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Janus skirmish rush

Vehicle Plant first with a Rover raid, then Janus skirmishers pushed to the middle by 1:18 to fight there well ahead of the usual timing, transitioning into Blitz/Whistler later.

Usually 3 mex, then lab (65%)

#rush #raid #artillery · 103 distinct matches · 19 players · 5% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 104 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • JanusT1 vehicle skirmishers from 1:18 · 6% of role by thenFrom the Vehicle Plant. Only 6% of Suicide front games have it by then; others who build it get it around 1:34
  • Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant in 100%6% of all Suicide front games by then
  • RoverScout in 99%5% of all Suicide front games by then
  • BlitzBlitz in 59%7% of all Suicide front games by then
  • WhistlerMissile truck in 52%2% of all Suicide front games by then

Where those units first fight, in 104 games with kill data: in the middle 94%, on their own side 6%.

Those units destroy a typical 1,206 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into blitz (29% of army), missile truck (13% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Vehicle Plant by 0:29

  1. Rush Vehicle Plant instead of the usual bot lab opening.
  2. Send Rover scouts out for early raiding and vision.
  3. Push Janus skirmishers to fight at range in the middle.
  4. Add Shellshocker arty to back the skirmish line.
  5. Transition into Blitz tanks and missile trucks as the army scales.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 103 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD SUICIDE FRONT
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
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 Extractor3Mex+2 vs standard
    Order
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant after 3 mexdone ~0:47, middle half 0:41–0:49

    By 0:28 in all: 3 mex (standard 1)

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:43 · typical 0:47
  2. 2

    Vehicle Plant to T1 vehicle skirmishers

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Order
    1. JanusT1 vehicle skirmishers after 3 mex, 2 wind
    Builders
    • Construction Vehicle2 Con vehicle +2 vs standard
    Army
    • Rover2 Scout +2 vs standard

    Some games also: mex (34%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 2 mex

    By 1:17 in all: 3 mex · 2 wind

    The example game in this phase · 7 steps
    1. RoverScout
    2. Wind
    3. RoverScout ×3
    4. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    5. Wind
    6. Mex
    7. JanusJanusdone 1:50
  3. 3

    T1 vehicle skirmishers to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Vehicle2 Con vehicle +2 vs standard
    Army
    • Sentry3 Sentry
    • Whistler5 Missile truck +5 vs standard
    • Janus2 Janus +2 vs standard

    Some games also: Radar Tower (49%) · arty (48%) · Dragon's Teeth (45%) · blitz (38%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 2 con bot · 2 Lazarus · 18 rocketeer

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 6 wind

    The example game in this phase · 23 steps
    1. Mex
    2. SentrySentry
    3. Wind ×2
    4. JanusJanus
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    6. SentrySentry
    7. Mex
    8. JanusJanus
    9. SentrySentry
    10. WhistlerMissile truck
    11. Mex
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. WhistlerMissile truck
    14. SentrySentry
    15. WhistlerMissile truck ×6
    16. Con turret
    17. Wind
    18. WhistlerMissile truck
    19. Wind
    20. Con turret
    21. Mex
    22. WhistlerMissile truck
    23. Wind
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine14Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle
    Army
    • Sentry2 Sentry
    • Blitz12 Blitz +12 vs standard
    • Whistler2 Missile truck +2 vs standard

    Some games also: energy storage (48%) · Dragon's Teeth (38%) · Beamer (35%) · Radar Tower (34%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 2 Lazarus · 8 rocketeer

