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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 · 9 steps
    1. Tidal ×9for Front
    2. Tidal
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Mex ×3
    6. Energy storage
    7. Mex
    8. Wind ×3
    9. Bot LabBot Labdone 4:27 · 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 · 5 steps
    1. Converter ×4
    2. TickTick
    3. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Con turret
  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 · 240 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    2. Con turret
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind ×3
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Wind ×4
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Converter
    11. TickTick
    12. Wind
    13. TickTick
    14. Wind
    15. TickTick ×2
    16. NettleNettle
    17. Wind
    18. TickTick ×2
    19. Wind ×2
    20. TickTick
    21. Converter
    22. TickTick ×2
    23. Wind
    24. TickTick
    25. Wind
    26. TickTick
    27. Wind
    28. TickTick ×2
    29. Wind
    30. TickTick ×4
    31. Wind ×2
    32. Converter
    33. TickTick
    34. Wind
    35. TickTick
    36. Wind
    37. TickTick
    38. Wind ×2
    39. TickTick
    40. Wind
    41. Construction BotCon bot
    42. Wind ×2
    43. TickTick ×2
    44. Wind
    45. Converter
    46. TickTick ×2
    47. Wind ×2
    48. TickTick ×3
    49. Wind
    50. TickTick ×3
    51. Wind ×2
    52. TickTick ×2
    53. Wind
    54. TickTick
    55. Converter
    56. Wind
    57. TickTick
    58. Wind
    59. TickTick
    60. Wind
    61. TickTick
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:32
    63. TickTick ×2
    64. Wind
    65. TickTick
    66. Wind
    67. TickTick ×4
    68. Wind
    69. TickTick
    70. Wind
    71. Converter
    72. TickTick
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick ×9
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick
    77. Converter
    78. Wind
    79. TickTick
    80. Converter
    81. Wind
    82. TickTick
    83. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    84. Converter
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick
    87. Wind ×2
    88. TickTick
    89. Wind
    90. TickTick
    91. Wind
    92. PawnPawn
    93. Converter
    94. Wind
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Wind
    97. PawnPawn
    98. Converter
    99. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    100. Wind
    101. PawnPawn
    102. Wind ×2
    103. PawnPawn
    104. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    105. Wind ×3
    106. PawnPawn
    107. Wind
    108. PawnPawn
    109. Mex
    110. Wind
    111. PawnPawn ×2
    112. Wind ×3
    113. PawnPawn ×3
    114. Wind
    115. Con turret
    116. PawnPawn
    117. Wind ×2
    118. PawnPawn ×3
    119. Wind
    120. PawnPawn ×2
    121. Wind
    122. PawnPawn
    123. Wind
    124. PawnPawn ×3
    125. Wind ×2
    126. PawnPawn ×2
    127. Construction BotCon bot
    128. Wind ×2
    129. Construction BotCon bot
    130. PawnPawn ×2
    131. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    132. Wind
    133. PawnPawn
    134. Wind
    135. PawnPawn ×3
    136. Wind
    137. PawnPawn
    138. Wind
    139. Converter
    140. PawnPawn
    141. Converter
    142. PawnPawn
    143. Wind ×2
    144. Converter
    145. Construction BotCon bot
    146. Converter
    147. Wind
    148. PawnPawn
    149. Wind
    150. PawnPawn
    151. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:11
    152. PawnPawn
    153. Wind ×2
    154. PawnPawn ×2
    155. Wind
    156. PawnPawn
    157. Wind
    158. PawnPawn
    159. Converter
    160. BlitzBlitz
    161. PawnPawn
    162. Wind
    163. TickTick
    164. BlitzBlitz
    165. PawnPawn
    166. Wind
    167. TickTick
    168. BlitzBlitz
    169. PawnPawn
    170. Wind
    171. TickTick
    172. BlitzBlitz
    173. Converter
    174. PawnPawn
    175. Wind
    176. BlitzBlitz
    177. TickTick
    178. PawnPawn
    179. BlitzBlitz
    180. TickTick
    181. Wind
    182. PawnPawn
    183. BlitzBlitz
    184. Wind
    185. TickTick
    186. PawnPawn
    187. BlitzBlitz
    188. Converter
    189. TickTick
    190. Wind
    191. PawnPawn
    192. BlitzBlitz
    193. TickTick
    194. Wind
    195. PawnPawn
    196. BlitzBlitz
    197. TickTick
    198. PawnPawn
    199. Wind
    200. BlitzBlitz
    201. Converter
    202. TickTick
    203. Wind
    204. PawnPawn
    205. BlitzBlitz
    206. TickTick
    207. PawnPawn
    208. BlitzBlitz
    209. Wind
    210. TickTick
    211. Wind
    212. PawnPawn
    213. BlitzBlitz
    214. TickTick
    215. Converter
    216. PawnPawn
    217. BlitzBlitz
    218. Wind
    219. TickTick
    220. Wind
    221. PawnPawn
    222. BlitzBlitz
    223. TickTick
    224. PawnPawn
    225. BlitzBlitz
    226. Wind
    227. TickTick
    228. PawnPawn
    229. BlitzBlitz
    230. Converter
    231. TickTick
    232. PawnPawn
    233. BlitzBlitz
    234. Wind
    235. TickTick
    236. PawnPawn
    237. BlitzBlitz
    238. TickTick
    239. PawnPawn
    240. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is slimegirl3's (31 OS, 19/09/2026); 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 7:36 · 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

slimegirl3

31.3 OS · 19/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
257 metal received · 65659 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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