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Mace rush

Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Skips the vehicle side early and pushes Mace out of the Bot Lab from around 2:00, far earlier than normal, to assault the middle with T1 bots before the usual buildup.

#rush #raid · 68 distinct matches · 33 players · 2% of Armada Front games · team won 51% of 68 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • MaceT1 bot assault from 2:01 · 5% of role by thenFrom the Bot Lab. Only 5% of Front games have it by then; others who build it get it around 2:59
  • MaceMace in 75%3% of all Front games by then

Where those units first fight, in 68 games with kill data: in the middle 91%, on their own side 9%.

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

Then transitions into rocketeer (15% of army), pawn (10% 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 68 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 0:26–0:41

    By 0:19 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:20 · 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
    • Lazarus1 Lazarus
    Army
    • Tick3 Tick +3 vs standard

    Some games also: pawn (47%) · centurion (34%)

    By 2:00 in all: 4 mex · 2 wind

    The example game in this phase · 15 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick ×3
    4. Mex
    5. TickTick
    6. Wind
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Wind
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    11. Mex
    12. Wind
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. Wind
    15. MaceMacedone 2:32
  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 (49%) · rocketeer (46%) · con turret (40%)

    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 · 25 steps
    1. Mex
    2. MaceMace
    3. Wind
    4. MaceMace
    5. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    6. MaceMace
    7. Wind
    8. MaceMace
    9. Mex
    10. SentrySentry
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Wind
    13. SentrySentry
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. Wind
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. Mex
    19. Wind
    20. CenturionCenturion
    21. Wind
    22. SentrySentry
    23. MaceMace
    24. Wind
    25. MaceMace ×3
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine19Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot +2 vs standard
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus +2 vs standard
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Mace8 Mace +8 vs standard

    Some games also: Radar Tower (50%) · rocketeer (46%) · energy storage (46%) · converter (38%) · centurion (34%)

    By 10:00 in all: 8 mex · 25 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 85 steps
    1. Wind
    2. MaceMace
    3. BeamerBeamer
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Wind
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Wind
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Wind
    11. Mex ×2
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. Wind
    14. MaceMace
    15. Wind
    16. MaceMace
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. MaceMace
    19. Wind
    20. MaceMace
    21. BeamerBeamer
    22. MaceMace
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    24. Wind
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. Wind
    28. CenturionCenturion
    29. Wind
    30. MaceMace
    31. BeamerBeamer
    32. MaceMace
    33. Wind
    34. MaceMace ×2
    35. Wind
    36. MaceMace
    37. Wind
    38. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    39. BeamerBeamer
    40. LazarusLazarus
    41. Wind
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. CenturionCenturion
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:04 · typical 9:32
    45. Wind
    46. MaceMace
    47. NettleNettle
    48. Wind
    49. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    50. MaceMace ×2
    51. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    52. MaceMace
    53. Wind
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. MaceMace
    56. Wind
    57. RocketeerRocketeer
    58. Wind
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. RocketeerRocketeer
    61. Con turret
    62. LazarusLazarus
    63. Wind ×2
    64. Construction BotCon bot
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. Wind
    67. CenturionCenturion
    68. Converter
    69. MaceMace
    70. Wind
    71. Converter
    72. MaceMace
    73. Converter
    74. MaceMace
    75. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    76. Wind
    77. MaceMace
    78. Converter
    79. MaceMace
    80. Converter
    81. RocketeerRocketeer
    82. Converter
    83. Wind
    84. RocketeerRocketeer
    85. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RG22's (31 OS, 06/09/2026); 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 59% of games
  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:20 · in 37% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 8:06 · 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

68 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
2:008428420212131
3:001645161913013596108
4:0026462699391522328333
5:00389338467951123806781
6:00498350341453191913601414
7:00642862631964271321472285
8:00756375492764354430013149
9:00909289973493431636734046
10:0010964105774129500945814770
11:0012585124094856553053405545
12:0014166145465231599760996392
13:0016906169236160648368076997
14:0019646192876792724581767842
15:0021682219577353788292228707
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

RG22

31.0 OS · 06/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
2814 metal received · 21545 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:35Middle 50%: 0:26–0:41 · n=68
Advanced Metal Extractor9:32Middle 50%: 8:48–10:56 · n=54

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