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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. Wind ×2
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:09 · 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 · 16 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Energy storage
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Con turret
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Wind
    8. Converter ×2
    9. Wind
    10. Con turret
    11. Converter
    12. Wind
    13. TickTick ×2
    14. Converter
    15. Wind
    16. TickTick
  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 · 133 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Energy storage
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind ×3
    6. TickTick
    7. Wind
    8. TickTick
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Windfor Geo
    11. TickTick
    12. Windfor Geo
    13. TickTick ×2
    14. Windfor Geo
    15. Mexfor Front
    16. TickTick ×2
    17. Windfor Geo
    18. TickTick
    19. Windfor Geo
    20. TickTick
    21. Windfor Geo
    22. TickTick
    23. SentrySentry
    24. TickTick
    25. Wind
    26. TickTick
    27. Wind
    28. TickTick
    29. SentrySentry
    30. Wind
    31. TickTick ×2
    32. Wind
    33. SentrySentry
    34. Converter
    35. TickTick
    36. Wind
    37. Converter
    38. TickTick
    39. Wind
    40. TickTick
    41. SentrySentry
    42. Converter
    43. TickTick
    44. Converter
    45. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    46. Wind ×2
    47. Converter
    48. Wind
    49. Converter
    50. JunoJuno
    51. Wind
    52. Converter
    53. Wind
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:47 · typical 9:03
    55. Converter
    56. Wind ×3
    57. SentrySentry
    58. Converter
    59. Wind
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. SentrySentry
    62. Wind ×2
    63. Converter
    64. Wind
    65. Windfor Geo
    66. Converter
    67. Windfor Geo
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. Converter
    70. Wind ×4for Geo
    71. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:23
    72. Wind ×2
    73. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    74. SentrySentry
    75. Wind ×2
    76. TickTick
    77. Wind
    78. SentrySentry
    79. TickTick ×4
    80. Wind
    81. TickTick ×3
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick
    84. Con turret
    85. Mex
    86. TickTick
    87. Wind
    88. TickTick
    89. Con turret
    90. TickTick
    91. Wind
    92. TickTick ×3
    93. Con turret
    94. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    95. TickTick ×29
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    97. TickTick ×13
    98. NettleNettle
    99. TickTick ×16
    100. Metal storage
    101. TickTick ×5
    102. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:34
    103. TickTick
    104. SentrySentry
    105. TickTick ×2
    106. SentrySentry
    107. TickTick
    108. SentrySentry
    109. TickTick ×2
    110. Con turret
    111. SentrySentry ×3
    112. Con turret
    113. TickTick
    114. Converter
    115. Con turret
    116. TickTick
    117. Converter
    118. TickTick
    119. Converter
    120. Con turret
    121. TickTick
    122. Converter
    123. TickTick ×2
    124. Converter
    125. TickTick
    126. Con turret
    127. Converter
    128. TickTick
    129. Con turret
    130. SentrySentry
    131. Converter
    132. TickTick
    133. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Cookie]CottonBuds's (31 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

[Cookie]CottonBuds

30.9 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
420 metal received · 75110 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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