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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 · 113 distinct matches · 31 players · 3% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 53% of 115 · 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 83%6% of all Suicide front games by then

Where those units first fight, in 115 games with kill data: in the middle 98%.

Those units destroy a typical 2,875 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 113 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 ~0:40, middle half 0:27–0:58

    Some games also: Sentry (31%)

    By 0:23 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:47 · typical 0:40
  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 (43%) · Radar Tower (42%) · tick (35%)

    By 2:02 in all: 3 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 11 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. SentrySentry
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Wind
    10. Mex
    11. MaceMacedone 2:30
  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
    • Mace10 Mace +10 vs standard

    Some games also: Radar Tower (46%) · con turret (43%) · Beamer (41%)

    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 · 26 steps
    1. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    2. Wind
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Wind
    5. MaceMace
    6. SentrySentry
    7. Wind
    8. MaceMace
    9. Con turret
    10. SentrySentry ×2
    11. MaceMace
    12. SentrySentry
    13. MaceMace
    14. Wind
    15. Bot LabBot Labdone 4:24
    16. CenturionCenturion
    17. Wind ×2
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. MaceMace
    20. Wind
    21. MaceMace
    22. Energy storage
    23. MaceMace ×2
    24. Wind
    25. MaceMace ×2
    26. Wind
  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 (38%) · Sentry (38%) · Beamer (34%) · Radar Tower (34%) · rocketeer (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 · 118 steps
    1. MaceMace
    2. Wind
    3. SentrySentry
    4. MaceMace ×2
    5. Wind
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Wind ×2
    8. MaceMace
    9. Wind
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Wind
    12. MaceMace
    13. Wind
    14. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    15. MaceMace
    16. Wind
    17. MaceMace
    18. Wind
    19. MaceMace
    20. Wind
    21. MaceMace
    22. Wind
    23. MaceMace
    24. Wind
    25. CenturionCenturion
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. Wind
    28. MaceMace
    29. Wind
    30. MaceMace
    31. SentrySentry
    32. Wind
    33. MaceMace
    34. Wind
    35. MaceMace
    36. Wind
    37. MaceMace
    38. WhistlerMissile truck
    39. Wind
    40. CenturionCenturion
    41. Wind
    42. Con turret
    43. Mex
    44. SentrySentry
    45. Wind
    46. LazarusLazarus
    47. Wind
    48. JanusJanus
    49. MaceMace
    50. SentrySentry
    51. Wind
    52. MaceMace
    53. Wind
    54. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    55. LazarusLazarus
    56. WhistlerMissile truck
    57. Wind
    58. LazarusLazarus
    59. MaceMace ×3
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:25 · typical 10:25
    61. CenturionCenturion
    62. MaceMace
    63. JanusJanus
    64. CenturionCenturion
    65. ShellshockerArty
    66. LazarusLazarus
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. MaceMace
    69. ShellshockerArty
    70. MaceMace ×3
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. MaceMace
    73. ThugThug
    74. LazarusLazarus
    75. Mex
    76. MaceMace
    77. LazarusLazarus
    78. SentrySentry
    79. StoutStout
    80. CenturionCenturion
    81. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    82. Construction BotCon bot
    83. SentrySentry
    84. Construction BotCon bot
    85. ShellshockerArty
    86. MaceMace ×2
    87. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    88. JaguarJaguar
    89. MaceMace ×3
    90. JaguarJaguar
    91. CenturionCenturion
    92. LazarusLazarus
    93. BlitzBlitz
    94. MaceMace ×3
    95. JanusJanus
    96. MaceMace ×2
    97. CenturionCenturion
    98. Mex
    99. LazarusLazarus
    100. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    101. MaceMace ×7
    102. ChainsawChainsaw
    103. CenturionCenturion
    104. LazarusLazarus
    105. MaceMace ×5
    106. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    107. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    108. CenturionCenturion
    109. LazarusLazarus
    110. MaceMace ×5
    111. CenturionCenturion
    112. LazarusLazarus
    113. MaceMace
    114. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    115. MaceMace ×4
    116. LazarusLazarus ×2
    117. CenturionCenturion
    118. Construction BotCon bot

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Crd]Atlas's (31 OS, 17/09/2026); 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 70% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Tech or Geofirst at 8:22 · in 49% 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

115 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
2:0094688621000
3:0019262007272185130130
4:0029653109796643562501
5:0039944185145913521230996
6:00510453502175218319951706
7:00630765453714306033612588
8:00739977574595393745203496
9:00839690355212469351874370
10:009345104025706531458365146
11:0010629118866416585867125952
12:0012067135726976640776806663
13:0013429153977599687587017432
14:0014492172987943750389718209
15:0016469192698109812496378981
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

[Crd]Atlas

30.6 OS · 17/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
88 metal received · 61559 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:40Middle 50%: 0:27–0:58 · n=115
Advanced Metal Extractor10:25Middle 50%: 9:08–11:33 · n=70

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