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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 0:44 · 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 · 13 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Wind
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Wind
    13. MaceMacedone 2:03
  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. LazarusLazarus
    2. SentrySentry
    3. MaceMace ×3
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. Wind
    6. MaceMace ×2
    7. Mex
    8. MaceMace
    9. TickTick
    10. LazarusLazarus ×2
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. BeamerBeamer
    13. MaceMace
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. Mex
    16. MaceMace
    17. BeamerBeamer
    18. MaceMace ×3
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. TickTick
  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 · 224 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. TickTick
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. Con turret
    5. TickTick
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Wind
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Wind
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Wind
    12. Converter ×2
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. CenturionCenturion
    16. Wind
    17. ThugThug
    18. MaceMace
    19. ThugThug
    20. TickTick
    21. Wind
    22. MaceMace
    23. ThugThug ×2
    24. Wind
    25. ThugThug
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. Wind ×2
    28. Construction BotCon bot
    29. Wind
    30. Construction BotCon bot
    31. Wind
    32. MaceMace
    33. Wind
    34. Con turret
    35. MaceMace
    36. Wind
    37. CenturionCenturion
    38. Wind
    39. TickTick
    40. Wind
    41. TickTick ×3
    42. Wind
    43. TickTick
    44. Wind
    45. TickTick
    46. Con turret
    47. TickTick
    48. Con turret
    49. TickTick ×2
    50. Wind
    51. Con turret
    52. TickTick
    53. Converter
    54. Construction BotCon bot
    55. Wind
    56. Construction BotCon bot
    57. Converter
    58. Wind
    59. Construction BotCon bot
    60. Energy storage
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:11 · typical 10:25
    62. Wind
    63. Construction BotCon bot
    64. Wind
    65. Converter
    66. Wind
    67. TickTick
    68. Converter
    69. TickTick
    70. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    71. TickTick ×3
    72. Wind
    73. TickTick
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick
    76. Wind
    77. TickTick
    78. Wind
    79. TickTick
    80. Wind
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. TickTick
    83. Wind
    84. TickTick ×3
    85. Wind
    86. Con turret
    87. TickTick
    88. Wind
    89. TickTick
    90. Wind ×2
    91. TickTick
    92. Wind
    93. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick
    98. Wind
    99. TickTick
    100. Converter
    101. TickTick
    102. Wind
    103. Converter
    104. TickTick ×2
    105. Wind ×2
    106. TickTick ×2
    107. Con turret
    108. TickTick
    109. Converter
    110. Wind
    111. TickTick ×3
    112. Converter
    113. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    114. TickTick ×3
    115. Con turret
    116. Wind
    117. Converter
    118. TickTick ×2
    119. Con turret
    120. TickTick
    121. Converter
    122. Wind
    123. TickTick
    124. Converter
    125. Con turret
    126. Converter
    127. TickTick
    128. Wind
    129. TickTick
    130. Wind
    131. TickTick ×2
    132. Converter
    133. Wind
    134. TickTick
    135. Wind
    136. TickTick
    137. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    138. TickTick
    139. Con turret
    140. Converter
    141. TickTick
    142. Wind
    143. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    144. Converter
    145. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    146. Con turret
    147. Wind
    148. TickTick
    149. Converter
    150. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    151. Converter
    152. Con turret
    153. TickTick
    154. Wind
    155. TickTick
    156. Pit BullPit Bull
    157. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    158. Converter
    159. Wind
    160. TickTick ×3
    161. Con turret
    162. Wind
    163. Converter
    164. TickTick
    165. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 13:32
    166. Wind
    167. LazarusLazarus
    168. Converter ×3
    169. Wind
    170. StormbringerBomber
    171. Converter
    172. LazarusLazarus
    173. Wind
    174. StormbringerBomber
    175. LazarusLazarus
    176. StormbringerBomber
    177. Wind
    178. LazarusLazarus
    179. Wind
    180. TickTick ×3
    181. FalconFighter
    182. TickTick
    183. FalconFighter
    184. TickTick
    185. Wind
    186. FalconFighter
    187. TickTick
    188. Pit BullPit Bull
    189. FalconFighter
    190. TickTick
    191. FalconFighter
    192. TickTick
    193. Wind
    194. FalconFighter
    195. TickTick
    196. FalconFighter
    197. TickTick
    198. FalconFighter
    199. TickTick
    200. FalconFighter
    201. TickTick
    202. FalconFighter
    203. TickTick
    204. FalconFighter
    205. TickTick
    206. Wind
    207. FalconFighter
    208. TickTick
    209. FalconFighter
    210. TickTick
    211. Wind
    212. FalconFighter
    213. TickTick
    214. StormbringerBomber
    215. TickTick
    216. Wind
    217. TickTick
    218. StormbringerBomber
    219. TickTick
    220. Wind
    221. StormbringerBomber
    222. TickTick
    223. Wind
    224. StormbringerBomber

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 ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
508 metal received · 49377 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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