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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 7:46
  • 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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:35 · 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 · 15 steps
    1. RoverScout
    2. Mex
    3. RoverScout
    4. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    5. Mex
    6. BlitzBlitz ×2
    7. Mex
    8. BlitzBlitz
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    11. Mex
    12. SentrySentry
    13. BeamerBeamer
    14. SentrySentry
    15. StoutStoutdone 3:13
  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 · 133 steps
    1. StoutStout
    2. Wind
    3. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    4. Wind
    5. StoutStout
    6. OverwatchOverwatch
    7. Wind
    8. StoutStout
    9. Wind
    10. StoutStout
    11. Wind
    12. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    15. Con turret
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Mex
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    19. Wind
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:58 · typical 9:42
    21. Energy storage
    22. GauntletGauntletdone 8:30
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    25. RoverScout ×2
    26. Wind
    27. RoverScout ×3
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    29. Wind
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    31. RoverScout
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    33. RoverScout
    34. Wind
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. RoverScout ×2
    37. Wind
    38. RoverScout ×3
    39. Wind
    40. RoverScout ×2
    41. Wind
    42. RoverScout
    43. Wind
    44. RoverScout
    45. Wind
    46. RoverScout ×5
    47. Wind
    48. Con turret
    49. RoverScout ×2
    50. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    51. RoverScout
    52. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    53. RoverScout
    54. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    55. Wind
    56. RoverScout
    57. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. Wind
    60. RoverScout
    61. Wind
    62. RoverScout
    63. Wind
    64. RoverScout ×2
    65. Wind
    66. RoverScout
    67. Pit BullPit Bull
    68. Wind
    69. RoverScout
    70. Wind
    71. Con turret
    72. RoverScout ×4
    73. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    74. RoverScout
    75. Wind
    76. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    77. RoverScout
    78. Con turret
    79. RoverScout ×3
    80. Con turret
    81. Wind
    82. RoverScout ×3
    83. Con turret
    84. RoverScout ×2
    85. Wind
    86. RoverScout
    87. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 11:37
    88. Wind
    89. RoverScout
    90. Wind
    91. RoverScout ×2
    92. Wind
    93. RoverScout
    94. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    95. Wind
    96. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    97. RoverScout
    98. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    99. RoverScout
    100. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    101. RoverScout
    102. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    103. RoverScout ×2
    104. Wind
    105. RoverScout ×2
    106. Pit BullPit Bull
    107. RoverScout ×2
    108. Wind
    109. RoverScout ×2
    110. Pit BullPit Bull
    111. RoverScout ×3
    112. Wind
    113. RoverScout ×4
    114. Wind
    115. RoverScout ×2
    116. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    117. Wind
    118. RoverScout
    119. Wind
    120. RoverScout ×2
    121. Twilight
    122. RoverScout ×3
    123. Wind
    124. RoverScout ×4
    125. Wind
    126. RoverScout ×3
    127. Energy storage
    128. RoverScout
    129. Energy storage
    130. RoverScout
    131. Wind
    132. RoverScout ×9
    133. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Deathkebab's (36 OS, 22/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:15 · 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
2:0082284631213131
3:001669162415014062105
4:0027382712573540325333
5:003865386811681188682813
6:00501650761895209911911526
7:00621363142488298418772459
8:00756976623055387125633365
9:00897390873633463232434312
10:0010594106663871530842325060
11:0012570126084571581954575701
12:0015385148155057631357026521
13:0018254174405643698162267256
14:0022004201836010758465428093
15:0023529226307962839477658939
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

Deathkebab

36.0 OS · 22/09/2026

Open source match ↗

10 received units · includes a constructor
694 metal received · 15404 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

Played most by

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