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Stout rush

Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

A T1 vehicle assault built around early Stout tanks from the Vehicle Plant starting 4:33, reaching the middle well ahead of the norm and sometimes pushing into the enemy base before settling into the standard later mix.

#rush #raid · 62 distinct matches · 32 players · 2% of Armada Front games · team won 47% of 62 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • StoutT1 vehicle assault from 4:33 · 9% of role by thenFrom the Vehicle Plant. Only 9% of Front games have it by then; others who build it get it around 6:14
  • StoutStout in 71%3% of all Front games by then

Where those units first fight, in 59 games with kill data: in the middle 97%.

Those units destroy a typical 1,064 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

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

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Stout push by 4:58

  1. Rush an early Vehicle Plant well ahead of role norm.
  2. Finish the Vehicle Plant almost immediately.
  3. Push out early Stout tanks to fight in the middle.
  4. Keep feeding Stout tanks as the main army.
  5. Reclaim the Vehicle Plant and transition toward Bot Lab tech.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 62 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 (45%)

    By 0:23 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Solar
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:44 · typical 0:42
  2. 2

    Vehicle Plant to T1 vehicle assault

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine2Wind
    Order
    1. StoutT1 vehicle assault after 6 mex, 3 wind
    Builders
    • Construction Vehicle3 Con vehicle +3 vs standard
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Rover3 Scout +3 vs standard
    • Janus3 Janus +3 vs standard
    • Blitz2 Blitz +2 vs standard

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 4 rocketeer

    By 4:11 in all: 6 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 11 steps
    1. RoverScout ×4
    2. BlitzBlitz ×3
    3. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    4. BlitzBlitz
    5. Mex
    6. JanusJanus
    7. Mex
    8. JanusJanus
    9. Mex
    10. JanusJanus
    11. StoutStoutdone 3:14
  3. 3

    T1 vehicle assault to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine10Wind−8 vs standard
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    Army
    • Sentry2 Sentry
    • Stout11 Stout +11 vs standard

    Some games also: con vehicle (47%) · converter (45%) · Radar Tower (35%) · Beamer (34%) · Dragon's Teeth (31%) · eat Vehicle Plant (34%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 18 wind · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 118 steps
    1. ShellshockerArty
    2. StoutStout
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Mex
    5. ShellshockerArty
    6. StoutStout
    7. Mex
    8. ShellshockerArty
    9. SentrySentry ×2
    10. ShellshockerArty
    11. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    12. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 5:12
    13. ShellshockerArty
    14. StoutStout
    15. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    16. WhistlerMissile truck
    17. ShellshockerArty
    18. StoutStout
    19. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    20. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    21. Windfor Geo
    22. WhistlerMissile truck
    23. Con turret
    24. Windfor Geo
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:56 · typical 9:21
    26. ShellshockerArty
    27. Windfor Geo
    28. StoutStout
    29. WhistlerMissile truck
    30. Windfor Geo
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    32. StoutStout
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    34. WhistlerMissile truck
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    36. Windfor Geo
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    38. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    40. StoutStout
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    42. Windfor Geo
    43. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    46. WhistlerMissile truck
    47. Windfor Geo
    48. Twilight
    49. OverwatchOverwatch
    50. Windfor Geo
    51. StoutStout
    52. Windfor Geo
    53. WhistlerMissile truck
    54. OverwatchOverwatch
    55. Windfor Geo
    56. StoutStout
    57. Twilight
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. WhistlerMissile truck
    60. Wind
    61. StoutStout
    62. WhistlerMissile truck
    63. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:20
    64. BeholderBeholder
    65. Wind
    66. RoverScout
    67. TickTick ×2
    68. Wind
    69. RoverScout
    70. TickTick ×3
    71. RoverScout
    72. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    73. TickTick ×4
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick
    76. LazarusLazarus
    77. TickTick ×3
    78. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    79. TickTick ×3
    80. Wind
    81. TickTick ×9
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick
    84. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    85. Con turret
    86. TickTick ×6
    87. Construction BotCon bot
    88. TickTick ×2
    89. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:21
    90. TickTick ×2
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    92. TickTick ×4
    93. Con turret
    94. TickTick
    95. Advanced solarfor Geo
    96. TickTick ×17
    97. Advanced solarfor Geo
    98. TickTick ×9
    99. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    100. TickTick ×7
    101. Advanced solarfor Geo
    102. TickTick ×5
    103. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labnot finished by 15:00
    104. TickTick ×7
    105. PawnPawn
    106. TickTick
    107. PawnPawn
    108. TickTick
    109. Advanced solarfor Geo
    110. PawnPawn
    111. TickTick
    112. PawnPawn
    113. TickTick ×2
    114. PawnPawn
    115. TickTick ×2
    116. Advanced solarfor Geo
    117. PawnPawn
    118. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is starbird's (32 OS, 04/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:18 · in 71% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:20 · in 60% 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

62 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
2:0081284037213131
3:0016271618134135124108
4:0027132700455522316333
5:00382338478991128711787
6:00500950351611192812001428
7:00624162502229272021702303
8:00749775352770354628783173
9:00874489733347433037964071
10:0010321105423844501145494810
11:0011997123754700554056005548
12:0014457145285077599860076409
13:0016606168595432647063997001
14:0019121192175790718671637827
15:0022118218496139787087798694
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Won much less often than the standard build and destroyed less enemy metal despite similar losses, a losing rush.

  • + Metal production stays basically level with standard through 15:00.
  • − Team win rate falls sharply (31% vs 62% standard).
  • − Enemy metal destroyed trails standard at both 10:00 and 15:00.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

starbird

32.0 OS · 04/09/2026

Open source match ↗

15 received units · includes a constructor
1118 metal received · 16090 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=62
Advanced Metal Extractor9:21Middle 50%: 8:15–10:19 · n=52

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