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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
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:36 · 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 · 14 steps
    1. CenturionCenturion
    2. SentrySentry
    3. Solar ×2
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. Mex
    10. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    11. GruntGrunt
    12. Mex
    13. Con turret
    14. MaceMacedone 2:37
  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 · 27 steps
    1. SentrySentry
    2. MaceMace ×3
    3. Wind
    4. Con turret
    5. MaceMace
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Wind ×2
    8. MaceMace
    9. Wind
    10. MaceMace ×2
    11. Wind
    12. MaceMace ×2
    13. Wind
    14. MaceMace
    15. Wind
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. MaceMace
    18. Wind
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. Wind
    21. MaceMace
    22. Wind
    23. MaceMace
    24. Wind
    25. MaceMace
    26. Wind
    27. MaceMace
  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 · 180 steps
    1. MaceMace
    2. Wind ×2
    3. MaceMace
    4. ThugThug
    5. Wind
    6. MaceMace
    7. ThugThug
    8. Wind ×2
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Wind ×2
    12. MaceMace
    13. Mex
    14. MaceMace
    15. Wind
    16. MaceMace
    17. CenturionCenturion
    18. MaceMace
    19. Wind
    20. ThugThug
    21. MaceMace ×3
    22. Wind
    23. Mex
    24. MaceMace
    25. Wind
    26. ThugThug
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. Wind
    29. MaceMace
    30. AggravatorAggravator
    31. CrossbowCrossbow
    32. Wind
    33. MaceMace
    34. AggravatorAggravator
    35. CrossbowCrossbow
    36. Converter
    37. MaceMace ×2
    38. CrossbowCrossbow
    39. AggravatorAggravator
    40. Converter
    41. Mex
    42. CrossbowCrossbow
    43. MaceMace
    44. Converter
    45. LazarusLazarus
    46. Converter
    47. MaceMace
    48. CrossbowCrossbow ×4
    49. Mex
    50. CrossbowCrossbow
    51. AggravatorAggravator
    52. LazarusLazarus
    53. AggravatorAggravator
    54. MaceMace
    55. AggravatorAggravator
    56. MaceMace
    57. LazarusLazarus
    58. Wind
    59. MaceMace
    60. AggravatorAggravator
    61. Wind
    62. AggravatorAggravator
    63. MaceMace
    64. Wind
    65. LazarusLazarus
    66. Wind
    67. ThugThug
    68. MaceMace
    69. Wind
    70. AggravatorAggravator
    71. MaceMace
    72. Wind
    73. LazarusLazarus
    74. Wind
    75. MaceMace
    76. Wind
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:09
    78. MaceMace
    79. LazarusLazarus
    80. Wind
    81. AggravatorAggravator
    82. PawnPawn
    83. AggravatorAggravator
    84. MaceMace
    85. Wind
    86. AggravatorAggravator
    87. PawnPawn
    88. MaceMace
    89. Wind
    90. AggravatorAggravator
    91. LazarusLazarus
    92. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    93. Wind
    94. MaceMace
    95. Wind
    96. MaceMace
    97. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    98. MaceMace
    99. Wind
    100. LazarusLazarus
    101. ThugThug
    102. CrossbowCrossbow
    103. ThugThug ×2
    104. Wind
    105. MaceMace
    106. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:16
    107. Wind
    108. MaceMace
    109. ThugThug ×2
    110. LazarusLazarus
    111. MaceMace
    112. ThugThug
    113. MaceMace
    114. AggravatorAggravator
    115. MaceMace
    116. ThugThug
    117. LazarusLazarus
    118. AggravatorAggravator
    119. MaceMace
    120. ThugThug
    121. MaceMace
    122. AggravatorAggravator
    123. ThugThug
    124. LazarusLazarus
    125. AggravatorAggravator
    126. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    127. GruntGrunt
    128. MaceMace
    129. AggravatorAggravator
    130. MaceMace
    131. ThugThug
    132. GruntGrunt
    133. CenturionCenturion
    134. LazarusLazarus
    135. ThugThug
    136. MaceMace
    137. GruntGrunt
    138. ThugThug ×2
    139. MaceMace
    140. GruntGrunt
    141. MaceMace
    142. LazarusLazarus
    143. ThugThug
    144. MaceMace
    145. ThugThug
    146. MaceMace
    147. GruntGrunt
    148. ThugThug
    149. MaceMace
    150. AggravatorAggravator
    151. GruntGrunt
    152. LazarusLazarus
    153. ThugThug
    154. MaceMace
    155. GruntGrunt
    156. ThugThug
    157. MaceMace
    158. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    159. GruntGrunt
    160. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    161. LazarusLazarus
    162. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 13:32
    163. MaceMace
    164. GruntGrunt
    165. ThugThug
    166. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    167. MaceMace ×2
    168. GruntGrunt
    169. LazarusLazarus
    170. MaceMace
    171. GruntGrunt
    172. MaceMace
    173. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    174. LazarusLazarus
    175. GruntGrunt
    176. MaceMace ×2
    177. GruntGrunt
    178. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    179. LazarusLazarus
    180. GruntGrunt

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [crd]sisa's (44 OS, 04/09/2026); 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

43.9 OS · 04/09/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
328 metal received · 11326 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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