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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. Wind
    3. 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 · 8 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick ×8
    4. Wind
    5. TickTick
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. 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 · 9 steps
    1. MaceMace
    2. Mex
    3. MaceMace
    4. Mex
    5. MaceMace ×3
    6. Mex
    7. MaceMace ×4
    8. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
  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 · 164 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Wind
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Wind
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    8. Wind
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Wind
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. Wind
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Mex
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Con turret
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind ×2
    24. TickTick ×4
    25. Wind
    26. TickTick ×3
    27. Wind
    28. TickTick ×5
    29. Wind
    30. TickTick
    31. Energy storage
    32. TickTick ×2
    33. Wind
    34. TickTick
    35. Con turret
    36. TickTick
    37. Wind
    38. TickTick ×2
    39. Con turret
    40. Wind
    41. TickTick ×2
    42. Con turret
    43. Wind ×2
    44. TickTick
    45. SentrySentry
    46. TickTick ×3
    47. Wind ×2
    48. TickTick
    49. Wind
    50. TickTick
    51. Wind ×2
    52. TickTick ×2
    53. Wind
    54. TickTick
    55. Wind
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:34 · typical 9:29
    57. Converter
    58. TickTick
    59. Wind ×3
    60. TickTick ×2
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick ×2
    64. Wind
    65. TickTick
    66. Wind
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. TickTick
    69. Construction BotCon bot
    70. Wind
    71. TickTick
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. TickTick ×2
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick
    76. Wind
    77. TickTick
    78. Wind
    79. TickTick
    80. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. Wind
    83. Construction BotCon bot
    84. Wind
    85. TickTick
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick
    88. Wind ×3
    89. TickTick
    90. Wind
    91. TickTick
    92. Wind
    93. TickTick ×2
    94. Wind ×2
    95. TickTick
    96. Wind ×2
    97. TickTick
    98. Wind
    99. TickTick
    100. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    101. Wind
    102. TickTick
    103. Wind
    104. TickTick
    105. Wind ×3
    106. TickTick ×2
    107. Wind ×2
    108. TickTick
    109. Wind
    110. TickTick ×2
    111. Wind ×2
    112. TickTick
    113. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:03
    114. Wind
    115. TickTick
    116. Wind
    117. TickTick
    118. Wind
    119. TickTick
    120. Wind
    121. TickTick
    122. Wind
    123. TickTick
    124. Wind
    125. TickTick
    126. Wind
    127. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    128. Converter
    129. Wind ×3
    130. Converter
    131. Wind
    132. Converter
    133. Wind ×3
    134. Converter
    135. Wind ×6
    136. SentrySentry
    137. Wind
    138. SentrySentry
    139. Wind ×3
    140. Converter
    141. Wind ×3
    142. Converter
    143. Wind ×3
    144. Converter
    145. Wind
    146. Converter
    147. Wind
    148. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:13
    149. Wind ×6
    150. PawnPawn
    151. Wind ×2
    152. PawnPawn
    153. Con turret
    154. Wind
    155. Con turret
    156. PawnPawn ×6
    157. Construction BotCon bot
    158. PawnPawn
    159. Con turret ×2
    160. PawnPawn
    161. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:11
    162. PawnPawn ×27
    163. Con turret
    164. PawnPawn ×10

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Fx]Doo's (32 OS, 25/09/2026); 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
4:0027052699401522328333
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

[Fx]Doo

32.1 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
746 metal received · 36211 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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