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Mace bot assault

Bot Lab into an early Mace-led T1 bot assault by 2:07, pushing into the middle and sometimes into the enemy base, well ahead of the role's usual army composition.

Usually 2 mex, then lab (66%)

#rush #push · 63 distinct matches · 13 players · 3% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 53% of 64 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • MaceT1 bot assault from 2:07 · 12% of role by thenFrom the Bot Lab. Only 12% of Suicide front games have it by then; others who build it get it around 1:53
  • MaceMace in 94%5% of all Suicide front games by then
  • CenturionCenturion in 42%13% of all Suicide front games by then

Where those units first fight, in 64 games with kill data: in the middle 98%.

Those units destroy a typical 3,275 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into blitz (11% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Mace by 2:10

  1. Open Bot Lab immediately with mex spread as usual.
  2. Push Mace assault out earlier than the role's normal pace.
  3. Lead with Mace to push middle and pressure the enemy base.
  4. Mix in Centurion for anti-swarm support on the push.
  5. Keep heavy Mace numbers flowing as your main bot ball.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 63 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 Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 2 mexdone ~0:50, middle half 0:34–0:58

    Some games also: Sentry (50%)

    By 0:34 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:26 · typical 0:50
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to T1 bot assault

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    Order
    1. MaceT1 bot assault after 4 mex
    Builders
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Centurion1 Centurion
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: solar (41%) · wind (36%)

    By 2:07 in all: 4 mex

    The example game in this phase · 11 steps
    1. Mex
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Solar
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. Mex ×2
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. Con turret
    11. MaceMacedone 2:20
  3. 3

    T1 bot assault to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine6Wind+3 vs standard
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Lazarus1 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    Army
    • Sentry2 Sentry
    • Mace11 Mace +11 vs standard

    Some games also: Beamer (44%) · centurion (31%)

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

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 7 wind (standard 5) · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 30 steps
    1. MaceMace
    2. Mex
    3. MaceMace ×2
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Wind
    6. MaceMace
    7. Wind
    8. SentrySentry
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Wind
    11. MaceMace
    12. Wind
    13. MaceMace
    14. Mex
    15. Wind
    16. Mex
    17. MaceMace
    18. Wind
    19. Converter
    20. MaceMace
    21. Converter
    22. MaceMace
    23. Wind
    24. Converter
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. Wind
    27. MaceMace
    28. CenturionCenturion
    29. Wind ×3
    30. Bot LabBot Labdone 5:41
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine19Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Lazarus4 Lazarus +2 vs standard
    Army
    • Mace18 Mace +18 vs standard

    Some games also: centurion (39%) · Sentry (36%) · Radar Tower (34%) · Beamer (33%)

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

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 25 wind · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 77 steps
    1. MaceMace ×2
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    4. ThugThug ×5
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. ThugThug ×5
    9. BlitzBlitz
    10. GraverobberGraverobber
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Con turret
    13. ThugThug ×2
    14. Wind
    15. ThugThug
    16. MaceMace
    17. Wind ×2
    18. ThugThug
    19. Wind
    20. BlitzBlitz
    21. ThugThug
    22. BlitzBlitz
    23. Wind ×2
    24. GraverobberGraverobber
    25. Wind
    26. ThugThug
    27. Wind
    28. JanusJanus
    29. ThugThug
    30. MaceMace
    31. Wind
    32. ThugThug
    33. BeamerBeamer
    34. MaceMace
    35. ThugThug
    36. Wind
    37. ThugThug
    38. MaceMace
    39. ThugThug
    40. MaceMace
    41. ThistleThistle
    42. ThugThug
    43. MaceMace
    44. Wind
    45. ThugThug ×2
    46. MaceMace
    47. Wind
    48. ThugThug
    49. GuardGuard
    50. Wind ×2
    51. GraverobberGraverobber
    52. Con turret
    53. GraverobberGraverobber
    54. Mex
    55. Wind
    56. GraverobberGraverobber
    57. Wind
    58. ThugThug
    59. GraverobberGraverobber
    60. Wind
    61. GraverobberGraverobber
    62. Wind
    63. ThugThug
    64. Wind ×3
    65. GraverobberGraverobber
    66. Wind
    67. ThugThug
    68. Wind
    69. ThugThug
    70. Wind
    71. QuakerQuakerdone 14:27
    72. GraverobberGraverobber
    73. Mex
    74. Wind
    75. ThugThug
    76. Wind
    77. ThugThug

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [crd]sisa's (43 OS, 16/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:11 · in 67% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Tech or Geofirst at 8:27 · in 50% 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

05k10k15k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

05k10k15k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

64 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
1:003112260000
2:0097588931000
3:0020562056292172166106
4:0030543161840660598486
5:00419642361707141312231020
6:00547554302672232719631785
7:00657066614273317933392732
8:00763379104991403542693631
9:00876892985818481649674516
10:0010216106886895542659145336
11:0011567122418080589870186080
12:0013140140248591651781226842
13:0014674160429642701394067523
14:001642117969106587680104498336
15:001850120297111738302112869228
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Dealt noticeably more damage than the standard build for slightly higher losses, but team win rate came in a bit lower.

  • + Enemy metal destroyed above standard at every checkpoint (11209 vs 8172 by 15:00).
  • + Mace timing at 2:10 is far ahead of the role's usual pace.
  • − Team win rate 52% versus standard's 58%.
  • − Metal produced trails standard by 15:00 (18386 vs 19882).
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

[crd]sisa

42.8 OS · 16/09/2026

Open source match ↗

61 received units · includes a constructor
174 metal received · 43920 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:50Middle 50%: 0:34–0:58 · n=64
Advanced Metal Extractor10:25Middle 50%: 9:01–11:20 · n=45

Played most by

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