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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 · 7 steps
    1. Tidal ×10for Suicide front
    2. Mex ×3
    3. SentrySentry
    4. NettleNettle
    5. Wind ×6
    6. Mex
    7. Bot LabBot Labdone 4:01 · 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 · 4 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. SentrySentry
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. PawnPawn ×6
  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 · 105 steps
    1. PawnPawn
    2. Wind
    3. PawnPawn
    4. Wind ×4
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind ×3
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Energy storage
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Wind
    13. Tidal
    14. Con turret
    15. Wind
    16. Tidal
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Tidal
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Wind
    21. PawnPawn
    22. Tidal
    23. PawnPawn ×2
    24. Tidal
    25. Wind
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Wind
    28. Tidal
    29. Con turret
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Wind ×2
    32. Tidal
    33. Wind
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Tidal
    37. Wind
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Wind
    42. BeamerBeamer
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Wind ×2
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Converter
    47. Wind
    48. Converter
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Wind
    51. Converter
    52. Wind ×3
    53. Converter
    54. Wind ×3
    55. Converter
    56. Wind
    57. Converter
    58. Wind ×3
    59. Converter
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:07 · typical 9:03
    61. TickTick
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick ×2
    64. Wind
    65. Converter
    66. TickTick ×4
    67. Converter
    68. Wind
    69. TickTick ×2
    70. Wind
    71. TickTick
    72. Wind
    73. TickTick
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick
    76. Converter
    77. TickTick ×2
    78. Con turret
    79. TickTick
    80. Converter
    81. TickTick ×3
    82. Converter
    83. TickTick ×5
    84. Converter
    85. TickTick ×2
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    87. TickTick
    88. ChainsawChainsaw
    89. TickTick
    90. Converter
    91. TickTick
    92. Converter
    93. TickTick
    94. SentrySentry
    95. TickTick ×11
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    97. TickTick ×23
    98. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:05
    99. SentrySentry
    100. TickTick ×8
    101. NettleNettle
    102. TickTick ×2
    103. NettleNettle
    104. TickTick ×2
    105. NettleNettle

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is AustrianAirline's (30 OS, 04/10/2026); 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

AustrianAirline

30.0 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
3062 metal received · 111711 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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