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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
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:33 · 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. PawnPawn
    2. Wind ×2
    3. PawnPawn ×2
    4. LazarusLazarus ×2
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    7. MaceMacedone 1:53
  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 · 21 steps
    1. Mex
    2. MaceMace ×2
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Mex
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. MaceMace
    7. Mex
    8. MaceMace ×3
    9. Mex
    10. MaceMace
    11. SentrySentry
    12. MaceMace
    13. SentrySentry
    14. MaceMace
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    18. SentrySentry
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
  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 · 114 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    2. SentrySentry ×2
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. SentrySentry
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. SentrySentry
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
    8. Wind ×2
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Wind
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Wind
    13. Con turret
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. Con turret
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:50 · typical 9:29
    22. SentrySentry
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Wind ×2
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. SentrySentry
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind ×2
    30. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    31. SentrySentry
    32. Wind ×2
    33. GunslingerGunslingerdone 9:34
    34. Wind ×4
    35. SentrySentry
    36. Wind ×2
    37. SentrySentry
    38. Wind
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. Wind ×4
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. Wind ×8
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. Wind ×6
    45. TickTick ×2
    46. Wind
    47. TickTick
    48. Wind
    49. TickTick
    50. Wind
    51. TickTick
    52. Wind ×2
    53. TickTick ×2
    54. Wind
    55. Construction BotCon bot
    56. Wind
    57. Construction BotCon bot
    58. Wind ×2
    59. TickTick ×2
    60. Wind
    61. TickTick
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick ×2
    64. Wind ×2
    65. TickTick
    66. Wind
    67. TickTick ×2
    68. Wind
    69. TickTick
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    71. Wind
    72. TickTick
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick
    75. Wind ×2
    76. TickTick
    77. Construction BotCon bot
    78. TickTick ×2
    79. Wind
    80. TickTick
    81. Wind ×2
    82. TickTick
    83. SentrySentry
    84. TickTick
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick
    87. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 14:43
    88. TickTick
    89. Wind
    90. TickTick
    91. SentrySentry
    92. Wind
    93. TickTick
    94. Con turret ×2
    95. TickTick
    96. SentrySentry
    97. TickTick
    98. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    99. SentrySentry
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick ×7
    102. Wind
    103. TickTick ×2
    104. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    105. Wind
    106. TickTick
    107. Wind
    108. TickTick
    109. Wind
    110. TickTick
    111. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    112. TickTick
    113. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    114. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is gy0h6y's (33 OS, 02/10/2026); 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
4:0027052699401522328333
5:00396338478801127806787
6:00520150351461192313601427
7:00650562491974271421272302
8:00781975343035354430013173
9:00932089734091432637654069
10:0011239105384522500546704807
11:0013219123735010553352565547
12:0014831145275622597656226408
13:0017504168576512646864716999
14:0020188192206889716375517826
15:0022589218547460786891378687
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

gy0h6y

32.5 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
621 metal received · 6821 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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