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Janus skirmish rush

Armada Suicide front build order · Supreme Isthmus

An early Vehicle Plant feeds T1 vehicle skirmishers led by Janus from about 1:30, pushing into the middle well ahead of the role's norm with Rover raiding and Shellshocker artillery supporting before transitioning into Blitz later.

#rush #artillery #push · 168 distinct matches · 42 players · 5% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 56% of 170 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • JanusT1 vehicle skirmishers from 1:31 · 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 1:43
  • Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant in 99%6% of all Suicide front games by then
  • RoverScout in 99%5% of all Suicide front games by then
  • BlitzBlitz in 59%6% of all Suicide front games by then
  • ShellshockerArty in 47%2% of all Suicide front games by then

Started with Janus (89%), Whistler (11%).

Where those units first fight, in 170 games with kill data: in the middle 96%.

Those units destroy a typical 3,093 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into blitz (27% of army), missile truck (13% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Janus skirmishers by 1:30

  1. Skip the usual Bot Lab open and drop a Vehicle Plant immediately.
  2. Have the Vehicle Plant finish and start pumping T1 vehicles.
  3. Push out with Janus skirmishers far earlier than the role norm.
  4. Bring Rover scouts to raid and Shellshocker artillery to back the push.
  5. Transition into Blitz and Whistler as the main middle army.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 168 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 0:37–0:55

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

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. SentrySentry
    3. Mex
    4. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    5. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 1:02 · 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 (41%)

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

    By 1:31 in all: 3 mex · 2 wind

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    2. Wind
    3. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    4. Wind
    5. JanusJanusdone 1:43
  3. 3

    T1 vehicle skirmishers to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle
    Army
    • Sentry2 Sentry
    • Janus3 Janus +3 vs standard
    • Whistler3 Missile truck +3 vs standard
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: Dragon's Teeth (44%) · arty (41%) · blitz (34%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 16 rocketeer

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 5 wind

    The example game in this phase · 27 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Mex
    3. JanusJanus
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Wind
    6. JanusJanus
    7. Wind
    8. Mex
    9. BeamerBeamer
    10. Wind
    11. JanusJanus
    12. BeamerBeamer
    13. Wind
    14. JanusJanus
    15. Wind
    16. BeamerBeamer
    17. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    18. Wind
    19. BeamerBeamer
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    21. Wind
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Con turret
    25. Wind
    26. RoverScout
    27. Energy storage
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine12Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle
    Army
    • Sentry2 Sentry
    • Blitz8 Blitz +8 vs standard
    • Whistler1 Missile truck

    Some games also: energy storage (44%) · janus (34%) · Radar Tower (34%) · Dragon's Teeth (33%) · Beamer (32%)

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

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 18 wind · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 61 steps
    1. RoverScout
    2. GauntletGauntletdone 5:43
    3. Wind
    4. RoverScout ×4
    5. Con turret
    6. Wind
    7. RoverScout ×2
    8. Converter
    9. OverwatchOverwatch
    10. RoverScout
    11. Wind
    12. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    13. RoverScout ×2
    14. Wind
    15. Con turret
    16. Converter
    17. RoverScout ×2
    18. Wind
    19. RoverScout
    20. Con turret
    21. RoverScout
    22. Converter
    23. RoverScout
    24. Wind
    25. RoverScout ×2
    26. Wind
    27. RoverScout
    28. GauntletGauntlet
    29. Converter
    30. RoverScout
    31. Wind
    32. RoverScout
    33. Converter
    34. RoverScout
    35. Wind
    36. RoverScout
    37. ChainsawChainsaw
    38. RoverScout
    39. Converter
    40. RoverScout
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:50 · typical 9:36
    42. RoverScout ×8
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. RoverScout ×5
    45. Pit BullPit Bull
    46. RoverScout ×6
    47. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    48. RoverScout
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00
    51. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    52. RoverScout ×2
    53. Mex ×4
    54. Con turret
    55. BeamerBeamer
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. Con turret ×2
    58. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    59. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    60. Energy storage
    61. BeamerBeamer ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Hummell's (49 OS, 12/10/2026); 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 74% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:25 · 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

010k20k
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

170 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
1:003872300000
2:0092488700310
3:001711200922018462130
4:0027753109703644361501
5:003791418213201350846999
6:00485653472144218314551707
7:00592765392987305420852589
8:00712377553655393829903499
9:00825190404644469236044371
10:009619104105370531243585156
11:0011352118885762585652275965
12:0013188135786305640159496685
13:0015028153966831687065327455
14:0016667173027420750371418213
15:0018039192577972811381968994
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Slightly underperformed the standard build on wins, metal, and enemy metal destroyed, a riskier take on the role's job.

  • + Still destroys a solid 7944 enemy metal by 15:00.
  • + Own losses by 15:00 (8931) stay close to standard (9182).
  • − Won less often than the standard build (56% vs 58%).
  • − Metal production trails standard at every checkpoint through 15:00.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Hummell

48.7 OS · 12/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
356 metal received · 42052 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:37–0:55 · n=170
Advanced Metal Extractor9:36Middle 50%: 8:48–10:39 · n=119

Played most by

Kcorp45games of this buildHummell29games of this buildDrSmack12games of this buildAdeus9games of this buildImmort9games of this build