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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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex
    2. SentrySentry
    3. Mex
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:58 · 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 · 8 steps
    1. CenturionCenturion
    2. Solar
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. MaceMacedone 2:00
  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 · 24 steps
    1. MaceMace
    2. Mex
    3. MaceMace
    4. Mex
    5. MaceMace
    6. Mex
    7. SentrySentry
    8. MaceMace
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Wind
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. BeamerBeamer
    13. Wind
    14. MaceMace ×2
    15. Wind
    16. Con turret
    17. SentrySentry
    18. MaceMace
    19. Wind
    20. MaceMace
    21. Wind
    22. BeamerBeamer
    23. MaceMace
    24. Wind ×3
  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 · 89 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Mex
    3. Wind ×4
    4. MaceMace
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Wind
    7. MaceMace
    8. Wind
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind
    11. MaceMace
    12. Wind
    13. Con turret
    14. MaceMace
    15. Wind
    16. PawnPawn
    17. MaceMace
    18. PawnPawn
    19. Wind ×2
    20. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:46
    21. PawnPawn
    22. MaceMace
    23. Wind
    24. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. Wind ×2
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. Wind ×2
    29. BlitzBlitz
    30. MaceMace
    31. Wind ×2
    32. BlitzBlitz
    33. Wind ×2
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. SentrySentry
    36. MaceMace
    37. Con turret
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. SentrySentry
    40. Con turret
    41. MaceMace
    42. LazarusLazarus
    43. PawnPawn
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. SentrySentry
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. LazarusLazarus
    48. BlitzBlitz ×4
    49. GuardGuard
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. ThugThug
    52. BlitzBlitz
    53. GuardGuard
    54. BlitzBlitz ×2
    55. LazarusLazarus
    56. MaceMace ×2
    57. BlitzBlitz ×3
    58. MaceMace
    59. BlitzBlitz
    60. LazarusLazarus
    61. BlitzBlitz ×2
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:31 · typical 10:25
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. MaceMace ×3
    65. ThugThug
    66. BlitzBlitz
    67. CenturionCenturion
    68. BlitzBlitz ×5
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. BlitzBlitz
    71. LazarusLazarus
    72. BlitzBlitz ×4
    73. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. LazarusLazarus
    76. BlitzBlitz ×16
    77. LazarusLazarus
    78. BlitzBlitz ×12
    79. LazarusLazarus
    80. BlitzBlitz ×6
    81. LazarusLazarus
    82. BlitzBlitz ×8
    83. LazarusLazarus
    84. BlitzBlitz ×10
    85. LazarusLazarus
    86. BlitzBlitz ×7
    87. PincerPincer ×2
    88. LazarusLazarus
    89. PincerPincer ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [crd]sisa's (41 OS, 22/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:11 · 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

40.7 OS · 22/08/2026

Open source match ↗

30 received units · includes a constructor
472 metal received · 16949 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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