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Mace bot assault

Armada Suicide front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Bot lab economy start committing early to Mace-led T1 bot assault from 2:10, pushing into the middle and occasionally into the enemy base.

#rush #push · 71 distinct matches · 18 players · 3% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 53% of 72 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • MaceT1 bot assault from 2:10 · 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 1:57
  • MaceMace in 94%5% of all Suicide front games by then
  • CenturionCenturion in 43%11% of all Suicide front games by then

Where those units first fight, in 72 games with kill data: in the middle 96%.

Those units destroy a typical 3,096 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into blitz (9% of army), centurion (8% 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 71 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 ~0:45, middle half 0:26–0:58

    Some games also: Sentry (44%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:42 · typical 0:45
  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: wind (40%) · solar (36%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 2 rocketeer

    By 2:10 in all: 4 mex

    The example game in this phase · 15 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Wind
    3. TickTick ×2
    4. PawnPawn ×5
    5. LazarusLazarus ×2
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. SentrySentry
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. SentrySentry
    13. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. MaceMacedone 3:20
  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%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 16 rocketeer

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind (standard 4) · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 13 steps
    1. MaceMace
    2. SentrySentry
    3. MaceMace
    4. SentrySentry
    5. MaceMace ×2
    6. Mex
    7. MaceMace ×2
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Con turret
    10. MaceMace ×4
    11. BeamerBeamer
    12. MaceMace ×2
    13. Con turret
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine18Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Lazarus4 Lazarus +2 vs standard
    Army
    • Mace16 Mace +16 vs standard

    Some games also: centurion (40%) · Sentry (39%) · Radar Tower (36%) · Beamer (35%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 8 rocketeer

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 24 wind · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 122 steps
    1. BeamerBeamer
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Con turret
    4. Wind
    5. MaceMace
    6. Wind
    7. MaceMace
    8. Wind ×2
    9. MaceMace
    10. Wind ×2
    11. MaceMace
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. Wind
    14. Mex
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    17. Wind ×2
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind ×2
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind
    22. BeamerBeamer
    23. Wind
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:36 · typical 10:16
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. BeamerBeamer
    28. Wind ×2
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. BeamerBeamer
    31. Mex
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Mex
    34. Energy storage
    35. Wind ×3
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. Wind
    38. BeamerBeamer
    39. Wind ×4
    40. RocketeerRocketeer
    41. Wind
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
    43. BeamerBeamer
    44. Wind ×2
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. Wind
    47. Con turret
    48. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    49. MaceMace
    50. Wind
    51. MaceMace
    52. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    53. Wind
    54. MaceMace
    55. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    56. Wind
    57. TickTick
    58. Wind
    59. TickTick
    60. Con turret
    61. TickTick
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. TickTick ×8
    64. BeamerBeamer
    65. MaceMace ×4
    66. BeamerBeamer
    67. MaceMace ×2
    68. NettleNettle
    69. MaceMace ×3
    70. GauntletGauntletdone 12:09
    71. MaceMace ×2
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. MaceMace
    74. TickTick ×7
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick ×2
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick ×2
    79. Wind
    80. TickTick ×2
    81. Wind
    82. TickTick ×2
    83. Wind
    84. TickTick ×2
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick ×2
    87. Wind
    88. TickTick ×2
    89. Wind
    90. TickTick ×2
    91. Wind
    92. TickTick
    93. Metal storage
    94. Construction BotCon bot
    95. Wind
    96. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    97. Pit BullPit Bull
    98. Wind
    99. Con turret
    100. Wind
    101. Con turret ×2
    102. TickTick
    103. Wind
    104. TickTick
    105. Wind
    106. TickTick ×2
    107. Con turret
    108. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    109. TickTick ×2
    110. Wind
    111. TickTick ×3
    112. Wind
    113. TickTick
    114. PawnPawn
    115. Wind
    116. PawnPawn
    117. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    118. PawnPawn
    119. Wind
    120. PawnPawn ×2
    121. Wind
    122. Pit BullPit Bull

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is yeskinkot's (40 OS, 11/09/2026); 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 64% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Tech or Geofirst at 8:23 · in 46% 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

72 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
2:0097388931000
3:0020482050272180166106
4:0030413158748658583496
5:00415342431678141912231026
6:00534054342222229818661788
7:00647566724152316633622706
8:00749279284877402942693614
9:00872493175624478949674497
10:0010147107066580542158125319
11:0011393122657552589968606054
12:0012937141078257651580606819
13:0014435162319249701992187523
14:001535018114102097699103008340
15:001696420441106178316111259228
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

yeskinkot

40.0 OS · 11/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
19 metal received · 18169 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:26–0:58 · n=72
Advanced Metal Extractor10:16Middle 50%: 8:58–11:13 · n=48

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