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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:34 · 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 · 25 steps
    1. TickTick ×4
    2. PawnPawn
    3. Wind
    4. PawnPawn
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    12. SentrySentry
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. Mex
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×8
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×8
    22. Mex
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    24. Mex
    25. MaceMacenot finished by 15:00
  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 · 90 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    2. Wind
    3. MaceMace ×3
    4. Wind
    5. MaceMace ×3
    6. Wind
    7. MaceMace ×2
    8. Wind
    9. MaceMace ×2
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:57 · typical 9:29
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. MaceMace
    13. Wind
    14. Mex
    15. MaceMace ×2
    16. Wind
    17. MaceMace
    18. Wind
    19. MaceMace
    20. Wind
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    22. Wind
    23. Mex
    24. Wind ×4
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    26. Wind
    27. MaceMace
    28. Wind
    29. MaceMace ×2
    30. Wind
    31. MaceMace
    32. Wind
    33. MaceMace
    34. Wind
    35. MaceMace
    36. SentrySentry
    37. MaceMace
    38. Wind
    39. SentrySentry
    40. MaceMace
    41. Wind
    42. SentrySentry
    43. MaceMace
    44. Wind
    45. MaceMace
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. MaceMace
    48. Wind
    49. MaceMace
    50. Wind
    51. MaceMace
    52. Con turret
    53. Wind
    54. MaceMace
    55. Wind
    56. MaceMace
    57. Wind
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. Wind
    60. MaceMace
    61. Wind
    62. MaceMace
    63. Wind
    64. MaceMace
    65. Wind
    66. MaceMace
    67. Wind
    68. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    69. MaceMace
    70. Wind
    71. MaceMace
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. MaceMace
    74. Wind
    75. MaceMace
    76. Wind
    77. MaceMace ×2
    78. Wind
    79. MaceMace
    80. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    81. Wind
    82. MaceMace
    83. Wind
    84. MaceMace ×2
    85. Wind
    86. Mex
    87. MaceMace
    88. Con turret
    89. Wind
    90. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Stefan1156's (31 OS, 18/09/2026); 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
4:0027052699401522328333
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

Stefan1156

31.5 OS · 18/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
293 metal received · 6262 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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