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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 · 58 steps
    1. Tidal ×10for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. Mex ×3
    4. Energy storage
    5. Mex
    6. Wind
    7. Con turret
    8. Wind ×3
    9. Energy storage
    10. Wind ×10
    11. Converter ×3
    12. SentrySentry
    13. Wind ×4
    14. Converter
    15. Wind ×4
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Converter
    18. Wind
    19. Mex
    20. Wind ×2
    21. SentrySentry
    22. Wind ×4
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×11
    24. Wind
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Converter ×2
    28. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 8:04
    29. Wind ×4
    30. BlitzBlitz
    31. Wind
    32. BlitzBlitz
    33. Wind
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. Wind
    36. Converter
    37. BlitzBlitz ×2
    38. Converter
    39. BlitzBlitz
    40. Converter
    41. BlitzBlitz
    42. Wind
    43. BlitzBlitz
    44. Wind
    45. BlitzBlitz
    46. Wind
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:53 · typical 9:03
    48. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    49. BlitzBlitz
    50. Wind
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. Wind
    53. BlitzBlitz ×2
    54. Wind
    55. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Converter
    58. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:20 · 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

  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 · 95 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    2. PawnPawn ×2
    3. Converter
    4. PawnPawn ×5
    5. LazarusLazarus ×2
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. LazarusLazarus ×2
    8. StoutStout
    9. PawnPawn ×2
    10. StoutStout
    11. PawnPawn
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. PawnPawn
    14. StoutStout
    15. PawnPawn
    16. StoutStout
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. PawnPawn
    19. StoutStout
    20. PawnPawn
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. StoutStout
    23. PawnPawn
    24. StoutStout
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. PawnPawn
    27. StoutStout
    28. PawnPawn
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    30. PawnPawn
    31. StoutStout ×2
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Con turret
    34. StoutStout
    35. PawnPawn
    36. StoutStout
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. StoutStout ×2
    39. Construction BotCon bot
    40. StoutStout ×2
    41. Construction BotCon bot
    42. StoutStout ×2
    43. Construction BotCon bot
    44. Converter
    45. StoutStout
    46. Construction BotCon bot
    47. StoutStout
    48. Converter
    49. Construction BotCon bot
    50. StoutStout ×2
    51. Construction BotCon bot
    52. Wind
    53. StoutStout
    54. Construction BotCon bot
    55. Wind
    56. StoutStout
    57. Construction BotCon bot
    58. StoutStout
    59. Wind
    60. Construction BotCon bot
    61. StoutStout
    62. Wind
    63. Construction BotCon bot
    64. Wind
    65. Construction BotCon bot
    66. Converter
    67. PawnPawn ×3
    68. Converter
    69. PawnPawn ×2
    70. Wind
    71. PawnPawn ×2
    72. Wind
    73. PawnPawn ×2
    74. Con turret
    75. Wind
    76. PawnPawn ×2
    77. Wind
    78. PawnPawn ×2
    79. Wind
    80. PawnPawn
    81. Con turret
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Con turret
    86. Wind
    87. PawnPawn ×2
    88. Wind
    89. PawnPawn
    90. Wind ×2
    91. PawnPawn
    92. Wind
    93. Con turret
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is fanboi's (33 OS, 05/10/2026); 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

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

fanboi

33.3 OS · 05/10/2026

Open source match ↗

14 received units · includes a constructor
160 metal received · 35029 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

EpicTyrannus14games of this buildViltrum13games of this buildzeus_on_god11games of this buildHunfore8games of this build_[BOBO]_7games of this build
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