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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 · 486 distinct matches · 107 players · 59% of Armada Pond games · team won 50% of 553 · 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 486 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 ~5:36, middle half 3:31–7:00

    Some games also: converter (45%)

    By 5:05 in all: 4 mex · 10 wind · 1 tidal · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 7 steps
    1. Tidal
    2. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Wind ×3
    5. Energy storage
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:33 · typical 5:36
  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 (48%) · 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 · 293 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. Con turret
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Converter
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Converter
    8. Con turret
    9. Windfor Geo sea
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Converter
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Windfor Geo sea
    14. Converter
    15. Wind ×3for Geo sea
    16. Wind
    17. Windfor Geo sea
    18. Converter
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. Wind
    21. Windfor Geo sea
    22. Wind
    23. Con turret
    24. Windfor Geo sea
    25. Wind
    26. Windfor Geo sea
    27. Converter
    28. Wind
    29. CenturionCenturion
    30. Windfor Geo sea
    31. Wind
    32. Windfor Geo sea
    33. Wind
    34. Windfor Geo sea
    35. Converter
    36. Wind
    37. Windfor Geo sea
    38. TickTick
    39. Wind
    40. Windfor Geo sea
    41. TickTick ×2
    42. Windfor Geo sea
    43. TickTick
    44. Wind
    45. Converter
    46. TickTick
    47. Wind ×2for Geo sea
    48. Wind
    49. Windfor Geo sea
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Windfor Geo sea
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind
    54. Windfor Geo sea
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Wind
    57. PawnPawn
    58. Wind
    59. Converter
    60. Wind
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Wind ×2
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Wind ×2
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Wind
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Converter
    70. Wind
    71. PawnPawn
    72. Wind ×2
    73. LazarusLazarus
    74. Wind ×2
    75. Converter
    76. Wind
    77. LazarusLazarus
    78. Wind ×2
    79. Converter
    80. Wind ×2
    81. TickTick
    82. Wind ×2
    83. TickTick
    84. Converter
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick
    87. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:52 · typical 9:54
    88. Wind
    89. TickTick
    90. Wind
    91. TickTick
    92. Converter
    93. Wind
    94. TickTick ×2
    95. Wind
    96. TickTick
    97. Wind
    98. TickTick ×2
    99. Converter
    100. TickTick
    101. Wind
    102. TickTick
    103. Wind
    104. TickTick
    105. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    106. Wind
    107. TickTick
    108. Wind
    109. TickTick ×2
    110. Converter
    111. TickTick
    112. Wind ×2
    113. TickTick ×4
    114. Wind ×2
    115. Converter
    116. TickTick
    117. Wind
    118. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    119. TickTick ×2
    120. Wind ×2
    121. TickTick ×3
    122. Converter
    123. Wind
    124. TickTick ×2
    125. Wind
    126. TickTick ×2
    127. Wind
    128. TickTick
    129. Wind
    130. Con turret
    131. Wind
    132. TickTick
    133. Wind
    134. TickTick
    135. Wind
    136. TickTick
    137. Wind
    138. TickTick
    139. Wind
    140. TickTick
    141. Wind
    142. TickTick
    143. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    144. Wind
    145. Converter
    146. TickTick
    147. Wind
    148. TickTick
    149. Wind ×2
    150. TickTick
    151. Wind
    152. TickTick
    153. Wind ×3
    154. TickTick
    155. Wind
    156. TickTick
    157. Wind ×3
    158. TickTick
    159. Wind
    160. Converter
    161. Wind
    162. TickTick
    163. Wind ×2
    164. TickTick
    165. Wind
    166. TickTick
    167. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:06
    168. TickTick
    169. Wind
    170. TickTick ×2
    171. Converter
    172. Wind
    173. TickTick ×4
    174. CenturionCenturion
    175. TickTick
    176. Wind
    177. TickTick ×2
    178. CenturionCenturion
    179. TickTick
    180. Converter
    181. TickTick
    182. Wind ×2
    183. CenturionCenturion
    184. TickTick ×2
    185. Wind
    186. TickTick
    187. CenturionCenturion
    188. TickTick
    189. Wind ×2
    190. TickTick
    191. Converter
    192. CenturionCenturion
    193. TickTick ×2
    194. Wind
    195. Construction BotCon bot
    196. TickTick
    197. Wind
    198. TickTick
    199. Wind
    200. TickTick
    201. Construction BotCon bot
    202. TickTick
    203. Wind
    204. TickTick
    205. Converter
    206. Wind
    207. Construction BotCon bot
    208. TickTick
    209. Wind
    210. TickTick ×2
    211. Construction BotCon bot
    212. TickTick
    213. Wind
    214. TickTick
    215. Con turret
    216. TickTick
    217. Construction BotCon bot
    218. Wind
    219. TickTick
    220. Converter
    221. TickTick
    222. Wind
    223. TickTick
    224. Wind
    225. Construction BotCon bot
    226. TickTick
    227. Con turret
    228. Wind
    229. TickTick
    230. Wind
    231. TickTick ×2
    232. Converter
    233. Wind ×2
    234. Construction BotCon bot
    235. TickTick
    236. Wind
    237. TickTick
    238. Wind ×2
    239. TickTick
    240. Construction BotCon bot
    241. Wind
    242. TickTick
    243. Wind ×2
    244. TickTick
    245. Wind ×2
    246. TickTick
    247. Converter
    248. TickTick
    249. Wind
    250. TickTick
    251. Wind ×2
    252. TickTick
    253. Wind ×2
    254. TickTick
    255. Wind
    256. TickTick ×2
    257. Wind
    258. TickTick ×2
    259. Wind ×2
    260. TickTick
    261. Wind ×3
    262. TickTick ×2
    263. Construction BotCon bot
    264. Converter
    265. TickTick
    266. Wind ×2
    267. TickTick
    268. Wind ×3
    269. TickTick
    270. JunoJuno
    271. Converter
    272. TickTick ×2
    273. Wind
    274. TickTick
    275. Wind
    276. TickTick
    277. Wind
    278. TickTick
    279. Wind ×2
    280. TickTick ×2
    281. Converter
    282. TickTick ×2
    283. Wind ×3
    284. TickTick ×2
    285. Converter
    286. Wind ×2
    287. TickTick ×6
    288. Wind ×2
    289. TickTick
    290. Wind
    291. TickTick
    292. Wind
    293. TickTick ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is EpicTyrannus's (42 OS, 28/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Tidal Generator8 Tidal to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 0:10 · in 90% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Air or Techfirst at 4:28 · in 31% of games
  • Hephaestus1 Heavy transport from Air or Techfirst at 4:44 · in 39% 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 8:18 · 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

553 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0011500
2:0027300
3:0082000
4:00151000
5:00223100
6:00298400
7:0038434590
8:0047571240138
9:0057191965375
10:0069002780713
11:00840432701147
12:001035735791578
13:001262541961940
14:001497947632417
15:001768153183015
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

EpicTyrannus

42.2 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
620 metal received · 29515 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab5:36Middle 50%: 3:31–7:00 · n=497
Advanced Metal Extractor9:54Middle 50%: 8:59–10:38 · n=501

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