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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 0:59 · 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 · 10 steps
    1. CenturionCenturion
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. Solar
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex
    10. MaceMacedone 2:36
  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 · 26 steps
    1. SentrySentry
    2. MaceMace
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Mex
    5. MaceMace ×2
    6. Wind
    7. MaceMace
    8. Mex
    9. Wind
    10. SentrySentry
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Con turret
    13. Wind
    14. MaceMace
    15. Con turret
    16. Wind
    17. MaceMace ×2
    18. Mex
    19. Wind
    20. MaceMace
    21. Wind ×2
    22. SentrySentry
    23. MaceMace
    24. Wind ×4
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. Wind ×2
  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 · 116 steps
    1. Wind
    2. MaceMace
    3. Wind ×3
    4. SentrySentry
    5. MaceMace
    6. SentrySentry
    7. Wind
    8. MaceMace ×2
    9. NettleNettle
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Con turret
    12. NettleNettle
    13. Wind
    14. MaceMace
    15. Wind ×3
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. NettleNettle
    18. Wind ×3
    19. MaceMace
    20. Wind ×2
    21. NettleNettle
    22. Wind
    23. MaceMace ×2
    24. NettleNettle
    25. MaceMace
    26. Con turret
    27. NettleNettle
    28. MaceMace
    29. NettleNettle
    30. LazarusLazarus
    31. MaceMace ×3
    32. NettleNettle
    33. MaceMace
    34. NettleNettle
    35. MaceMace
    36. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 8:24
    37. NettleNettle
    38. LazarusLazarus
    39. SentrySentry
    40. BlitzBlitz
    41. MaceMace
    42. BlitzBlitz
    43. SentrySentry
    44. BlitzBlitz ×2
    45. MaceMace
    46. CenturionCenturion
    47. BlitzBlitz
    48. Mex
    49. BlitzBlitz
    50. MaceMace
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. NettleNettle
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. LazarusLazarus
    55. BlitzBlitz ×2
    56. MaceMace
    57. NettleNettle
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:02 · typical 10:25
    60. MaceMace
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. MaceMace
    63. BlitzBlitz ×2
    64. MaceMace
    65. BlitzBlitz ×2
    66. LazarusLazarus
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. MaceMace
    69. BlitzBlitz
    70. NettleNettle
    71. BlitzBlitz ×2
    72. MaceMace
    73. NettleNettle
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. BlitzBlitz ×2
    76. MaceMace
    77. BlitzBlitz ×2
    78. MaceMace
    79. SentrySentry
    80. BlitzBlitz ×2
    81. MaceMace
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. MaceMace
    84. BlitzBlitz
    85. NettleNettle
    86. MaceMace
    87. BlitzBlitz
    88. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    89. BlitzBlitz
    90. WhistlerMissile truck
    91. BlitzBlitz ×3
    92. MaceMace
    93. BlitzBlitz
    94. WhistlerMissile truck
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. JanusJanus
    97. BlitzBlitz ×2
    98. NettleNettle
    99. BlitzBlitz
    100. JanusJanus
    101. BlitzBlitz
    102. MaceMace
    103. BlitzBlitz
    104. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    105. BlitzBlitz ×2
    106. MaceMace
    107. BlitzBlitz ×9
    108. MaceMace
    109. BlitzBlitz ×2
    110. JanusJanus
    111. MaceMace
    112. BlitzBlitz
    113. NettleNettle
    114. BlitzBlitz ×2
    115. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    116. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [crd]sisa's (40 OS, 30/08/2026); 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

40.3 OS · 30/08/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
212 metal received · 13157 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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