Halo Wars: How to Covenant Rush

Read this post for UNSC rushing.

There are two different kinds of Covenant Rushing, Covenant Leader Rushing, and Covenant Leader Rushing with units. Rushing with just your leader will allow you to rush earlier in the game, but you wont have units to help you. Leader Rushing with units will help you take out any of their units, but will take you more time.

Covenant Rushing:

Brute Chieftain: Okay, so you want to rush with ONLY the Brute Chieftain. This is a fairly simple process. At the beginning of the game, build ONE Warehouse, then your Temple, then build two more Warehouses. You should be left with 0 supplies. Send your Chopper out to find supplies. When your Chieftain has been made, immediately send him to the nearest Rebel base, and let him take the base out with his hammer. DO NOT USE VORTEX, as this will make it so that he will not get any defense from killing units. While you are sending him to kill Rebel bases, build up a fourth Warehouse and upgrade all existing Warehouses at your base. After they are all fully upgraded, upgrade your base to a Citadel, and build TWO more Warehouses. That's right, no Shield Generator. When those are done, upgrade them both to Blessed Warehouses. You should have killed the Rebel base by now, and if you have enough supplies, upgrade your Chieftains hammer ability. If there are extra reactors on the map, take them. Just build Brutes, you don't have to build a Hall or anything to build them. At around 7 minutes 30 seconds, send your Brute Chieftain to the closest enemy base. Continue to upgrade him as you go, but save enough supplies so you can use Vortex. At their base, just start destroying shit! Good luck!

Brute Chieftain; Rushing with units: At the beginning of the game, build TWO Warehouses, then your Temple, then one more Warehouse. While doing this send your Chopper out to look for supplies. When you have enough money to build a fourth Warehouse, do it. You should have this before the first Warehouse is even done building if you are a fast supply collector. After you have build your fourth Warehouse, wait until your Temple is done and then upgrade both of your existing Warehouses. If you have enough supplies (you should) upgrade your base to Citadel. When the upgrade finishes, build two more Warehouses. After those have been selected to be built, upgrade any new Warehouses that have been built. Your final base should be: One (1) Temple, Six (6) Blessed Warehouses. If you have this, good job. Don't upgrade your Chieftain. This will slow you down. Don't upgrade anything except your Warehouses. Immediately start building Brutes after all Warehouses have been queued for upgrades. Lock your base. At 8 minutes, unlock your base and send your Brute army with your Chieftain to the closest enemy base. Good luck!