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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:48 · 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 · 8 steps
    1. RoverScout ×2
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Mex
    4. BlitzBlitz ×3
    5. Mex
    6. BlitzBlitz ×3
    7. Mex
    8. ShellshockerArtydone 2:22
  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 · 20 steps
    1. ShellshockerArty
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Mex
    4. SentrySentry
    5. ShellshockerArty ×3
    6. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    7. ShellshockerArty
    8. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    9. ShellshockerArty
    10. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    11. ShellshockerArty
    12. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    13. SentrySentry
    14. ShellshockerArty
    15. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    16. Mex
    17. Con turret
    18. SentrySentry
    19. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    20. BlitzBlitz ×4
  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 · 189 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. BlitzBlitz ×2
    3. Wind
    4. BlitzBlitz ×2
    5. Energy storage
    6. Wind
    7. BlitzBlitz ×2
    8. Wind ×2
    9. BlitzBlitz
    10. Wind
    11. BlitzBlitz
    12. Wind ×2
    13. BlitzBlitz
    14. Wind ×3
    15. BlitzBlitz
    16. Wind
    17. BlitzBlitz
    18. Wind
    19. BlitzBlitz
    20. Wind ×2
    21. BlitzBlitz
    22. Wind
    23. BlitzBlitz
    24. Wind
    25. BlitzBlitz
    26. Wind ×2
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. Wind ×2
    29. Converter
    30. BlitzBlitz
    31. Converter ×2
    32. Wind ×2
    33. BlitzBlitz
    34. Converter ×2
    35. BlitzBlitz
    36. Wind
    37. Converter
    38. Wind
    39. BlitzBlitz ×2
    40. Wind
    41. BlitzBlitz
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:58 · typical 9:14
    43. Wind ×3
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. Mex
    46. Wind ×6
    47. BlitzBlitz
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. BlitzBlitz
    50. Wind ×2
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    53. Wind ×2
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    56. Con turret
    57. Wind ×2
    58. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    59. Con turret
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. Wind
    62. BlitzBlitz
    63. Wind
    64. BlitzBlitz
    65. SentrySentry ×2
    66. Wind
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. Energy storage
    69. BlitzBlitz
    70. Wind
    71. BlitzBlitz
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. Wind ×2
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. Energy storage
    76. Wind
    77. BlitzBlitz
    78. Wind
    79. BlitzBlitz ×2
    80. Wind
    81. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:14
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. Wind
    84. Mex
    85. LazarusLazarus
    86. Mex
    87. Wind ×2
    88. BlitzBlitz
    89. LazarusLazarus ×3
    90. Converter
    91. Wind
    92. LazarusLazarus
    93. BlitzBlitz
    94. TickTick ×3
    95. Mex
    96. BlitzBlitz
    97. TickTick ×2
    98. BlitzBlitz
    99. Wind
    100. TickTick
    101. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    102. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    103. TickTick ×3
    104. Converter
    105. TickTick
    106. BlitzBlitz ×2
    107. TickTick ×2
    108. BlitzBlitz
    109. TickTick
    110. BlitzBlitz
    111. TickTick
    112. Wind
    113. TickTick
    114. BlitzBlitz
    115. TickTick ×2
    116. BlitzBlitz
    117. TickTick ×2
    118. BlitzBlitz
    119. TickTick
    120. BlitzBlitz
    121. TickTick
    122. Mex
    123. TickTick ×2
    124. Wind
    125. BlitzBlitz
    126. TickTick
    127. Converter
    128. TickTick ×2
    129. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    130. TickTick
    131. BlitzBlitz
    132. TickTick ×3
    133. BlitzBlitz
    134. TickTick ×5
    135. BlitzBlitz ×2
    136. TickTick ×4
    137. Converter
    138. TickTick
    139. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    140. TickTick ×13
    141. Converter
    142. TickTick
    143. StarlightStarlightfor Geodone 13:34
    144. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    145. TickTick ×5
    146. BlitzBlitz
    147. TickTick ×2
    148. BlitzBlitz
    149. TickTick ×2
    150. BlitzBlitz
    151. TickTick
    152. BlitzBlitz
    153. TickTick ×2
    154. BlitzBlitz
    155. Converter
    156. TickTick
    157. BlitzBlitz ×2
    158. TickTick
    159. BlitzBlitz
    160. TickTick
    161. Con turret
    162. BlitzBlitz
    163. TickTick
    164. BlitzBlitz
    165. TickTick
    166. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00
    167. BlitzBlitz
    168. TickTick
    169. WelderWelder
    170. BlitzBlitz
    171. TickTick
    172. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    173. BlitzBlitz
    174. TickTick ×2
    175. BlitzBlitz
    176. TickTick
    177. BlitzBlitz
    178. TickTick ×2
    179. BlitzBlitz
    180. TickTick ×2
    181. WelderWelder
    182. BlitzBlitz
    183. TickTick ×2
    184. Con turret
    185. BlitzBlitz
    186. TickTick ×2
    187. RocketeerRocketeer
    188. BlitzBlitz
    189. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Immort's (54 OS, 17/09/2026); 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

Immort

53.9 OS · 17/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
156 metal received · 30870 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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