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Armada Pond build order · Supreme Isthmus

Economy-first Pond with Bot Lab and Tidal boosting for allies, sending units front and teching into Advanced Metal Extractor as usual.

#eco #team support · 301 distinct matches · 132 players · 15% of Armada Pond games · team won 46% of 308 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Bot Lab by 3:41

  1. Drop tidal and wind turbines fast to start boosting the fronts.
  2. Add mex and keep wind count above 10 for boost.
  3. Put down the bot lab and start pushing basic bots to front.
  4. Open a second bot lab and keep feeding units forward.
  5. Transition into T2 with an advanced mex and switch army to Tick/Pawn/Blitz.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 301 GAMES
  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 Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Tidal Generator8Tidalfor allies
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    • Tidal Generator1Tidal
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 4 mex, 4 wind, 1 tidaldone ~3:38, middle half 3:12–4:55

    By 3:21 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind · 1 tidal · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Tidal ×10for Front
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:35 · typical 3:38
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot

    Some games also: Lazarus (44%) · con turret (44%) · converter (34%)

    By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 8 wind · 1 tidal · 1 converter · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 8 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. LazarusLazarusfor Geo sea
    3. Converter ×2
    4. LazarusLazarusfor Geo sea
    5. Converter ×2
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Converter ×2
    8. Construction BotCon bot
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine28Wind
    • Energy Converter6Converter
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret

    Some games also: con bot (50%) · tick (43%) · pawn (34%) · eat Bot Lab (49%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 38 wind · 1 tidal · 9 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 112 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Con turret
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind ×4
    5. CrossbowCrossbow
    6. Wind
    7. CrossbowCrossbow
    8. TickTick
    9. Wind
    10. TickTick ×2
    11. Wind
    12. TickTick
    13. Wind
    14. TickTick ×2
    15. Wind
    16. TickTick
    17. Wind
    18. TickTick ×3
    19. Wind
    20. TickTick
    21. Wind ×2
    22. TickTick
    23. Wind
    24. TickTickfor Front
    25. Wind ×2
    26. TickTickfor Front
    27. Wind
    28. TickTickfor Front
    29. Wind ×2
    30. TickTick ×2for Front
    31. Wind ×2
    32. TickTickfor Front
    33. Wind
    34. TickTick
    35. TickTickfor Front
    36. Wind ×2
    37. TickTickfor Front
    38. Wind
    39. TickTickfor Front
    40. Wind
    41. TickTickfor Front
    42. Wind ×2
    43. TickTick
    44. Wind
    45. TickTickfor Front
    46. Wind
    47. TickTickfor Front
    48. Wind
    49. TickTickfor Front
    50. Wind
    51. TickTick ×2for Front
    52. Wind ×2
    53. TickTick ×2for Front
    54. Wind ×2
    55. TickTickfor Front
    56. Wind
    57. TickTickfor Front
    58. Wind
    59. TickTickfor Front
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:39 · typical 9:04
    61. Wind ×2
    62. TickTick ×2for Front
    63. Wind ×2
    64. TickTickfor Front
    65. Wind
    66. TickTick ×2for Front
    67. Wind
    68. TickTickfor Suicide front
    69. Wind
    70. Converter
    71. TickTickfor Suicide front
    72. Wind
    73. TickTickfor Suicide front
    74. Converter
    75. Wind
    76. TickTickfor Suicide front
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick ×3for Suicide front
    79. Wind
    80. TickTickfor Suicide front
    81. Con turret
    82. TickTick ×2for Suicide front
    83. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    84. TickTick ×2for Suicide front
    85. Con turret
    86. TickTickfor Suicide front
    87. TickTick ×2
    88. Con turret
    89. PawnPawn ×3
    90. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    91. PawnPawn ×5
    92. PawnPawn ×6for Geo sea
    93. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    94. PawnPawn ×19for Geo sea
    95. PawnPawn ×10
    96. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 12:55
    97. PawnPawn
    98. AnemoneAnemone
    99. PawnPawn ×3
    100. ShipyardShipyardnot finished by 15:00
    101. Con turret
    102. PawnPawn ×2
    103. Con turret
    104. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    105. PawnPawn
    106. ShipyardEat Shipyardreclaimed for its metal
    107. Fusion ReactorFusion
    108. PawnPawn ×2
    109. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    110. PawnPawn ×3
    111. ShipyardShipyardnot finished by 15:00
    112. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Wys's (30 OS, 11/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Tidal Generator8 Tidal to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 0:11 · in 94% of games

You get

  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:38 · in 84% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build, running totals by minute

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

308 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0011500
2:0026800
3:0079900
4:00147300
5:00218400
6:00298600
7:003902210
8:004936170126
9:006219379330
10:007705605552
11:009672809855
12:001206611691289
13:001457415531876
14:001748520702535
15:002022525723254
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

This is the role's baseline line, winning under half its games with mid economy and modest kills versus losses by 15:00.

  • + Reaches T2 constructor by 8:09 in 91% of games, a reliable tempo.
  • − Team wins only 46% of games, no edge over the role's norm.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Wys

30.0 OS · 11/08/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
185 metal received · 36341 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab3:38Middle 50%: 3:12–4:55 · n=281
Advanced Metal Extractor9:04Middle 50%: 7:59–10:04 · n=264

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