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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 · 23 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:39
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Mex
    6. PawnPawn ×10
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Mex
    10. TickTick ×2for Pond
    11. Mex
    12. TickTickfor Pond
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. Mex
    15. TickTick ×3for Pond
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    17. Mex
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    22. PawnPawn ×7
    23. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 5:09 · 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 · 4 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. JanusJanus
    3. Wind
    4. StoutStoutdone 5:33
  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 · 167 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. StoutStout
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Wind
    5. StoutStout
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. JanusJanus
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Energy storage
    10. StoutStout
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. StoutStout
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. StoutStout
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. JanusJanus
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. StoutStout
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. StoutStout
    22. MaceMace
    23. StoutStout
    24. JanusJanus
    25. MaceMace
    26. Wind
    27. StoutStout
    28. MaceMace ×2
    29. StoutStout
    30. MaceMace
    31. Wind
    32. MaceMace
    33. StoutStout
    34. MaceMace
    35. Wind
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:12 · typical 9:21
    37. MaceMace
    38. LazarusLazarus
    39. Wind
    40. LazarusLazarus
    41. Wind
    42. LazarusLazarus
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. Wind
    45. LazarusLazarus
    46. JanusJanus
    47. MaceMace
    48. Wind
    49. MaceMace
    50. Construction BotCon bot
    51. PawnPawn
    52. StoutStout
    53. PawnPawn ×2
    54. Wind
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. PawnPawn
    58. StoutStout
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Wind
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Con turret
    63. Construction BotCon bot
    64. StoutStout
    65. Wind
    66. Construction BotCon bot
    67. Wind
    68. StoutStout
    69. Construction BotCon bot
    70. StoutStout ×2
    71. Construction BotCon bot
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Wind
    75. PawnPawn ×2
    76. Wind
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Wind ×2
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Wind ×3
    81. Con turret
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Wind ×3
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Wind
    86. Con turret
    87. Wind
    88. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    89. StarlightStarlightfor Geodone 12:30
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Wind ×2
    92. Con turret
    93. Wind
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Wind ×2
    96. Con turret
    97. Wind
    98. PawnPawn
    99. Wind ×10
    100. Construction BotCon bot
    101. Wind
    102. Construction BotCon bot
    103. Wind ×3
    104. Construction BotCon bot
    105. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    106. Wind ×2
    107. Construction BotCon bot
    108. Wind ×3
    109. PawnPawn
    110. Wind ×3
    111. PawnPawn
    112. Wind ×2
    113. PawnPawn
    114. Wind ×2
    115. PawnPawn
    116. Wind ×3
    117. PawnPawn
    118. Wind
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Wind ×2
    121. Con turret
    122. PawnPawn
    123. Wind ×2
    124. PawnPawn
    125. Con turret
    126. Wind
    127. Converter
    128. Con turret
    129. Wind
    130. PawnPawn
    131. Con turret
    132. Wind ×2
    133. PawnPawn
    134. Con turret
    135. Wind
    136. Converter
    137. Wind
    138. PawnPawn
    139. Wind
    140. Converter
    141. Wind
    142. PawnPawn
    143. Converter
    144. Wind
    145. PawnPawn
    146. Wind
    147. Converter
    148. Construction BotCon bot
    149. Wind ×2
    150. Converter
    151. Construction BotCon bot
    152. Converter
    153. Wind ×2
    154. Converter
    155. PawnPawn
    156. Wind ×2
    157. PawnPawn
    158. Converter
    159. Wind
    160. PawnPawn
    161. Converter
    162. PawnPawn
    163. Wind
    164. Converter
    165. PawnPawn
    166. Wind
    167. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is pownage227's (33 OS, 30/09/2026); 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

pownage227

32.8 OS · 30/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
628 metal received · 40223 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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