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Armada Pond build order · Supreme Isthmus

Pond's usual economy-first play: Bot Lab around 5:35, boosting the fronts with tidal/wind, then Advanced Metal Extractor and T1 units to help front.

#eco #team support · 491 distinct matches · 109 players · 59% of Armada Pond games · team won 49% of 559 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Bot Lab by 5:42

  1. Open tidal, then wind to start boosting front's economy.
  2. Take mex and keep boosting wind or tidal depending on front's needs.
  3. Get a Bot Lab up, start sending Tick and Pawn to front.
  4. Add Advanced Metal Extractor to scale up team's economy.
  5. Switch to tick spam if enemy reaches T2 front before you do.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 491 GAMES
  1. 1
  2. 2
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
    • Wind Turbine10Wind
    • Tidal Generator8Tidalfor allies
    • Tidal Generator1Tidal
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 4 mex, 10 wind, 1 energy storagedone ~5:35, middle half 3:31–7:01

    Some games also: converter (45%)

    By 5:05 in all: 4 mex · 10 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 3:01 · typical 5:35
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine16Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    Army
    • Tick1 Tick

    Some games also: Lazarus (47%) · converter (45%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 31 wind · 1 tidal · 5 converter · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RAM_GreedyDArc's (36 OS, 17/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Tidal Generator8 Tidal to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 0:10 · in 90% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Air or Techfirst at 4:26 · in 30% of games
  • Hephaestus1 Heavy transport from Air or Techfirst at 4:43 · in 38% of games
  • Fatboy1 Fatboy from Techfirst at 5:03 · in 40% of games
  • Sharpshooter2 Sniper bot from Techfirst at 5:16 · in 42% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 8:17 · in 92% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build, running totals by minute

Metal produced

010k20k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

02k4k6k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

02k4k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

559 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0011500
2:0027300
3:0082000
4:00151000
5:00223100
6:00298400
7:0038504540
8:0047571237138
9:0057191963370
10:0069182763714
11:00841732701149
12:001038635791578
13:001269541841940
14:001506647452417
15:001770253143015
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

This is the role's standard support job, winning slightly under half its games while contributing modest kills for modest losses.

  • + Keeps own losses fairly low relative to kills (2827 destroyed vs 756 lost by 10:00).
  • + Reaches T2 constructor reliably (89% of games) by 8:10.
  • − Metal production trails other roles at 6855 by 10:00.
  • − No kills registered by 5:00, slow to impact the fight.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

RAM_GreedyDArc

35.9 OS · 17/08/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
32 metal received · 26490 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab5:35Middle 50%: 3:31–7:01 · n=502
Advanced Metal Extractor9:54Middle 50%: 8:59–10:38 · n=507

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