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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 ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal
    3. Wind
    4. NettleNettle
    5. Mex
    6. Energy storage
    7. Mex ×2
    8. Wind ×4
    9. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:26 · 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 · 9 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Mex
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Converter ×2
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Wind ×3
    9. 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 (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 · 237 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Con turret
    4. Wind
    5. TickTick
    6. Converter
    7. TickTick
    8. Wind ×2
    9. TickTick ×3
    10. Wind
    11. TickTick
    12. Wind
    13. TickTick ×2
    14. Wind
    15. TickTick
    16. Wind
    17. TickTick
    18. Converter
    19. TickTick
    20. Wind
    21. TickTick
    22. Wind
    23. TickTick
    24. CrossbowCrossbow
    25. Wind ×2
    26. TickTick
    27. Converter
    28. Wind
    29. TickTick
    30. Wind
    31. TickTick ×2
    32. Wind
    33. TickTick
    34. Converter
    35. Wind
    36. TickTick ×2
    37. Wind
    38. TickTick
    39. Wind
    40. TickTick
    41. Converter
    42. TickTick ×2
    43. Wind
    44. TickTick
    45. Wind
    46. TickTick ×4
    47. Wind
    48. TickTick
    49. Converter
    50. Wind
    51. TickTick ×4
    52. Wind
    53. TickTick ×2
    54. Wind
    55. TickTick ×2
    56. Converter
    57. TickTick
    58. Wind
    59. TickTick ×2
    60. Wind
    61. TickTick ×4
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick ×2
    64. Converter
    65. Wind
    66. TickTick ×4
    67. Wind
    68. TickTick
    69. Wind
    70. TickTick ×4
    71. Converter
    72. Wind
    73. TickTick ×2
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick ×3
    76. Wind
    77. TickTick ×2
    78. Wind
    79. TickTick
    80. Converter
    81. TickTick ×3
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick ×2
    84. Wind
    85. TickTick ×4
    86. Wind
    87. Converter
    88. TickTick
    89. Wind
    90. TickTick ×4
    91. Wind
    92. TickTick ×2
    93. Wind
    94. TickTick ×2
    95. Converter
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:43 · typical 9:03
    97. TickTick
    98. Wind ×2
    99. TickTick ×2
    100. Wind
    101. Converter
    102. Wind
    103. TickTick ×2
    104. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    105. TickTick
    106. Wind
    107. Converter
    108. Wind
    109. TickTick
    110. Wind
    111. Converter
    112. TickTick
    113. Wind
    114. TickTick ×2
    115. Wind
    116. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    117. TickTick
    118. Wind
    119. Converter
    120. TickTick
    121. Wind ×2
    122. TickTick ×2
    123. Wind ×2
    124. TickTick
    125. Con turret
    126. TickTick
    127. Wind ×2
    128. TickTick
    129. Con turret
    130. Converter
    131. TickTick
    132. Wind ×2
    133. TickTick
    134. Con turret
    135. TickTick
    136. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    137. Wind
    138. TickTick
    139. Wind
    140. TickTick ×6
    141. Wind
    142. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 11:31
    143. TickTick
    144. Wind
    145. TickTick ×3
    146. Wind
    147. TickTick ×2
    148. Wind
    149. TickTick
    150. BansheeBanshee
    151. TickTick
    152. BansheeBanshee
    153. TickTick
    154. Wind ×2
    155. BansheeBanshee
    156. TickTick ×5
    157. BansheeBanshee
    158. TickTick
    159. Wind
    160. TickTick
    161. Wind
    162. BansheeBanshee
    163. TickTick
    164. CitadelAnti-nukedone 14:48
    165. TickTick ×2
    166. BansheeBanshee
    167. TickTick ×4
    168. Wind
    169. TickTick
    170. Advanced solar
    171. TickTick
    172. BansheeBanshee
    173. TickTick ×2
    174. Wind
    175. BansheeBanshee
    176. TickTick ×2
    177. BansheeBanshee
    178. TickTick ×2
    179. Wind
    180. BansheeBanshee
    181. TickTick ×3
    182. BansheeBanshee
    183. TickTick
    184. Wind
    185. TickTick
    186. BansheeBanshee
    187. TickTick ×3
    188. BansheeBanshee
    189. TickTick
    190. Wind
    191. TickTick
    192. BansheeBanshee
    193. TickTick ×3
    194. Wind
    195. BansheeBanshee
    196. Advanced solar
    197. TickTick ×2
    198. FalconFighter
    199. TickTick ×2
    200. Wind
    201. FalconFighter
    202. TickTick ×3
    203. FalconFighter
    204. TickTick
    205. Construction BotCon bot
    206. FalconFighter
    207. Construction BotCon bot
    208. FalconFighter
    209. TickTick
    210. Construction BotCon bot
    211. FalconFighter
    212. TickTick ×2
    213. FalconFighter
    214. TickTick ×2
    215. FalconFighter
    216. TickTick ×2
    217. FalconFighter
    218. TickTick ×2
    219. Advanced solar
    220. FalconFighter
    221. TickTick ×2
    222. FalconFighter
    223. TickTick ×2
    224. FalconFighter
    225. TickTick ×2
    226. FalconFighter
    227. TickTick ×2
    228. FalconFighter
    229. TickTick
    230. JunoJuno
    231. TickTick ×2
    232. FalconFighter
    233. TickTick ×2
    234. FalconFighter
    235. TickTick ×2
    236. FalconFighter
    237. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Sewer_Rat's (30 OS, 02/10/2026); 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

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

Sewer_Rat

30.3 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
798 metal received · 19288 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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