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Stout rush

Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Leans into the Vehicle Plant and commits to Stout from around 4:13, well ahead of the role's norm, to push a T1 vehicle assault into the middle before typical T2 timing.

#rush · 68 distinct matches · 34 players · 2% of Armada Front games · team won 50% of 68 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • StoutT1 vehicle assault from 4:13 · 8% of role by thenFrom the Vehicle Plant. Only 8% of Front games have it by then; others who build it get it around 6:12
  • StoutStout in 74%3% of all Front games by then

Where those units first fight, in 65 games with kill data: in the middle 97%.

Those units destroy a typical 1,102 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into blitz (11% of army), janus (10% 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 68 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 0:33–0:48

    Some games also: wind (43%)

    By 0:23 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Solar
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:44 · 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 4:08 in all: 6 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 52 steps
    1. RoverScout ×4
    2. BlitzBlitz ×3
    3. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    4. Mex
    5. BlitzBlitz
    6. JanusJanus
    7. Mex
    8. JanusJanus
    9. Mex
    10. JanusJanus
    11. SentrySentry
    12. Mex
    13. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    14. Con turret
    15. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    16. WhistlerMissile truck
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    18. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    19. Wind
    20. WhistlerMissile truck
    21. Wind
    22. BeholderBeholder
    23. Wind
    24. SentrySentry
    25. Wind
    26. WhistlerMissile truck
    27. Wind ×2
    28. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    29. Wind
    30. Mex
    31. WhistlerMissile truck
    32. Wind
    33. JanusJanus
    34. Wind
    35. JanusJanus
    36. Wind
    37. Converter
    38. JanusJanus
    39. Wind
    40. WhistlerMissile truck
    41. Wind
    42. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    43. Converter
    44. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    45. WhistlerMissile truck
    46. Wind
    47. WhistlerMissile truck
    48. Wind
    49. Converter
    50. ShellshockerArty ×2
    51. Wind
    52. StoutStoutdone 8:06
  3. 3

    T1 vehicle assault to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine11Wind−8 vs standard
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    Army
    • Sentry2 Sentry
    • Stout11 Stout +11 vs standard

    Some games also: con vehicle (50%) · converter (46%) · Radar Tower (37%) · Beamer (34%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 19 wind · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 61 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Converter
    3. StoutStout
    4. Wind
    5. StoutStout
    6. Wind
    7. Converter
    8. StoutStout
    9. Wind
    10. StoutStout
    11. Wind
    12. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    13. Wind
    14. Converter
    15. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    16. Wind
    17. StoutStout ×2
    18. AnemoneAnemone
    19. StoutStout
    20. Con turret
    21. StoutStout ×2
    22. Con turret
    23. StoutStout
    24. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    25. RoverScout ×4
    26. Con turret
    27. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:16
    28. RoverScout ×2
    29. CenturionCenturion
    30. RoverScout ×2
    31. LazarusLazarus
    32. RoverScout ×2
    33. CenturionCenturion
    34. RoverScout
    35. LazarusLazarus
    36. RoverScout ×2
    37. CenturionCenturion
    38. RoverScout
    39. LazarusLazarus
    40. RoverScout
    41. CenturionCenturion
    42. RoverScout ×2
    43. LazarusLazarus
    44. RoverScout
    45. CenturionCenturion
    46. RoverScout ×2
    47. LazarusLazarus
    48. RoverScout
    49. CenturionCenturion
    50. JunoJuno
    51. RoverScout ×2
    52. Wind ×4
    53. Converter
    54. Con turret
    55. Wind
    56. Con turret
    57. BlitzBlitz
    58. Wind
    59. BlitzBlitz ×2
    60. Wind
    61. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is starbird's (32 OS, 31/08/2026); 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 72% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:26 · in 59% 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

68 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
2:0081584237213131
3:0016271618134135124108
4:0027252699452521377333
5:00381438468761123721782
6:00501550341487192012201420
7:00625562632162271721702288
8:00749775482669354628463155
9:00874489903347432537944047
10:0010296105733877500945494774
11:0011871124064706552656005546
12:0014429145455077598860076397
13:0016182169205432647163996999
14:0019121192875790721772407852
15:0022118219576139787689858724
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

starbird

31.5 OS · 31/08/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units
680 metal received · 2622 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Vehicle Plant0:42Middle 50%: 0:33–0:48 · n=68
Advanced Metal Extractor9:29Middle 50%: 8:24–10:30 · n=55

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