The Swinging Mace is a ceiling placed Trap in Orcs Must Die! It is introduced on The Library, level 16. It swings back and forth, with a short reset time in between swings, dealing high damage to anything caught within range during a swing. The upgraded version has a shorter reset time.
Strategy[]
The mace (especially the clockwork mace) works extremely well when placed on a low ceiling with tar pits underneath it. Utilizing the mace in this fashion ensures that very few orcs (approximately one-in-fifty) will get past it, and these can then be easily finished-off by smaller, cheaper traps such as arrow walls. There are suitable choke-points on almost every level to facilitate this strategy. Two asymmetrically-timed swinging maces in a row (one placed directly behind the other) with a row of tar pits beneath each is a particularly effective setup. Another good strategy is to place a Decoy behind the mace's area of effect, or between two maces. That will make the enemies stop walking to attack the Decoy, and then the mace will kill them.
Overview of defenses in Orcs Must Die! | |
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Weaponry | Alchemist Satchel • Bladestaff • Crossbow • Flame Bracers • Ice Amulet • Lightning Ring • Vampiric Gauntlets • Wind Belt |
Floor traps | Barricade • Boom Barrel • Brimstone • Coinforge • Decoy • Floor Scorcher • Spike Trap • Spore Mushrooms • Spring Trap • Steam Trap • Tar Trap |
Wall traps | Arrow Wall • Grinder • Mana Well • Push Trap • Wall Blades |
Ceiling traps | Autoballista • Pounder • Shock Zapper • Swinging Mace |
Guardians | Archer Guardian • Paladin Guardian |
Pre-placed | Acid Cauldron • Ballista • Chandelier • Boiling Cauldron • Rolling Log |