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Mace rush

Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

A very early T1 bot assault from the Bot Lab, pushing Mace bots to the middle from under 2:00, far ahead of the role's norm, sometimes reaching into the enemy base before shifting to the usual later army.

#rush #raid · 60 distinct matches · 31 players · 2% of Armada Front games · team won 52% of 60 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • MaceT1 bot assault from 2:00 · 4% of role by thenFrom the Bot Lab. Only 4% of Front games have it by then; others who build it get it around 2:57
  • MaceMace in 73%3% of all Front games by then

Where those units first fight, in 60 games with kill data: in the middle 92%, on their own side 8%.

Those units destroy a typical 2,006 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into rocketeer (14% of army), pawn (10% of army), centurion (8% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Mace by 2:36

  1. Open double mex into fast Bot Lab, skip extra eco.
  2. Finish Bot Lab early and start cranking Mace.
  3. Push first Mace straight to middle, harass enemy eco.
  4. Keep feeding Mace to front as your main force.
  5. Reclaim Bot Lab and shift into mixed bot army.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 60 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD 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 ~0:35, middle half 0:27–0:41

    By 0:19 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:38 · typical 0:35
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to T1 bot assault

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine2Wind
    Order
    1. MaceT1 bot assault after 4 mex, 2 wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot +2 vs standard
    • Lazarus1 Lazarus
    Army
    • Tick3 Tick +3 vs standard

    Some games also: pawn (48%) · centurion (37%)

    By 1:57 in all: 4 mex · 2 wind

    The example game in this phase · 7 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Mex
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Con turret
    7. MaceMacenot finished by 15:00
  3. 3

    T1 bot assault to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor3Mex
    Builders
    • Lazarus1 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Mace9 Mace +9 vs standard

    Some games also: wind (47%) · con turret (42%) · rocketeer (42%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 2 wind · 6 rocketeer

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 4 wind · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 41 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. Mex
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    4. Mex
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    6. Wind
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Mex
    9. Wind
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Energy storage
    12. Wind
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Wind
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. MaceMace
    18. Con turret
    19. Wind
    20. MaceMace ×2
    21. Mex
    22. Wind ×2
    23. MaceMace
    24. Wind
    25. SentrySentry
    26. MaceMace
    27. Wind ×2
    28. MaceMace
    29. Wind ×2
    30. MaceMace
    31. Wind ×2
    32. MaceMace ×2
    33. Con turret
    34. Wind
    35. MaceMace
    36. Mex
    37. Wind
    38. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    39. MaceMace
    40. Wind
    41. MaceMace ×2
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine20Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot +2 vs standard
    • Lazarus1 Lazarus
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Mace4 Mace +4 vs standard

    Some games also: energy storage (50%) · Radar Tower (50%) · rocketeer (45%) · converter (40%) · centurion (37%) · eat Bot Lab (32%)

