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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
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:26 · 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 · 16 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Wind
    3. TickTick
    4. Mex
    5. TickTick
    6. Wind
    7. TickTick
    8. Wind
    9. PawnPawn
    10. Mex
    11. PawnPawn
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Construction BotCon bot ×2for Suicide front
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. Mex
    16. MaceMacedone 1:55
  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 · 23 steps
    1. MaceMace ×2
    2. MaceMacefor Suicide front
    3. MaceMace
    4. Mex
    5. TickTick
    6. PawnPawn
    7. SentrySentry
    8. Mex
    9. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. SentrySentry
    12. MaceMace ×2
    13. Con turret
    14. MaceMacefor Suicide front
    15. MaceMace ×2
    16. TickTick
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. MaceMacefor Suicide front
    21. MaceMace ×4
    22. TickTick
    23. PawnPawn
  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 · 161 steps
    1. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    2. Con turret
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind
    5. MaceMace ×2for Suicide front
    6. Wind
    7. MaceMace
    8. Wind
    9. NettleNettle
    10. Con turret
    11. MaceMace
    12. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    13. Wind
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. Mex
    16. Wind
    17. Con turret
    18. PawnPawn
    19. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    20. Wind
    21. PawnPawn
    22. Wind
    23. PawnPawn
    24. ThugThugfor Suicide front
    25. GauntletGauntletnot finished by 15:00
    26. MaceMace
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teethfor Suicide front
    31. Wind
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    34. PawnPawn
    35. ThugThug
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Wind
    39. MaceMace
    40. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:35 · typical 9:32
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    46. Wind
    47. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    48. PawnPawn ×2
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn ×2
    51. Wind
    52. Mex
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Wind
    55. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    56. NettleNettle
    57. Wind
    58. Windfor Suicide front
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    61. Wind ×2for Suicide front
    62. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    63. Wind
    64. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    65. Windfor Suicide front
    66. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. Windfor Suicide front
    69. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    70. Windfor Suicide front
    71. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    72. Windfor Suicide front
    73. Construction BotCon bot
    74. Windfor Suicide front
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Suicide front
    76. Construction BotCon bot
    77. Windfor Suicide front
    78. Con turret
    79. Windfor Suicide front
    80. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    81. Con turret
    82. Windfor Suicide front
    83. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    84. Fortification WallFortification Wallfor Suicide front
    85. Converter
    86. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    87. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2for Suicide front
    88. Windfor Suicide front
    89. Fortification WallFortification Wallfor Suicide front
    90. Advanced solarfor Suicide front
    91. Fortification WallFortification Wallfor Suicide front
    92. Converter
    93. LazarusLazarusfor Suicide front
    94. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Suicide front
    95. LazarusLazarusfor Suicide front
    96. Converter
    97. Windfor Suicide front
    98. LazarusLazarusfor Suicide front
    99. Converter
    100. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    101. Windfor Suicide front
    102. ArbalestArbalestfor Suicide front
    103. Converter
    104. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    105. Advanced solarfor Suicide front
    106. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    107. Windfor Suicide front
    108. Converter
    109. ChainsawChainsawfor Suicide front
    110. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    111. Converter
    112. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    113. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teethfor Suicide front
    114. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Suicide front
    115. Windfor Suicide front
    116. Converter
    117. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    118. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teethfor Suicide front
    119. Advanced solarfor Suicide front
    120. Converter
    121. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    122. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teethfor Suicide front
    123. Converter
    124. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    125. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teethfor Suicide front
    126. Windfor Suicide front
    127. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    128. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teethfor Suicide front
    129. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    130. Converter
    131. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teethfor Suicide front
    132. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    133. Advanced solarfor Suicide front
    134. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teethfor Suicide front
    135. Windfor Suicide front
    136. Construction BotCon bot
    137. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2for Suicide front
    138. Converter
    139. Windfor Suicide front
    140. Advanced solarfor Suicide front
    141. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2for Suicide front
    142. Converter
    143. Windfor Suicide front
    144. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2for Suicide front
    145. Con turret
    146. Advanced solarfor Suicide front
    147. Con turret ×2
    148. Converter
    149. Solarfor Suicide front
    150. Con turretfor Suicide front
    151. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teethfor Suicide front
    152. Bot LabBot Labfor Suicide frontnot finished by 15:00
    153. Windfor Suicide front
    154. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teethfor Suicide front
    155. Bot LabBot Labfor Suicide frontnot finished by 15:00
    156. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teethfor Suicide front
    157. Converter
    158. Advanced solarfor Suicide front
    159. Con turretfor Suicide front
    160. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teethfor Suicide front
    161. Con turretfor Suicide front

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is CentientWaffle's (35 OS, 14/08/2026); 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

CentientWaffle

35.2 OS · 14/08/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
87 metal received · 84680 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

Played most by

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