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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 · 91 distinct matches · 24 players · 3% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 49% of 92 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • MaceT1 bot assault from 1:50 · 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 2:13
  • MaceMace in 75%6% of all Suicide front games by then

Where those units first fight, in 92 games with kill data: in the middle 99%.

Those units destroy a typical 2,523 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into rocketeer (11% 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 91 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+2 vs standard
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 2 mexdone ~0:35, middle half 0:26–0:45

    By 0:18 in all: 2 mex (standard 0)

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:29 · typical 0:35
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to T1 bot assault

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex−2 vs standard
    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 (42%) · tick (40%)

    By 1:49 in all: 3 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. TickTick ×10
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. PawnPawn
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. MaceMacedone 1:53
  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
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: Beamer (47%) · rocketeer (43%) · con turret (37%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 16 rocketeer

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 5 wind

    The example game in this phase · 21 steps
    1. MaceMace
    2. Mex
    3. MaceMace ×2
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Mex
    6. MaceMace
    7. Mex
    8. SentrySentry
    9. MaceMace
    10. SentrySentry
    11. Mex
    12. SentrySentry
    13. MaceMace
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. Mex
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. MaceMace ×2
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Mex
    21. MaceMace ×2
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine13Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Lazarus3 Lazarus
    Army
    • Mace9 Mace +9 vs standard

    Some games also: con bot (43%) · Sentry (41%) · rocketeer (39%) · Beamer (36%) · Radar Tower (33%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 8 rocketeer

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 20 wind · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 117 steps
    1. Mex
    2. MaceMace
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. MaceMace
    5. OverwatchOverwatch
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. LazarusLazarus ×2
    8. MaceMace ×5
    9. Con turret
    10. MaceMace
    11. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    12. MaceMace
    13. LazarusLazarus ×2
    14. MaceMace ×4
    15. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    16. MaceMace
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Wind
    19. MaceMace
    20. SentrySentry
    21. MaceMace
    22. Mex
    23. MaceMace ×2
    24. SentrySentry
    25. MaceMace ×3
    26. Mex
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. Wind
    29. MaceMace
    30. LazarusLazarus
    31. Wind
    32. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    33. Wind
    34. MaceMace
    35. Wind
    36. SentrySentry
    37. MaceMace
    38. Wind ×2
    39. MaceMace
    40. Wind
    41. MaceMace
    42. Wind ×2
    43. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    44. MaceMace
    45. SentrySentry
    46. Wind
    47. SentrySentry
    48. MaceMace
    49. SentrySentry
    50. Wind
    51. SentrySentry
    52. Mex
    53. SentrySentry
    54. MaceMace
    55. SentrySentry
    56. Mex
    57. LazarusLazarus ×2
    58. TickTick
    59. Wind
    60. TickTick
    61. Wind
    62. TickTick ×2
    63. Wind
    64. TickTick
    65. SentrySentry
    66. TickTick ×2
    67. Wind
    68. TickTick ×2
    69. SentrySentry
    70. Wind
    71. TickTick ×2
    72. Wind
    73. TickTick
    74. SentrySentry
    75. TickTick
    76. Wind
    77. TickTick ×2
    78. Con turret
    79. TickTick
    80. SentrySentry
    81. TickTick ×2
    82. SentrySentry
    83. TickTick ×2
    84. Con turret
    85. TickTick
    86. SentrySentry
    87. TickTick ×5
    88. Wind
    89. TickTick
    90. Wind
    91. TickTick
    92. SentrySentry
    93. Wind
    94. TickTick
    95. Wind
    96. TickTick
    97. Wind
    98. TickTick
    99. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick
    102. SentrySentry
    103. TickTick ×2
    104. Wind
    105. TickTick
    106. Wind
    107. TickTick ×2
    108. Wind
    109. TickTick
    110. Wind
    111. TickTick
    112. Wind
    113. TickTick ×2
    114. Wind
    115. TickTick ×4
    116. SentrySentry
    117. TickTick ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is illusiveman2024's (31 OS, 12/08/2026); 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 68% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Tech or Geofirst at 8:22 · in 48% 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

92 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
1:003092300000
2:009428870000
3:0019082006277192145130
4:0029453107826647626502
5:0039474189144813581268988
6:00505553572182220423721677
7:00618865563676308838672550
8:00726377634329396450353443
9:00828190454956473055304337
10:009192104025362535560545130
11:0010152118535987589768235902
12:0011620135476377644575006636
13:0012636153536847691684907401
14:0014252172317581754990358179
15:0014691191617883816794388947
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

illusiveman2024

31.3 OS · 12/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
167 metal received · 18121 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:35Middle 50%: 0:26–0:45 · n=92
Advanced Metal Extractor10:45Middle 50%: 9:01–11:50 · n=53

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