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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. Solar
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:42 · 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 · 10 steps
    1. TickTick ×2
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick
    4. PawnPawn
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. TickTick ×6
    8. PawnPawn
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. MaceMacedone 2:00
  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 · 19 steps
    1. MaceMace ×2
    2. Mex
    3. MaceMace ×3
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Mex ×2
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Con turret
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    14. Con turret
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. Metal storage
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. ThugThug
    19. Construction BotCon bot
  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 · 220 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. BeamerBeamer
    5. MaceMace
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Wind
    10. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    11. Wind
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    14. Wind
    15. CenturionCenturion
    16. Solar
    17. Wind ×2
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    19. Solar
    20. PawnPawn
    21. Wind
    22. ThugThug
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Wind
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    28. Wind
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    30. Wind
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Solar
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    34. Wind
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Con turret
    39. Wind
    40. Con turret
    41. Energy storage
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Wind ×3
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    46. Wind
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Wind
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Wind ×2
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Wind
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:22 · typical 9:29
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Wind
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Wind
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Wind
    62. PawnPawn
    63. NettleNettle
    64. Wind
    65. Con turret
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    68. Wind ×2
    69. SentrySentry
    70. Wind ×5
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. NettleNettle
    73. Wind ×2
    74. Mex
    75. Wind
    76. Con turret
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    78. Wind
    79. Con turret ×2
    80. Converter
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. Metal storage
    83. Energy storage
    84. Con turret
    85. Energy storage
    86. BeamerBeamer
    87. Converter
    88. Advanced solar
    89. Mex
    90. Converter
    91. Advanced solar
    92. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    93. Advanced solar
    94. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    95. Converter
    96. Advanced solar
    97. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    98. Advanced solar
    99. Converter
    100. FerretFerret
    101. Advanced solar
    102. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    103. Converter
    104. FerretFerret
    105. Advanced solar ×3
    106. Converter ×2
    107. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:52
    108. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:54
    109. Advanced solar
    110. RoverScout
    111. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    112. Con turret
    113. Advanced solar
    114. Converter
    115. Advanced solar
    116. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    117. NettleNettle
    118. StoutStout
    119. Con turret
    120. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:25
    121. Converter
    122. Advanced solar
    123. StoutStout
    124. LazarusLazarus
    125. Con turret
    126. StoutStout
    127. PawnPawn
    128. Advanced solar
    129. Converter
    130. RoverScout
    131. PawnPawn
    132. StoutStout
    133. Advanced solar
    134. PawnPawn
    135. StoutStout
    136. PawnPawn ×2
    137. Advanced solar
    138. StoutStout
    139. TickTick
    140. Converter
    141. TickTick
    142. RoverScout
    143. CrossbowCrossbow
    144. StoutStout
    145. Pit BullPit Bull
    146. LazarusLazarus
    147. StoutStout
    148. PawnPawn ×2
    149. StoutStout
    150. PawnPawn
    151. LazarusLazarus
    152. PawnPawn
    153. RoverScout
    154. StoutStout
    155. PawnPawn ×2
    156. Converter
    157. PawnPawn
    158. TickTick
    159. StoutStout
    160. PawnPawn
    161. TickTick
    162. CrossbowCrossbow
    163. PawnPawn
    164. StoutStout
    165. CrossbowCrossbow
    166. Advanced solar
    167. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:18
    168. PawnPawn
    169. RoverScout
    170. CrossbowCrossbow
    171. TickTick
    172. Converter
    173. StoutStout
    174. TickTick
    175. CrossbowCrossbow ×2
    176. StoutStout
    177. CrossbowCrossbow
    178. Advanced solar
    179. LazarusLazarus
    180. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 13:53
    181. CrossbowCrossbow
    182. StoutStout
    183. Converter
    184. CrossbowCrossbow
    185. RoverScout
    186. PawnPawn
    187. CrossbowCrossbow
    188. StoutStout
    189. PawnPawn
    190. Converter
    191. CrossbowCrossbow
    192. PawnPawn
    193. Advanced solar
    194. StoutStout
    195. PawnPawn
    196. LazarusLazarus
    197. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    198. OspreyHeavy transport
    199. Converter
    200. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    201. PawnPawn
    202. Construction BotCon bot
    203. TickTick
    204. StorkLight transport
    205. TickTick
    206. CrossbowCrossbow
    207. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    208. Advanced solar
    209. Construction BotCon bot
    210. Converter
    211. LazarusLazarus
    212. StoutStout
    213. PawnPawn ×3
    214. RoverScout
    215. StoutStout
    216. PawnPawn
    217. Converter
    218. PawnPawn
    219. StoutStout
    220. PawnPawn ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TheGeneraI's (32 OS, 27/09/2026); 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
3:001645161910813585109
4:0027052700401522328333
5:00396338478801126806783
6:00520150351461193713601427
7:00650562501974272621272302
8:00781975353035354830013173
9:00932089754091433237654071
10:0011239105504522501546704810
11:0013219123845010554052565547
12:0014831145375622599856226404
13:0017504168896512649464716999
14:0020188192606889721775517829
15:0022589218557460787391378701
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

TheGeneraI

32.3 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

10 received units · includes a constructor
3468 metal received · 93350 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

Played most by

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