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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 ×2
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:39 · 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 · 28 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Mex
    3. PawnPawn ×10
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Mex
    7. TickTick ×3for Pond
    8. Mex
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Mex
    11. TickTick ×3for Pond
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    17. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Con turret
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Energy storage
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    28. MaceMacedone 6:07
  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

  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 · 218 steps
    1. Wind
    2. MaceMace
    3. Wind
    4. MaceMace ×4
    5. Wind
    6. MaceMace ×3
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. MaceMace
    9. Wind
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    12. Wind
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. MaceMace ×2
    17. Mex
    18. MaceMace ×2
    19. Wind
    20. MaceMace ×2
    21. Con turret
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:07
    23. MaceMace
    24. Wind
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. Con turret
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. Wind
    29. LazarusLazarus
    30. Wind
    31. MaceMace
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    33. MaceMace
    34. Wind
    35. MaceMace
    36. Wind
    37. MaceMace
    38. CenturionCenturion
    39. Construction BotCon bot
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. CenturionCenturion
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. Wind ×2
    44. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    45. Wind
    46. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Construction BotCon bot
    49. Wind
    50. Construction BotCon bot
    51. SentrySentry
    52. PawnPawn ×2
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn ×2
    55. SentrySentry
    56. PawnPawn ×3
    57. SentrySentry
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Wind ×2
    60. PawnPawn ×2
    61. Wind
    62. SentrySentry
    63. PawnPawn ×3
    64. Wind
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Wind
    67. PawnPawn ×2
    68. Converter
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Wind
    71. Converter
    72. Wind
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Converter
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Wind
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    78. Converter
    79. Wind
    80. PawnPawn
    81. Wind
    82. Converter
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Wind
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Wind
    87. Converter
    88. Wind
    89. PawnPawn ×2
    90. Wind
    91. PawnPawn
    92. Wind
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Wind
    95. PawnPawn ×2
    96. Wind
    97. Converter
    98. PawnPawn
    99. Wind
    100. Converter
    101. PawnPawn
    102. Wind ×2
    103. PawnPawn ×2
    104. Converter
    105. Wind
    106. PawnPawn
    107. ChimeraChimera
    108. Wind
    109. Converter
    110. PawnPawn
    111. Wind
    112. Converter
    113. PawnPawn
    114. Wind
    115. Converter
    116. Wind
    117. Con turret
    118. Wind
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Wind
    121. PawnPawn
    122. Con turret
    123. Converter
    124. Wind ×2
    125. Con turret
    126. PawnPawn
    127. Wind ×3
    128. LazarusLazarus
    129. Con turret
    130. PawnPawn
    131. Converter
    132. Con turret
    133. Wind ×2
    134. PawnPawn
    135. Wind
    136. Con turret ×2
    137. PawnPawn
    138. TickTick
    139. Wind
    140. TickTick
    141. Con turret
    142. Wind ×2
    143. Converter
    144. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:09
    145. TickTick ×4
    146. Converter
    147. TickTick
    148. Wind
    149. TickTick
    150. Wind
    151. TickTick ×3
    152. Converter
    153. TickTick
    154. Wind
    155. TickTick ×5
    156. Converter
    157. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:25
    158. TickTick ×6
    159. Wind
    160. TickTick ×4
    161. Wind
    162. TickTick ×3
    163. Wind
    164. TickTick ×10
    165. Converter
    166. TickTick ×4
    167. Wind
    168. TickTick ×3
    169. Wind
    170. TickTick ×5
    171. Wind
    172. TickTick ×7
    173. Converter
    174. TickTick ×8
    175. Converter
    176. TickTick
    177. Wind ×2
    178. TickTick ×5
    179. Wind
    180. TickTick ×12
    181. Wind
    182. Converter
    183. TickTick ×6
    184. Wind
    185. TickTick ×5
    186. Wind
    187. TickTick ×16
    188. Wind ×2
    189. TickTick ×5
    190. Wind
    191. TickTick ×5
    192. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labnot finished by 15:00
    193. TickTick
    194. Converter
    195. TickTick ×6
    196. Wind
    197. TickTick ×4
    198. Wind
    199. TickTick ×2
    200. Metal storage
    201. TickTick ×3
    202. Wind
    203. TickTick ×7
    204. Converter
    205. TickTick
    206. Wind
    207. TickTick ×4
    208. Wind
    209. TickTick ×8
    210. Wind
    211. TickTick
    212. Wind ×2
    213. Converter
    214. TickTick
    215. Wind ×2
    216. TickTick ×3
    217. Wind
    218. TickTick ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is pownage227's (34 OS, 04/10/2026); 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
4:0027052700401522328333
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

pownage227

33.6 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
63 metal received · 116614 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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