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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 · 1 step
    1. Mex ×2
  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 · 20 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Bot LabBot Labfor Geodone 0:45 · typical 0:34
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind ×2
    7. TickTick
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    12. Mex ×2
    13. PawnPawn
    14. SentrySentry
    15. PawnPawn ×2
    16. SentrySentry
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. Con turret
    19. SentrySentry
    20. MaceMacedone 3:47
  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 6) · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 10 steps
    1. MaceMace
    2. SentrySentry
    3. MaceMace ×2
    4. SentrySentry
    5. MaceMace ×2
    6. Con turret
    7. MaceMace
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Wind
    10. MaceMace
  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 · 55 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. SentrySentry
    3. Wind
    4. SentrySentry
    5. MaceMace
    6. Con turret
    7. SentrySentry
    8. Wind
    9. SentrySentry
    10. MaceMace
    11. Wind
    12. MaceMace
    13. Con turret
    14. SentrySentry
    15. MaceMace
    16. Wind
    17. SentrySentry
    18. MaceMace
    19. Wind
    20. SentrySentry
    21. MaceMace
    22. Wind
    23. MaceMace
    24. SentrySentry
    25. Wind
    26. MaceMace
    27. Wind
    28. SentrySentry
    29. MaceMace ×2
    30. Wind
    31. BeamerBeamer
    32. MaceMace
    33. Wind
    34. MaceMace
    35. Wind
    36. SentrySentry
    37. MaceMacefor Geo
    38. Con turret
    39. MaceMace
    40. MaceMacefor Geo
    41. LazarusLazarus
    42. MaceMacefor Geo
    43. Con turret
    44. Mex
    45. MaceMace
    46. SentrySentry
    47. Wind
    48. MaceMace
    49. SentrySentry
    50. MaceMace
    51. Wind
    52. Construction BotCon bot
    53. Wind
    54. SentrySentry
    55. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Zeker_niet_Philipp's (36 OS, 27/09/2026); 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
5:00399738689801200910817
6:00520450831604211314751522
7:00642463322290299628782419
8:00755276623193386733583347
9:00913390903580466946404310
10:0011085106944251531860935050
11:0013421126254462582561335709
12:0015520148454465639068986523
13:0018534174495930700971867234
14:0019950201806162762192778098
15:0022148227046842837496728944
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

36.4 OS · 27/09/2026

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4 received units
156 metal received · 12480 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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