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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 · 10 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind
    5. TickTick
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Con turret
    9. Mex
    10. MaceMacedone 2:52
  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 · 27 steps
    1. Mex
    2. MaceMace
    3. SentrySentry
    4. MaceMace
    5. Wind
    6. SentrySentry
    7. MaceMace
    8. Mex
    9. Wind
    10. SentrySentry
    11. MaceMace
    12. Wind
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. MaceMace
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Wind
    17. Mex
    18. Solar
    19. MaceMace
    20. Wind
    21. MaceMace
    22. Wind
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. Wind
    25. SentrySentry
    26. MaceMace
    27. Wind ×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 · 128 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Con turret
    3. Wind ×3
    4. BeamerBeamer
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Energy storage
    7. Wind
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Wind ×2
    10. SentrySentry
    11. Wind ×2
    12. BeamerBeamer
    13. Wind ×3
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. Wind
    16. BeamerBeamer
    17. MaceMace
    18. Wind
    19. MaceMace
    20. Con turret
    21. Wind
    22. MaceMace
    23. GauntletGauntletdone 8:31
    24. MaceMace
    25. Mex
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:23 · typical 9:32
    27. SentrySentry
    28. Mex ×2
    29. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    31. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    32. TickTick ×2
    33. Con turret
    34. TickTick ×2
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. TickTick ×5
    37. SentrySentry
    38. TickTick
    39. SentrySentry
    40. TickTick
    41. Construction BotCon bot
    42. SentrySentry
    43. Con turret
    44. TickTick ×2
    45. LazarusLazarus
    46. Con turret
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. TickTick ×9
    49. Con turret
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. LazarusLazarus ×2
    52. TickTick ×5
    53. Con turret
    54. TickTick ×5
    55. Wind
    56. TickTick
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick ×2
    59. Wind
    60. TickTick ×4
    61. Wind
    62. Con turret
    63. TickTick
    64. Wind
    65. TickTick ×2
    66. Wind
    67. TickTick ×2
    68. Wind
    69. TickTick ×3
    70. Wind
    71. TickTick
    72. Con turret
    73. TickTick
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick ×2
    76. Wind
    77. TickTick ×2
    78. Con turret
    79. TickTick
    80. Wind
    81. TickTick ×3
    82. Pit BullPit Bull
    83. Wind
    84. TickTick ×3
    85. Construction BotCon bot
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick
    88. Wind
    89. TickTick ×2
    90. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 13:36
    91. TickTick
    92. Wind
    93. TickTick ×2
    94. Con turret
    95. Wind
    96. TickTick
    97. LazarusLazarus
    98. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    99. BeamerBeamer
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick ×4
    102. SentrySentry
    103. Wind
    104. TickTick ×4
    105. Wind
    106. TickTick
    107. LazarusLazarus
    108. TickTick ×4
    109. SentrySentry
    110. TickTick ×2
    111. Pit BullPit Bull
    112. TickTick ×2
    113. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    114. TickTick
    115. Wind
    116. TickTick ×3
    117. Con turret
    118. TickTick
    119. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    120. TickTick
    121. Wind
    122. Con turret ×2
    123. Wind
    124. BeamerBeamer
    125. SentrySentry
    126. Con turret
    127. VeilVeil
    128. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Zeker_niet_Philipp's (37 OS, 20/09/2026); 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

Zeker_niet_Philipp

36.9 OS · 20/09/2026

Open source match ↗

17 received units · includes a constructor
174 metal received · 20934 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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