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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 ×2
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:38 · 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 · 7 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. Mex
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. SentrySentry
    6. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    7. MaceMacedone 1:53
  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 · 27 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Mex
    3. MaceMace
    4. Wind
    5. MaceMace
    6. Mex
    7. SentrySentry
    8. MaceMace
    9. Wind
    10. SentrySentry
    11. MaceMace
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Wind
    15. CenturionCenturion
    16. Wind
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. Wind
    20. MaceMace
    21. Con turret
    22. MaceMace ×4
    23. LazarusLazarus
    24. SentrySentry
    25. CenturionCenturion
    26. SentrySentry
    27. Energy storage
  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 · 49 steps
    1. MaceMace
    2. Con turret
    3. MaceMace
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Wind
    6. OverwatchOverwatch
    7. MaceMace
    8. Wind
    9. MaceMace
    10. Wind
    11. MaceMace
    12. Wind
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. Wind
    15. CenturionCenturion
    16. Wind
    17. MaceMace
    18. Wind
    19. MaceMace
    20. Wind
    21. MaceMace
    22. Wind
    23. MaceMace ×2
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. Wind
    26. CenturionCenturion
    27. MaceMace ×2
    28. Wind
    29. MaceMace ×3
    30. Wind
    31. LazarusLazarus
    32. Wind ×2
    33. LazarusLazarus
    34. Converter
    35. MaceMace
    36. LazarusLazarus
    37. Converter
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00 · typical 10:25
    39. LazarusLazarus
    40. MaceMace
    41. BeamerBeamer
    42. LazarusLazarus ×3
    43. Converter
    44. Wind
    45. Converter
    46. Wind ×4
    47. Converter
    48. NettleNettle
    49. Wind ×3

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
51 metal received · 20863 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

Played most by

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