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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 0:44 · 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 · 6 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind
    6. MaceMacedone 1:45
  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 · 42 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind
    3. TickTick
    4. MaceMace
    5. SentrySentry
    6. TickTick
    7. Wind
    8. MaceMace
    9. TickTick
    10. MaceMace
    11. Wind
    12. TickTick
    13. Mex
    14. MaceMace
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Mex
    17. TickTick
    18. Wind
    19. SentrySentry
    20. MaceMace
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. Wind
    23. TickTick
    24. MaceMace
    25. TickTick
    26. Wind
    27. MaceMace
    28. BeamerBeamer
    29. TickTick
    30. MaceMace
    31. Wind
    32. BeamerBeamer
    33. TickTick
    34. MaceMace
    35. TickTick
    36. Wind ×2
    37. MaceMace
    38. TickTick
    39. MaceMace
    40. Wind ×2
    41. Construction BotCon bot
    42. Wind ×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 · 104 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. BeamerBeamer
    3. TickTick
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. Wind
    6. OverwatchOverwatch
    7. Wind
    8. OverwatchOverwatch
    9. TickTick ×2
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. Wind ×2
    12. TickTick
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Wind ×2
    15. GauntletGauntletdone 7:25
    16. TickTick
    17. Wind ×4
    18. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    19. Con turret
    20. Wind ×10
    21. Converter
    22. Wind ×3
    23. Converter
    24. Con turret
    25. Wind ×2
    26. Mex
    27. Wind ×5
    28. Converter
    29. Metal storage
    30. Wind ×3
    31. Con turret
    32. Wind
    33. Con turret
    34. Wind ×3
    35. Converter
    36. Wind
    37. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:54
    38. Construction BotCon bot
    39. Converter
    40. Wind ×2
    41. Construction BotCon bot
    42. Wind ×2
    43. Converter
    44. Wind
    45. Con turret
    46. Construction BotCon bot
    47. Converter
    48. Wind
    49. Construction BotCon bot
    50. Wind
    51. Con turret
    52. Wind ×2
    53. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:33
    54. Converter
    55. Wind
    56. Con turret
    57. Wind ×3
    58. Construction BotCon bot
    59. Wind
    60. TickTick
    61. SentrySentry
    62. TickTick
    63. Wind
    64. TickTick
    65. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    66. TickTick
    67. Converter
    68. Wind ×3
    69. SentrySentry
    70. TickTick
    71. Wind ×4
    72. Converter
    73. TickTick
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick
    76. Wind ×2
    77. SentrySentry
    78. TickTick
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:11 · typical 9:29
    80. Wind
    81. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    82. TickTick
    83. Converter
    84. SentrySentry
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick
    87. Wind ×5
    88. TickTick
    89. Wind ×2
    90. TickTick
    91. Converter
    92. Wind
    93. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    94. TickTick
    95. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    96. NettleNettle
    97. TickTick
    98. Wind ×2
    99. TickTick
    100. Wind
    101. NettleNettle
    102. TickTick
    103. Wind ×3
    104. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Spongeb0b's (33 OS, 03/08/2026); 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
3:001645161910813585109
4:0027052700401522328333
5:00396338478801126806783
6:00520150351461193713601427
7:00650562501974272621272302
8:00781975353035354830013173
9:00932089754091433237654071
10:0011239105504522501546704810
11:0013219123845010554052565547
12:0014831145375622599856226404
13:0017504168896512649464716999
14:0020188192606889721775517829
15:0022589218557460787391378701
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

Spongeb0b

33.3 OS · 03/08/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
215 metal received · 8784 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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