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Mace rush

Front skips the usual Vehicle Plant opening for an early Bot Lab, pushing Mace bots out by 2:18 to fight forward at middle well before the norm, later adding Centurion to hold the line.

#rush #push · 15 distinct matches · 8 players · 1% of Armada Front games · team won 47% of 15 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • MaceT1 bot assault from 2:18 · 3% of role by thenFrom the Bot Lab. Only 3% of Front games have it by then; others who build it get it around 3:09
  • MaceMace in 87%2% of all Front games by then
  • CenturionCenturion in 40%13% of all Front games by then

Where those units first fight, in 15 games with kill data: in the middle 87%, on their own side 13%.

Those units destroy a typical 2,122 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into pawn (8% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Mace by 2:18

  1. Open Bot Lab fast with mex spread as usual for Front.
  2. Push Mace out far earlier than normal to fight at middle.
  3. Keep Mace flowing to sustain pressure on the middle push.
  4. Reinforce with more Mace to hold the line as numbers grow.
  5. Fold in Centurion and settle into a standard bot-heavy composition.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 15 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 ~0:33, middle half 0:26–0:42

    By 0:16 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:33 · typical 0:33
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to T1 bot assault

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor3Mex
    • Wind Turbine2Wind
    Order
    1. MaceT1 bot assault after 5 mex, 2 wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot +2 vs standard
    • Lazarus1 Lazarus
    Army
    • Centurion1 Centurion
    • Tick1 Tick

    Some games also: pawn (40%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 2 con vehicle

    By 2:18 in all: 5 mex · 2 wind

    The example game in this phase · 10 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick ×2
    5. Mex
    6. TickTick
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    8. Wind ×2
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. MaceMacedone 1:41
  3. 3

    T1 bot assault to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine4Wind+2 vs standard
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus +2 vs standard
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Mace11 Mace +11 vs standard

    Some games also: con bot (40%)

    By 5:00 in all: 7 mex · 11 wind (standard 5) · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 20 steps
    1. MaceMace ×2
    2. Mex
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Mex
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. Mex
    8. MaceMace ×3
    9. BeamerBeamerfor Geo
    10. MaceMace ×2
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    13. BeamerBeamerfor Geo
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    15. BeamerBeamerfor Geo
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    17. BeamerBeamer ×2
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. BeamerBeamerfor Geo
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine19Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret3 Con turret
    • Lazarus3 Lazarus +3 vs standard
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    Army
    • Mace9 Mace +9 vs standard

    Some games also: Sentry (47%) · centurion (40%) · Beamer (40%) · converter (40%) · Radar Tower (40%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 4 blitz

    By 10:00 in all: 8 mex · 30 wind · 4 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 120 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    2. Mex
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. BeamerBeamer
    5. SentrySentry
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Wind
    8. BeamerBeamer
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. BeamerBeamer
    11. Wind
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. BeamerBeamer
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    17. Wind
    18. BeamerBeamerfor Geo
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. Wind
    21. Con turret
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. BeamerBeamerfor Geo
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Con turret
    27. Wind ×2
    28. BeamerBeamer
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Wind
    31. Con turret
    32. Wind ×2
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. BeamerBeamer
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. Con turret
    37. Wind
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. Wind ×2
    40. Converter
    41. Wind
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
    43. Wind
    44. Converter
    45. RocketeerRocketeer
    46. Wind ×4
    47. Converter
    48. RocketeerRocketeer
    49. Construction BotCon bot
    50. Wind ×4
    51. Construction BotCon bot
    52. Wind ×3
    53. Converter
    54. Wind
    55. Mex
    56. Wind
    57. Mex
    58. Construction BotCon bot
    59. Wind ×4
    60. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    61. Wind
    62. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    63. Construction BotCon bot
    64. Wind ×3
    65. Construction BotCon bot
    66. Converter
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:29 · typical 9:32
    68. Wind ×4
    69. Construction BotCon bot
    70. Wind ×6
    71. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    72. Wind
    73. Converter
    74. Wind ×3
    75. Converter
    76. Wind ×4
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    78. SentrySentry
    79. Converter
    80. Wind ×3
    81. SentrySentry
    82. Wind ×10
    83. Energy storage
    84. Wind
    85. Converter
    86. Wind ×4
    87. Converter
    88. Wind ×2
    89. Con turret
    90. Wind
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    92. Con turret
    93. Wind ×5
    94. Converter
    95. Wind ×2
    96. Converter
    97. Energy storage
    98. Wind
    99. Energy storage
    100. Wind
    101. Converter
    102. Wind ×2
    103. Con turret
    104. Converter
    105. Con turret
    106. Wind ×2
    107. Advanced solar
    108. Converter
    109. Wind ×4
    110. Converter
    111. Wind
    112. Advanced solar
    113. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    114. Wind ×2
    115. Converter
    116. Wind ×2
    117. Advanced solar
    118. Converter ×3
    119. Wind ×2
    120. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Viltrum's (46 OS, 24/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:18 · in 80% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:18 · in 60% 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

15 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
1:003313330000
2:00863846021031
3:00169916247514071105
4:0027952712439540182333
5:004062386810841188910813
6:00534350761735209913521526
7:00644163142290298430462459
8:00782876623193387133583365
9:00913390873580463246404312
10:0011085106664118530860935060
11:0013421126084462581961335701
12:0015520148154462631368986521
13:0018534174405930698171867256
14:0019950201836162758492778093
15:0023449226306842839496728939
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Team win rate fell well short of the standard build despite similar economy and damage numbers.

  • + Metal produced stayed close to or above standard through 15:00.
  • + Mace timing at 2:18 is drastically ahead of the role's norm.
  • − Team win rate 47% versus standard's 61%.
  • − Own metal lost at 10:00 above standard (6093 vs 5092).
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Viltrum

45.9 OS · 24/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
224 metal received · 52543 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:33Middle 50%: 0:26–0:42 · n=15
Advanced Metal Extractor9:32Middle 50%: 8:37–11:20 · n=12

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