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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 · 296 distinct matches · 131 players · 15% of Armada Pond games · team won 46% of 303 · 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 296 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 3:12–5:00

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

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Mex ×4
    3. Wind ×6
    4. Con turret
    5. Wind ×2
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot

    Some games also: con turret (44%) · Lazarus (44%) · converter (35%)

    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 · 11 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. Energy storagefor Suicide front
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 4:38
    4. Wind
    5. SentrySentry
    6. Wind
    7. SentrySentry
    8. Wind ×2
    9. GruntGrunt
    10. SentrySentry
    11. GruntGrunt ×3
  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 (50%)

    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 · 56 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GruntGrunt
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. Wind
    8. GraverobberGraverobber
    9. Wind ×3
    10. Energy storage
    11. Converter
    12. Wind
    13. Converter ×5
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. HarpoonHarpoon
    16. Converter
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:00 · typical 9:03
    18. Converter ×2
    19. Energy storage
    20. Converter ×2
    21. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    23. Converter ×3
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    25. Converter
    26. Mexfor Geo sea
    27. Con turret
    28. Converter
    29. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    30. Converter
    31. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 9:22
    32. Converter
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 10:18
    35. Converter ×2
    36. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    37. Converter ×7
    38. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    39. Converter
    40. Metal storage
    41. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 12:11
    42. TwitcherTwitcher ×2
    43. Converter
    44. SkuttleCrawling bombdone 12:31
    45. Con turret
    46. Converter
    47. Fusion ReactorFusion
    48. Converter
    49. Con turret
    50. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    51. Con turret ×2
    52. Converter
    53. Con turret ×3
    54. Converter
    55. Advanced Fusion ReactorAdvanced Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    56. Converter ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Ling_long's (39 OS, 12/10/2026); 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 7:36 · 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

303 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0011500
2:0026800
3:0080000
4:00147400
5:00218400
6:00299600
7:003916210
8:004952170120
9:006225380316
10:007739611553
11:009678811867
12:001207311321296
13:001454615401874
14:001744821032493
15:002020125763248
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

Ling_long

39.2 OS · 12/10/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
91 metal received · 83765 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab3:38Middle 50%: 3:12–5:00 · n=277
Advanced Metal Extractor9:03Middle 50%: 7:58–10:04 · n=261

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