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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 · 24 distinct matches · 12 players · 2% of Armada Front games · team won 33% of 24 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • StoutT1 vehicle assault from 4:46 · 8% of role by thenFrom the Vehicle Plant. Only 8% of Front games have it by then; others who build it get it around 7:50
  • StoutStout in 79%2% of all Front games by then
  • ShellshockerArty in 50%11% of all Front games by then

Where those units first fight, in 24 games with kill data: in the middle 100%.

Those units destroy a typical 1,119 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into blitz (11% of army), janus (9% 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 24 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 (46%)

    By 0:23 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:48 · 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
    • Rover3 Scout +2 vs standard
    • Blitz2 Blitz +2 vs standard

    Some games also: arty (38%) · con turret (33%)

    By 4:36 in all: 6 mex · 3 wind (standard 5)

    The example game in this phase · 28 steps
    1. RoverScout ×4
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. RoverScout ×2
    4. Mex
    5. RoverScout ×2
    6. BlitzBlitz ×2
    7. Mex
    8. BlitzBlitz ×2
    9. Mex
    10. BlitzBlitz
    11. Energy storage
    12. BlitzBlitz
    13. Wind
    14. BlitzBlitz
    15. Wind
    16. BlitzBlitz ×2
    17. Wind
    18. BlitzBlitz
    19. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    20. Wind
    21. Mex
    22. JanusJanus
    23. Wind
    24. JanusJanus
    25. Wind
    26. JanusJanus
    27. Mex
    28. StoutStoutdone 5:49
  3. 3

    T1 vehicle assault to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine14Wind−5 vs standard
    • 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: converter (50%) · Radar Tower (42%) · Dragon's Teeth (42%) · scout (33%) · solar (33%)

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

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

    The example game in this phase · 159 steps
    1. Wind
    2. StoutStout
    3. Wind
    4. StoutStout
    5. SentrySentry
    6. StoutStout
    7. Wind
    8. SentrySentry
    9. StoutStout ×2
    10. SentrySentry
    11. Wind
    12. StoutStout
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Wind
    15. StoutStout
    16. Con turret
    17. StoutStout ×2
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. StoutStout
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:57 · typical 9:48
    22. StoutStout
    23. BlitzBlitz
    24. RoverScout ×2
    25. Con turret
    26. RoverScout ×6
    27. Energy storage
    28. RoverScout
    29. WhistlerMissile truck
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    31. WhistlerMissile truck
    32. NettleNettle
    33. Wind
    34. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    35. Wind
    36. Mex
    37. WhistlerMissile truck
    38. Wind
    39. Con turret
    40. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:29 · typical 11:32
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. Wind
    43. SentrySentry ×2
    44. LazarusLazarus
    45. Wind
    46. LazarusLazarus
    47. Wind
    48. LazarusLazarus ×2
    49. Wind
    50. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    51. Wind
    52. Construction BotCon bot
    53. Mex
    54. Wind
    55. Construction BotCon bot
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. Wind
    58. Construction BotCon bot
    59. LazarusLazarus
    60. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    61. Con turret
    62. StoutStout
    63. LazarusLazarus
    64. Wind
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Wind
    67. PawnPawn ×2
    68. Wind
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Wind
    71. PawnPawn
    72. Wind
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Wind
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Wind
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    79. Wind
    80. PawnPawn
    81. Wind
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Wind
    86. Pit BullPit Bull
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Wind
    89. PawnPawn
    90. Wind
    91. PawnPawn
    92. Wind
    93. PawnPawn ×2
    94. Wind
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Wind
    97. PawnPawn ×2
    98. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Wind
    101. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    102. BeamerBeamer
    103. PawnPawn
    104. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    105. PawnPawn
    106. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    107. PawnPawn
    108. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    109. PawnPawn
    110. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    111. PawnPawn
    112. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    113. PawnPawn
    114. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    115. PawnPawn
    116. Wind
    117. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    118. PawnPawn
    119. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    120. Wind
    121. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    122. PawnPawn
    123. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    124. PawnPawn ×2
    125. Wind
    126. PawnPawn ×3
    127. Wind
    128. Construction BotCon bot
    129. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:41
    130. Wind
    131. Construction BotCon bot
    132. Wind
    133. Construction BotCon bot
    134. Wind
    135. Construction BotCon bot
    136. Con turret
    137. Wind
    138. PawnPawn
    139. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:25
    140. Converter
    141. Con turret
    142. Advanced solar
    143. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    144. Converter
    145. Wind
    146. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    147. Converter
    148. BeamerBeamer
    149. Advanced solar
    150. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    151. Wind
    152. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    153. Converter
    154. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00
    155. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    156. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    157. Wind
    158. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    159. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Immort's (54 OS, 24/08/2026); 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 67% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:20 · in 63% 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

24 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
2:0082284537213131
3:001659162516714173105
4:0027472713556541322333
5:003867386812021197694816
6:00507250781893212112181524
7:00622563392522301219942448
8:00754176673130387727133357
9:00892491183714466933014311
10:0010564106963973534244365050
11:0012312126474700583955305699
12:0015023148665299639758056527
13:0018132174635674701363847244
14:0021445201846608762967278090
15:0023382226777727839781958941
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

Immort

54.0 OS · 24/08/2026

Open source match ↗

32 received units · includes a constructor
609 metal received · 134154 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=24
Advanced Metal Extractor9:48Middle 50%: 8:06–10:23 · n=20
Bot Lab11:32Middle 50%: 10:29–13:43 · n=13

Played most by

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