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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 · 304 distinct matches · 132 players · 15% of Armada Pond games · team won 46% of 311 · 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 304 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 ~3:39, middle half 3:13–5:00

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

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:00 · typical 3:39
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot

    Some games also: con turret (43%) · Lazarus (43%) · 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 · 12 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. Wind ×3
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Wind
    10. Con turret
    11. Wind ×3
    12. Converter
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine28Wind
    • Energy Converter6Converter
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot

    Some games also: 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 · 276 steps
    1. Converter
    2. CenturionCenturionfor Suicide front
    3. Converter ×2
    4. TickTick
    5. Converter
    6. TickTick ×4
    7. Converter
    8. TickTick ×3
    9. Converter
    10. TickTick
    11. RocketeerRocketeerfor Suicide front
    12. TickTick ×2
    13. Converter
    14. TickTick ×3
    15. Wind
    16. Converter
    17. TickTick ×2
    18. Wind
    19. TickTick ×3
    20. Wind
    21. TickTick ×3
    22. Wind
    23. TickTick ×2
    24. Wind
    25. TickTick ×2
    26. Wind
    27. TickTick ×3
    28. Wind
    29. TickTick
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:59 · typical 9:05
    31. TickTick
    32. Wind
    33. TickTick
    34. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    35. TickTick ×2
    36. Wind
    37. TickTick ×3
    38. Wind
    39. TickTick ×3
    40. Wind
    41. TickTick ×3
    42. MaceMacefor Geo
    43. Wind
    44. TickTick ×2
    45. Wind
    46. TickTick ×2
    47. Wind
    48. TickTick ×2
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. TickTick
    51. Wind
    52. TickTick ×2
    53. Wind
    54. TickTick ×3
    55. Wind
    56. TickTick ×4
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick ×2
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. TickTick
    61. Wind
    62. TickTick
    63. Wind
    64. TickTick ×2
    65. Wind
    66. TickTick ×2
    67. Wind
    68. TickTick ×2
    69. Wind
    70. TickTick
    71. Con turret
    72. TickTick
    73. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    74. TickTick
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick ×2
    77. Con turret
    78. Wind
    79. TickTick
    80. Wind
    81. TickTick ×2
    82. Naval Energy Converter
    83. TickTick
    84. Wind
    85. TickTick ×2
    86. Naval Energy Converter
    87. TickTick ×2
    88. Wind
    89. TickTick ×3
    90. Naval Energy Converter
    91. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 10:22
    92. TickTick
    93. Wind
    94. TickTick
    95. Naval Energy Converter
    96. Con turret
    97. BlinkScout plane
    98. Wind
    99. TickTick
    100. Con turret
    101. Naval Energy Converter
    102. TickTick
    103. Wind
    104. TickTick
    105. Con turret
    106. BlinkScout plane
    107. Naval Energy Converter
    108. TickTick
    109. Wind
    110. TickTick
    111. BlinkScout plane
    112. TickTick
    113. BlinkScout plane
    114. TickTick
    115. Wind
    116. BlinkScout plane
    117. Naval Energy Converter
    118. TickTick
    119. BlinkScout plane
    120. Construction BotCon bot
    121. BlinkScout plane
    122. Wind
    123. Construction BotCon bot
    124. Naval Energy Converter
    125. BlinkScout plane
    126. Con turret
    127. Construction BotCon bot
    128. Wind
    129. BlinkScout plane
    130. Construction BotCon bot
    131. Naval Energy Converter
    132. BlinkScout plane
    133. Wind
    134. Construction BotCon bot
    135. TickTick ×2
    136. BlinkScout plane
    137. TickTick
    138. Naval Energy Converter
    139. TickTick
    140. Wind
    141. TickTick
    142. BlinkScout plane
    143. Con turret
    144. TickTick ×2
    145. Naval Energy Converter
    146. TickTick
    147. BlinkScout plane
    148. TickTick
    149. Wind
    150. TickTick ×2
    151. BlinkScout plane
    152. TickTick
    153. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:52
    154. Wind
    155. TickTick
    156. Naval Energy Converter
    157. TickTick
    158. BlinkScout plane
    159. TickTick ×2
    160. Wind
    161. TickTick
    162. BlinkScout plane
    163. TickTick
    164. Naval Energy Converter
    165. Wind
    166. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:00
    167. BlinkScout plane
    168. TickTick ×2
    169. BlinkScout plane
    170. Wind
    171. TickTick
    172. Naval Energy Converter
    173. BlinkScout plane
    174. TickTick
    175. Wind
    176. BlinkScout plane
    177. TickTick
    178. Wind
    179. BlinkScout plane
    180. TickTick ×2
    181. Naval Energy Converter
    182. TickTick
    183. BlinkScout plane
    184. Wind
    185. TickTick
    186. Con turret
    187. TickTick
    188. Naval Energy Converter
    189. BlinkScout plane
    190. Wind
    191. TickTick ×3
    192. Wind
    193. TickTick
    194. BlinkScout plane
    195. Naval Energy Converter
    196. TickTick
    197. Wind
    198. TickTick
    199. BlinkScout plane
    200. TickTick ×2
    201. Wind
    202. Naval Energy Converter
    203. TickTick ×3
    204. BlinkScout plane
    205. TickTick
    206. Wind
    207. TickTick ×3
    208. Naval Energy Converter
    209. TickTick ×2
    210. Wind ×2
    211. TickTick ×6
    212. Naval Energy Converter
    213. Wind
    214. TickTick ×2
    215. Wind
    216. TickTick ×6
    217. Naval Energy Converter
    218. Wind
    219. TickTick ×3
    220. Wind
    221. TickTick ×5
    222. Wind
    223. TickTick
    224. Naval Energy Converter
    225. Wind
    226. TickTick ×6
    227. Wind
    228. TickTick
    229. Wind
    230. Naval Energy Converter
    231. TickTick ×6
    232. Wind
    233. TickTick ×2
    234. Naval Energy Converter
    235. TickTick
    236. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 14:49
    237. TickTick
    238. Wind
    239. TickTick ×4
    240. Wind
    241. TickTick ×3
    242. Naval Energy Converter
    243. Wind
    244. TickTick ×2
    245. Wind
    246. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    247. TickTick ×4
    248. Wind
    249. TickTick
    250. Naval Energy Converter
    251. TickTick ×4
    252. Wind
    253. TickTick ×5
    254. Wind
    255. TickTick ×3
    256. Naval Energy Converter
    257. TickTick ×9
    258. Wind ×2
    259. TickTick
    260. Naval Energy Converter
    261. TickTick ×9
    262. Naval Energy Converter
    263. Wind
    264. TickTick
    265. Wind
    266. TickTick ×4
    267. Con turret
    268. PlatypusPlatypus
    269. TickTick ×4
    270. Naval Energy Converter
    271. TickTick
    272. Wind
    273. TickTick ×5
    274. Wind
    275. PlatypusPlatypus
    276. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is theflyingpancake's (33 OS, 07/08/2026); 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 95% of games

You get

  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:38 · 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

311 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
6:00299600
7:003903210
8:004940170126
9:006217378336
10:007711600553
11:009678807842
12:001207611681281
13:001461515401874
14:001752221032539
15:002024825673258
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

theflyingpancake

32.7 OS · 07/08/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
715 metal received · 22043 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab3:39Middle 50%: 3:13–5:00 · n=284
Advanced Metal Extractor9:05Middle 50%: 7:59–10:04 · n=267

Played most by

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