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Blitz raid

Armada Pond build order · Supreme Isthmus

Pond skips its usual Bot Lab economy focus for an early Vehicle Plant, pushing Blitz tanks forward from 4:08 to raid and fight in the enemy base.

Usually pumps units (63%)

#raid #rush · 91 distinct matches · 47 players · 5% of Armada Pond games · team won 61% of 92 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • BlitzT1 vehicle raid from 4:08 · 5% of role by thenFrom the Vehicle Plant. Only 5% of Pond games have it by then; others who build it get it around 8:23
  • Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant in 99%9% of all Pond games by then
  • BlitzBlitz in 66%5% of all Pond games by then

Started with Blitz (68%), Pincer (26%), Rover (5%).

Where those units first fight, in 92 games with kill data: in the middle 73%, on their own side 16%, in the enemy base 11%.

Those units destroy a typical 1,710 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Vehicle Plant by 3:16, Blitz raid by 4:04

  1. Open wind and mex as normal, skip Bot Lab for now.
  2. Drop a Vehicle Plant early instead of the usual Bot Lab-first order.
  3. Send first Blitz tanks raiding straight into the enemy base.
  4. Reclaim the Vehicle Plant once raid value is spent.
  5. Pivot to Advanced Metal Extractor and Bot Lab for normal army.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 91 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD POND
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
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 Vehicle Plant

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Tidal Generator8Tidalfor allies
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    • Tidal Generator1Tidal
    Order
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant after 4 mex, 4 wind, 1 tidaldone ~3:33, middle half 3:17–4:08

    Some games also: energy storage (50%)

    By 3:14 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind · 1 tidal

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Tidal ×7for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×4
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 3:04 · typical 3:33
  2. 2

    Vehicle Plant to T1 vehicle raid

    Order
    1. BlitzT1 vehicle raid after 4 mex, 6 wind, 1 tidal
    Builders
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle

    Some games also: wind (38%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 2 wind

    By 4:06 in all: 4 mex · 6 wind · 1 tidal · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 1 step
    1. PincerPincerdone 3:23
  3. 3

    T1 vehicle raid to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine20Wind−12 vs standard
    • Energy Converter4Converter−4 vs standard
    Order
    1. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plant in 55% of games
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle
    Army
    • Blitz14 Blitz +14 vs standard

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

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 27 wind (standard 38) · 1 tidal · 6 converter (standard 9) · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 150 steps
    1. Converter
    2. PincerPincer ×4
    3. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    4. Wind ×4
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    6. Wind ×7
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    8. Wind ×8
    9. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    10. Energy storage
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Converter
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Converter
    15. Wind
    16. Converter
    17. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    18. Wind
    19. Converter
    20. Wind
    21. Converter
    22. Wind ×2
    23. Converter
    24. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    25. Wind
    26. Converter
    27. Wind ×2
    28. Converter
    29. Wind ×13
    30. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    31. Converter
    32. Wind
    33. Converter
    34. Wind ×5
    35. Converter
    36. Wind
    37. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:54 · typical 9:44
    39. Wind
    40. Converter
    41. Wind ×3
    42. Converter
    43. Wind ×2
    44. Converter
    45. Wind ×5
    46. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    47. Wind ×2
    48. SentrySentry
    49. Wind ×2
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. SentrySentry
    52. Wind ×3
    53. SentrySentry
    54. Wind ×6
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. Wind
    57. StoutStout
    58. RoverScout
    59. Wind ×2
    60. RoverScout
    61. Wind ×2
    62. RoverScout
    63. Wind ×2
    64. RoverScout
    65. Wind
    66. Con turret
    67. Wind
    68. RoverScout
    69. Wind
    70. RoverScout
    71. Wind ×2
    72. Con turret
    73. Wind
    74. RoverScout
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    76. Wind ×2
    77. RoverScout
    78. Con turret
    79. Wind
    80. RoverScout
    81. Wind ×2
    82. Con turret
    83. RoverScout
    84. Wind ×2
    85. RoverScout
    86. Energy storage
    87. Wind
    88. RoverScout
    89. T2 converter
    90. Wind ×2
    91. RoverScout ×2
    92. Wind ×2
    93. RoverScout
    94. Wind ×2
    95. RoverScout
    96. Wind
    97. BeamerBeamer
    98. Wind
    99. RoverScout
    100. Wind
    101. RoverScout
    102. Wind
    103. RoverScout
    104. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:43
    105. RoverScout
    106. BeamerBeamer
    107. Wind ×2
    108. RoverScout
    109. Wind ×3
    110. RoverScout
    111. BeamerBeamer
    112. Wind
    113. RoverScout
    114. Wind ×2
    115. RoverScout
    116. Wind
    117. Con turret
    118. Wind
    119. RoverScout
    120. Con turret
    121. Wind
    122. RoverScout
    123. Wind ×2
    124. T2 converter
    125. Wind
    126. RoverScout
    127. Wind
    128. RoverScout
    129. Wind ×2
    130. RoverScout
    131. Wind ×2
    132. ArmageddonArmageddonnot finished by 15:00
    133. RoverScout
    134. Wind
    135. RoverScout
    136. Wind
    137. RoverScout
    138. Wind ×2
    139. RoverScout
    140. BeamerBeamer
    141. Wind ×2
    142. RoverScout
    143. Wind ×2
    144. RoverScout
    145. Wind
    146. RoverScout
    147. Wind ×2
    148. BeamerBeamer
    149. Wind
    150. RoverScout

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is FrugalResources's (30 OS, 13/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Tidal Generator8 Tidal to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 0:12 · in 85% of games

You get

  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:44 · in 79% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build against the role’s standard build, running totals by minute

  • This build
  • Standard pond

Metal produced

010k20k30k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

01k2k3k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

02k4k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

92 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildMetal produced: Standard pondEnemy metal destroyed: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: Standard pondOwn metal lost: This buildOwn metal lost: Standard pond
1:001151150000
2:002742680000
3:008197990000
4:00148714740000
5:00217421840000
6:002893299350000
7:0037203903471215180
8:0047224943767170913126
9:005672622512483801320324
10:007012773914546101650550
11:008659971118478072071842
12:0010335120762027116824201296
13:0012127146012543156526701874
14:0014438175222798210335332493
15:0016937202482984257639723248
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Won more often than the standard build despite producing less metal, trading extra losses for far more enemy metal destroyed by 15:00.

  • + Destroys roughly 1679 metal by 15:00 via the raid.
  • + Far higher enemy metal destroyed at 10:00 (1517 vs 670).
  • − Own metal lost more than triples by 10:00 (1650 vs 431).
  • − Metal production falls behind standard by 15:00 (17959 vs 20997).
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

FrugalResources

30.2 OS · 13/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
475 metal received · 65051 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Vehicle Plant3:33Middle 50%: 3:17–4:08 · n=92
Advanced Metal Extractor9:44Middle 50%: 8:42–10:27 · n=75

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