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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
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:26 · 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 · 10 steps
    1. PawnPawn ×2
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Mex
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. 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 · 21 steps
    1. Mex
    2. MaceMace ×2
    3. Wind
    4. MaceMace
    5. Mex
    6. MaceMace
    7. Wind
    8. NettleNettle
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Wind
    11. SentrySentry ×2
    12. Wind
    13. Mex
    14. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    15. MaceMace
    16. Wind
    17. MaceMace
    18. Wind
    19. MaceMace
    20. Wind
    21. MaceMace
  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 · 131 steps
    1. Wind
    2. MaceMace
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. BeamerBeamer
    5. MaceMace ×5
    6. LazarusLazarus ×3
    7. Mex
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:48 · typical 9:29
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. PawnPawn
    11. MaceMace
    12. SentrySentry
    13. PawnPawn ×2
    14. SentrySentry
    15. PawnPawn
    16. SentrySentry
    17. CenturionCenturion
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Construction BotCon bot
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    22. Wind
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. Wind
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. Wind
    29. Energy storage
    30. Wind ×3
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. Wind ×3
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. Construction BotCon bot
    35. Wind ×5
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. Wind ×3
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Wind ×3
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Wind ×3
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. Wind ×3
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. Wind ×4
    46. Construction BotCon bot
    47. Con turret
    48. Wind ×5
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Wind ×3
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Wind ×4
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Con turret
    55. VeilVeil
    56. Wind ×2
    57. PawnPawn
    58. Wind
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Wind ×3
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Wind
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Wind ×2
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Wind ×2
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Wind
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Wind
    71. Converter
    72. Wind
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Wind ×2
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Wind ×2
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Wind ×2
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Converter
    81. Wind
    82. Construction BotCon bot
    83. Wind ×3
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Wind
    86. Con turret
    87. Wind ×2
    88. Converter
    89. PawnPawn
    90. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    91. Wind
    92. Con turret
    93. Wind ×2
    94. LazarusLazarus
    95. Wind
    96. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:18
    97. Converter
    98. Pit BullPit Bull
    99. LazarusLazarus
    100. Wind ×2
    101. PawnPawn
    102. Wind
    103. TickTick ×4
    104. Wind
    105. TickTick
    106. Wind
    107. TickTick
    108. Wind
    109. TickTick ×2
    110. Converter
    111. TickTick ×8
    112. Wind ×2
    113. TickTick ×2
    114. Wind
    115. TickTick ×4
    116. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    117. TickTick ×2
    118. Converter
    119. TickTick ×3
    120. Wind
    121. TickTick
    122. Wind
    123. TickTick ×2
    124. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    125. Wind
    126. TickTick ×4
    127. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    128. TickTick ×4
    129. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    130. Wind
    131. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Crd]Atlas's (30 OS, 21/09/2026); 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

[Crd]Atlas

30.2 OS · 21/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
30 metal received · 12659 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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