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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 · 109 distinct matches · 30 players · 3% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 53% of 111 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • MaceT1 bot assault from 2:02 · 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 2:10
  • MaceMace in 85%5% of all Suicide front games by then

Where those units first fight, in 111 games with kill data: in the middle 98%.

Those units destroy a typical 2,885 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into rocketeer (8% 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 109 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 ~0:42, middle half 0:26–0:58

    Some games also: Sentry (32%)

    By 0:25 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:34 · typical 0:42
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to T1 bot assault

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    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%) · Radar Tower (41%) · tick (36%)

    By 2:02 in all: 3 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 20 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. PawnPawn
    4. SentrySentry
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. BeamerBeamer
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Mex
    11. BeamerBeamer
    12. Mex
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. BeamerBeamer
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. Mex
    17. Wind
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. Wind
    20. MaceMacedone 3:18
  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

    Some games also: Radar Tower (45%) · con turret (43%) · Beamer (42%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 15 rocketeer

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 6 wind (standard 4)

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. MaceMace ×3
    2. LazarusLazarus ×3
    3. MaceMace ×3
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. MaceMace ×3
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine15Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Lazarus3 Lazarus
    Army
    • Mace12 Mace +12 vs standard

    Some games also: con bot (39%) · Sentry (36%) · rocketeer (33%) · Radar Tower (33%) · Beamer (32%)

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

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 21 wind · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 94 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. MaceMace ×3
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Mex
    5. Energy storage
    6. MaceMace
    7. AggravatorAggravatorfor Front
    8. MaceMace ×2
    9. AggravatorAggravatorfor Front
    10. Wind
    11. MaceMace ×2
    12. Wind ×2
    13. MaceMace
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. MaceMace ×3
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. MaceMace
    18. LazarusLazarus ×2
    19. AggravatorAggravator
    20. MaceMace
    21. CenturionCenturion
    22. MaceMace
    23. AggravatorAggravator
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. MaceMace ×9
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. MaceMace
    28. GraverobberGraverobber
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:55 · typical 10:25
    30. MaceMace ×3
    31. PawnPawn ×2
    32. AggravatorAggravator ×2for Front
    33. MaceMace ×2
    34. GruntGrunt
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. PawnPawn
    38. MaceMace
    39. LazarusLazarus
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. MaceMace ×4
    42. Wind
    43. MaceMace ×2
    44. Wind
    45. MaceMace
    46. Wind
    47. MaceMace
    48. AggravatorAggravatorfor Front
    49. Wind
    50. Con turret
    51. PawnPawn
    52. AggravatorAggravatorfor Front
    53. Wind
    54. CrossbowCrossbow ×2for Front
    55. Wind
    56. CrossbowCrossbow
    57. Wind
    58. AggravatorAggravator
    59. CrossbowCrossbow
    60. MaceMace
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. MaceMace ×2
    63. Wind
    64. MaceMace
    65. Construction BotCon bot
    66. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 12:48
    67. MaceMace
    68. FiendFiend
    69. TwitcherTwitcher
    70. LazarusLazarus
    71. MaceMace
    72. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    73. MaceMace
    74. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    75. Wind
    76. MaceMace
    77. Wind ×4
    78. JaguarJaguar
    79. Wind
    80. TwitcherTwitcher
    81. Wind ×2
    82. LazarusLazarus
    83. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    84. Wind ×4
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Wind ×4
    87. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00
    88. Construction BotCon bot
    89. Con turret
    90. Wind
    91. Con turret
    92. LazarusLazarus
    93. MaceMace
    94. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is XXMACGAMERXX's (38 OS, 09/10/2026); 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 70% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Tech or Geofirst at 8:24 · in 47% 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

111 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
1:003112300000
2:0094388621000
3:0019172007272184130130
4:0029523108800643575501
5:0039924184155913521235998
6:00508853492184218321061707
7:00624765443756305133612590
8:00737377604617393545203502
9:00843690355315469051274383
10:009391104125885531458205163
11:0010659118896422585866855965
12:0012068135837243640676436686
13:0013679154047604687586737453
14:0014492172988025750389478214
15:0016469192928264810995279007
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

XXMACGAMERXX

38.4 OS · 09/10/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
1273 metal received · 9081 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:42Middle 50%: 0:26–0:58 · n=111
Advanced Metal Extractor10:25Middle 50%: 9:04–11:34 · n=68

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