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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
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:26 · 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 · 7 steps
    1. PawnPawn
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    4. Mex
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. MaceMacedone 1:37
  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 · 35 steps
    1. SentrySentry
    2. MaceMace
    3. Mex
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Wind
    6. MaceMace
    7. Mex
    8. MaceMace ×2
    9. Wind
    10. MaceMace
    11. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    12. BeamerBeamer
    13. Mex
    14. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    17. MaceMace
    18. Mex
    19. MaceMace
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    21. MaceMace ×2
    22. Wind
    23. LazarusLazarus ×2
    24. Wind
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. Wind
    30. LazarusLazarus
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Wind
    33. LazarusLazarus
    34. CenturionCenturion
    35. Mex
  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 · 69 steps
    1. CenturionCenturion
    2. Wind
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. Wind
    5. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    8. Wind
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    11. CrossbowCrossbow
    12. Wind
    13. TickTick ×5
    14. BeamerBeamer
    15. Wind
    16. TickTick ×7
    17. Con turret
    18. TickTick ×3
    19. PawnPawn ×6
    20. SentrySentry
    21. PawnPawn ×2
    22. SentrySentry
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Energy storage
    25. PawnPawn
    26. SentrySentry
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. SentrySentry
    29. LazarusLazarus
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:05 · typical 10:16
    31. Converter
    32. LazarusLazarus
    33. SentrySentry
    34. Wind
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. SentrySentry
    38. Wind
    39. Construction BotCon bot
    40. Wind
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Wind
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    45. Wind
    46. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. TickTick
    56. CenturionCenturion
    57. Wind
    58. MaceMace
    59. SentrySentry
    60. MaceMace ×2
    61. Con turret
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. MaceMace ×5
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. MaceMace ×10
    66. ChainsawChainsaw
    67. CenturionCenturion ×4
    68. Metal storage
    69. CenturionCenturion

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is xabre's (47 OS, 02/10/2026); 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 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
3:0020482049272180166106
4:0030413158748659583496
5:00415342431678141912231026
6:00534054352222229818661789
7:00647566724152316633622707
8:00749279304877402942693617
9:00872493175624478949674497
10:0010147107066580542158125319
11:0011393122657552589968606054
12:0012937141078257651580606819
13:0014435162319249701992187525
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

xabre

47.3 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

14 received units · includes a constructor
1390 metal received · 33462 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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