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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TheGeneraI's (33 OS, 20/09/2026); 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

TheGeneraI

32.9 OS · 20/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
246 metal received · 66979 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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