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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 · 298 distinct matches · 132 players · 15% of Armada Pond games · team won 46% of 305 · 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 298 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 3:12–4:57

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

    The example game in this phase · 6 steps
    1. Tidal ×9for Suicide front
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Energy storage
    4. Mex ×3
    5. NettleNettle
    6. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:11 · typical 3:38
  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 · 10 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Mex
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. NettleNettle
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. Tidal ×2
    7. Converter
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind ×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 (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 · 134 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Tidalfor Air
    3. Wind ×4
    4. Converter ×2
    5. Wind
    6. Con turret
    7. Wind ×3
    8. TickTick ×3
    9. Wind
    10. TickTick ×3
    11. Wind
    12. TickTick ×2
    13. Wind
    14. TickTick
    15. Converter
    16. ShipyardShipyarddone 7:11
    17. TickTick
    18. Wind ×2
    19. TickTick
    20. Wind
    21. Converter
    22. Wind
    23. TickTick
    24. Wind
    25. Construction ShipCon ship
    26. TickTick
    27. Converter
    28. Wind ×3
    29. TickTick
    30. Wind
    31. Naval Construction Turret
    32. Converter
    33. TickTick
    34. Wind ×2
    35. TickTick
    36. Converter
    37. TickTick
    38. Wind ×2
    39. ShipyardEat Shipyardreclaimed for its metal
    40. TickTick
    41. Converter
    42. Wind
    43. TickTick
    44. Wind
    45. TickTick
    46. Wind ×2
    47. Converter
    48. TickTick
    49. Seaplane PlatformSeaplane Platformdone 9:18
    50. Wind
    51. TickTick
    52. Wind
    53. Converter
    54. Wind ×4
    55. Converter
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Naval Energy Converter
    58. Wind
    59. TickTick
    60. Wind
    61. Converter
    62. Wind
    63. CycloneCyclone
    64. TickTick
    65. Wind ×2
    66. CycloneCyclone
    67. TickTick
    68. Wind
    69. TickTick
    70. Wind
    71. TickTick
    72. SabreSabre
    73. Con turret
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick
    76. Wind ×2
    77. TickTick
    78. Wind
    79. CycloneCyclone
    80. TickTick
    81. Wind
    82. TickTick
    83. Tidal
    84. CycloneCyclone
    85. Wind
    86. Tidal
    87. Wind
    88. Tidal
    89. Wind
    90. Tidal
    91. Advanced solar
    92. Wind
    93. TickTick
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:52 · typical 9:03
    97. Wind
    98. SabreSabre
    99. CycloneCyclone
    100. TsunamiTsunami
    101. TickTick
    102. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    103. TickTick ×4
    104. TsunamiTsunami
    105. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    106. TickTick ×6
    107. TsunamiTsunami
    108. TickTick ×7
    109. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    110. TickTick
    111. TsunamiTsunami
    112. TickTick ×9
    113. TsunamiTsunami
    114. TickTick ×5
    115. JunoJuno
    116. TickTick
    117. TsunamiTsunami
    118. TickTick ×2
    119. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    120. TickTick
    121. TsunamiTsunami
    122. TickTick ×3
    123. TsunamiTsunami
    124. TickTick
    125. Tidal
    126. TickTick
    127. Con turret
    128. TickTick
    129. Tidal
    130. TickTick
    131. TsunamiTsunami
    132. TickTick ×3
    133. Tidal
    134. TickTick ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Sewer_Rat's (31 OS, 08/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Tidal Generator8 Tidal to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 0:11 · 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

305 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0011500
2:0026800
3:0079900
4:00147400
5:00218400
6:00299300
7:003903210
8:004943170126
9:006225380324
10:007739610550
11:009711807842
12:001207611681296
13:001460115651874
14:001752221032493
15:002024825763248
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

Sewer_Rat

30.6 OS · 08/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
83 metal received · 35915 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab3:38Middle 50%: 3:12–4:57 · n=279
Advanced Metal Extractor9:03Middle 50%: 7:58–10:03 · n=262

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