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Standard pond

Standard Pond play: fast Bot Lab and early boosting into Advanced Metal Extractor, sending Tick/Pawn/Blitz to front while tidal-boosting allies throughout.

#eco #team support · 485 distinct matches · 107 players · 59% of Armada Pond games · team won 50% of 552 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Bot Lab by 5:42

  1. Open tidal, then wind to start boosting front's economy.
  2. Take mex and keep boosting wind or tidal depending on front's needs.
  3. Get a Bot Lab up, start sending Tick and Pawn to front.
  4. Add Advanced Metal Extractor to scale up team's economy.
  5. Switch to tick spam if enemy reaches T2 front before you do.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 485 GAMES
  1. 1
  2. 2
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
    • Wind Turbine10Wind
    • Tidal Generator8Tidalfor allies
    • Tidal Generator1Tidal
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 4 mex, 10 wind, 1 energy storagedone ~5:36, middle half 3:31–7:00

    Some games also: converter (45%)

    By 5:05 in all: 4 mex · 10 wind · 1 tidal · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 11 steps
    1. Tidal ×6
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Tidal
    4. Wind
    5. Mex ×3
    6. NettleNettle
    7. Mex
    8. Wind ×3
    9. Energy storage
    10. Wind ×5
    11. Bot LabBot Labdone 4:05 · typical 5:36
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine16Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    Army
    • Tick1 Tick

