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Mace rush

A very early T1 bot assault build pushing Mace bots from the Bot Lab from 2:21, reaching the middle and occasionally the enemy base well before it's typical for the role, later transitioning into a broader mixed army.

#rush #push · 17 distinct matches · 8 players · 1% of Armada Front games · team won 47% of 17 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • MaceT1 bot assault from 2:21 · 3% of role by thenFrom the Bot Lab. Only 3% of Front games have it by then; others who build it get it around 3:26
  • MaceMace in 88%2% of all Front games by then

Where those units first fight, in 17 games with kill data: in the middle 88%, on their own side 12%.

Those units destroy a typical 2,122 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into rocketeer (9% 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 17 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 ~0:34, middle half 0:26–0:44

    By 0:17 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:39 · typical 0:34
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to T1 bot assault

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • 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 (41%) · con turret (35%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 2 con vehicle

    By 2:21 in all: 5 mex · 2 wind

    The example game in this phase · 88 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Mex
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. CenturionCenturion ×2
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Wind
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Mex
    13. Wind
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Construction BotCon bot
    21. Energy storage
    22. Wind
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    27. Wind
    28. Converter
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Converter
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. Wind
    37. SentrySentry
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. Wind
    40. RocketeerRocketeer
    41. Wind
    42. Converter
    43. RocketeerRocketeer
    44. Wind
    45. RocketeerRocketeer
    46. Wind
    47. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    48. Wind
    49. RocketeerRocketeer
    50. Converter
    51. Wind
    52. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    53. Wind
    54. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    55. Wind
    56. RocketeerRocketeer
    57. Converter
    58. Wind
    59. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    60. Wind
    61. RocketeerRocketeer
    62. Con turret
    63. BeamerBeamer
    64. Wind
    65. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    66. LazarusLazarus
    67. Wind
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:44 · typical 9:29
    69. Wind
    70. RocketeerRocketeer
    71. Converter
    72. Wind
    73. Con turret
    74. Mex
    75. Wind
    76. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    77. TickTick
    78. RocketeerRocketeer
    79. Wind
    80. TickTick
    81. Converter
    82. LazarusLazarus
    83. Wind
    84. Converter
    85. RocketeerRocketeer
    86. Wind
    87. GauntletGauntletdone 10:31
    88. MaceMacedone 8:43
  3. 3

    T1 bot assault to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus +2 vs standard
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Mace10 Mace +10 vs standard

    Some games also: con bot (35%)

    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 Turbine18Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret3 Con turret
    • Lazarus3 Lazarus +3 vs standard
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    Army
    • Mace10 Mace +10 vs standard

    Some games also: Sentry (47%) · Beamer (41%) · converter (41%) · centurion (35%) · Radar Tower (35%)

    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 · 70 steps
    1. Converter
    2. MaceMace
    3. Wind
    4. Converter
    5. Mex
    6. MaceMace
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    8. Converter
    9. Wind
    10. MaceMace
    11. Wind
    12. MaceMace
    13. Wind
    14. MaceMace ×2
    15. Converter
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    17. Wind
    18. MaceMace
    19. Converter
    20. MaceMace
    21. Converter
    22. MaceMace
    23. Converter
    24. MaceMace
    25. Converter
    26. MaceMace
    27. Converter
    28. MaceMace
    29. Converter
    30. MaceMace
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. Converter
    33. Construction BotCon bot
    34. Converter
    35. Construction BotCon bot
    36. Wind
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    38. MaceMace
    39. Wind
    40. MaceMace ×3
    41. Wind
    42. MaceMace ×2
    43. Wind
    44. MaceMace ×2
    45. Wind
    46. MaceMace ×3
    47. Wind
    48. MaceMace ×2
    49. Wind
    50. MaceMace ×2
    51. Wind
    52. Con turret
    53. BeamerBeamer
    54. Construction BotCon bot
    55. Converter
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. Wind
    58. Con turret
    59. Construction BotCon bot
    60. Converter
    61. Wind
    62. Construction BotCon bot
    63. Converter
    64. Construction BotCon bot
    65. Wind
    66. Converter
    67. MaceMace
    68. Wind
    69. MaceMace
    70. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is OUDLES's (36 OS, 29/09/2026); 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 71% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:14 · in 59% 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

17 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
1:003323330000
2:00867846021031
3:00174916257514171105
4:0028212716420541215333
5:00399738689801199910818
6:00520450781604211214751522
7:00642463302290298628782420
8:00755276623193387133583347
9:00913390883580467946404310
10:0011085106954251532360935055
11:0013421126234462582161335711
12:0015520148464465638568986524
13:0018534174505930701071867236
14:0019950201836162762392778103
15:0022148227236842837496728946
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

35.8 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
86 metal received · 40399 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:34Middle 50%: 0:26–0:44 · n=17
Advanced Metal Extractor9:29Middle 50%: 8:42–11:16 · n=13

Played most by

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