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Standard pond

Standard Pond play: fast Bot Lab and early boosting into Advanced Metal Extractor, sending Tick/Pawn/Blitz to front while tidal-boosting allies throughout.

#eco #team support · 448 distinct matches · 96 players · 59% of Armada Pond games · team won 50% of 510 · 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 448 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 ~5:40, middle half 3:31–7:01

    Some games also: converter (44%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×5
    3. Energy storage
    4. Wind
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:42 · typical 5:40
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine16Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot

    Some games also: tick (49%) · Lazarus (48%) · converter (43%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 31 wind · 1 tidal · 4 converter · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 185 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    4. Con turret
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Wind
    7. Mex
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Converter
    13. Con turret
    14. Converter
    15. Wind
    16. Converter
    17. Con turret
    18. Wind ×2
    19. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:29
    20. Wind ×4
    21. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    22. Wind ×2
    23. GunslingerGunslingerfor Ponddone 5:59
    24. Wind
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:56 · typical 9:56
    26. Wind ×3
    27. Converter
    28. Wind ×7
    29. Converter
    30. Wind ×3
    31. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    32. Wind ×3
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. Wind ×2
    37. Converter
    38. Wind
    39. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    40. Wind
    41. Converter
    42. Wind
    43. Converter
    44. Wind
    45. Converter
    46. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    47. Wind
    48. Converter
    49. ButlerButler
    50. Wind
    51. ButlerButler
    52. Converter
    53. ButlerButler
    54. Wind
    55. ButlerButler
    56. Converter
    57. Wind
    58. ButlerButler
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. ButlerButler ×3
    61. Wind
    62. ButlerButler ×2
    63. Wind ×2
    64. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    65. Wind ×11
    66. Converter
    67. Wind ×5
    68. SharpshooterSniper botdone 10:57
    69. Wind ×3
    70. Converter
    71. Wind ×7
    72. Converter
    73. Wind ×8
    74. Con turret
    75. Wind
    76. Converter
    77. SharpshooterSniper bot
    78. Wind ×5
    79. Converter
    80. Wind ×4
    81. Con turret
    82. Wind ×3
    83. Converter
    84. Wind ×2
    85. Metal storage
    86. Wind ×7
    87. Converter
    88. Wind ×7
    89. Converter
    90. Wind ×3
    91. Con turret
    92. Wind ×5
    93. Converter
    94. Wind ×5
    95. Converter
    96. Wind
    97. Con turret
    98. Wind ×3
    99. Con turret
    100. Wind ×4
    101. Con turret
    102. Wind
    103. Converter
    104. Wind ×7
    105. Converter
    106. Wind ×10
    107. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 12:53
    108. Converter
    109. Wind ×9
    110. Converter
    111. Wind ×4
    112. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:56
    113. Wind ×2
    114. Converter
    115. Wind ×7
    116. Con turret
    117. Converter
    118. Wind
    119. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    120. Wind ×2
    121. Con turret
    122. Wind ×3
    123. Con turret
    124. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    125. Wind
    126. Converter
    127. Wind ×2
    128. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    129. Wind ×2
    130. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    131. Wind ×2
    132. BlitzBlitz ×2for Suicide front
    133. Converter
    134. Wind ×2
    135. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    136. Wind
    137. Converter
    138. Wind
    139. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    140. Wind ×2
    141. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    142. Converter
    143. Wind ×2
    144. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    145. Converter ×2
    146. Wind
    147. Converter
    148. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    149. Wind ×3
    150. BlitzBlitz
    151. Wind
    152. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 14:23
    153. Wind ×2
    154. Converter
    155. Wind ×8
    156. Converter
    157. Wind ×7
    158. Converter
    159. Wind ×6
    160. Converter
    161. Wind
    162. Converter
    163. Wind ×5
    164. Converter
    165. Wind ×4
    166. PlatypusPlatypus
    167. Wind ×2
    168. Converter
    169. Wind
    170. Converter ×2
    171. PlatypusPlatypus
    172. Wind
    173. Converter
    174. Wind
    175. Converter
    176. PlatypusPlatypus
    177. Wind ×2
    178. PlatypusPlatypus
    179. Converter
    180. Wind
    181. PlatypusPlatypus
    182. Wind ×3
    183. PlatypusPlatypus
    184. Converter
    185. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is GuiTou's (36 OS, 22/08/2026); 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 31% of games
  • Hephaestus1 Heavy transport from Air or Techfirst at 4:41 · in 38% of games
  • Fatboy1 Fatboy from Techfirst at 4:59 · in 40% of games
  • Sharpshooter2 Sniper bot from Techfirst at 5:15 · in 42% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 8:17 · in 92% 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

510 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0011500
2:0027300
3:0081700
4:00151000
5:00223100
6:00298500
7:0038414800
8:0047421276148
9:0056932025379
10:0068722865720
11:00833433171188
12:001029036841616
13:001259342621966
14:001491447802454
15:001745653243030
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

GuiTou

35.6 OS · 22/08/2026

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1 received units
1278 metal received · 37936 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab5:40Middle 50%: 3:31–7:01 · n=459
Advanced Metal Extractor9:56Middle 50%: 9:01–10:38 · n=460

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