    Some games also: Lazarus (48%) · converter (45%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 31 wind · 1 tidal · 5 converter · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 249 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    2. Con turret
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. Converter
    6. Wind
    7. Con turret
    8. Wind
    9. TickTick
    10. Wind
    11. Converter
    12. TickTick
    13. Con turret
    14. TickTick ×5
    15. Wind
    16. TickTick
    17. Converter
    18. Wind ×2
    19. TickTick ×2
    20. Wind
    21. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantnot finished by 15:00
    22. Converter
    23. Wind ×5
    24. Converter
    25. Wind ×2
    26. Converter
    27. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 6:28
    28. Wind ×4
    29. Converter
    30. Wind
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:51 · typical 9:54
    32. Converter ×2
    33. StorkLight transport ×2
    34. Wind
    35. Converter
    36. Wind
    37. StorkLight transport
    38. Wind
    39. Converter
    40. FalconFighterfor Suicide front
    41. Converter
    42. FalconFighter
    43. Wind
    44. Converter
    45. FalconFighterfor Suicide front
    46. Converter
    47. Wind ×3
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. Wind
    50. FalconFighter
    51. Converter ×2
    52. Wind ×3
    53. FalconFighterfor Suicide front
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. Wind ×2
    56. Converter
    57. FalconFighter
    58. Wind ×2
    59. StorkLight transport
    60. Wind ×6
    61. Converter
    62. Wind ×5
    63. Converter
    64. Wind ×2
    65. Converter
    66. Wind ×4
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    70. Converter
    71. Wind ×6
    72. Converter
    73. Wind ×10
    74. Con turret
    75. Wind ×6
    76. Con turret
    77. Wind ×5
    78. Con turret
    79. Wind ×3
    80. Con turret
    81. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:11
    82. Wind ×3
    83. Converter
    84. Wind ×4
    85. Converter
    86. Wind ×5
    87. TickTick ×2
    88. Wind
    89. Converter
    90. Wind
    91. TickTick ×2
    92. Wind
    93. TickTick
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick
    96. Wind ×3
    97. TickTick ×2
    98. Converter
    99. TickTick ×2
    100. Wind ×2
    101. TickTick
    102. Wind ×2
    103. TickTick ×2
    104. Converter
    105. Wind ×2
    106. TickTick
    107. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:54
    108. TickTick
    109. Wind ×2
    110. TickTick ×2
    111. Wind
    112. TickTick
    113. Converter
    114. Wind
    115. TickTick
    116. Wind
    117. Con turret
    118. Wind
    119. TickTick
    120. Con turret
    121. TickTick
    122. Wind
    123. Pit BullPit Bull
    124. TickTick ×2
    125. Wind
    126. Converter
    127. Con turret
    128. TickTick ×2
    129. Wind ×2
    130. Con turret
    131. TickTick ×2
    132. Wind ×2
    133. TickTick ×2
    134. Wind
    135. Converter
    136. Wind ×2
    137. TickTick ×3
    138. Converter
    139. TickTick
    140. Wind ×2
    141. TickTick
    142. Wind
    143. TickTick
    144. Wind
    145. TickTick ×3
    146. Pit BullPit Bull
    147. TickTick ×3
    148. Wind
    149. TickTick ×4
    150. Wind ×2
    151. TickTick ×2
    152. Wind
    153. TickTick ×4
    154. LazarusLazarus
    155. Wind ×2
    156. LazarusLazarus
    157. Wind ×2
    158. TickTick
    159. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    160. TickTick ×2
    161. Wind
    162. Converter
    163. TickTick
    164. Wind
    165. TickTick ×4
    166. Wind
    167. TickTick ×3
    168. Wind ×2
    169. TickTick ×4
    170. LazarusLazarus ×2
    171. Converter
    172. TickTick
    173. Wind
    174. TickTick ×2
    175. Wind ×2
    176. TickTick ×4
    177. Wind
    178. TickTick ×4
    179. Converter
    180. TickTick
    181. Wind
    182. TickTick
    183. Wind
    184. TickTick ×4
    185. Wind
    186. TickTick ×3
    187. Wind
    188. TickTick
    189. Wind
    190. TickTick ×6
    191. Wind
    192. TickTick ×2
    193. Wind ×2
    194. TickTick ×4
    195. Wind ×2
    196. TickTick
    197. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Suicide front
    198. TickTick ×2
    199. Converter
    200. TickTick ×5
    201. Wind
    202. TickTick
    203. Wind
    204. TickTick
    205. Wind
    206. TickTick ×5
    207. StorkLight transport
    208. TickTick ×3
    209. Wind ×3
    210. Con turretfor Suicide front
    211. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Suicide front
    212. Wind ×3
    213. Converter
    214. Wind ×2
    215. TickTick ×2
    216. Wind
    217. TickTick ×6
    218. Wind
    219. TickTick ×2
    220. Wind ×2
    221. TickTick
    222. Wind
    223. TickTick ×7
    224. StorkLight transport
    225. TickTick
    226. Wind
    227. TickTick ×2
    228. Wind
    229. TickTick ×4
    230. Wind
    231. TickTick ×5
    232. Converter
    233. TickTick ×11
    234. Wind
    235. TickTick
    236. Wind
    237. TickTick ×2
    238. Wind
    239. TickTick ×2
    240. Wind
    241. TickTick ×4
    242. Wind
    243. TickTick ×5
    244. Converter
    245. TickTick ×3
    246. Wind
    247. TickTick ×2
    248. Wind
    249. TickTick ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Rysica's (36 OS, 27/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Tidal Generator8 Tidal to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 0:10 · in 90% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Air or Techfirst at 4:28 · in 31% of games
  • Hephaestus1 Heavy transport from Air or Techfirst at 4:44 · in 39% of games
  • Fatboy1 Fatboy from Techfirst at 5:03 · in 40% of games
  • Sharpshooter2 Sniper bot from Techfirst at 5:16 · in 42% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 8:18 · in 92% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build, running totals by minute

Metal produced

010k20k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

02k4k6k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

02k4k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

552 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0011500
2:0027300
3:0082000
4:00151000
5:00223100
6:00298400
7:0038434600
8:0047571245139
9:0057151971377
10:0069002791714
11:00838032701148
12:001035735821584
13:001262341971941
14:001497747652420
15:001762253213019
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

This is the role's standard support job, winning slightly under half its games while contributing modest kills for modest losses.

  • + Keeps own losses fairly low relative to kills (2827 destroyed vs 756 lost by 10:00).
  • + Reaches T2 constructor reliably (89% of games) by 8:10.
  • − Metal production trails other roles at 6855 by 10:00.
  • − No kills registered by 5:00, slow to impact the fight.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Rysica

36.3 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
78 metal received · 14332 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab5:36Middle 50%: 3:31–7:00 · n=496
Advanced Metal Extractor9:54Middle 50%: 8:59–10:38 · n=500

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