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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 · 296 distinct matches · 131 players · 15% of Armada Pond games · team won 46% of 303 · 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 296 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 · 6 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Wind ×6
    5. Energy storage
    6. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:50 · typical 3:38
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot

    Some games also: con turret (44%) · Lazarus (44%) · converter (35%)

    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 · 3 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×7
    2. Wind
    3. Construction BotCon bot
  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 (50%)

    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 · 185 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Converter
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind
    7. Converter
    8. Wind ×4
    9. Converter
    10. TickTick
    11. Wind ×3
    12. Converter
    13. Wind ×7
    14. Converter
    15. TickTick
    16. Wind ×3
    17. Converter
    18. Wind ×5
    19. Converter
    20. Wind ×5
    21. Converter
    22. Wind ×6
    23. TickTick
    24. Wind
    25. Converter
    26. TickTick
    27. Wind ×4
    28. TickTick
    29. Wind ×2
    30. TickTick
    31. Wind
    32. Converter
    33. Wind
    34. TickTick
    35. Wind ×4
    36. Converter
    37. Wind ×5
    38. Converter
    39. Wind ×5
    40. Converter
    41. Wind ×6
    42. Converter
    43. Wind ×6
    44. Converter
    45. Wind ×4
    46. Converter
    47. Wind ×4
    48. Construction BotCon bot
    49. Wind ×2
    50. Converter
    51. Wind ×5
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:54 · typical 9:03
    53. Wind
    54. Converter
    55. Wind
    56. Construction BotCon bot
    57. Wind ×2
    58. Construction BotCon bot
    59. TickTick ×2
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. TickTick ×7
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. TickTick ×5
    64. Con turret
    65. Wind
    66. TickTick
    67. Wind ×2
    68. Converter
    69. TickTick
    70. Wind
    71. TickTick
    72. Wind ×2
    73. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    74. TickTick
    75. Converter
    76. Wind ×2
    77. TickTick
    78. Wind
    79. TickTick
    80. Wind ×2
    81. Con turret
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick
    84. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:26
    85. Converter
    86. TickTick
    87. Wind ×3
    88. TickTick ×2
    89. Wind
    90. Con turret
    91. Converter
    92. Wind ×2
    93. TickTick
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick
    96. Wind
    97. Con turret
    98. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    99. TickTick
    100. Wind
    101. Converter
    102. TickTick
    103. Wind
    104. TickTick
    105. Wind
    106. TickTick ×2
    107. Con turret
    108. Wind
    109. TickTick ×8
    110. Wind
    111. TickTick
    112. Wind
    113. TickTick ×2
    114. Wind
    115. Converter
    116. TickTick ×8
    117. Wind
    118. TickTick
    119. Wind
    120. TickTick ×2
    121. Wind
    122. Con turret
    123. TickTick ×6
    124. Converter
    125. TickTick ×2
    126. Wind ×2
    127. TickTick ×3
    128. Wind
    129. TickTick
    130. Con turret
    131. TickTick ×7
    132. Wind
    133. TickTick
    134. Wind
    135. TickTick
    136. Con turret
    137. Wind
    138. TickTick ×2
    139. Converter
    140. TickTick ×5
    141. Con turret
    142. TickTick
    143. Wind
    144. TickTick
    145. Wind
    146. TickTick ×2
    147. Wind
    148. TickTick ×2
    149. Con turret
    150. TickTick ×6
    151. Wind
    152. Con turret
    153. TickTick
    154. Converter
    155. TickTick
    156. Wind
    157. TickTick
    158. Wind
    159. TickTick
    160. Con turret
    161. TickTick ×5
    162. Con turret
    163. TickTick ×3
    164. Wind
    165. Con turret
    166. Wind
    167. TickTick ×2
    168. Con turret
    169. TickTick
    170. Wind
    171. TickTick
    172. Con turret
    173. TickTick ×2
    174. Converter
    175. PawnPawn ×2
    176. Con turret
    177. PawnPawn
    178. Con turret
    179. Wind
    180. PawnPawn
    181. Wind
    182. Con turret
    183. PawnPawn
    184. Wind
    185. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Damsko's (41 OS, 11/10/2026); 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 7:36 · 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

303 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0011500
2:0026800
3:0080000
4:00147400
5:00218400
6:00299600
7:003916210
8:004952170120
9:006225380316
10:007739611553
11:009678811867
12:001207311321296
13:001454615401874
14:001744821032493
15:002020125763248
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

Damsko

40.6 OS · 11/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
707 metal received · 52097 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

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