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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 · 110 distinct matches · 31 players · 3% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 53% of 112 · 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 84%5% of all Suicide front games by then

Where those units first fight, in 112 games with kill data: in the middle 98%.

Those units destroy a typical 2,880 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 110 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 ~0:42, middle half 0:26–0:58

    Some games also: Sentry (32%)

    By 0:25 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:46 · typical 0:42
  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 (36%)

    By 2:02 in all: 3 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. PawnPawn ×2
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. MaceMacedone 1:30
  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
    • Mace11 Mace +11 vs standard

    Some games also: Radar Tower (46%) · con turret (44%) · Beamer (42%)

    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 · 25 steps
    1. MaceMace ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. MaceMace ×3
    5. Wind
    6. MaceMace ×2
    7. Wind
    8. Mex
    9. MaceMace ×2
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. MaceMace ×2
    13. SentrySentry
    14. MaceMace
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. MaceMace ×2
    17. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    18. MaceMace
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. MaceMace ×4
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. MaceMace
    23. Wind
    24. MaceMace ×2
    25. Wind
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine15Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Lazarus3 Lazarus
    Army
    • Mace13 Mace +13 vs standard

    Some games also: con bot (38%) · Sentry (36%) · rocketeer (34%) · Radar Tower (33%) · Beamer (32%)

    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 · 30 steps
    1. MaceMace
    2. Wind
    3. MaceMace
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Wind
    6. MaceMace ×2
    7. Wind
    8. CrossbowCrossbow
    9. MaceMace
    10. CrossbowCrossbow
    11. Wind
    12. MaceMace
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Wind
    15. MaceMace
    16. ThugThug
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. ThugThug
    19. Wind
    20. Construction BotCon bot
    21. ThugThug
    22. Wind
    23. MaceMace ×2
    24. BlitzBlitz
    25. MaceMace
    26. Wind
    27. ThugThug
    28. MaceMace
    29. LazarusLazarus
    30. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is XXMACGAMERXX's (40 OS, 13/10/2026); 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 71% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Tech or Geofirst at 8:24 · 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

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

112 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
2:0094488721000
3:0019162009278184141130
4:0029503109815644592501
5:0039704182150913501233999
6:00508153472180218320811707
7:00623065393735305433392589
8:00736777554606393844283499
9:00839390405296469250854371
10:009368104105796531258285156
11:0010644118886419585666995965
12:0012068135787110640176276685
13:0013554153967614687086877455
14:0014457173028062750389598213
15:0016395192578300811395828994
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

XXMACGAMERXX

40.3 OS · 13/10/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units
15 metal received · 7949 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:42Middle 50%: 0:26–0:58 · n=112
Advanced Metal Extractor10:25Middle 50%: 9:04–11:34 · n=68

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