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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
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 2:47 · 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 · 15 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Mex
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Wind
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Wind ×3
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Con turret
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Wind ×3
  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 · 90 steps
    1. Energy storage
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Con turret
    4. Wind ×4
    5. Converter
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Converter
    8. Wind
    9. Converter
    10. Wind ×3
    11. Converter
    12. Wind
    13. TickTick
    14. Wind
    15. Converter
    16. Wind
    17. Converter
    18. Wind ×5
    19. Converter
    20. Wind
    21. Mex
    22. Converter
    23. Wind ×2
    24. TickTick
    25. Converter
    26. Wind
    27. TickTick ×2
    28. Wind ×2
    29. TickTick
    30. Wind
    31. TickTick
    32. Converter
    33. TickTick
    34. Wind
    35. Converter
    36. TickTick
    37. Wind ×2
    38. TickTick
    39. Wind
    40. TickTick
    41. Converter
    42. TickTick ×2
    43. Wind ×2
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:32 · typical 9:03
    45. TickTick
    46. Wind ×2
    47. Converter
    48. Wind ×3
    49. Converter
    50. Wind ×3
    51. Converter
    52. Wind ×3
    53. Converter
    54. Wind
    55. Converter
    56. Wind ×4
    57. Converter
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. Wind ×3
    60. Converter
    61. Wind ×4
    62. Converter
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Converter
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Wind ×3
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Wind
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. Converter
    71. PawnPawn ×2
    72. Wind ×3
    73. Converter
    74. PawnPawn ×2
    75. Converter
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Wind ×4
    78. PawnPawn ×2
    79. MaceMace
    80. Wind ×3
    81. MaceMace ×2
    82. Wind
    83. SentrySentry
    84. Wind ×3
    85. MaceMace
    86. Converter
    87. MaceMace
    88. SentrySentry
    89. Wind ×4
    90. MaceMace

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

31.3 OS · 20/08/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
149 metal received · 40447 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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