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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 · 297 distinct matches · 131 players · 15% of Armada Pond games · team won 46% of 304 · 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 297 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 · 9 steps
    1. Tidal
    2. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    3. Tidal
    4. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    5. Tidal
    6. Mex
    7. Wind
    8. Mex ×3
    9. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:17 · typical 3:38
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine2Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot

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

    By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 9 wind · 1 tidal · 1 converter · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 11 steps
    1. Wind
    2. CenturionCenturion
    3. Wind
    4. Converter
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. Con turret
    7. Converter ×3
    8. Wind
    9. TickTick
    10. Wind
    11. TickTick
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

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

    Some games also: con bot (49%) · tick (42%) · 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 · 150 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick ×2
    5. AnemoneAnemone
    6. TickTick
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Wind ×2
    10. AnemoneAnemone
    11. Wind
    12. Converter
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Converter
    15. Wind ×3
    16. Con turret
    17. Wind ×2
    18. Converter
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:46 · typical 9:03
    20. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    21. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    22. Converter
    23. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    24. Wind
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    26. Wind ×7
    27. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:34
    28. PawnPawn
    29. Wind
    30. PawnPawn ×5
    31. LazarusLazarus ×3
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. Wind ×3
    35. Con turret ×2
    36. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:17
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. PawnPawn ×2
    40. Wind
    41. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    42. BlitzBlitz ×2
    43. Con turret ×2
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. Wind
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. Wind
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Wind
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. Wind
    52. Energy storage
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 12:12
    56. Wind
    57. Converter
    58. Wind ×3
    59. Converter
    60. Wind
    61. Converter
    62. Wind
    63. Con turret
    64. Wind
    65. Converter
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    68. Con turret
    69. Wind ×2
    70. Converter
    71. Wind ×4
    72. Converter
    73. Wind ×2
    74. Converter
    75. Wind
    76. Converter
    77. Wind
    78. Con turret ×2
    79. Wind
    80. Converter
    81. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 13:17
    82. Wind ×2
    83. PlatypusPlatypus
    84. Wind
    85. Converter
    86. Wind
    87. PlatypusPlatypus
    88. Wind
    89. PlatypusPlatypus
    90. Converter
    91. Wind
    92. PlatypusPlatypus
    93. Converter
    94. Wind
    95. PlatypusPlatypus
    96. Wind
    97. Converter
    98. PlatypusPlatypus
    99. Wind
    100. Converter
    101. PlatypusPlatypus
    102. Converter
    103. Wind
    104. PlatypusPlatypus
    105. Wind
    106. Converter
    107. PlatypusPlatypus
    108. Wind
    109. PlatypusPlatypus
    110. Wind
    111. Converter
    112. Wind
    113. PlatypusPlatypus
    114. Wind
    115. PlatypusPlatypus
    116. Wind
    117. Converter
    118. PlatypusPlatypus
    119. Wind
    120. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    121. PlatypusPlatypus
    122. Converter
    123. Wind
    124. PlatypusPlatypus
    125. Wind
    126. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    127. PlatypusPlatypus
    128. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    129. Con turret
    130. Wind
    131. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    132. PlatypusPlatypus
    133. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    134. Wind
    135. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    136. PlatypusPlatypus
    137. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    138. Wind
    139. PlatypusPlatypus
    140. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    141. Wind
    142. PlatypusPlatypus
    143. Wind
    144. PlatypusPlatypus
    145. Wind
    146. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    147. Wind
    148. PlatypusPlatypus
    149. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    150. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TrevGod's (31 OS, 13/08/2026); 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 7:36 · 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

304 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0011500
2:0026800
3:0079900
4:00147300
5:00218500
6:00299500
7:003910210
8:004948170117
9:006223379316
10:007705611552
11:009645842855
12:001205211691289
13:001453815531876
14:001742721342535
15:002018825993249
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

TrevGod

31.1 OS · 13/08/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
646 metal received · 19221 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

Played most by

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