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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. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:26 · 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 · 7 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. SentrySentry
    3. TickTick ×4
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. MaceMacedone 1:32
  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 · 14 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. SentrySentry
    3. MaceMace ×2
    4. SentrySentry
    5. MaceMace
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Mex
    8. OverwatchOverwatch
    9. MaceMace
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. MaceMace
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. MaceMace ×10
    14. Mex
  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 · 55 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. ThugThug
    3. Mex
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. MaceMace
    6. Wind
    7. Mex
    8. MaceMace
    9. LazarusLazarus ×2
    10. Wind
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. MaceMace ×2
    13. Wind
    14. Mex
    15. MaceMace
    16. Con turret
    17. MaceMace
    18. SentrySentry
    19. ThugThug
    20. IncisorIncisor
    21. MaceMace ×2
    22. ThugThug ×2
    23. IncisorIncisor
    24. MaceMace
    25. ThugThug
    26. MaceMace
    27. ThugThug
    28. GraverobberGraverobber
    29. Wind
    30. MaceMace
    31. LazarusLazarus ×3
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:53 · typical 10:25
    33. LazarusLazarus
    34. MaceMace ×2
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. Wind
    37. MaceMace ×2
    38. Wind
    39. ThugThug ×2
    40. MaceMace
    41. Wind
    42. MaceMace
    43. LazarusLazarus
    44. Converter
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. LazarusLazarus
    47. Converter
    48. Wind ×4
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. Advanced solar
    51. LazarusLazarus ×4
    52. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    53. LazarusLazarus
    54. Con turret
    55. LazarusLazarus

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Dread29's (33 OS, 01/10/2026); 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

Dread29

33.4 OS · 01/10/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
84 metal received · 8506 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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