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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 · 109 distinct matches · 30 players · 3% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 53% of 111 · 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 2:10
  • MaceMace in 85%5% of all Suicide front games by then

Where those units first fight, in 111 games with kill data: in the middle 98%.

Those units destroy a typical 2,885 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 109 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 ~0:42, middle half 0:26–0:58

    Some games also: Sentry (32%)

    By 0:25 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:37 · typical 0:42
  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 · 18 steps
    1. TickTick ×2
    2. PawnPawn ×2
    3. Wind
    4. PawnPawn
    5. SentrySentry
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. PawnPawn
    9. Mex
    10. PawnPawn
    11. SentrySentry
    12. PawnPawn
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. PawnPawn
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. MaceMacedone 3:07
  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 (45%) · 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 · 9 steps
    1. SentrySentry
    2. Mex
    3. MaceMace ×2
    4. SentrySentry
    5. MaceMace
    6. SentrySentry
    7. MaceMace ×2
    8. SentrySentry
    9. MaceMace ×6
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine15Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Lazarus3 Lazarus
    Army
    • Mace12 Mace +12 vs standard

    Some games also: con bot (39%) · Sentry (36%) · rocketeer (33%) · Radar Tower (33%) · Beamer (32%)

    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 · 51 steps
    1. MaceMace ×6
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. MaceMace
    4. Wind
    5. MaceMace ×2
    6. Wind ×2
    7. MaceMace
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. MaceMace ×2
    10. Wind
    11. MaceMace ×2
    12. Wind
    13. MaceMace ×3
    14. Wind
    15. MaceMace ×2
    16. Wind
    17. MaceMace
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. MaceMace
    20. Wind
    21. MaceMace ×3
    22. Wind
    23. MaceMace ×3
    24. Wind
    25. MaceMace ×2
    26. Wind
    27. MaceMace
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:54 · typical 10:25
    29. MaceMace
    30. Wind
    31. TickTick ×4
    32. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    33. TickTick
    34. Wind
    35. TickTick
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. TickTick
    38. Wind
    39. TickTick
    40. Wind
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. TickTick ×2
    43. Wind
    44. TickTick ×3
    45. Wind
    46. LazarusLazarus
    47. Wind
    48. TickTick ×8
    49. Cloakable Fusion ReactorCloakable Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    50. MaceMace ×6
    51. LazarusLazarus

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Stefan1156's (35 OS, 12/10/2026); 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 8:24 · 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

111 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
2:0094388721000
3:0019172008272184130130
4:0029523109800645575501
5:00399241841559135312351000
6:00508853472184218321061707
7:00624765433756305133612589
8:00737377604617393645203499
9:00843690465315468951274375
10:009391104125885531258205161
11:0010659118896422585866855966
12:0012068135787243640776436686
13:0013679153967604687686737455
14:0014492172968025750489478213
15:0016469192528264810695279007
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

Stefan1156

34.6 OS · 12/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
142 metal received · 13467 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:42Middle 50%: 0:26–0:58 · n=111
Advanced Metal Extractor10:25Middle 50%: 9:04–11:34 · n=68

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