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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 · 35 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:36
    3. RoverScout
    4. Wind
    5. RoverScout
    6. Wind
    7. RoverScout ×3
    8. Mex
    9. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    10. JanusJanus
    11. Mex
    12. JanusJanus ×2
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Mex
    15. WhistlerMissile truck
    16. Mex
    17. SentrySentry ×2
    18. WhistlerMissile truck
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×7
    20. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    21. Mex
    22. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    23. BeamerBeamer
    24. Wind
    25. OverwatchOverwatch
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    28. Wind ×8
    29. Con turret
    30. Wind ×4
    31. Con turret
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Con turret
    34. Wind
    35. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00 · 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 · 20 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    5. Wind
    6. BeamerBeamer
    7. Wind
    8. OverwatchOverwatch
    9. Wind
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:42 · typical 9:32
    11. Wind
    12. Bot LabBot Labdone 7:49
    13. Wind
    14. Energy storage
    15. Wind
    16. TickTick
    17. Wind
    18. TickTick
    19. CenturionCenturion
    20. MaceMacedone 8:05
  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 · 110 steps
    1. Wind
    2. MaceMace
    3. Mex
    4. Wind
    5. Converter
    6. MaceMace
    7. Converter ×2
    8. Wind
    9. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    10. Wind
    11. Converter
    12. Wind
    13. NettleNettle
    14. Converter
    15. Wind
    16. MaceMace
    17. Converter
    18. MaceMace
    19. NettleNettle
    20. Converter
    21. MaceMace
    22. Converter
    23. Wind
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    25. MaceMace
    26. Mex
    27. MaceMace
    28. Wind
    29. Converter
    30. MaceMace
    31. NettleNettle
    32. Converter
    33. MaceMace ×2
    34. Converter
    35. MaceMace
    36. SentrySentry
    37. MaceMace
    38. Converter
    39. MaceMace ×2
    40. Converter
    41. MaceMace
    42. NettleNettle
    43. MaceMace
    44. Wind
    45. AnemoneAnemone
    46. MaceMace
    47. Wind
    48. NettleNettle
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. LazarusLazarus
    51. AnemoneAnemone
    52. LazarusLazarus ×3
    53. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    54. MaceMace ×4
    55. NettleNettle
    56. MaceMace ×2
    57. Mex
    58. MaceMace ×4
    59. Wind
    60. MaceMace ×2
    61. Wind
    62. MaceMace
    63. Construction BotCon bot
    64. Wind
    65. Construction BotCon bot
    66. Wind
    67. Construction BotCon bot
    68. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. Wind
    71. MaceMace
    72. AnemoneAnemone
    73. Wind
    74. MaceMace ×3
    75. Wind ×3
    76. Con turret
    77. Wind ×2
    78. ShipyardShipyarddone 13:34
    79. Wind
    80. Con turret
    81. Wind
    82. Con turret
    83. EelSubmarinedone 13:47
    84. Wind
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Wind
    87. EelSubmarine
    88. Con turret
    89. Wind
    90. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    91. Wind
    92. EelSubmarine
    93. PawnPawn ×2
    94. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Wind
    97. EelSubmarine
    98. Wind
    99. PawnPawn ×2
    100. EelSubmarine
    101. PawnPawn
    102. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    103. Wind
    104. AnemoneAnemone
    105. PawnPawn ×2
    106. Wind
    107. PawnPawn ×4
    108. Wind
    109. PawnPawn
    110. AnemoneAnemone

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Lexosis's (36 OS, 21/09/2026); 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

Lexosis

35.7 OS · 21/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
222 metal received · 29473 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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