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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 ×3
    2. 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 · 10 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. PawnPawn ×2
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. MaceMacedone 2:08
  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
    2. Mex
    3. MaceMace ×3
    4. Mex
    5. MaceMace ×3
    6. SentrySentry
    7. MaceMace
    8. SentrySentry
    9. MaceMace ×3
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Mex
    12. MaceMace
    13. Wind
    14. MaceMace ×2
    15. Wind
    16. MaceMace
    17. CenturionCenturion
    18. Wind
  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 · 113 steps
    1. CenturionCenturion
    2. Wind
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. Energy storage
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Wind
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. PawnPawn ×2
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Wind
    11. PawnPawn
    12. SentrySentry
    13. PawnPawn ×2
    14. Wind
    15. PawnPawn ×4
    16. Wind
    17. PawnPawn ×2
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. Wind
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. SentrySentry
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Wind
    25. SentrySentry
    26. PawnPawn ×3
    27. Con turret
    28. PawnPawn
    29. Wind
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Con turret
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Wind
    34. Energy storage
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Wind
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Wind
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Wind ×2
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Wind
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Wind
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Wind
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Wind
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Wind ×2
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Wind
    55. PawnPawn ×5
    56. Mex
    57. Wind
    58. MaceMace
    59. Wind ×2
    60. MaceMace ×2
    61. Converter
    62. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    63. Wind
    64. MaceMace
    65. Converter
    66. SentrySentry
    67. Converter
    68. MaceMace
    69. Wind
    70. Converter ×2
    71. PawnPawn
    72. Converter
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Converter
    75. Wind
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Converter
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Converter ×2
    80. PawnPawn
    81. Converter
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Wind
    84. Converter
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Converter
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Mex
    89. PawnPawn ×2
    90. Wind
    91. PawnPawn ×6
    92. Wind
    93. PawnPawn ×10
    94. Wind
    95. PawnPawn ×2
    96. SentrySentry
    97. PawnPawn ×3
    98. SentrySentry
    99. PawnPawn ×3
    100. SentrySentry
    101. PawnPawn ×2
    102. SentrySentry
    103. Wind
    104. PawnPawn ×3
    105. SentrySentry
    106. PawnPawn
    107. SentrySentry
    108. PawnPawn ×3
    109. Wind
    110. PawnPawn ×10
    111. LazarusLazarus ×2
    112. PawnPawn ×3
    113. CenturionCenturion ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Grump]FranzDK's (31 OS, 20/09/2026); 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

[Grump]FranzDK

30.8 OS · 20/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units
20 metal received · 24703 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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