Funny strategy for a quick win on Mechanism (2v2 map)

[Juslas]

Brilliant opening as player 2.

I had been wondering: if green or red plays as player 1 they can hit the middle base with soldier on their second turn (turn 5).
Like on the second replay (you posted).
To make base hit cost more, player 4 can use runner to block base, but if player 1 wants to hit base immediately - there is no stopping.

Clearly it is loosing strategy to this opening demonstrated above, but is it a bad opening, since attacker ends up loosing soldier. Runners, if used, die from both teams. To me hitting base with a soldier is worth sacrificing a soldier (on other maps).

Haven't played mechanism that much yet. I was sure there was something this devastating to be discovered.