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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 · 10 steps
    1. Mex
    2. TickTick ×3
    3. Mex
    4. PawnPawn
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. PawnPawn
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. MaceMacedone 1:38
  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
    2. Mex
    3. MaceMace
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. PawnPawn ×2
    6. Mex ×2
    7. PawnPawn
    8. SentrySentry
    9. PawnPawn ×2
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Con turret
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. BeamerBeamer
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
  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 · 137 steps
    1. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    2. Solar
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    4. Con turret ×2
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Metal storage
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Con turret
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Wind
    11. Energy storage
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. GauntletGauntletdone 6:59
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Wind ×3
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. ThugThug ×2
    18. Wind
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Mex
    22. Wind
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. ThugThug
    25. Wind
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    27. Wind
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Wind
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    32. Wind
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    34. Wind
    35. Construction BotCon bot
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    37. Wind ×2
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    39. Wind
    40. NettleNettle
    41. Mex
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. Wind ×3
    44. Construction BotCon bot
    45. NettleNettle
    46. Converter
    47. Wind ×6
    48. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    49. Con turret
    50. SentrySentry
    51. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 7:51
    52. Wind
    53. Converter
    54. Con turret
    55. Wind ×4
    56. OspreyHeavy transport
    57. Wind
    58. Converter
    59. Wind
    60. SentrySentry
    61. Wind ×6
    62. BlinkScout plane
    63. Wind
    64. Converter
    65. Wind ×5
    66. StorkLight transport
    67. Wind ×4
    68. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    69. Wind
    70. Converter
    71. Wind ×8
    72. Converter
    73. Wind ×2
    74. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 9:04
    75. Wind
    76. Converter
    77. Wind
    78. Con turret
    79. Wind ×2
    80. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:36 · typical 9:29
    81. Con turret
    82. Converter
    83. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    84. Con turret
    85. Converter
    86. Wind
    87. Con turret
    88. Converter
    89. Wind
    90. Converter
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    92. Advanced solar
    93. Wind
    94. Converter
    95. Con turret
    96. Converter
    97. SentrySentry
    98. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    99. Converter
    100. Wind
    101. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    102. Wind
    103. Converter
    104. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    105. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    106. Advanced solar
    107. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    108. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    109. Converter
    110. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    111. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 11:55
    112. Converter
    113. Advanced solar
    114. Converter ×2
    115. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    116. Converter
    117. Advanced solar
    118. Converter ×9
    119. Advanced solar
    120. Converter ×4
    121. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    122. Converter ×4
    123. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:08
    124. Converter ×2
    125. Advanced solar
    126. PawnPawn
    127. Converter
    128. PawnPawn
    129. Converter
    130. PawnPawn ×2
    131. Converter
    132. PawnPawn
    133. Converter
    134. PawnPawn
    135. Advanced solar
    136. Converter
    137. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TheGeneraI's (31 OS, 05/10/2026); 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
4:0027052700401522328333
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

30.6 OS · 05/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
179 metal received · 36267 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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