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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 ×3
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. Wind
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:56 · 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 · 26 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. TickTick ×5
    3. PawnPawn
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    5. Mex
    6. Con turret
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Wind
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    11. Wind
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Wind
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Wind ×3
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. SentrySentry
    19. BeamerBeamer
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. BeamerBeamer
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    23. LazarusLazarus
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    25. Wind
    26. MaceMacedone 3:56
  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 · 10 steps
    1. Wind
    2. MaceMace
    3. Converter
    4. MaceMace
    5. Wind
    6. MaceMace
    7. LazarusLazarus ×2
    8. Wind
    9. MaceMace
    10. 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 · 137 steps
    1. MaceMace ×2
    2. SentrySentry
    3. MaceMace
    4. Mex
    5. MaceMace ×2
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Converter
    8. MaceMace
    9. Converter
    10. MaceMace
    11. Mex
    12. MaceMace
    13. Wind
    14. Metal storage
    15. MaceMace ×2
    16. Wind
    17. BeamerBeamer
    18. MaceMace
    19. Wind
    20. MaceMace
    21. Wind
    22. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:18 · typical 9:29
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind
    29. Energy storage
    30. Con turret
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    34. Wind
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    36. Wind
    37. TickTick
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    39. TickTick
    40. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    41. Wind
    42. TickTick
    43. Mex
    44. TickTick
    45. Wind
    46. TickTick ×3
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Wind
    49. TickTick ×2
    50. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    51. TickTick
    52. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    53. TickTick
    54. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    55. Wind
    56. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    57. TickTick ×2
    58. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    59. TickTick
    60. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    61. TickTick
    62. Con turret
    63. TickTick
    64. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    65. Wind
    66. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    67. Construction BotCon bot
    68. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    69. PawnPawn ×3
    70. Wind
    71. PawnPawn ×5
    72. LazarusLazarus
    73. Wind
    74. LazarusLazarus
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    76. LazarusLazarus
    77. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    78. Wind
    79. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    80. Wind
    81. TickTick ×10
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick ×10
    84. Con turret
    85. TickTick ×10
    86. Con turret
    87. TickTick ×3
    88. Wind
    89. TickTick ×2
    90. Wind
    91. TickTick ×2
    92. Wind
    93. TickTick ×3
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick
    98. PawnPawn
    99. Wind
    100. PawnPawn
    101. Wind
    102. PawnPawn
    103. Wind
    104. LazarusLazarus
    105. Wind
    106. PawnPawn
    107. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:55
    108. Wind
    109. PawnPawn
    110. Wind
    111. PawnPawn
    112. Wind
    113. PawnPawn
    114. Wind
    115. PawnPawn ×2
    116. Wind
    117. PawnPawn ×2
    118. Wind
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Wind
    121. PawnPawn
    122. Wind
    123. PawnPawn
    124. Wind
    125. LazarusLazarus
    126. Wind
    127. LazarusLazarus
    128. Wind
    129. LazarusLazarus ×3
    130. PawnPawn ×2
    131. Wind
    132. PawnPawn
    133. Wind
    134. PawnPawn
    135. Wind
    136. PawnPawn
    137. Pit BullPit Bull

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TrevGod's (30 OS, 10/09/2026); 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
3:001645161910813485108
4:0027052700401522328333
5:00396338478801127806787
6:00520150351461193313601427
7:00650562531974272221272302
8:00781975353035354530013173
9:00932089734091432937654069
10:0011239105354522500946704807
11:0013219123725010553652565546
12:0014831145275622598856226402
13:0017504168576512646964716999
14:0020188192206889719175517826
15:0022589218547460786991378687
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

TrevGod

30.2 OS · 10/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
21 metal received · 14357 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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