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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 · 8 steps
    1. Mex
    2. TickTick ×3
    3. Mex
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. TickTick
    6. PawnPawn ×2
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. MaceMacedone 1:29
  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 · 15 steps
    1. MaceMace ×3
    2. Mex
    3. MaceMace
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Mex
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Mex
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. PawnPawn ×8
    14. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    15. PawnPawn
  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 · 174 steps
    1. PawnPawn ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. PawnPawn
    5. Wind
    6. Con turret
    7. PawnPawn ×2
    8. Wind
    9. PawnPawn
    10. Wind
    11. PawnPawn
    12. Wind
    13. Con turret
    14. PawnPawn
    15. Wind ×2
    16. PawnPawn
    17. Wind
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:31 · typical 9:29
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Wind
    21. Energy storage
    22. Wind
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. Wind ×2
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. Mex
    27. Advanced solar
    28. Wind
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    31. Wind ×2
    32. LazarusLazarus
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. Wind
    35. Advanced solar
    36. Wind ×2
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Construction BotCon bot
    40. Wind
    41. Advanced solar
    42. Con turret
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. Wind
    45. Construction BotCon bot
    46. Wind
    47. Con turret
    48. Wind
    49. Advanced solar
    50. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    51. Wind
    52. NettleNettle
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. Converter
    55. Wind
    56. Con turret ×2
    57. Wind
    58. Advanced solar
    59. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    60. Con turret
    61. Wind
    62. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:38
    63. Converter
    64. Wind
    65. RoverScout
    66. StoutStout
    67. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 10:51
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. Wind
    70. StoutStout
    71. Advanced solar
    72. Wind
    73. BlinkScout plane
    74. RoverScout
    75. BlinkScout plane
    76. StoutStout
    77. Wind
    78. Converter
    79. BlinkScout plane
    80. Advanced solar
    81. StoutStout
    82. BlinkScout plane
    83. Wind
    84. RoverScout
    85. StoutStout
    86. BlinkScout plane
    87. Advanced solar
    88. Wind
    89. StoutStout
    90. Wind
    91. BlinkScout plane
    92. RoverScout
    93. StoutStout
    94. Wind
    95. Converter
    96. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:39
    97. StoutStout
    98. BlinkScout plane
    99. Wind
    100. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    101. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    102. Advanced solar
    103. Wind
    104. BlinkScout plane
    105. Wind
    106. Converter
    107. BlinkScout plane
    108. Advanced solar
    109. BlinkScout plane
    110. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:39
    111. Converter
    112. Wind
    113. CrossbowCrossbow
    114. BlinkScout plane
    115. Converter
    116. CrossbowCrossbow
    117. Wind
    118. Converter ×2
    119. CrossbowCrossbow
    120. Converter
    121. CrossbowCrossbow
    122. Con turret
    123. BlinkScout plane
    124. Converter
    125. Pit BullPit Bull
    126. CrossbowCrossbow
    127. Wind
    128. PawnPawn
    129. Converter
    130. PawnPawn
    131. BlinkScout plane
    132. PawnPawn
    133. Wind
    134. Converter
    135. LazarusLazarus
    136. ChainsawChainsaw
    137. Converter
    138. TickTick
    139. CrossbowCrossbow
    140. Converter ×2
    141. BlinkScout plane
    142. PawnPawn
    143. Wind
    144. PawnPawn
    145. Converter
    146. PawnPawn
    147. Converter
    148. Wind
    149. Converter
    150. BlinkScout plane
    151. LazarusLazarus
    152. Pit BullPit Bull
    153. Converter
    154. TickTick
    155. BlinkScout plane
    156. Wind
    157. CrossbowCrossbow
    158. Converter ×2
    159. Con turret
    160. BlinkScout plane
    161. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:08
    162. PawnPawn ×2
    163. Wind
    164. PawnPawn
    165. LazarusLazarus
    166. Converter
    167. Con turret
    168. Converter
    169. TickTick
    170. Converter
    171. CrossbowCrossbow
    172. Converter
    173. Wind
    174. BeamerBeamer

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TheGeneraI's (32 OS, 21/09/2026); 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

31.8 OS · 21/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
457 metal received · 14866 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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