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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 ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:55 · 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. Wind
    3. TickTick ×2
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. PawnPawn ×2
    7. Mex
    8. PawnPawn ×2
    9. MaceMacedone 2:09
  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 · 15 steps
    1. MaceMace
    2. Mex
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Mex
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. SentrySentry
    9. MaceMace ×4
    10. SentrySentry
    11. MaceMace ×4
    12. LazarusLazarus ×2
    13. MaceMace
    14. SentrySentry
    15. MaceMace ×6
  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 · 226 steps
    1. MaceMace
    2. LazarusLazarus ×3
    3. MaceMace
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. MaceMace ×6
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. MaceMace
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. MaceMace
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. MaceMace
    13. PawnPawn ×2
    14. MaceMace
    15. PawnPawn
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Mex
    18. PawnPawn ×2
    19. Wind
    20. PawnPawn
    21. MaceMace
    22. SentrySentry
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. PawnPawn ×2
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. PawnPawn ×2
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. PawnPawn
    30. SentrySentry
    31. PawnPawn
    32. MaceMace
    33. PawnPawn ×2
    34. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    35. Construction BotCon bot
    36. Wind
    37. Mex
    38. SentrySentry
    39. Construction BotCon bot
    40. Wind
    41. MaceMace
    42. PawnPawn
    43. RocketeerRocketeer
    44. Wind
    45. PawnPawn ×2
    46. RocketeerRocketeer
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Wind
    49. MaceMace
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Wind ×2
    52. Mex
    53. PawnPawn ×2
    54. MaceMace
    55. Wind
    56. Metal storage
    57. Wind
    58. Mex
    59. Wind
    60. MaceMace
    61. SentrySentry ×2
    62. Wind
    63. Con turret
    64. Wind
    65. SentrySentry
    66. Wind
    67. PawnPawn ×3
    68. Con turret
    69. Wind
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Wind ×2
    72. PawnPawn ×2
    73. Con turret
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:12 · typical 9:29
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Wind
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Mex
    80. Wind ×2
    81. PawnPawn ×2
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. Wind ×2
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Wind ×2
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Wind ×4
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    90. Wind
    91. PawnPawn
    92. SentrySentry
    93. Wind ×2
    94. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 10:46
    95. Wind
    96. SentrySentry
    97. Wind
    98. Construction BotCon bot
    99. Wind
    100. SentrySentry
    101. Wind
    102. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    103. Wind
    104. Construction BotCon bot
    105. Wind ×2
    106. SeekerSeeker
    107. Wind
    108. Con turret
    109. Construction BotCon bot
    110. SeekerSeeker
    111. Wind ×2
    112. NettleNettle
    113. Wind
    114. SeekerSeeker
    115. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    116. Construction BotCon bot
    117. Wind
    118. SeekerSeeker
    119. Wind
    120. Construction BotCon bot
    121. NettleNettle
    122. SeekerSeeker
    123. Wind
    124. Construction BotCon bot
    125. SeekerSeeker
    126. Wind
    127. Construction BotCon bot
    128. Wind
    129. SeekerSeeker
    130. Construction BotCon bot
    131. NettleNettle
    132. Wind
    133. SeekerSeeker
    134. Hardened Energy Storage
    135. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    136. Con turret
    137. SeekerSeeker
    138. Wind
    139. Con turret
    140. Wind
    141. NettleNettle
    142. SeekerSeeker
    143. Wind ×2
    144. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    145. Con turret
    146. SeekerSeeker
    147. Con turret
    148. Wind ×2
    149. NettleNettle
    150. Con turret
    151. Wind
    152. SeekerSeeker
    153. Wind
    154. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    155. Wind
    156. SeekerSeeker
    157. SweeperSweeper
    158. Wind
    159. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    160. Wind ×2
    161. SweeperSweeper
    162. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    163. Wind ×3
    164. SweeperSweeper
    165. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    166. Wind
    167. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    168. Wind
    169. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    170. SweeperSweeper
    171. Wind ×4
    172. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    173. SeekerSeeker
    174. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    175. SeekerSeeker
    176. Wind
    177. SeekerSeeker
    178. Wind
    179. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    180. Wind
    181. SeekerSeeker
    182. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    183. Wind
    184. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    185. Wind ×2
    186. SeekerSeeker
    187. Wind
    188. SeekerSeeker
    189. Wind
    190. SeekerSeeker
    191. Wind ×2
    192. SeekerSeeker ×2
    193. Wind
    194. SeekerSeeker
    195. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:03
    196. SeekerSeeker
    197. Wind ×2
    198. Naval Construction Turret
    199. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    200. Wind ×2
    201. SeekerSeeker
    202. Wind ×2
    203. ArbalestArbalest
    204. Wind
    205. Hovercraft PlatformEat Hovercraft Platformreclaimed for its metal
    206. Wind ×4
    207. Naval Construction Turret
    208. Wind
    209. T2 converter
    210. Wind ×2
    211. Pit BullPit Bull
    212. Wind
    213. Naval Construction Turret
    214. Wind
    215. BeamerBeamer
    216. Wind ×2
    217. T2 converter
    218. Naval Construction Turret
    219. Wind
    220. Naval Construction Turret
    221. Wind
    222. Naval Construction Turret
    223. BeamerBeamer
    224. Seaplane PlatformSeaplane Platformnot finished by 15:00
    225. BeamerBeamer
    226. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TheAdmiral's (35 OS, 24/09/2026); 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

TheAdmiral

34.6 OS · 24/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
1815 metal received · 35209 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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