BAR / BUILD ATLAS
← All builds
Pond / Armada / Economy first / OBSERVED BUILD

Standard pond

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 · 301 distinct matches · 132 players · 15% of Armada Pond games · team won 46% of 308 · 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 301 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 3:12–4:55

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

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Tidal ×7for Suicide front
    2. Tidal
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Wind ×4
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:07 · typical 3:38
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot

    Some games also: Lazarus (44%) · con turret (44%) · converter (34%)

    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 · 8 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×3
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. Con turret
    4. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 4:35
    5. Wind
    6. Con turret
    7. StormbringerBomberfor Geo
    8. Wind
  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 · 62 steps
    1. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    2. Wind
    3. StormbringerBomberfor Geo
    4. Wind
    5. StormbringerBomberfor Geo
    6. Wind ×2
    7. StormbringerBomber
    8. Wind ×4
    9. Bot LabBot Labdone 6:44
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Con turret
    12. Converter ×2
    13. Wind
    14. Converter
    15. Wind
    16. Converter
    17. Wind
    18. PawnPawn
    19. Converter
    20. PawnPawn
    21. Wind
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    24. PawnPawn
    25. Converter
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn ×2
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Wind
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Wind
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Wind
    35. Converter
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Converter
    38. PawnPawn ×2
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn ×10
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:23 · typical 9:04
    42. PawnPawn ×2
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:26
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    50. BlitzBlitz ×4
    51. HarpoonHarpoon
    52. BlitzBlitz ×5
    53. Con turret
    54. HarpoonHarpoon
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. Con turret
    57. BlitzBlitz ×4
    58. Con turret ×2
    59. BlitzBlitz ×31
    60. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:42
    61. BlitzBlitz ×32
    62. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is celestia_1x's (32 OS, 05/10/2026); 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 7:38 · 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

308 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
6:00298600
7:003902210
8:004936170126
9:006219379330
10:007705605552
11:009672809855
12:001206611691289
13:001457415531876
14:001748520702535
15:002022525723254
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

celestia_1x

32.4 OS · 05/10/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
552 metal received · 83657 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab3:38Middle 50%: 3:12–4:55 · n=281
Advanced Metal Extractor9:04Middle 50%: 7:59–10:04 · n=264

Played most by

EpicTyrannus14games of this buildViltrum13games of this buildzeus_on_god11games of this buildHunfore8games of this build_[BOBO]_7games of this build