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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 · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:20 · 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 · 16 steps
    1. TickTickfor Front
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Mex
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Mex
    7. SentrySentry
    8. Construction BotCon botfor Front
    9. PawnPawn ×2
    10. Mex
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. PawnPawn
    13. Mex
    14. PawnPawn ×2
    15. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    16. MaceMacedone 2:26
  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 · 20 steps
    1. BeamerBeamer
    2. MaceMace ×2
    3. Mex
    4. MaceMace ×2
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. SentrySentry ×2
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. SentrySentry
    9. MaceMace
    10. BeamerBeamer
    11. MaceMace ×3
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. Energy storage
    14. MaceMace ×2
    15. Wind
    16. OverwatchOverwatch
    17. MaceMace
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. Wind
    20. LazarusLazarus
  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 · 202 steps
    1. MaceMace
    2. Wind
    3. MaceMace
    4. OverwatchOverwatch
    5. MaceMace
    6. SentrySentry
    7. Con turret
    8. Wind
    9. MaceMace
    10. Wind
    11. MaceMace
    12. Wind
    13. MaceMace
    14. Con turret
    15. Wind
    16. Con turret
    17. MaceMace
    18. Wind
    19. MaceMace
    20. Wind
    21. Energy storage
    22. MaceMace
    23. SentrySentry
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. Wind
    26. Advanced solar
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. Wind
    29. Advanced solar
    30. SentrySentry
    31. MaceMace
    32. Wind
    33. Advanced solar
    34. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    35. MaceMace
    36. Wind
    37. MaceMace
    38. SentrySentry
    39. Wind
    40. MaceMace
    41. Converter
    42. SentrySentry
    43. Converter
    44. MaceMace
    45. Wind
    46. Converter
    47. MaceMace
    48. TickTick
    49. Converter
    50. Wind
    51. TickTick ×2
    52. Converter
    53. TickTick
    54. Converter
    55. TickTick ×2
    56. Converter
    57. TickTick
    58. Wind
    59. Converter
    60. TickTick
    61. Converter
    62. LazarusLazarus
    63. Converter
    64. TickTick
    65. Converter
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Wind
    68. Converter
    69. TickTick ×5
    70. Wind
    71. SentrySentry
    72. TickTick
    73. LazarusLazarus
    74. TickTick
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Wind
    77. TickTick ×3
    78. SentrySentry
    79. TickTick ×3
    80. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:01 · typical 10:25
    81. LazarusLazarus
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick
    84. SentrySentry
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Wind
    87. MaceMace
    88. TickTick
    89. Wind
    90. TickTick
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    92. MaceMace
    93. TickTick ×2
    94. Wind ×2
    95. TickTick
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick
    98. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    99. Con turret
    100. Wind
    101. Con turret
    102. Wind
    103. Energy storage
    104. Wind
    105. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:20
    106. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:27
    107. Wind
    108. StoutStout
    109. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    110. PawnPawn
    111. StoutStout
    112. PawnPawn
    113. Wind
    114. StoutStout
    115. PawnPawn
    116. StoutStout
    117. PawnPawn
    118. Wind
    119. PawnPawn
    120. StoutStout
    121. PawnPawn
    122. Wind
    123. StoutStout
    124. TickTick
    125. StoutStout
    126. TickTick
    127. LazarusLazarus
    128. StoutStout
    129. PawnPawn
    130. Wind
    131. StoutStout
    132. PawnPawn
    133. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    134. StoutStout
    135. Wind
    136. PawnPawn
    137. StoutStout
    138. PawnPawn
    139. StoutStout
    140. PawnPawn
    141. StoutStout
    142. PawnPawn
    143. StoutStout
    144. TickTick ×2
    145. StoutStout
    146. LazarusLazarus
    147. StoutStout
    148. PawnPawn
    149. Wind
    150. StoutStout
    151. PawnPawn ×2
    152. Wind
    153. StoutStout
    154. PawnPawn
    155. StoutStout
    156. PawnPawn
    157. StoutStout
    158. PawnPawn
    159. StoutStout
    160. TickTick
    161. Wind
    162. VeilVeil
    163. TickTick
    164. StoutStout
    165. LazarusLazarus
    166. Wind
    167. StoutStout
    168. PawnPawn
    169. StoutStout
    170. PawnPawn
    171. StoutStout
    172. PawnPawn
    173. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    174. PawnPawn
    175. Wind
    176. StoutStout
    177. PawnPawn
    178. Wind
    179. WhistlerMissile truck
    180. CrossbowCrossbow
    181. WhistlerMissile truck
    182. CrossbowCrossbow
    183. WhistlerMissile truck
    184. CrossbowCrossbow
    185. Wind
    186. WhistlerMissile truck
    187. CrossbowCrossbow
    188. Wind
    189. WhistlerMissile truck
    190. CrossbowCrossbow
    191. StoutStout
    192. PawnPawn
    193. StoutStout
    194. TickTick ×2
    195. StoutStout
    196. LazarusLazarus
    197. Wind
    198. StoutStout
    199. PawnPawn
    200. Wind
    201. StoutStout
    202. PawnPawn ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Cookie]Maco's (53 OS, 09/08/2026); 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

[Cookie]Maco

52.5 OS · 09/08/2026

Open source match ↗

12 received units · includes a constructor
2734 metal received · 88730 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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