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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 · 64 distinct matches · 34 players · 2% of Armada Front games · team won 48% of 64 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • StoutT1 vehicle assault from 4:15 · 8% of role by thenFrom the Vehicle Plant. Only 8% of Front games have it by then; others who build it get it around 6:14
  • StoutStout in 72%3% of all Front games by then

Where those units first fight, in 61 games with kill data: in the middle 97%.

Those units destroy a typical 1,083 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into blitz (12% of army), janus (10% 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 64 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 (44%)

    By 0:23 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:28 · 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 · 30 steps
    1. RoverScout
    2. Mex
    3. RoverScout
    4. Wind
    5. RoverScout
    6. Wind
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    8. Mex ×2
    9. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    10. BlitzBlitz
    11. Mex
    12. BlitzBlitz
    13. JanusJanus
    14. WhistlerMissile truck
    15. SentrySentry ×2
    16. WhistlerMissile truck
    17. Mex
    18. JanusJanus
    19. SentrySentry
    20. WhistlerMissile truck ×3
    21. JanusJanus ×2
    22. WhistlerMissile truck ×3
    23. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    24. BlitzBlitz ×12
    25. Con turret
    26. BlitzBlitz ×5
    27. SentrySentry
    28. BlitzBlitz ×3
    29. Mex
    30. StoutStoutdone 7:40
  3. 3

    T1 vehicle assault to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine11Wind−7 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 (44%) · Radar Tower (36%) · Beamer (33%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 19 wind · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 130 steps
    1. Wind
    2. StoutStout
    3. Wind ×2
    4. StoutStout
    5. Wind ×2
    6. StoutStout
    7. Wind
    8. StoutStout
    9. Wind ×2
    10. StoutStout
    11. Wind
    12. StoutStout
    13. Wind ×2
    14. StoutStout
    15. Wind
    16. Con turret
    17. Wind ×2
    18. StoutStout
    19. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:30
    20. Wind ×2
    21. StoutStout
    22. Wind ×2
    23. LazarusLazarus
    24. StoutStout
    25. Wind ×2
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. Converter
    28. Energy storage
    29. LazarusLazarus
    30. Wind ×4
    31. Converter
    32. Wind
    33. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Converter
    36. Wind ×2
    37. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:21 · typical 9:22
    39. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    40. LazarusLazarus
    41. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    43. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    49. PawnPawn ×3
    50. Wind
    51. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Wind
    57. PawnPawn
    58. Wind ×2
    59. PawnPawn ×2
    60. Wind
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Wind ×3
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Con turret
    65. Wind
    66. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:07
    67. Wind
    68. PawnPawn
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. Wind ×2
    71. PawnPawn ×2
    72. Wind ×2
    73. PawnPawn ×2
    74. Wind
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Wind ×2
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    79. Wind
    80. PawnPawn ×2
    81. Con turret
    82. Wind
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Wind
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Wind
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Con turret
    89. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    90. Wind
    91. PawnPawn
    92. Wind
    93. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    94. BeamerBeamer
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    97. Wind ×2
    98. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    99. Wind
    100. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    101. PawnPawn ×2
    102. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    103. Wind
    104. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    105. Wind
    106. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:29
    107. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    108. Wind
    109. PawnPawn
    110. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    111. PawnPawn
    112. Wind ×2
    113. PawnPawn
    114. Wind ×2
    115. PawnPawn
    116. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    117. PawnPawn
    118. BeamerBeamer
    119. PawnPawn ×3
    120. Wind
    121. PawnPawn
    122. Wind ×2
    123. PawnPawn ×2
    124. Wind
    125. Advanced solar
    126. PawnPawn ×3
    127. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    128. NettleNettle
    129. PawnPawn
    130. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [MADO]MyDude's (32 OS, 25/09/2026); 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 70% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:26 · in 59% 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

64 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
2:0081584031213131
3:0016301618134135124108
4:0027252700455522322333
5:00382338478981127718784
6:00500950351487193412001427
7:00624162512162272521702302
8:00749775352669354728783173
9:00874489733282433037964069
10:0010296105463844501545494807
11:0011997123764700554156005547
12:0014457145275310599860666408
13:0016606168575598648363997002
14:0019121192205905719171637827
15:0022118218546199787187798698
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

[MADO]MyDude

31.9 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
50 metal received · 24607 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=64
Advanced Metal Extractor9:22Middle 50%: 8:16–10:23 · n=53

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