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Janus skirmish rush

Vehicle Plant first into a fast Janus skirmisher push from about 1:18, backed by Rover raiding and later Blitz and Whistler, contesting the middle earlier than the norm with vehicles instead of bots.

Usually 3 mex, then lab (64%)

#raid #push #rush · 113 distinct matches · 20 players · 5% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 55% of 114 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • JanusT1 vehicle skirmishers from 1:22 · 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 1:35
  • 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 60%7% of all Suicide front games by then
  • ShellshockerArty in 51%3% of all Suicide front games by then

Where those units first fight, in 114 games with kill data: in the middle 95%, on their own side 5%.

Those units destroy a typical 1,229 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into blitz (28% of army), missile truck (12% 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 113 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 0:40–0:50

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

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:35 · 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 (35%)

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

    By 1:21 in all: 3 mex · 2 wind

    The example game in this phase · 8 steps
    1. RoverScout
    2. Mex
    3. RoverScout ×2
    4. Mex
    5. RoverScout
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    7. Mex
    8. JanusJanusdone 1:32
  3. 3

    T1 vehicle skirmishers to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Vehicle2 Con vehicle +2 vs standard
    Army
    • Sentry3 Sentry
    • Janus3 Janus +3 vs standard
    • Whistler3 Missile truck +3 vs standard

    Some games also: Radar Tower (48%) · arty (47%) · Dragon's Teeth (47%) · blitz (38%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 2 con bot · 2 Lazarus · 17 rocketeer

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 6 wind (standard 4)

    The example game in this phase · 19 steps
    1. JanusJanus
    2. Mex
    3. StoutStout
    4. WhistlerMissile truck
    5. SentrySentry
    6. Mex
    7. JanusJanus
    8. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    9. JanusJanus
    10. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    11. SentrySentry
    12. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    13. Mex
    14. ShellshockerArty
    15. BeamerBeamer
    16. ShellshockerArty
    17. BeamerBeamer
    18. ShellshockerArty ×3
    19. JanusJanus
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine13Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle
    Army
    • Sentry2 Sentry
    • Blitz11 Blitz +11 vs standard
    • Whistler2 Missile truck +2 vs standard

    Some games also: energy storage (46%) · Dragon's Teeth (40%) · Beamer (36%) · Radar Tower (35%)

    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 · 163 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    2. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    3. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    4. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    5. BeamerBeamer
    6. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    7. JanusJanus
    8. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    9. ShellshockerArty ×2
    10. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    11. ShellshockerArty
    12. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    13. ShellshockerArty
    14. Wind
    15. ShellshockerArty
    16. Wind
    17. JanusJanus
    18. Wind
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    20. JanusJanus
    21. Wind
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    23. Wind
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    25. ShellshockerArty
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    27. Wind
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:24 · typical 9:32
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    31. Con turret
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    33. JanusJanus
    34. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    35. JanusJanus
    36. Energy storage ×2
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    38. Con turret
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. Con turret
    41. Wind
    42. SentrySentry
    43. Wind
    44. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:04
    45. Wind
    46. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    47. Wind
    48. SentrySentry
    49. Wind
    50. SentrySentry
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. Wind
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    55. Wind
    56. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    57. BlitzBlitz
    58. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    59. Wind
    60. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    61. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    62. BlitzBlitz
    63. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    64. Wind
    65. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    66. BlitzBlitz
    67. Wind
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. BlitzBlitz
    70. Wind
    71. BlitzBlitz ×2
    72. Wind
    73. BlitzBlitz
    74. Wind
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. Wind
    77. BlitzBlitz
    78. Wind ×2
    79. BlitzBlitz
    80. Wind
    81. BlitzBlitz
    82. Wind
    83. BlitzBlitz
    84. Wind
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    87. BlitzBlitz
    88. Wind
    89. BlitzBlitz
    90. Wind
    91. BlitzBlitz
    92. Wind ×2
    93. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    94. BlitzBlitz
    95. Wind
    96. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    97. BlitzBlitz
    98. Wind
    99. BlitzBlitz
    100. Wind
    101. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    102. BlitzBlitz
    103. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    104. Wind
    105. BlitzBlitz
    106. Wind
    107. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    108. BlitzBlitz
    109. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    110. Wind
    111. BlitzBlitz
    112. Wind
    113. BlitzBlitz
    114. Wind
    115. BlitzBlitz
    116. Wind
    117. BlitzBlitz
    118. Wind
    119. BlitzBlitz
    120. Wind
    121. BlitzBlitz
    122. Wind
    123. BlitzBlitz
    124. Wind
    125. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    126. BlitzBlitz
    127. Wind
    128. JanusJanus ×2
    129. Wind
    130. JanusJanus
    131. Wind ×3
    132. JanusJanus
    133. Wind ×2
    134. JanusJanus
    135. Wind ×2
    136. BlitzBlitz
    137. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    138. BlitzBlitz ×2
    139. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    140. Wind
    141. BlitzBlitz
    142. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    143. BlitzBlitz
    144. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    145. Wind
    146. BlitzBlitz
    147. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    148. Wind ×2
    149. BlitzBlitz
    150. Wind
    151. BlitzBlitz ×3
    152. Wind
    153. Con turret
    154. BlitzBlitz ×2
    155. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    156. BlitzBlitz
    157. Wind
    158. BlitzBlitz
    159. CorsairDestroyer ×2done 14:55
    160. Converter
    161. BlitzBlitz ×3
    162. CorsairDestroyer
    163. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Immort's (57 OS, 27/09/2026); 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 79% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:14 · in 56% 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

114 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
1:003882260000
2:0092388800160
3:001708205121618062106
4:0027553161687658385496
5:0037894243133914138621026
6:00484154332222229815551789
7:00592766703075317521752710
8:00712079203884403131833619
9:00825193174769479639124495
10:009619106995387542645115316
11:0011474122655762590353366054
12:0013357141136276651259566830
13:0015165162226669701365567536
14:0017060181097304769673748373
15:0018578204667840832989319249
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

Immort

57.1 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

112 received units · includes a constructor
800 metal received · 25804 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:40–0:50 · n=114
Advanced Metal Extractor9:32Middle 50%: 8:34–10:28 · n=84

Played most by

Kcorp45games of this buildHummell22games of this buildImmort9games of this buildRexalidus7games of this buildAdeus6games of this build