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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:35 · 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 · 13 steps
    1. Wind
    2. CenturionCenturion
    3. Wind
    4. SentrySentry
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Mex
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Mex
    12. Con turretfor Air
    13. MaceMacedone 2:15
  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 · 29 steps
    1. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    2. MaceMace ×2
    3. Mex
    4. MaceMace ×2
    5. SentrySentry
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. SentrySentry
    8. Wind ×3
    9. MaceMace
    10. Con turret
    11. MaceMace
    12. Wind
    13. SentrySentry
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. MaceMace ×2
    16. Wind
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. MaceMace
    19. NettleNettle
    20. Wind
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. Con turret
    23. MaceMace
    24. Wind ×2
    25. MaceMace
    26. Wind ×2
    27. PawnPawn
    28. MaceMace
    29. Wind
  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 · 149 steps
    1. MaceMace
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. Wind
    5. PawnPawn
    6. MaceMace
    7. Wind ×2
    8. PawnPawn
    9. MaceMace
    10. SentrySentry
    11. Wind
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Wind
    14. MaceMace
    15. Wind ×2
    16. MaceMace
    17. Wind ×2
    18. MaceMace
    19. Wind
    20. Con turret
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. Wind
    23. Con turret
    24. MaceMace
    25. Wind
    26. MaceMace
    27. Wind
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. Wind ×2
    30. MaceMace
    31. Wind
    32. MaceMace
    33. Wind ×2
    34. MaceMace
    35. Wind
    36. LazarusLazarus
    37. Wind ×2
    38. Converter
    39. Wind
    40. Converter ×2
    41. Wind
    42. Converter
    43. Wind
    44. Converter
    45. Wind
    46. Converter
    47. Wind ×2
    48. Converter
    49. Wind
    50. Con turret
    51. Wind
    52. Converter
    53. Con turret
    54. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    55. Wind
    56. Con turret
    57. Wind
    58. Converter
    59. Wind ×2
    60. Converter
    61. Wind
    62. Converter
    63. Wind
    64. Converter ×2
    65. Wind ×8
    66. Construction BotCon bot
    67. Wind ×9
    68. Con turret
    69. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    70. Wind
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:27 · typical 10:25
    72. Con turret
    73. Wind
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3
    75. Wind ×3
    76. AnemoneAnemone
    77. Wind
    78. Construction BotCon bot
    79. Con turret ×2
    80. Wind
    81. Converter
    82. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 11:33
    83. Converter
    84. Wind ×2
    85. AnemoneAnemone
    86. Wind ×5
    87. VeilVeil
    88. Wind ×2
    89. Converter
    90. AnemoneAnemone
    91. Wind
    92. Converter
    93. Wind ×12
    94. SmugglerJammer bot
    95. Wind ×2
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    97. CompassRadar bot
    98. Wind ×3
    99. SharpshooterSniper botdone 12:28
    100. Wind ×6
    101. SharpshooterSniper bot
    102. Wind ×6
    103. SharpshooterSniper bot
    104. Wind ×6
    105. ArchangelArchangeldone 13:04
    106. Wind ×4
    107. ArchangelArchangel
    108. Wind ×3
    109. WelderWelder ×2
    110. Wind ×2
    111. SharpshooterSniper bot
    112. Wind ×4
    113. SharpshooterSniper bot
    114. Wind
    115. CompassRadar bot
    116. Wind ×2
    117. SmugglerJammer bot ×2
    118. CompassRadar bot
    119. Wind
    120. WelderWelder
    121. Wind
    122. WelderWelder
    123. Wind
    124. ArchangelArchangel
    125. Wind ×3
    126. ArchangelArchangel
    127. Wind ×3
    128. TickTick
    129. Wind
    130. TickTick ×4
    131. Wind
    132. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:37
    133. TickTick
    134. PawnPawn
    135. Converter
    136. Wind
    137. PawnPawn ×2
    138. Converter
    139. PawnPawn ×3
    140. Wind
    141. PawnPawn
    142. Converter
    143. PawnPawn ×4
    144. Wind
    145. PawnPawn
    146. Converter
    147. PawnPawn ×3
    148. Converter
    149. PawnPawn ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [crd]sisa's (44 OS, 04/09/2026); 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

[crd]sisa

43.9 OS · 04/09/2026

Open source match ↗

21 received units · includes a constructor
415 metal received · 53655 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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