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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 · 494 distinct matches · 109 players · 60% of Armada Pond games · team won 49% of 562 · 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 494 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 ~5:37, middle half 3:32–7:02

    Some games also: converter (45%)

    By 5:07 in all: 4 mex · 10 wind · 1 tidal · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 43 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Mex ×4
    5. Converter ×4
    6. Con turret
    7. Wind ×7
    8. Converter ×2
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind ×3
    11. Con turret
    12. Wind ×15
    13. Converter
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Converter
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Converter
    18. Wind ×2
    19. Converter
    20. Wind ×4
    21. Converter ×3
    22. Con turret ×2
    23. Converter ×2
    24. Wind
    25. Converter
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. Wind
    29. Converter
    30. Wind
    31. Solar
    32. Converter
    33. Solar
    34. Converter ×2
    35. Wind ×3
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:54 · typical 9:54
    37. Converter
    38. Wind
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. Wind ×2
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    42. Wind ×2
    43. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:33 · typical 5:37
  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 · 281 steps
    1. Wind ×4
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick
    5. Wind
    6. TickTick ×3
    7. Wind
    8. TickTick
    9. Wind ×4
    10. TickTick
    11. Wind
    12. TickTick ×2
    13. Wind ×2
    14. TickTick
    15. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:22
    16. Wind
    17. TickTick ×4
    18. Wind
    19. TickTick ×25
    20. Wind
    21. TickTick ×5
    22. Wind
    23. TickTick ×17
    24. Con turret
    25. TickTick ×3
    26. Wind
    27. TickTick ×5
    28. Wind
    29. TickTick ×2
    30. Wind
    31. TickTick
    32. Con turret
    33. TickTick ×4
    34. Wind
    35. TickTick ×2
    36. ShipyardShipyardnot finished by 15:00
    37. TickTick
    38. Wind
    39. TickTick ×7
    40. Construction BotCon bot
    41. TickTick
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. TickTick
    44. Wind
    45. TickTick
    46. Wind ×2
    47. TickTick ×5
    48. Wind
    49. TickTick
    50. Wind
    51. TickTick ×3
    52. Con turret
    53. TickTick ×3
    54. Wind
    55. TickTick ×13
    56. Wind ×2
    57. TickTick ×2
    58. Wind
    59. TickTick
    60. Con turret
    61. TickTick
    62. Wind ×2
    63. TickTick ×2
    64. Wind ×2
    65. TickTick ×4
    66. Wind
    67. TickTick ×5
    68. Wind ×2
    69. TickTick
    70. Wind
    71. TickTick ×2
    72. Wind
    73. TickTick ×2
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick ×3
    76. Wind ×2
    77. TickTick ×2
    78. Wind
    79. TickTick ×2
    80. Wind
    81. TickTick
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick ×3
    84. Wind
    85. TickTick ×2
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick
    88. Wind
    89. TickTick ×4
    90. Wind
    91. TickTick
    92. Wind
    93. TickTick
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick ×4
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick
    98. Wind ×2
    99. TickTick
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick ×2
    102. Wind
    103. TickTick ×2
    104. Wind ×2
    105. TickTick ×4
    106. Wind ×2
    107. TickTick ×2
    108. Wind
    109. TickTick ×3
    110. Wind
    111. TickTick
    112. Wind
    113. TickTick ×2
    114. Wind
    115. TickTick ×2
    116. Wind
    117. TickTick
    118. Wind
    119. TickTick
    120. Wind
    121. TickTick ×5
    122. Wind
    123. TickTick
    124. Wind ×2
    125. TickTick ×2
    126. Wind
    127. TickTick ×2
    128. Wind
    129. TickTick ×3
    130. Wind ×2
    131. TickTick ×4
    132. Wind
    133. TickTick ×3
    134. Wind ×3
    135. TickTick ×4
    136. Wind ×2
    137. TickTick ×5
    138. Wind
    139. TickTick
    140. Wind ×3
    141. TickTick ×4
    142. Wind
    143. TickTick
    144. Construction BotCon bot
    145. TickTick
    146. Wind ×3
    147. TickTick ×3
    148. Wind
    149. TickTick ×2
    150. Wind
    151. TickTick
    152. Wind
    153. TickTick ×3
    154. Wind ×2
    155. TickTick
    156. Wind
    157. Construction BotCon bot
    158. TickTick
    159. Wind
    160. Construction BotCon bot
    161. TickTick
    162. Wind ×2
    163. TickTick ×3
    164. Wind
    165. TickTick ×2
    166. Wind
    167. TickTick
    168. Wind
    169. TickTick ×2
    170. Wind
    171. TickTick ×3
    172. Wind
    173. TickTick ×2
    174. Wind
    175. TickTick ×2
    176. Wind
    177. TickTick
    178. Con turret
    179. TickTick ×3
    180. Wind
    181. TickTick ×2
    182. Wind
    183. TickTick ×7
    184. Wind
    185. TickTick ×2
    186. Wind
    187. TickTick ×8
    188. Wind
    189. TickTick ×5
    190. Wind
    191. TickTick
    192. Wind
    193. TickTick ×4
    194. Wind
    195. TickTick ×2
    196. Wind
    197. TickTick ×2
    198. Wind
    199. TickTick
    200. Wind ×2
    201. TickTick ×5
    202. Wind ×2
    203. TickTick
    204. Wind
    205. TickTick ×4
    206. Wind
    207. TickTick
    208. Wind
    209. TickTick ×2
    210. Wind
    211. TickTick ×2
    212. Wind
    213. Con turret
    214. TickTick
    215. Wind
    216. TickTick ×7
    217. Wind
    218. TickTick
    219. Wind
    220. TickTick ×3
    221. Wind
    222. TickTick ×7
    223. Construction BotCon bot
    224. TickTick
    225. Wind
    226. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    227. Wind ×2
    228. Converter
    229. Wind
    230. Con turret
    231. Construction BotCon bot
    232. TickTick
    233. Wind ×2
    234. TickTick ×2
    235. Con turret
    236. Wind
    237. TickTick
    238. Converter
    239. TickTick
    240. Wind
    241. TickTick ×3
    242. Wind
    243. TickTick ×2
    244. Wind
    245. TickTick ×3
    246. Wind
    247. TickTick
    248. Converter ×2
    249. TickTick
    250. Wind ×3
    251. TickTick
    252. Wind
    253. TickTick ×4
    254. Wind
    255. TickTick
    256. Converter
    257. Wind
    258. TickTick ×2
    259. Wind
    260. TickTick
    261. Wind
    262. TickTick ×2
    263. Converter
    264. Wind
    265. TickTick
    266. Wind
    267. TickTick
    268. Converter
    269. TickTick ×2
    270. Wind
    271. TickTick
    272. Wind
    273. TickTick ×2
    274. Wind ×2
    275. TickTick ×2
    276. Converter
    277. Wind
    278. Converter
    279. TickTick ×3
    280. Wind ×3
    281. TickTick ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is ChaoticNoob's (36 OS, 01/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Tidal Generator8 Tidal to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 0:10 · 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 93% 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

562 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0011500
2:0027300
3:0081800
4:00151000
5:00223100
6:00298500
7:0038494530
8:0047571239130
9:0057151964370
10:0069142760712
11:00841732691148
12:001038835781584
13:001269641821941
14:001510047442425
15:001770553043026
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

ChaoticNoob

35.6 OS · 01/10/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
821 metal received · 90416 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab5:37Middle 50%: 3:32–7:02 · n=505
Advanced Metal Extractor9:54Middle 50%: 8:58–10:38 · n=510

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