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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 · 299 distinct matches · 132 players · 15% of Armada Pond games · team won 46% of 306 · 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 299 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 3:12–4:57

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

    The example game in this phase · 8 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. Naval Energy Storage
    4. Mex ×4
    5. Wind ×6
    6. Converter ×3
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Bot LabBot Labdone 4:32 · typical 3:38
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot

    Some games also: con turret (44%) · 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 · 1 step
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×2
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

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

    Some games also: con bot (50%) · 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 · 167 steps
    1. Wind ×3
    2. Con turret
    3. Wind
    4. Converter
    5. Wind
    6. Con turret
    7. Wind ×3
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:01 · typical 9:03
    9. Wind ×4
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    11. Wind ×8
    12. Converter
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Converter
    17. Wind ×9
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. Wind
    21. Converter
    22. Wind
    23. Converter
    24. Wind
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. Wind ×2
    29. Converter
    30. Wind
    31. TickTick
    32. Wind
    33. TickTick ×2
    34. Wind ×2
    35. TickTick
    36. Wind
    37. TickTick
    38. Wind
    39. CitadelAnti-nukedone 11:37
    40. TickTick ×2
    41. Wind ×2
    42. TickTick ×2
    43. Wind
    44. Converter
    45. TickTick ×2
    46. Wind
    47. TickTick
    48. Converter
    49. TickTick
    50. Wind
    51. TickTick ×2
    52. Wind
    53. Converter
    54. TickTick ×2
    55. Wind
    56. TickTick
    57. Converter
    58. Wind
    59. TickTick ×3
    60. Wind ×2
    61. TickTick ×2
    62. Wind ×2
    63. TickTick ×2
    64. Wind
    65. TickTick
    66. Wind
    67. TickTick
    68. Wind
    69. TickTick
    70. Wind
    71. TickTick ×2
    72. Wind
    73. Converter
    74. TickTick ×2
    75. Wind
    76. Metal storage
    77. TickTick
    78. Con turret
    79. Converter
    80. TickTick
    81. Wind
    82. TickTick
    83. Wind
    84. Converter
    85. TickTick
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick
    88. Converter
    89. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:20
    90. Wind
    91. TickTick
    92. Wind ×2
    93. TickTick ×3
    94. Wind ×2
    95. TickTick ×2
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick
    98. Wind
    99. TickTick ×2
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick ×2
    102. Wind
    103. TickTick ×2
    104. Wind
    105. PawnPawn
    106. Converter
    107. PawnPawn
    108. Wind
    109. PawnPawn
    110. Converter
    111. PawnPawn
    112. Wind
    113. PawnPawn
    114. Wind
    115. PawnPawn
    116. Converter
    117. PawnPawn
    118. Wind
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Converter
    121. PawnPawn
    122. Wind
    123. PawnPawn ×2
    124. Wind ×2
    125. PawnPawn ×2
    126. Wind ×2
    127. PawnPawn
    128. Wind
    129. PawnPawn
    130. Wind
    131. PawnPawn
    132. Wind
    133. Con turret
    134. Converter
    135. PawnPawn
    136. T2 converter
    137. Wind
    138. Converter
    139. PawnPawn
    140. Con turret
    141. Wind ×2
    142. Converter
    143. PawnPawn
    144. Con turret
    145. Wind
    146. Converter
    147. PawnPawn
    148. Wind
    149. PawnPawn
    150. BeamerBeamer
    151. PawnPawn
    152. Wind ×3
    153. PawnPawn
    154. Wind ×3
    155. PawnPawn
    156. Wind ×2
    157. PawnPawn
    158. Wind
    159. Converter
    160. Fusion ReactorFusion
    161. PawnPawn
    162. Wind
    163. PawnPawn
    164. Wind
    165. Converter ×2
    166. Wind
    167. PawnPawn ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is CookieTwoStep's (30 OS, 25/09/2026); 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 7:37 · 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

306 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0011500
2:0026800
3:0079900
4:00147300
5:00218400
6:00299100
7:003903210
8:004942170123
9:006223379320
10:007725605545
11:009695809834
12:001207511691289
13:001460815531876
14:001752420702512
15:002026625723249
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

CookieTwoStep

30.0 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
1176 metal received · 96045 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab3:38Middle 50%: 3:12–4:57 · n=279
Advanced Metal Extractor9:03Middle 50%: 7:59–10:04 · n=263

Played most by

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