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Mace bot assault

Armada Suicide front build order · Supreme Isthmus

An economy-first start rushes Mace out of the Bot Lab from around 2:02, well ahead of the role's norm, to push a stronger bot assault into the middle before shifting to the usual mixed army.

#rush #push · 110 distinct matches · 30 players · 3% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 54% of 112 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • MaceT1 bot assault from 2:02 · 11% of role by thenFrom the Bot Lab. Only 11% of Suicide front games have it by then; others who build it get it around 2:11
  • MaceMace in 84%5% of all Suicide front games by then

Where those units first fight, in 112 games with kill data: in the middle 98%.

Those units destroy a typical 2,880 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into rocketeer (8% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Mace by 2:03

  1. Open single mex straight into Bot Lab by 0:44.
  2. Grab more mex and wind while lab keeps producing.
  3. Push Mace-led bot assault into middle ahead of schedule.
  4. Keep reinforcing with Mace, add Centurion for anti-swarm.
  5. Transition into usual Centurion/Blitz mix with T2 cons.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 110 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 ~0:41, middle half 0:26–0:58

    Some games also: Sentry (32%)

    By 0:24 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:26 · typical 0:41
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to T1 bot assault

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    Order
    1. MaceT1 bot assault after 3 mex, 1 wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Centurion1 Centurion

    Some games also: wind (42%) · Radar Tower (41%) · tick (36%)

    By 2:02 in all: 3 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 7 steps
    1. PawnPawn
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    4. Mex
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. MaceMacedone 1:37
  3. 3

    T1 bot assault to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine5Wind+2 vs standard
    Builders
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    • Lazarus1 Lazarus
    Army
    • Sentry2 Sentry
    • Mace11 Mace +11 vs standard

    Some games also: Radar Tower (46%) · con turret (43%) · Beamer (42%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 15 rocketeer

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

    The example game in this phase · 35 steps
    1. SentrySentry
    2. MaceMace
    3. Mex
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Wind
    6. MaceMace
    7. Mex
    8. MaceMace ×2
    9. Wind
    10. MaceMace
    11. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    12. BeamerBeamer
    13. Mex
    14. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    17. MaceMace
    18. Mex
    19. MaceMace
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    21. MaceMace ×2
    22. Wind
    23. LazarusLazarus ×2
    24. Wind
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. Wind
    30. LazarusLazarus
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Wind
    33. LazarusLazarus
    34. CenturionCenturion
    35. Mex
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine16Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Lazarus3 Lazarus
    Army
    • Mace12 Mace +12 vs standard

    Some games also: con bot (39%) · Sentry (37%) · rocketeer (34%) · Radar Tower (34%) · Beamer (33%)

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

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 21 wind · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 69 steps
    1. CenturionCenturion
    2. Wind
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. Wind
    5. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    8. Wind
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    11. CrossbowCrossbow
    12. Wind
    13. TickTick ×5
    14. BeamerBeamer
    15. Wind
    16. TickTick ×7
    17. Con turret
    18. TickTick ×3
    19. PawnPawn ×6
    20. SentrySentry
    21. PawnPawn ×2
    22. SentrySentry
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Energy storage
    25. PawnPawn
    26. SentrySentry
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. SentrySentry
    29. LazarusLazarus
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:05 · typical 10:26
    31. Converter
    32. LazarusLazarus
    33. SentrySentry
    34. Wind
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. SentrySentry
    38. Wind
    39. Construction BotCon bot
    40. Wind
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Wind
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    45. Wind
    46. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. TickTick
    56. CenturionCenturion
    57. Wind
    58. MaceMace
    59. SentrySentry
    60. MaceMace ×2
    61. Con turret
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. MaceMace ×5
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. MaceMace ×10
    66. ChainsawChainsaw
    67. CenturionCenturion ×4
    68. Metal storage
    69. CenturionCenturion

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is xabre's (47 OS, 02/10/2026); 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 70% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Tech or Geofirst at 8:26 · in 47% 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

010k20k
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

112 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
1:003112300000
2:0094488621000
3:0019162007272184130130
4:0029503108798642573501
5:0039704184150913481233997
6:00508153492180218520811706
7:00623065393735306033392588
8:00736777574606393945203500
9:00839390335296470451574382
10:009368104005796531458285148
11:0010644118846419585766995955
12:0012068135727110640676626673
13:0013554153947602687586347437
14:0014511172907984750389448209
15:0016570192578187811695828981
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Won less often than the standard Suicide front build despite destroying more enemy metal.

  • + Destroys 10959 metal by 15:00 vs standard's 8295
  • + Mace committed by 2:03, far ahead of the 10% norm
  • − Own losses run higher, 11331 vs 9179 by 15:00
  • − Metal produced trails standard by 15:00, 18386 vs 20141
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

xabre

47.3 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

14 received units · includes a constructor
1390 metal received · 33462 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:41Middle 50%: 0:26–0:58 · n=112
Advanced Metal Extractor10:26Middle 50%: 9:05–11:34 · n=69

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