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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 · 23 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Mex
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Wind
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Mex
    9. Wind
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Mex
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Wind
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. Mex
    16. Wind
    17. CenturionCenturion
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Wind
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. Wind
    23. MaceMacedone 3:29
  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 · 17 steps
    1. MaceMace
    2. Mex
    3. Energy storage
    4. Wind
    5. MaceMace ×3
    6. BeamerBeamer
    7. Wind
    8. MaceMace ×2
    9. NettleNettle
    10. Wind
    11. MaceMace
    12. Converter
    13. MaceMace ×2
    14. Wind
    15. MaceMace ×2
    16. Converter
    17. 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 · 141 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. Converter
    5. MaceMace
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. MaceMace
    8. Wind
    9. Converter
    10. MaceMace
    11. Converter
    12. MaceMace
    13. Wind
    14. MaceMace
    15. BeamerBeamer
    16. Converter
    17. MaceMace ×2
    18. Converter
    19. Wind
    20. MaceMace ×2
    21. Converter
    22. Wind
    23. MaceMace
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. Converter
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. Wind
    28. Converter
    29. MaceMace
    30. ThugThug
    31. MaceMace
    32. Converter
    33. MaceMace
    34. Wind
    35. MaceMace
    36. Converter
    37. MaceMace ×3
    38. Converter
    39. Wind
    40. MaceMace
    41. Metal storage
    42. Converter
    43. MaceMace
    44. GauntletGauntletnot finished by 15:00
    45. Converter
    46. Wind
    47. MaceMace
    48. Wind ×4
    49. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Wind ×2
    52. PawnPawn ×2
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Mex
    56. Wind
    57. PawnPawn
    58. Wind
    59. PawnPawn ×2
    60. Con turret
    61. Wind
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Wind
    64. Converter
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Wind
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Converter
    69. Wind
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    72. Converter
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Converter
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Wind
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:16 · typical 9:32
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Wind
    80. Converter
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Wind
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Wind
    85. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Converter
    88. Wind
    89. PawnPawn
    90. Wind
    91. Converter
    92. PawnPawn
    93. Mex
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Converter
    96. Wind
    97. PawnPawn ×2
    98. Wind
    99. Converter
    100. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    101. PawnPawn ×2
    102. StarlightStarlightfor Geodone 12:26
    103. Wind
    104. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    105. PawnPawn ×2
    106. Converter
    107. Construction BotCon bot
    108. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    109. Construction BotCon bot
    110. Wind ×2
    111. Converter
    112. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    113. Construction BotCon bot
    114. Converter
    115. Construction BotCon bot
    116. Wind ×2
    117. Converter
    118. Construction BotCon bot
    119. Converter
    120. Construction BotCon bot
    121. Converter
    122. Construction BotCon bot
    123. Wind ×2
    124. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    125. Wind ×2
    126. PawnPawn ×6
    127. Wind
    128. PawnPawn
    129. Wind
    130. CrossbowCrossbow ×3
    131. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    132. CrossbowCrossbow
    133. Wind ×2
    134. PawnPawn ×2
    135. Wind
    136. PawnPawn ×2
    137. Construction BotCon bot
    138. Wind ×3
    139. PawnPawn
    140. Con turret
    141. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is OUDLES's (36 OS, 10/09/2026); 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

36.4 OS · 10/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
128 metal received · 49124 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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