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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:43 · 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 · 15 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Wind
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind ×3
    5. Mex
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    10. SentrySentry
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Wind
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. Wind
    15. MaceMacedone 2:08
  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. Wind
    2. MaceMace ×5
    3. Mex
    4. MaceMace ×2
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Converter
    7. MaceMace
    8. BeamerBeamer
    9. MaceMace ×2
    10. TickTick
    11. MaceMace
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. MaceMace
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. BeamerBeamer
    16. MaceMace ×4
    17. Con turret
    18. MaceMace
    19. GauntletGauntletdone 6:10
    20. CenturionCenturion
  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 · 208 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Converter
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Converter
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Wind
    7. Converter
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Converter
    10. Wind
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Converter
    13. MaceMace
    14. FerretFerret
    15. Wind
    16. Converter
    17. MaceMace
    18. Con turret
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. RascalRascal
    21. Wind
    22. LazarusLazarus
    23. MaceMace ×2
    24. BeamerBeamer
    25. Con turret
    26. Wind
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. MaceMace
    29. CenturionCenturion
    30. BeamerBeamer
    31. MaceMace
    32. LazarusLazarus
    33. Wind ×2
    34. MaceMace
    35. Energy storage
    36. MaceMace ×3
    37. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    38. BeamerBeamer
    39. Wind
    40. MaceMace
    41. Wind
    42. MaceMace
    43. Wind ×2
    44. CenturionCenturion
    45. Con turret
    46. MaceMace ×3
    47. Wind
    48. Con turret
    49. MaceMace
    50. Mex
    51. Wind
    52. MaceMace
    53. Wind
    54. MaceMace
    55. Wind
    56. Con turret
    57. MaceMace
    58. Wind
    59. CenturionCenturion
    60. Wind
    61. MaceMace
    62. Wind
    63. MaceMace
    64. Mex
    65. Wind
    66. MaceMace
    67. SentrySentry
    68. MaceMace
    69. CenturionCenturion
    70. Wind
    71. RocketeerRocketeer
    72. MaceMace
    73. SentrySentry
    74. Wind
    75. BlitzBlitz ×3
    76. Wind
    77. LazarusLazarus
    78. SentrySentry
    79. Wind
    80. MaceMace
    81. LazarusLazarus ×2
    82. Wind
    83. NettleNettle
    84. BlitzBlitz
    85. MaceMace
    86. LazarusLazarus
    87. NettleNettle
    88. Wind
    89. MaceMace
    90. BlitzBlitz
    91. MaceMace
    92. Con turret
    93. Wind
    94. CenturionCenturion ×2
    95. LazarusLazarus
    96. Wind ×2
    97. CenturionCenturion
    98. Wind
    99. LazarusLazarus
    100. Wind
    101. MaceMace
    102. LazarusLazarus
    103. Wind
    104. MaceMace
    105. Wind
    106. LazarusLazarus
    107. Wind
    108. LazarusLazarus
    109. Wind
    110. MaceMace
    111. Wind
    112. MaceMace ×2
    113. Wind
    114. MaceMace
    115. Wind ×2
    116. CenturionCenturion
    117. NettleNettle
    118. Wind ×2
    119. CenturionCenturion
    120. StoutStout
    121. MaceMace
    122. Wind ×2
    123. MaceMace
    124. Wind ×2
    125. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:42 · typical 10:25
    126. MaceMace
    127. Wind ×2
    128. StoutStout
    129. Wind ×2
    130. BlitzBlitz
    131. LazarusLazarus
    132. MaceMace
    133. Wind ×2
    134. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    135. MaceMace
    136. BlitzBlitz
    137. SentrySentry
    138. Wind
    139. MaceMace
    140. SentrySentry
    141. Wind
    142. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    143. BeamerBeamer
    144. Wind
    145. MaceMace
    146. Wind
    147. BeamerBeamer
    148. StoutStout
    149. BlitzBlitz
    150. CenturionCenturion
    151. Wind
    152. MaceMace
    153. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    154. Wind
    155. BeamerBeamer
    156. Construction BotCon bot
    157. MaceMace
    158. Wind
    159. MaceMace ×2
    160. Wind
    161. MaceMace
    162. Wind
    163. BeamerBeamer
    164. Wind
    165. MaceMace
    166. Wind
    167. MaceMace
    168. BlitzBlitz
    169. NettleNettle
    170. MaceMace
    171. Wind
    172. BeamerBeamer
    173. MaceMace
    174. Construction BotCon bot
    175. Wind ×2
    176. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    177. Construction BotCon bot
    178. Wind
    179. StoutStout
    180. BruteBrute
    181. Con turret
    182. MaceMace
    183. Wind
    184. MaceMace
    185. Wind
    186. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    187. Con turret
    188. Wind
    189. Construction BotCon bot
    190. Wind ×2
    191. Con turret
    192. LazarusLazarus
    193. Wind
    194. Con turret
    195. Wind
    196. LazarusLazarus
    197. Wind
    198. SentrySentry
    199. Wind
    200. LazarusLazarus
    201. Wind
    202. LazarusLazarus
    203. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    204. LazarusLazarus
    205. Wind
    206. NettleNettle
    207. Wind
    208. LazarusLazarus

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Horlof's (39 OS, 07/08/2026); 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

Horlof

39.3 OS · 07/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
63 metal received · 40091 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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