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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. Wind
    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 · 5 steps
    1. TickTick ×5
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. MaceMacedone 1:32
  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 (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 · 16 steps
    1. MaceMace
    2. Mex
    3. MaceMace ×3
    4. Mex
    5. MaceMace ×2
    6. Mex
    7. MaceMace ×2
    8. Mex
    9. MaceMace
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. OverwatchOverwatch
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    15. NettleNettle
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×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 · 101 steps
    1. NettleNettle
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. BeamerBeamer
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. HarpoonHarpoon ×2
    7. Con turret
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. Con turret
    10. Energy storage
    11. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    12. Wind
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    16. Wind
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    18. Wind
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    20. BeholderBeholder
    21. Wind
    22. Con turret
    23. Wind ×5
    24. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 8:19
    25. Wind
    26. GauntletGauntletdone 8:46
    27. SeekerSeeker ×5
    28. Wind
    29. SeekerSeeker
    30. Wind
    31. SeekerSeeker
    32. Wind
    33. SeekerSeeker
    34. Wind
    35. SeekerSeeker
    36. Wind
    37. SeekerSeeker
    38. Wind
    39. SeekerSeeker
    40. Wind
    41. SeekerSeeker
    42. Wind
    43. SeekerSeeker
    44. Wind
    45. SeekerSeeker
    46. Converter
    47. SeekerSeeker
    48. Converter
    49. SeekerSeeker
    50. Converter
    51. SeekerSeeker
    52. Converter
    53. SeekerSeeker
    54. Converter
    55. SeekerSeeker
    56. Converter
    57. SeekerSeeker
    58. Con turret
    59. Converter ×3
    60. Con turret ×2
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:07 · typical 9:29
    62. Con turret
    63. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    66. Con turret
    67. SeekerSeeker ×2
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. SeekerSeeker ×9
    70. Con turret
    71. SeekerSeeker ×6
    72. Wind
    73. SeekerSeeker
    74. Wind
    75. SeekerSeeker
    76. Wind
    77. SeekerSeeker
    78. Wind
    79. Converter ×2
    80. Wind ×4
    81. Construction BotCon bot
    82. Wind ×4
    83. Converter
    84. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    85. Converter
    86. Construction BotCon bot
    87. Wind
    88. Mex
    89. Wind ×3
    90. Construction BotCon bot
    91. Wind ×2
    92. Converter
    93. Construction BotCon bot
    94. Wind ×5
    95. Construction BotCon bot
    96. Wind ×4
    97. Con turret
    98. Converter
    99. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    100. Converter
    101. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _[BOBO]_'s (35 OS, 11/09/2026); 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

_[BOBO]_

34.7 OS · 11/09/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
421 metal received · 52736 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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