind ×2
    67. RoverScout
    68. Wind
    69. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    70. Wind
    71. RoverScout
    72. Wind ×2
    73. RoverScout
    74. Wind ×2
    75. RoverScout
    76. Wind ×2
    77. RoverScout
    78. Wind
    79. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    80. Wind
    81. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    82. Wind
    83. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    84. Wind
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. Wind
    87. BlitzBlitz
    88. Wind
    89. BeamerBeamer
    90. BlitzBlitz
    91. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    92. Wind
    93. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    94. Wind
    95. BeamerBeamer
    96. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    97. Con turret
    98. Wind
    99. Con turret
    100. BeamerBeamer
    101. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    102. Wind
    103. Con turret ×2
    104. Wind
    105. BlitzBlitz ×2
    106. BeamerBeamer
    107. Wind
    108. Con turret
    109. BlitzBlitz
    110. Wind
    111. BlitzBlitz
    112. Wind
    113. BlitzBlitz ×29

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is DRM's (44 OS, 15/09/2026); 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 75% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:39 · in 75% 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

16 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
1:003263330000
2:008058460213131
3:001568162414414093105
4:0026722712417540259333
5:00384138689861188734813
6:0050685076154320999901526
7:00596563141914298419412459
8:00689976622775387131073365
9:00824390873626463239074312
10:009939106664578530846955060
11:0011814126085382581958615701
12:0013358148155571631367856521
13:0015462174406267698176217256
14:0017853201836976758484578093
15:0020908226307944839494418939
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

DRM

44.3 OS · 15/09/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
17 metal received · 50317 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Vehicle Plant0:42Middle 50%: 0:40–0:43 · n=16
Advanced Metal Extractor9:14Middle 50%: 7:57–9:54 · n=12

Played most by

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