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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 ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:44 · 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 · 6 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. MaceMacenot finished by 15:00
  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 · 34 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Mex
    3. MaceMace
    4. TickTick ×2
    5. MaceMace ×3
    6. Mex
    7. Wind
    8. MaceMace ×2
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Wind
    11. Mex
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. SentrySentry
    14. MaceMace
    15. Wind
    16. MaceMace ×2
    17. Wind
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. Wind
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. CenturionCenturion
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Energy storage
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
  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 · 135 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Wind
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. Wind
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. Wind
    16. Mex
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. ThugThug
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. Wind
    21. ThugThug
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    23. Mex
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. ThugThug
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:45 · typical 9:32
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    34. Con turret
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. Energy storage
    37. Wind
    38. Construction BotCon bot
    39. Wind
    40. Con turret
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. PawnPawn ×2
    43. Wind
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Wind
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Wind
    48. PawnPawn ×3
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn ×2
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn ×4
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Wind
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Construction BotCon bot
    60. Wind
    61. Con turret
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Wind
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Wind
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Wind
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Wind
    71. PawnPawn
    72. Con turret
    73. PawnPawn ×2
    74. Wind
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Wind ×2
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Wind
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    81. PawnPawn
    82. CenturionCenturion
    83. Wind
    84. CenturionCenturion
    85. Wind
    86. PawnPawn ×3
    87. Wind
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Con turret
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Wind
    92. PawnPawn
    93. Advanced solar
    94. Wind
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    97. Advanced solar
    98. PawnPawn
    99. Wind
    100. Advanced solar
    101. PawnPawn
    102. Wind
    103. PawnPawn
    104. Wind
    105. PawnPawn
    106. Advanced solar
    107. Wind
    108. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    109. PawnPawn
    110. Advanced solar
    111. Wind
    112. PawnPawn
    113. Wind
    114. Advanced solar
    115. PawnPawn
    116. Wind
    117. PawnPawn
    118. Wind
    119. PawnPawn ×2
    120. Wind
    121. PawnPawn ×4
    122. Wind
    123. PawnPawn
    124. Con turret
    125. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    126. PawnPawn ×3
    127. Wind
    128. PawnPawn
    129. Con turret
    130. Wind
    131. PawnPawn
    132. Wind
    133. PawnPawn
    134. Con turret
    135. PawnPawn ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is JustSomeGuy's (35 OS, 20/08/2026); 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

JustSomeGuy

35.1 OS · 20/08/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
186 metal received · 50398 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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