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Stout rush

An early T1 vehicle assault build committing to Stout tanks from Vehicle Plant by 4:46, reaching the middle far ahead of the role's norm and sometimes pushing into the enemy base, before transitioning into a mixed army later.

#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 7:46
  • 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
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:41 · 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 · 23 steps
    1. RoverScout
    2. Wind
    3. RoverScout
    4. Mex
    5. RoverScout ×4
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    7. JanusJanus
    8. Wind
    9. JanusJanus
    10. Mex
    11. JanusJanus
    12. Con turret
    13. Mex
    14. ShellshockerArty
    15. NettleNettle
    16. ShellshockerArty
    17. Mex
    18. SentrySentry ×2
    19. ShellshockerArty
    20. SentrySentry
    21. ShellshockerArty ×2
    22. JanusJanus
    23. StoutStoutdone 4:18
  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 · 171 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    2. Con turret
    3. StoutStout ×3
    4. BeamerBeamer
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    6. StoutStout
    7. SentrySentry
    8. Mex
    9. StoutStout ×2
    10. BeamerBeamer
    11. Con turret
    12. Wind
    13. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    14. Converter
    15. Wind
    16. ShellshockerArty
    17. Wind
    18. Mex
    19. ShellshockerArty
    20. Wind
    21. Converter
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    23. Wind
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    25. ShellshockerArty
    26. Converter
    27. Wind ×2
    28. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    29. Wind
    30. Con turret
    31. Wind
    32. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    33. Converter
    34. Wind
    35. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    36. Wind
    37. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:31 · typical 11:32
    38. Converter
    39. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:29
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:42 · typical 9:48
    41. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    42. Converter
    43. LazarusLazarus
    44. Wind
    45. LazarusLazarus
    46. PawnPawn ×2
    47. Wind
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Converter
    50. PawnPawn ×2
    51. Wind
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Metal storage
    54. Energy storage
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Advanced solar
    57. Solar
    58. PawnPawn ×2
    59. Solar
    60. PawnPawn ×2
    61. Energy storage
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. PawnPawn ×3
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. PawnPawn ×3
    66. Wind
    67. PawnPawn ×4
    68. Wind
    69. PawnPawn ×4
    70. Wind
    71. PawnPawn
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. CrossbowCrossbow
    74. PawnPawn
    75. TickTick
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick
    79. PawnPawn
    80. LazarusLazarus
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Wind
    83. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    84. PawnPawn
    85. CrossbowCrossbow
    86. Advanced solar
    87. Wind
    88. PawnPawn ×2
    89. Wind
    90. PawnPawn
    91. TickTick
    92. PawnPawn
    93. TickTick
    94. PawnPawn
    95. LazarusLazarus
    96. Wind
    97. PawnPawn
    98. Con turret
    99. Wind
    100. PawnPawn ×3
    101. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:03
    102. PawnPawn
    103. Wind
    104. PawnPawn ×2
    105. Wind
    106. PawnPawn ×2
    107. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    108. Wind
    109. PawnPawn ×3
    110. Wind
    111. PawnPawn ×5
    112. Wind
    113. PawnPawn
    114. CrossbowCrossbow
    115. PawnPawn
    116. TickTick
    117. Wind
    118. PawnPawn
    119. TickTick
    120. Energy storage
    121. LazarusLazarus
    122. Wind
    123. PawnPawn ×5
    124. Wind ×2
    125. PawnPawn ×3
    126. Con turret
    127. CrossbowCrossbow
    128. PawnPawn
    129. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    130. TickTick
    131. PawnPawn
    132. TickTick
    133. Wind
    134. PawnPawn
    135. LazarusLazarus
    136. PawnPawn ×5
    137. Wind
    138. PawnPawn ×7
    139. Wind
    140. PawnPawn ×4
    141. Wind
    142. CrossbowCrossbow
    143. Converter
    144. Wind
    145. PawnPawn
    146. TickTick
    147. Wind
    148. PawnPawn
    149. TickTick
    150. PawnPawn
    151. Converter
    152. LazarusLazarus
    153. PawnPawn
    154. Wind
    155. PawnPawn
    156. Wind
    157. PawnPawn
    158. Con turret
    159. Converter
    160. Wind
    161. PawnPawn
    162. Con turret
    163. Wind
    164. PawnPawn
    165. Converter
    166. Con turret
    167. Wind
    168. PawnPawn
    169. Wind
    170. PawnPawn ×2
    171. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is CentientWaffle's (35 OS, 14/08/2026); 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
2:0082284637213131
3:001659162516714173105
4:0027472716556541322333
5:003867386812021200694817
6:00507250831893211312181522
7:00622563322522299619942419
8:00754176623130386727133347
9:00892490903714466933014310
10:0010564106943973531844365050
11:0012312126254700582555305709
12:0015023148455299639058056523
13:0018132174495674700963847234
14:0021445201806608762167278098
15:0023382227047727837481958944
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

35.2 OS · 14/08/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
157 metal received · 133165 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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