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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 · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:20 · 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. Wind
    2. TickTick
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Mex ×3
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. SentrySentry
    7. Wind
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Mex
    10. LazarusLazarus ×3
    11. Mex
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. MaceMacedone 2:33
  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 · 15 steps
    1. MaceMace ×2
    2. MaceMace ×2for Front
    3. Metal storage
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. MaceMace
    6. MaceMace ×4for Front
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. MaceMace ×2for Front
    12. SentrySentry ×2
    13. Wind
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. SentrySentry
  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 · 97 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind
    6. BeamerBeamer
    7. Wind
    8. Con turret
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Con turret
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Metal storage
    13. MaceMacefor Front
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. Wind
    16. BeamerBeamer
    17. MaceMacefor Front
    18. Wind
    19. BeamerBeamer
    20. MaceMacefor Front
    21. Wind ×2
    22. BeamerBeamer
    23. Wind
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. Wind
    26. BeamerBeamer
    27. Wind
    28. Mex
    29. Energy storage
    30. Wind
    31. MaceMacefor Front
    32. BeamerBeamer
    33. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    34. MaceMace
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    37. Wind ×2
    38. MaceMace
    39. Wind ×3
    40. LazarusLazarus
    41. CenturionCenturion
    42. Wind ×2
    43. BeamerBeamer
    44. Wind ×3
    45. BeamerBeamer
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:19 · typical 10:25
    47. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete ×2
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. Mex
    50. Converter ×2
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. Converter
    53. Wind ×3
    54. Con turret
    55. Wind ×2
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. Wind
    58. Con turret ×2
    59. Wind
    60. Con turret
    61. Wind
    62. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    63. Wind
    64. ShipyardShipyarddone 12:08
    65. Wind ×2
    66. SkaterSkater ×2
    67. Wind
    68. DolphinDolphin ×3
    69. Wind
    70. DolphinDolphin ×2
    71. Con turret
    72. DolphinDolphin
    73. Wind
    74. Con turret
    75. DolphinDolphin
    76. Wind
    77. DolphinDolphin
    78. EelSubmarinedone 12:58
    79. Wind ×2
    80. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    81. Wind ×16
    82. Construction ShipCon ship
    83. Wind
    84. Con turret
    85. Wind
    86. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 14:24
    87. Wind ×3
    88. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    89. Wind ×2
    90. MaelstromMaelstromdone 14:32
    91. Wind
    92. MaelstromMaelstrom
    93. Wind ×2
    94. BermudaRadar jammer ship
    95. Wind
    96. MaelstromMaelstrom
    97. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is haaven's (47 OS, 19/09/2026); 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

haaven

47.2 OS · 19/09/2026

Open source match ↗

12 received units · includes a constructor
1328 metal received · 48603 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

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