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Mace rush

Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Skips the vehicle side early and pushes Mace out of the Bot Lab from around 2:00, far earlier than normal, to assault the middle with T1 bots before the usual buildup.

#rush #raid · 68 distinct matches · 33 players · 2% of Armada Front games · team won 51% of 68 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • MaceT1 bot assault from 2:01 · 5% of role by thenFrom the Bot Lab. Only 5% of Front games have it by then; others who build it get it around 2:59
  • MaceMace in 75%3% of all Front games by then

Where those units first fight, in 68 games with kill data: in the middle 91%, on their own side 9%.

Those units destroy a typical 2,006 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into rocketeer (15% of army), pawn (10% 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 68 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 0:26–0:41

    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
    • Lazarus1 Lazarus
    Army
    • Tick3 Tick +3 vs standard

    Some games also: pawn (47%) · centurion (34%)

    By 2:00 in all: 4 mex · 2 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. TickTick ×5
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. MaceMacedone 1:13
  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 (49%) · rocketeer (46%) · con turret (40%)

    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 · 20 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. MaceMace ×2
    3. Mex
    4. MaceMace ×2
    5. Mex
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    8. SentrySentry
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    10. SentrySentry
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Mex
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. MaceMace
    16. OverwatchOverwatch
    17. MaceMace
    18. Mex
    19. MaceMace ×3
    20. Con turret
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine19Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot +2 vs standard
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus +2 vs standard
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Mace8 Mace +8 vs standard

    Some games also: Radar Tower (50%) · rocketeer (46%) · energy storage (46%) · converter (38%) · centurion (34%)

    By 10:00 in all: 8 mex · 25 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 109 steps
    1. MaceMace ×3
    2. BeamerBeamer
    3. MaceMace ×2
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Con turret
    7. MaceMace
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. MaceMace ×6
    10. GauntletGauntletdone 9:04
    11. MaceMace ×2
    12. Wind
    13. MaceMace
    14. Wind
    15. MaceMace
    16. Wind
    17. MaceMace
    18. Wind
    19. MaceMace
    20. Wind
    21. MaceMace
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:20 · typical 9:32
    23. Wind
    24. MaceMace ×2
    25. Wind
    26. MaceMace
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. Wind
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    30. LazarusLazarus
    31. Wind
    32. LazarusLazarus
    33. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    34. LazarusLazarus
    35. Wind
    36. LazarusLazarus
    37. MaceMace
    38. Wind
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. MaceMace
    41. Wind
    42. MaceMace
    43. Wind
    44. MaceMace
    45. Wind
    46. MaceMace ×2
    47. Wind
    48. MaceMace
    49. Wind
    50. MaceMace
    51. Wind
    52. MaceMace
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. Wind
    55. MaceMace
    56. Con turret
    57. MaceMace
    58. Wind
    59. MaceMace
    60. Wind ×2
    61. MaceMace
    62. Wind ×2
    63. MaceMace
    64. Wind ×2
    65. MaceMace
    66. Wind ×2
    67. MaceMace
    68. Wind
    69. MaceMace
    70. Wind ×2
    71. MaceMace
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. Wind
    74. MaceMace
    75. Wind
    76. MaceMace
    77. Wind
    78. LazarusLazarus
    79. TickTick
    80. Wind ×2
    81. TickTick
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick
    84. Wind
    85. TickTick
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick ×2
    88. Wind
    89. TickTick
    90. Wind
    91. TickTick
    92. Wind
    93. TickTick
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick ×3
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick ×3
    98. Wind
    99. TickTick
    100. Con turret
    101. TickTick ×3
    102. Wind
    103. TickTick ×3
    104. Wind
    105. TickTick
    106. Pit BullPit Bull
    107. TickTick
    108. Con turret
    109. TickTick ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Dread29's (31 OS, 08/09/2026); 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 59% of games
  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:20 · in 37% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 8:06 · 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

68 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
2:008428420212131
3:001645161913013596108
4:0026462699391522328333
5:00389338467951123806781
6:00498350341453191913601414
7:00642862631964271321472285
8:00756375492764354430013149
9:00909289973493431636734046
10:0010964105774129500945814770
11:0012585124094856553053405545
12:0014166145465231599760996392
13:0016906169236160648368076997
14:0019646192876792724581767842
15:0021682219577353788292228707
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

Dread29

31.2 OS · 08/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
42 metal received · 72928 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:35Middle 50%: 0:26–0:41 · n=68
Advanced Metal Extractor9:32Middle 50%: 8:48–10:56 · n=54

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