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Stout rush

Front skips early economy expansion to push Stout tanks out of the Vehicle Plant by 4:38, reaching a real Stout push around 7:00 to fight forward at middle before falling back on a delayed Bot Lab and mex.

#rush #push · 23 distinct matches · 11 players · 2% of Armada Front games · team won 35% of 23 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • StoutT1 vehicle assault from 4:38 · 8% of role by thenFrom the Vehicle Plant. Only 8% of Front games have it by then; others who build it get it around 8:05
  • StoutStout in 78%2% of all Front games by then
  • ShellshockerArty in 52%11% of all Front games by then

Where those units first fight, in 23 games with kill data: in the middle 100%.

Those units destroy a typical 1,073 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into janus (10% of army), blitz (10% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Stout push by 4:38

  1. Open Vehicle Plant fast, then mex and solar as usual.
  2. Add Shellshocker artillery to back the coming push.
  3. Commit to Stout-led T1 vehicle assault at middle.
  4. Keep Stout flowing as the main force at front.
  5. Bring Bot Lab online as the push transitions.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 23 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD FRONT
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
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 0:35–0:48

    Some games also: wind (43%)

    By 0:23 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:53 · typical 0:42
  2. 2

    Vehicle Plant to T1 vehicle assault

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor5Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Order
    1. StoutT1 vehicle assault after 6 mex, 3 wind
    Builders
    • Construction Vehicle2 Con vehicle
    Army
    • Sentry2 Sentry
    • Janus3 Janus
    • Rover2 Scout
    • Blitz1 Blitz

    Some games also: arty (39%) · con turret (35%) · Radar Tower (30%)

    By 4:33 in all: 6 mex · 3 wind (standard 5)

    The example game in this phase · 46 steps
    1. RoverScout ×3
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Wind
    4. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    5. JanusJanus ×2
    6. Mex
    7. JanusJanus
    8. Wind
    9. Mex
    10. WhistlerMissile truck
    11. Wind
    12. WhistlerMissile truck
    13. Wind
    14. Mex
    15. WhistlerMissile truck
    16. Wind
    17. WhistlerMissile truck
    18. Wind
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    21. SentrySentry
    22. Wind
    23. WhistlerMissile truck
    24. Wind
    25. JanusJanus ×2
    26. SentrySentry
    27. Wind
    28. WhistlerMissile truck
    29. ShellshockerArty
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    31. Wind
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    33. ShellshockerArty
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    35. ShellshockerArty
    36. Wind
    37. ShellshockerArty
    38. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    39. Wind
    40. WhistlerMissile truck
    41. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    42. Wind
    43. Con turret
    44. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    45. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    46. StoutStoutdone 6:23
  3. 3

    T1 vehicle assault to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine14Wind−5 vs standard
    • Energy Converter1Converter
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Construction Vehicle2 Con vehicle +2 vs standard
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Stout10 Stout +10 vs standard

    Some games also: Radar Tower (43%) · Dragon's Teeth (43%) · scout (35%) · solar (35%) · missile truck (30%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 5 blitz

    By 10:00 in all: 8 mex · 22 wind · 1 converter · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 100 steps
    1. StoutStout ×2
    2. SentrySentry
    3. StoutStout
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Wind
    6. StoutStout
    7. Wind ×2
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Wind
    10. StoutStout
    11. Wind
    12. SentrySentry
    13. Energy storage
    14. Wind ×2
    15. StoutStout ×2
    16. Wind ×3
    17. StoutStout
    18. Mex
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:13 · typical 9:42
    20. StoutStout
    21. Wind
    22. SentrySentry
    23. StoutStout
    24. Wind
    25. RoverScout
    26. Converter
    27. RoverScout ×2
    28. Wind
    29. StoutStout
    30. Converter
    31. Wind
    32. StoutStout
    33. Converter
    34. StoutStout
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. Wind
    37. StoutStout
    38. Wind
    39. StoutStout
    40. Converter
    41. Mex
    42. StoutStout
    43. Wind
    44. RoverScout
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. StoutStout
    47. Converter
    48. Wind
    49. StoutStout
    50. Wind
    51. RoverScout
    52. Converter
    53. Con turret
    54. StoutStout
    55. Wind
    56. StoutStout
    57. Wind
    58. Converter
    59. RoverScout
    60. StoutStout
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    63. NettleNettle
    64. Wind
    65. NettleNettle
    66. Converter
    67. StoutStout
    68. Wind
    69. RoverScout
    70. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    71. StoutStout ×2
    72. Wind
    73. Converter
    74. RoverScout
    75. Wind
    76. StoutStout
    77. Wind ×3
    78. StoutStout
    79. Wind
    80. RoverScout
    81. Converter
    82. Wind ×2
    83. StoutStout
    84. Wind ×2
    85. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    86. StoutStout
    87. Mex
    88. Wind ×2
    89. RoverScout
    90. Wind
    91. StoutStout
    92. Converter
    93. Wind
    94. StoutStout
    95. NettleNettle
    96. Wind ×2
    97. RoverScout
    98. StoutStout
    99. Wind
    100. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Zippo9's (37 OS, 06/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:15 · in 70% of games
  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:29 · in 30% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:20 · in 65% 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

23 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
1:003323330000
2:0082284531213131
3:001669162315014162105
4:0027382712573543325333
5:003865386811681199682818
6:00501650781895212011911534
7:00621363282488300618772457
8:00756976623055387125633361
9:00897390873633463832434329
10:0010594106663871532342325062
11:0012570126224571583854575711
12:0015385148345057638557026544
13:0018254174505643702862267287
14:0022004201836010765565428104
15:0023529226697962841477658946
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Won far less often than the standard build, destroying and losing less enemy metal at every checkpoint.

  • + Loses less metal by 15:00 (7853 vs 8949)
  • + Loses less metal early by 5:00 (705 vs 849)
  • − Destroys much less enemy metal by 15:00 (6187 vs 8347)
  • − Team win rate falls to 32% vs standard's 61%
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Zippo9

37.5 OS · 06/08/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
649 metal received · 43820 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Vehicle Plant0:42Middle 50%: 0:35–0:48 · n=23
Advanced Metal Extractor9:42Middle 50%: 7:59–10:27 · n=19
Bot Lab11:32Middle 50%: 10:29–13:43 · n=13

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