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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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. 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 · 9 steps
    1. TickTick ×2
    2. Mex
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Solar
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. TickTick ×5
    9. MaceMacedone 1:47
  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. Mex
    2. MaceMace ×5
    3. Mex
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. TickTick ×3
    7. Mex
    8. MaceMace ×5
    9. Con turret
    10. MaceMace ×2
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. TickTick ×3
    14. MaceMace
    15. BeamerBeamer
    16. MaceMace ×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 · 118 steps
    1. CenturionCenturion
    2. Energy storage
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. Metal storage
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Con turret ×2
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. BeamerBeamer
    9. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Wind ×3
    13. GauntletGauntletnot finished by 15:00
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. Wind ×2
    16. CenturionCenturion
    17. Wind ×2
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. Wind
    20. Construction BotCon bot
    21. Wind
    22. BeamerBeamer
    23. Wind
    24. Con turret
    25. Wind
    26. CenturionCenturion
    27. Wind
    28. BeamerBeamer
    29. Wind
    30. Construction BotCon bot
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:00 · typical 9:29
    32. GauntletGauntlet
    33. Wind ×2
    34. Construction BotCon bot
    35. Wind
    36. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    37. Wind
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. Wind ×2
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. NettleNettle ×3
    42. Wind ×6
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    44. Wind
    45. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    46. Wind
    47. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    48. Wind
    49. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    50. NettleNettle
    51. Wind
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. Wind ×2
    54. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    55. Wind
    56. Converter
    57. Wind
    58. Converter
    59. Con turret ×2
    60. Wind
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. Converter ×2
    63. Wind
    64. Con turret
    65. Converter
    66. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    67. Con turret
    68. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    69. Wind
    70. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    71. SentrySentry
    72. Converter
    73. Advanced solar
    74. Wind
    75. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:28
    76. Advanced solar
    77. Converter
    78. Wind
    79. Converter ×2
    80. Advanced solar
    81. Wind
    82. RoverScout
    83. Con turret
    84. StoutStout
    85. Con turret ×2
    86. StoutStout
    87. Advanced solar
    88. Converter ×3
    89. StoutStout
    90. Converter
    91. RoverScout
    92. Converter
    93. StoutStout
    94. Advanced solar
    95. StoutStout
    96. Converter
    97. StoutStout
    98. Converter
    99. RoverScout
    100. Converter
    101. StoutStout
    102. Converter
    103. StoutStout
    104. Advanced solar
    105. StoutStout
    106. Converter
    107. SentrySentry ×3
    108. RoverScout
    109. StoutStout
    110. Converter
    111. StoutStout
    112. Converter
    113. StoutStout
    114. Converter
    115. RoverScout
    116. StoutStout
    117. Converter
    118. StoutStout

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TheGeneraI's (33 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

TheGeneraI

33.0 OS · 20/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
460 metal received · 33913 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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