    By 10:00 in all: 8 mex · 28 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 238 steps
    1. Energy storage
    2. MaceMace ×6
    3. PawnPawn
    4. MaceMace
    5. PawnPawn
    6. MaceMace
    7. Bot LabBot Labdone 5:59
    8. PawnPawn
    9. MaceMace
    10. Con turret
    11. NettleNettle
    12. PawnPawn
    13. Wind
    14. MaceMace
    15. Wind
    16. PawnPawn
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. Wind
    19. MaceMace
    20. Wind
    21. PawnPawn
    22. SentrySentry
    23. MaceMace
    24. PawnPawn
    25. MaceMace
    26. PawnPawn
    27. MaceMace
    28. Mex
    29. PawnPawn
    30. MaceMace
    31. PawnPawn
    32. SentrySentry
    33. MaceMace
    34. PawnPawn
    35. MaceMace
    36. TickTick
    37. PawnPawn ×2
    38. MaceMace
    39. TickTick
    40. PawnPawn ×2
    41. MaceMace
    42. TickTick
    43. PawnPawn ×2
    44. TickTick ×2
    45. PawnPawn ×2
    46. TickTick ×2
    47. PawnPawn ×2
    48. Wind
    49. TickTick ×2
    50. PawnPawn ×2
    51. TickTick ×2
    52. PawnPawn ×2
    53. TickTick ×2
    54. PawnPawn ×2
    55. TickTick ×2
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Wind
    58. PawnPawn
    59. TickTick
    60. Wind
    61. TickTick
    62. PawnPawn ×2
    63. TickTick ×2
    64. PawnPawn ×2
    65. TickTick ×2
    66. PawnPawn ×2
    67. TickTick
    68. Wind
    69. TickTick
    70. PawnPawn ×2
    71. Wind
    72. TickTick ×2
    73. PawnPawn ×2
    74. TickTick ×2
    75. PawnPawn ×2
    76. TickTick ×2
    77. PawnPawn ×2
    78. Wind
    79. TickTick ×2
    80. Wind
    81. PawnPawn ×2
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick ×2
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Wind
    86. PawnPawn
    87. TickTick ×2
    88. Mex
    89. PawnPawn
    90. Wind ×2
    91. PawnPawn
    92. TickTick ×2
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Wind
    95. PawnPawn
    96. TickTick ×2
    97. PawnPawn ×2
    98. Wind
    99. TickTick
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick
    102. NettleNettle
    103. PawnPawn ×2
    104. Wind
    105. TickTick ×2
    106. PawnPawn ×2
    107. Wind
    108. TickTick ×2
    109. PawnPawn ×2
    110. Wind
    111. TickTick
    112. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:52
    113. TickTick
    114. Con turret
    115. PawnPawn ×2
    116. Advanced solar
    117. TickTick
    118. Wind
    119. PawnPawn
    120. TickTick ×2
    121. PawnPawn ×2
    122. Wind
    123. TickTick ×2
    124. PawnPawn ×2
    125. TickTick
    126. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    127. Wind
    128. TickTick
    129. PawnPawn ×2
    130. TickTick ×2
    131. MaceMace ×2
    132. SentrySentry
    133. TickTick ×2
    134. MaceMace
    135. Wind
    136. SentrySentry
    137. MaceMace
    138. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    139. TickTick
    140. SentrySentry
    141. Wind
    142. TickTick
    143. MaceMace ×2
    144. Wind
    145. SentrySentry
    146. TickTick
    147. MaceMace
    148. TickTick ×2
    149. Construction BotCon bot ×5
    150. MaceMace ×2
    151. Wind
    152. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    153. MaceMace ×2
    154. NettleNettle
    155. MaceMace ×3
    156. Construction BotCon bot
    157. NettleNettle
    158. MaceMace
    159. Wind
    160. MaceMace
    161. SentrySentry
    162. Wind
    163. MaceMace ×3
    164. NettleNettle
    165. MaceMace
    166. Wind
    167. MaceMace
    168. NettleNettle
    169. MaceMace
    170. Wind
    171. MaceMace
    172. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    173. MaceMace
    174. SentrySentry
    175. MaceMace
    176. NettleNettle
    177. MaceMace
    178. Wind
    179. MaceMace ×4
    180. Wind
    181. MaceMace
    182. LazarusLazarus ×2
    183. Wind
    184. LazarusLazarus ×2
    185. NettleNettle
    186. LazarusLazarus ×3
    187. NettleNettle
    188. LazarusLazarus
    189. Wind
    190. LazarusLazarus
    191. PawnPawn ×2
    192. Wind
    193. TickTick ×2
    194. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    195. TickTick ×9
    196. NettleNettle
    197. TickTick ×4
    198. Wind ×2
    199. TickTick ×6
    200. NettleNettle
    201. TickTick ×8
    202. NettleNettle
    203. Wind
    204. TickTick ×4
    205. Mex
    206. TickTick ×5
    207. Wind
    208. TickTick ×5
    209. Mex
    210. TickTick
    211. NettleNettle
    212. TickTick ×12
    213. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    214. TickTick ×3
    215. Mex
    216. TickTick ×3
    217. NettleNettle
    218. Wind
    219. TickTick ×2
    220. FerretFerret
    221. TickTick ×11
    222. SentrySentry
    223. TickTick ×8
    224. Wind
    225. TickTick ×9
    226. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labnot finished by 15:00
    227. TickTick ×5
    228. NettleNettle
    229. TickTick ×2
    230. FerretFerret
    231. TickTick ×6
    232. NettleNettle ×2
    233. TickTick ×3
    234. Wind
    235. TickTick ×10
    236. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    237. TickTick ×14
    238. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Buckyo's (35 OS, 10/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:15 · in 63% of games
  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:19 · in 32% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:50 · in 68% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build against the role’s standard build, running totals by minute

  • This build
  • Standard front

Metal produced

010k20k30k
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

60 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildMetal produced: Standard frontEnemy metal destroyed: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: Standard frontOwn metal lost: This buildOwn metal lost: Standard front
1:003303330000
2:008428400212131
3:001645161810813585108
4:0027052700401522328333
5:00396338478801128806787
6:00520150351461192813601428
7:00650562501974272021272303
8:00781975353035354630013173
9:00932089734091433037654071
10:0011239105424522501146704810
11:0013219123755010554052565548
12:0014831145285622599856226409
13:0017504168596512647064717001
14:0020188192176889718675517827
15:0022589218497460787091378694
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Won less often than the standard build despite similar early production, trading slightly less enemy metal destroyed for slightly more own losses by 15:00.

  • + Mace arrives by 5:57 in 90% of games vs 2% for the role.
  • − Team win rate 50% vs 62% for the standard build.
  • − Metal lost by 15:00 (9434) higher than standard (8941).
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Buckyo

34.8 OS · 10/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
53 metal received · 39348 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:35Middle 50%: 0:27–0:41 · n=60
Advanced Metal Extractor9:29Middle 50%: 8:45–10:11 · n=47

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