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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 · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labfor Geodone 0:20 · 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 · 16 steps
    1. Windfor Geo
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Windfor Geo
    4. TickTick
    5. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    6. Mex ×2
    7. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    8. Mex
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. PawnPawn
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. Mex
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. Mex
    16. MaceMacenot finished by 15:00
  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 · 12 steps
    1. TickTick ×5
    2. Mex
    3. MaceMace ×6
    4. MaceMacefor Geo
    5. MaceMace ×3
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. MaceMace ×2
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    10. Mex
    11. Construction BotCon bot ×2for Geo
    12. Construction BotCon bot
  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 · 146 steps
    1. PawnPawn
    2. Windfor Geo
    3. PawnPawn ×2
    4. Con turretfor Geo
    5. PawnPawn
    6. Windfor Geo
    7. PawnPawn
    8. Energy storagefor Geo
    9. PawnPawn
    10. Windfor Geo
    11. PawnPawn
    12. Wind ×2for Geo
    13. PawnPawn
    14. Wind ×2for Geo
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. PawnPawn
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Windfor Geo
    19. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    20. Windfor Geo
    21. Sneaky PeteSneaky Petefor Geo
    22. Windfor Geo
    23. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    24. Wind ×2for Geo
    25. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    26. Wind ×2for Geo
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. Windfor Geo
    29. Wind
    30. BeamerBeamerfor Geo
    31. Windfor Geo
    32. MaceMace
    33. Windfor Geo
    34. MaceMace
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Geodone 9:26 · typical 9:29
    36. Windfor Geo
    37. MaceMace
    38. Windfor Geo
    39. MaceMace
    40. Radar TowerRadar Towerfor Geo
    41. Wind ×2for Geo
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Windfor Geo
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Windfor Geo
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Windfor Geo
    48. PawnPawn
    49. LazarusLazarus
    50. Wind ×2for Geo
    51. LazarusLazarus
    52. Windfor Geo
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Windfor Geo
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Windfor Geo
    57. PawnPawn
    58. Windfor Geo
    59. PawnPawn
    60. BeamerBeamerfor Geo
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Windfor Geo
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Geo
    64. PawnPawn
    65. LazarusLazarus
    66. Windfor Geo
    67. LazarusLazarusfor Geo
    68. Windfor Geo
    69. LazarusLazarusfor Geo
    70. Converter
    71. Con turretfor Geo
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Geo
    73. PawnPawn ×2
    74. Converterfor Geo
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Converterfor Geo
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Converterfor Geo
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Converterfor Geo
    81. TickTick ×2
    82. Con turretfor Geo
    83. TickTick ×2
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Converterfor Geo
    86. TickTick
    87. Converterfor Geo
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Radar TowerRadar Towerfor Geo
    90. Converterfor Geo
    91. TickTick
    92. Converterfor Geo
    93. PawnPawn ×2
    94. BeamerBeamerfor Geo
    95. Converterfor Geo
    96. LazarusLazarus
    97. LazarusLazarus ×2for Geo
    98. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Geo
    99. TickTick
    100. PawnPawn
    101. TickTick
    102. PawnPawn
    103. TickTick
    104. PawnPawn
    105. TickTick
    106. PawnPawn
    107. TickTick
    108. PawnPawn
    109. TickTick
    110. PawnPawn
    111. TickTick
    112. PawnPawn
    113. TickTick
    114. PawnPawn
    115. TickTick
    116. PawnPawn
    117. TickTick
    118. PawnPawn
    119. TickTick
    120. PawnPawn
    121. BeamerBeamerfor Geo
    122. TickTick
    123. PawnPawn
    124. TickTick
    125. PawnPawn
    126. TickTick
    127. PawnPawn
    128. TickTick
    129. PawnPawn
    130. TickTick
    131. PawnPawnfor Geo
    132. TickTick
    133. PawnPawnfor Geo
    134. TickTick
    135. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Geo
    136. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    137. PawnPawnfor Geo
    138. TickTickfor Geo
    139. Con turretfor Geo
    140. PawnPawnfor Geo
    141. Con turretfor Geo
    142. TickTickfor Geo
    143. Con turretfor Geo
    144. PawnPawnfor Geo
    145. Con turretfor Geo
    146. TickTickfor Geo

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is haaven's (43 OS, 12/10/2026); 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

haaven

42.9 OS · 12/10/2026

Open source match ↗

12 received units · includes a constructor
95 metal received · 23347 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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