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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. Solar
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:35 · 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. Mex
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Mex
    4. TickTick
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. MaceMacedone 1:16
  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 · 18 steps
    1. MaceMace ×3
    2. Mex
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. MaceMace ×3
    5. Mex
    6. MaceMace
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. SentrySentry
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. MaceMace ×4
    15. Con turret
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. MaceMace ×2
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
  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 · 68 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. GauntletGauntletdone 6:28
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. Wind ×3
    8. Energy storage
    9. Con turret
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Con turret
    12. Wind
    13. Con turret
    14. Wind
    15. Con turret
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Mex
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. Wind
    20. Energy storage
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. Wind
    23. Energy storage
    24. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    25. Wind
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. Wind ×2
    28. Advanced solar
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Wind
    31. Converter
    32. Mex
    33. Advanced solar
    34. LazarusLazarus
    35. Wind
    36. Mex
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:47 · typical 9:29
    38. Wind
    39. Converter
    40. NettleNettle
    41. Wind
    42. Converter
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Advanced solar
    45. Wind
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    48. Wind
    49. NettleNettle
    50. Converter
    51. Wind
    52. Con turret
    53. Converter
    54. Con turret
    55. Wind
    56. NettleNettle
    57. Wind
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. Converter
    60. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:18
    61. Converter
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. TickTick
    64. Advanced solar
    65. TickTick
    66. Wind
    67. TickTick
    68. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TheGeneraI's (33 OS, 11/10/2026); 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

TheGeneraI

32.6 OS · 11/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
0 metal received · 17695 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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