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 20 wind · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 180 steps
    1. ShellshockerArty
    2. Wind
    3. ShellshockerArty
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Wind
    6. ShellshockerArty
    7. SentrySentry
    8. Wind
    9. Energy storage
    10. ShellshockerArty
    11. BlitzBlitz
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. Energy storage
    14. BlitzBlitz
    15. Wind
    16. BlitzBlitz
    17. Wind
    18. Mex
    19. BlitzBlitz
    20. Wind
    21. BlitzBlitz ×2
    22. Wind
    23. BlitzBlitz
    24. Wind
    25. BlitzBlitz
    26. Wind
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. Wind
    29. BlitzBlitz ×2
    30. Con turret
    31. Wind
    32. BlitzBlitz
    33. Wind
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. Wind
    36. BlitzBlitz ×2
    37. SentrySentry
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    40. SentrySentry
    41. Wind
    42. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    43. BlitzBlitz
    44. Wind
    45. Con turret
    46. BlitzBlitz ×6
    47. GauntletGauntletdone 8:44
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Wind
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. Wind
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:04 · typical 9:31
    53. Energy storage
    54. Converter
    55. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    56. Wind
    57. Converter
    58. Energy storage
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. Converter
    61. Wind
    62. Con turret
    63. Converter
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. Wind
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. Wind ×2
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. Wind ×2
    70. Converter
    71. Wind
    72. Converter ×2
    73. Wind
    74. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:56
    75. Converter
    76. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:03
    77. Wind
    78. BlitzBlitz ×3
    79. Wind
    80. BlitzBlitz
    81. Advanced solar
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 11:49
    84. Wind
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    87. Wind
    88. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    89. Wind
    90. Advanced solar
    91. Wind
    92. BlitzBlitz ×2
    93. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    94. Wind
    95. Advanced solar
    96. BlitzBlitz ×2
    97. Wind
    98. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:24
    99. BlitzBlitz
    100. Wind
    101. Advanced solar
    102. TickTick ×2
    103. BlitzBlitz
    104. Wind
    105. TickTick ×2
    106. BlitzBlitz
    107. Wind
    108. TickTick ×2
    109. BlitzBlitz
    110. TickTick
    111. BlitzBlitz
    112. TickTick ×3
    113. BlitzBlitz
    114. TickTick ×2
    115. BlitzBlitz
    116. TickTick
    117. Advanced solar
    118. TickTick
    119. BlitzBlitz
    120. Con turret
    121. LazarusLazarus
    122. BlitzBlitz
    123. Wind
    124. Con turret
    125. BlitzBlitz
    126. LazarusLazarus
    127. BlitzBlitz
    128. Advanced solar
    129. Con turret
    130. BlitzBlitz
    131. Wind
    132. Mex
    133. LazarusLazarus
    134. Con turret
    135. Wind
    136. Advanced solar
    137. BlitzBlitz
    138. TickTick
    139. BlitzBlitz
    140. TickTick
    141. ChainsawChainsaw
    142. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    143. BlitzBlitz
    144. TickTick
    145. Wind
    146. TickTick ×2
    147. Advanced solar
    148. Wind
    149. TickTick
    150. BlitzBlitz
    151. TickTick ×2
    152. BlitzBlitz
    153. TickTick
    154. Wind
    155. BlitzBlitz
    156. TickTick ×2
    157. BlitzBlitz
    158. TickTick ×2
    159. BlitzBlitz
    160. TickTick
    161. BlitzBlitz
    162. TickTick ×2
    163. BlitzBlitz
    164. TickTick ×2
    165. BlitzBlitz
    166. TickTick
    167. ParalyzerParalyzernot finished by 15:00
    168. Wind
    169. Advanced solar
    170. TickTick
    171. BlitzBlitz
    172. TickTick
    173. BlitzBlitz
    174. TickTick
    175. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00
    176. BlitzBlitz
    177. TickTick
    178. Wind
    179. TickTick
    180. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [AFUS]Aleash's (47 OS, 30/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:09 · in 77% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:14 · in 54% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build against the role’s standard build, running totals by minute

  • This build
  • Standard suicide 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

104 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildMetal produced: Standard suicide frontEnemy metal destroyed: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: Standard suicide frontOwn metal lost: This buildOwn metal lost: Standard suicide front
1:003892260000
2:0092588900160
3:001706205621617262106
4:0027313161707660363486
5:0037914236136214138381020
6:00487654302247232715101785
7:00599766613222317921472732
8:00716879104159403531343631
9:00838592984853481639124516
10:009992106885415542644505336
11:0011747122415792589852306080
12:0013448140246435651758866842
13:0015198160426744701365087523
14:0017060179697304768071578336
15:0018578202977840830283989228
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Matched the standard build's win rate but produced less metal and destroyed slightly less enemy metal by 15:00.

  • + Own metal lost by 15:00 lower (8351 vs 9208).
  • + Catch units alone destroy a typical 1231 metal by 15:00.
  • − Metal produced by 15:00 lower than standard (18283 vs 19882).
  • − Enemy metal destroyed by 15:00 slightly lower (7840 vs 8172).
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

[AFUS]Aleash

47.0 OS · 30/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
900 metal received · 60173 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–0:49 · n=104
Advanced Metal Extractor9:31Middle 50%: 8:35–10:26 · n=75

Played most by

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