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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:47 · 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 · 24 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    2. Wind ×3
    3. BlitzBlitz
    4. Wind
    5. BlitzBlitz
    6. JanusJanus
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    8. Wind
    9. JanusJanus
    10. Mex
    11. Energy storage
    12. BlitzBlitz
    13. Mex
    14. Con turret
    15. BlitzBlitz
    16. Mex
    17. Con turret
    18. WhistlerMissile truck
    19. SentrySentry ×2
    20. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    21. Con turret
    22. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    23. ShellshockerArty ×5
    24. StoutStoutdone 5:05
  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 · 156 steps
    1. StoutStout ×4
    2. JanusJanus ×2
    3. OverwatchOverwatch
    4. StoutStout ×4
    5. Wind ×2
    6. StoutStout
    7. BeamerBeamer
    8. Wind ×3
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Wind ×3
    11. SentrySentry
    12. Wind ×7
    13. Energy storage
    14. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:29 · typical 9:21
    15. NettleNettle
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    17. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:01
    18. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    19. Con turret ×2
    20. LazarusLazarus
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    22. LazarusLazarus ×4
    23. TickTick ×29
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. Con turret ×2
    28. TickTick ×4
    29. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    30. TickTick ×4
    31. Con turret
    32. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    33. TickTick ×4
    34. Construction BotCon bot
    35. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:37
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    38. TickTick ×3
    39. PawnPawn
    40. TickTick
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Con turret
    43. Construction BotCon bot
    44. Con turret
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Construction BotCon bot
    47. PawnPawn
    48. TickTick
    49. PawnPawn
    50. TickTick
    51. PawnPawn
    52. TickTick
    53. PawnPawn
    54. TickTick
    55. PawnPawn
    56. TickTick
    57. PawnPawn
    58. TickTick
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Con turret
    61. TickTick
    62. PawnPawn
    63. TickTick
    64. PawnPawn
    65. TickTick
    66. PawnPawn
    67. TickTick
    68. Wind
    69. PawnPawn
    70. TickTick
    71. PawnPawn
    72. TickTick
    73. Wind
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. TickTick
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick
    79. PawnPawn
    80. TickTick
    81. Con turret
    82. Wind
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Wind
    85. TickTick
    86. PawnPawn
    87. TickTick
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Wind
    90. TickTick
    91. PawnPawn
    92. TickTick
    93. Wind
    94. PawnPawn
    95. TickTick
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Wind
    98. TickTick
    99. PawnPawn
    100. TickTick
    101. PawnPawn
    102. TickTick
    103. Wind
    104. PawnPawn
    105. TickTick
    106. PawnPawn
    107. TickTick
    108. Wind
    109. PawnPawn
    110. TickTick
    111. PawnPawn
    112. TickTick
    113. Wind
    114. PawnPawn
    115. TickTick
    116. PawnPawn
    117. TickTick
    118. PawnPawn
    119. Wind
    120. TickTick
    121. PawnPawn
    122. TickTick
    123. Wind
    124. PawnPawn
    125. TickTick
    126. PawnPawn
    127. Con turret
    128. TickTick
    129. PawnPawn
    130. TickTick
    131. Wind
    132. TickTick ×2
    133. Wind
    134. TickTick ×9
    135. Wind
    136. TickTick ×3
    137. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    138. TickTick ×2
    139. Wind
    140. TickTick ×6
    141. Wind
    142. TickTick ×6
    143. Wind
    144. TickTick ×3
    145. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:48
    146. TickTick
    147. Wind
    148. TickTick ×6
    149. Wind
    150. TickTick ×5
    151. Wind
    152. TickTick ×6
    153. Wind
    154. TickTick ×4
    155. Wind
    156. TickTick ×9

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Norrc's (33 OS, 27/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:18 · 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

Norrc

33.0 OS · 27/08/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
25 metal received · 51056 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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