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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:26 · 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
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick ×5
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. MaceMacedone 1:40
  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 · 18 steps
    1. Mex
    2. MaceMace ×2
    3. Mex
    4. MaceMace ×2
    5. Mex
    6. MaceMace
    7. LazarusLazarus ×2
    8. Mex
    9. BeamerBeamer
    10. MaceMace ×3
    11. BeamerBeamer
    12. MaceMace
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. BeamerBeamer
    15. Mex
    16. OverwatchOverwatch
    17. MaceMace
    18. Con turret
  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 · 77 steps
    1. Wind
    2. MaceMace
    3. Wind
    4. SentrySentry
    5. MaceMace
    6. Wind
    7. MaceMace
    8. NettleNettle
    9. Wind
    10. MaceMace
    11. Wind
    12. MaceMace
    13. NettleNettle
    14. Wind
    15. MaceMace
    16. BeamerBeamer
    17. Wind
    18. MaceMace
    19. Wind
    20. MaceMace
    21. Wind
    22. Con turret
    23. MaceMace
    24. Wind
    25. MaceMace
    26. Wind
    27. MaceMace
    28. SentrySentry
    29. Wind
    30. MaceMace ×2
    31. Wind
    32. MaceMace
    33. Wind
    34. MaceMace
    35. Con turret ×2
    36. Wind
    37. MaceMace
    38. GauntletGauntletnot finished by 15:00
    39. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    40. Wind
    41. Con turret
    42. Wind
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:31 · typical 9:29
    44. Wind
    45. MaceMace
    46. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    47. Wind
    48. Energy storage
    49. MaceMace
    50. NettleNettle
    51. MaceMace
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. MaceMace
    54. Wind ×2
    55. NettleNettle
    56. MaceMace
    57. Wind
    58. GauntletGauntlet
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:20
    60. Wind ×4
    61. T2 converter
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    64. PersecutorPersecutordone 13:50
    65. Wind ×13
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. Wind ×3
    68. PawnPawn
    69. Wind
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Wind
    72. PawnPawn ×25
    73. PrevailerPrevailernot finished by 15:00
    74. PawnPawn ×3
    75. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    76. PawnPawn
    77. CrossbowCrossbow

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Dread29's (31 OS, 04/09/2026); 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
3:001645161810813585108
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

Dread29

30.8 OS · 04/09/2026

Open source match ↗

22 received units · includes a constructor
138 metal received · 17948 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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