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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TheGeneraI's (32 OS, 27/09/2026); 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

TheGeneraI

32.3 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

37 received units · includes a constructor
320 metal received · 47067 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

TheGeneraI10games of this build[crd]sisa7games of this buildOUDLES4games of this buildXuunnY4games of this build_[BOBO]_3games of this build