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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:39 · 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 · 37 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. TickTick
    3. Mex
    4. TickTick ×2
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Wind
    8. Mex
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Wind
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Mex
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. Mex
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. CenturionCenturion
    18. Wind
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. BeamerBeamer
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. BeamerBeamer
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Mex
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Metal storage
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    35. Wind
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. MaceMacedone 5:14
  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

  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 · 268 steps
    1. GauntletGauntletdone 9:14
    2. MaceMace
    3. Wind
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. MaceMace ×3
    6. Wind
    7. MaceMace ×2
    8. Wind
    9. MaceMace
    10. Energy storage
    11. MaceMace
    12. Wind
    13. MaceMace
    14. Mex
    15. MaceMace ×2
    16. Wind
    17. MaceMace
    18. Con turret
    19. MaceMace
    20. Converter
    21. Wind
    22. MaceMace
    23. Wind
    24. Con turret
    25. MaceMace
    26. Converter
    27. MaceMace
    28. Wind
    29. Converter
    30. Con turret
    31. MaceMace
    32. Construction BotCon bot
    33. Con turret
    34. Wind
    35. Construction BotCon bot
    36. Converter
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. Converter
    39. Construction BotCon bot
    40. Converter
    41. Wind
    42. MaceMace
    43. Converter
    44. MaceMace
    45. Wind
    46. MaceMace ×3
    47. Converter
    48. MaceMace ×2
    49. Converter
    50. Wind
    51. MaceMace ×5
    52. Con turret
    53. MaceMace
    54. Wind
    55. Con turret
    56. MaceMace ×2
    57. Converter
    58. Wind
    59. MaceMace ×2
    60. Wind
    61. Mex
    62. Wind
    63. MaceMace ×2
    64. Converter
    65. Mex
    66. MaceMace
    67. Wind ×2
    68. MaceMace
    69. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    70. Converter
    71. MaceMace
    72. Wind ×2
    73. MaceMace
    74. Wind
    75. Mex
    76. MaceMace
    77. BeamerBeamer
    78. MaceMace
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:11
    80. Converter
    81. MaceMace
    82. Wind ×2
    83. SentrySentry
    84. Wind
    85. MaceMace
    86. Wind ×2
    87. Converter
    88. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    89. MaceMace
    90. Wind ×3
    91. Converter
    92. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    93. Wind ×3
    94. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    95. Wind ×2
    96. Construction BotCon bot
    97. Wind ×2
    98. Construction BotCon bot
    99. Wind
    100. Converter
    101. Construction BotCon bot
    102. BeamerBeamer
    103. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    104. Converter
    105. Construction BotCon bot
    106. Wind ×2
    107. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    108. TickTick
    109. Wind
    110. TickTick
    111. Wind ×2
    112. TickTick ×2
    113. Wind
    114. TickTick
    115. BeamerBeamer
    116. Wind
    117. TickTick ×2
    118. Wind
    119. TickTick ×2
    120. Wind ×2
    121. TickTick ×3
    122. Wind
    123. TickTick ×2
    124. Mex
    125. TickTick
    126. Converter
    127. TickTick
    128. Wind ×2
    129. TickTick ×5
    130. Wind
    131. TickTick
    132. LazarusLazarus
    133. Wind
    134. TickTick
    135. Wind
    136. Mex
    137. TickTick ×2
    138. Wind
    139. TickTick ×3
    140. Wind
    141. TickTick
    142. Wind
    143. TickTick
    144. Wind
    145. TickTick ×2
    146. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    147. TickTick ×3
    148. Wind
    149. TickTick
    150. Converter
    151. TickTick
    152. Wind ×2
    153. TickTick
    154. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 12:44
    155. TickTick
    156. Wind
    157. TickTick
    158. Wind
    159. TickTick
    160. NettleNettle
    161. Wind ×2
    162. TickTick ×2
    163. Wind
    164. TickTick
    165. NettleNettle
    166. Wind ×3
    167. TickTick
    168. Wind
    169. LazarusLazarus
    170. Converter
    171. Wind
    172. LazarusLazarus
    173. Wind
    174. LazarusLazarus
    175. Wind
    176. LazarusLazarus
    177. Wind ×2
    178. TickTick ×2
    179. Wind
    180. TickTick ×2
    181. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    182. TickTick
    183. Wind
    184. TickTick ×2
    185. Wind
    186. TickTick ×2
    187. Wind
    188. TickTick ×3
    189. Wind
    190. HoundHound
    191. TickTick
    192. Wind ×2
    193. TickTick
    194. HoundHound
    195. Wind
    196. TickTick
    197. Wind
    198. TickTick
    199. Wind
    200. Con turret
    201. TickTick
    202. Wind
    203. HoundHound
    204. TickTick
    205. Wind
    206. Con turret
    207. Wind
    208. TickTick
    209. Wind
    210. TickTick
    211. Wind
    212. TickTick
    213. Wind
    214. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    215. TickTick
    216. HoundHound
    217. Wind ×2
    218. TickTick
    219. Wind
    220. TickTick
    221. Wind
    222. TickTick
    223. Wind ×2
    224. TickTick ×2
    225. HoundHound
    226. TickTick
    227. Wind
    228. TickTick
    229. HoundHound
    230. Wind
    231. TickTick ×2
    232. Con turret
    233. Wind
    234. HoundHound
    235. TickTick
    236. Con turret
    237. TickTick
    238. Wind ×2
    239. PersecutorPersecutornot finished by 15:00
    240. TickTick
    241. HoundHound
    242. TickTick
    243. Wind
    244. TickTick
    245. HoundHound
    246. TickTick ×2
    247. Wind ×2
    248. HoundHound
    249. TickTick
    250. Wind
    251. HoundHound
    252. TickTick ×3
    253. HoundHound
    254. TickTick
    255. Wind
    256. TickTick
    257. Wind
    258. TickTick
    259. HoundHound
    260. TickTick
    261. Wind ×2
    262. TickTick ×2
    263. TumbleweedRolling bomb
    264. TickTick ×2
    265. Wind
    266. TickTick
    267. Wind
    268. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is OUDLES's (36 OS, 13/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:18 · 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

OUDLES

35.9 OS · 13/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
13 metal received · 34134 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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