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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 ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:42 · 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 · 12 steps
    1. RoverScout
    2. Mex
    3. RoverScout ×3
    4. BlitzBlitz
    5. Solar
    6. Wind
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    8. JanusJanus ×2
    9. Mex
    10. JanusJanus
    11. Mex
    12. StoutStoutdone 2:54
  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 · 113 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. StoutStout
    4. SentrySentry
    5. StoutStout ×2
    6. ShellshockerArty ×6
    7. OverwatchOverwatch
    8. StoutStout
    9. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    10. StoutStout ×2
    11. Solar
    12. StoutStout
    13. Con turret
    14. StoutStout
    15. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    16. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    17. StoutStout ×4
    18. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:12 · typical 9:42
    20. StoutStout
    21. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    22. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    23. Solar
    24. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    25. Con turret
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    27. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    28. Advanced solar ×2
    29. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    30. SentrySentry
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    32. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    33. Mex
    34. Energy storage
    35. Advanced solar
    36. Con turret
    37. Advanced solar
    38. SentrySentry
    39. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    40. Converter
    41. Advanced solar
    42. Con turret
    43. Converter
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    46. Advanced solar
    47. Converter
    48. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    49. Converter
    50. Con turret
    51. Pit BullPit Bull
    52. Converter
    53. Advanced solar
    54. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. Converter
    57. Advanced solar
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    62. Advanced solar
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. Converter
    65. BlitzBlitz
    66. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    69. Energy storage
    70. BlitzBlitz
    71. Converter
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. Advanced solar
    74. Con turret
    75. BlitzBlitz ×3
    76. Converter
    77. Advanced solar
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. Con turret
    80. BlitzBlitz
    81. Converter
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. Advanced solar
    84. Con turret
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    87. Converter
    88. Advanced solar
    89. Con turret
    90. Converter
    91. Advanced solar
    92. Con turret
    93. Converter
    94. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    95. Advanced solar
    96. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    97. Converter
    98. Con turret ×2
    99. Converter
    100. Advanced solar
    101. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    102. Energy storage
    103. Converter
    104. Con turret
    105. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    106. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    107. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    108. Advanced solar
    109. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    110. Energy storage
    111. Converter
    112. NettleNettle
    113. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is CentientWaffle's (35 OS, 07/08/2026); 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

CentientWaffle

35.3 OS · 07/08/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
12 metal received · 61898 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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