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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 · 5 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. Mex ×3
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 2:45 · 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 · 16 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Mex
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×4
    6. Windfor Suicide front
    7. Wind
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Windfor Suicide front
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Wind
    12. Wind ×2for Suicide front
    13. Wind
    14. Energy storage
    15. Windfor Suicide front
    16. Wind
  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 · 234 steps
    1. Wind ×5
    2. Converter
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind ×4
    5. Converter
    6. Wind
    7. Con turret
    8. Wind ×3
    9. Converter
    10. Wind ×3
    11. Converter
    12. Wind ×3
    13. Converter
    14. Wind
    15. Mex
    16. Wind ×2
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Wind
    19. Converter
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Wind
    22. Con turret
    23. Wind ×3
    24. BeholderBeholder
    25. Converter
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Converter
    28. SentrySentry
    29. Wind ×2
    30. Converter
    31. Wind
    32. Converter
    33. Wind
    34. SentrySentry
    35. Converter
    36. Wind ×2
    37. TickTick
    38. Wind
    39. Converter
    40. TickTick ×2
    41. Wind
    42. TickTick ×3
    43. Wind
    44. TickTick ×2
    45. Wind ×2
    46. TickTick ×3
    47. Converter
    48. Wind
    49. TickTick ×2
    50. Wind
    51. Converter
    52. TickTick
    53. Mex
    54. TickTick
    55. Wind
    56. Converter
    57. TickTick
    58. Wind
    59. TickTick
    60. Converter
    61. Wind
    62. TickTick
    63. Converter
    64. TickTick
    65. Wind
    66. TickTick
    67. Wind
    68. TickTick
    69. Converter
    70. TickTick
    71. Mex
    72. Wind
    73. TickTick
    74. Wind
    75. Converter
    76. TickTick
    77. Con turret
    78. Wind
    79. TickTick
    80. SentrySentry
    81. Wind
    82. Con turret
    83. TickTick
    84. Wind
    85. Converter
    86. TickTick
    87. Wind
    88. Con turret
    89. Wind
    90. TickTick ×2
    91. Con turret
    92. TickTick
    93. Converter
    94. Wind ×2
    95. TickTick ×4
    96. Converter
    97. TickTick
    98. Wind
    99. TickTick ×2
    100. Wind ×2
    101. TickTick ×5
    102. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:00 · typical 9:03
    103. TickTick
    104. Wind
    105. Converter
    106. Wind
    107. TickTick
    108. Wind
    109. TickTick ×3
    110. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    111. TickTick
    112. Wind ×2
    113. TickTick
    114. Converter
    115. TickTick
    116. Wind ×3
    117. Converter
    118. Wind ×4
    119. TickTick
    120. Wind
    121. TickTick
    122. Converter
    123. TickTick ×2
    124. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    125. TickTick
    126. Wind ×2
    127. Converter
    128. Wind ×4
    129. Converter
    130. Wind ×2
    131. TickTick
    132. Wind
    133. Converter
    134. Wind ×2
    135. TickTick ×2
    136. Wind
    137. TickTick ×6
    138. Wind
    139. TickTick
    140. Wind
    141. TickTick
    142. Wind
    143. TickTick
    144. Converter
    145. TickTick ×4
    146. Wind
    147. TickTick ×2
    148. Wind
    149. Converter
    150. TickTick
    151. Wind
    152. TickTick ×4
    153. Wind
    154. TickTick ×3
    155. Wind
    156. TickTick
    157. Wind
    158. TickTick ×2
    159. Converter
    160. TickTick
    161. Wind
    162. TickTick ×4
    163. Wind
    164. TickTick
    165. Wind
    166. TickTick
    167. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    168. TickTick ×3
    169. Wind
    170. TickTick ×3
    171. Converter
    172. TickTick
    173. Wind
    174. TickTick
    175. Wind
    176. TickTick ×5
    177. Wind
    178. TickTick ×2
    179. Wind
    180. TickTick
    181. Wind
    182. TickTick
    183. Converter
    184. TickTick ×5
    185. Wind
    186. TickTick ×2
    187. Wind
    188. TickTick
    189. Wind
    190. TickTick ×3
    191. Converter
    192. TickTick ×2
    193. Wind
    194. TickTick ×2
    195. Wind
    196. TickTick
    197. Wind
    198. TickTick ×6
    199. Wind
    200. TickTick
    201. Converter
    202. Wind
    203. TickTick
    204. Wind
    205. TickTick
    206. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:30
    207. TickTick ×2
    208. BlitzBlitz
    209. TickTick
    210. Wind
    211. BlitzBlitz
    212. Wind
    213. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    214. Wind
    215. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:45
    216. Con turret
    217. BlitzBlitz
    218. Con turret
    219. BlitzBlitz
    220. Wind ×3
    221. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:39
    222. BlitzBlitz
    223. Wind ×8
    224. Converter
    225. Wind ×7
    226. BlitzBlitz ×2
    227. Wind
    228. T2 converter
    229. BlitzBlitz
    230. Wind
    231. BlitzBlitz
    232. Wind ×2
    233. Converter
    234. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Sangheili_Major's (31 OS, 20/08/2026); 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

Sangheili_Major

31.2 OS · 20/08/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
178 metal received · 33149 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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