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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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex
    2. SentrySentry
    3. Mex
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:58 · 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 · 7 steps
    1. CenturionCenturion
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. MaceMacedone 1:59
  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 · 38 steps
    1. Mex
    2. MaceMace
    3. Mex
    4. MaceMace ×2
    5. SentrySentry
    6. Mex
    7. MaceMace
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Wind
    11. SentrySentry
    12. MaceMace
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. MaceMace
    15. Wind
    16. MaceMace
    17. SentrySentry
    18. MaceMace
    19. Wind
    20. MaceMace
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. Con turret
    23. Wind
    24. SentrySentry
    25. Mex
    26. MaceMace
    27. Wind
    28. MaceMace
    29. SentrySentry
    30. ThugThug
    31. Wind
    32. MaceMace
    33. AggravatorAggravator
    34. SentrySentry
    35. GraverobberGraverobber
    36. MaceMace
    37. Wind
    38. Construction BotCon bot
  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 · 100 steps
    1. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    2. MaceMace
    3. AggravatorAggravator
    4. Wind
    5. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 5:49
    6. ThugThug
    7. AggravatorAggravator
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Con turret
    10. AggravatorAggravator
    11. Con turret
    12. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    13. MaceMace ×3
    14. GroundhogGroundhog
    15. Wind
    16. BlitzBlitz
    17. MaceMace
    18. Wind
    19. MaceMace
    20. BlitzBlitz
    21. Wind
    22. BlitzBlitz
    23. Wind
    24. MaceMace
    25. BlitzBlitz
    26. Wind
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. Wind
    29. Mex
    30. MaceMace
    31. Wind
    32. BlitzBlitz
    33. ThugThug
    34. Wind
    35. MaceMace
    36. Con turret
    37. BlitzBlitz
    38. Wind
    39. MaceMace
    40. BlitzBlitz
    41. JanusJanus
    42. Wind
    43. BlitzBlitz
    44. Wind
    45. MaceMace
    46. Wind
    47. BlitzBlitz
    48. Wind
    49. AggravatorAggravator
    50. MaceMace
    51. Wind
    52. BlitzBlitz
    53. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00
    54. MaceMace
    55. Con turret
    56. Wind
    57. ThugThug ×2
    58. Wind
    59. Con turret
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. ThugThug
    62. LazarusLazarus
    63. AggravatorAggravator
    64. Wind
    65. JanusJanus
    66. Wind
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. Wind
    69. BlitzBlitz
    70. Wind
    71. MaceMace
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. Wind
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. Wind ×2
    76. BlitzBlitz
    77. Wind
    78. MaceMace ×2
    79. Wind ×2
    80. BlitzBlitz
    81. MaceMace
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. MaceMace
    84. BlitzBlitz
    85. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:28 · typical 10:25
    86. MaceMace
    87. BlitzBlitz
    88. Mex
    89. BlitzBlitz
    90. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    91. BlitzBlitz
    92. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    93. BlitzBlitz
    94. Mex
    95. BlitzBlitz ×3
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    97. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:10
    98. BlitzBlitz ×3
    99. Mex
    100. BlitzBlitz ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [crd]sisa's (41 OS, 26/08/2026); 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

[crd]sisa

40.8 OS · 26/08/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
43 metal received · 30922 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

Played most by

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