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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. Wind ×3
    4. Energy storage
    5. Mex ×4
    6. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:48 · 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 · 5 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×6
    2. Wind
    3. TickTick
    4. PawnPawn ×2
    5. 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 (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 · 201 steps
    1. Wind
    2. PawnPawn
    3. Con turret
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Wind
    7. Converter
    8. Wind ×4
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Wind ×3
    11. Converter
    12. PawnPawn
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. Wind ×3
    16. Converter
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Wind
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Wind ×3
    21. PawnPawn
    22. Wind
    23. Converter
    24. Wind ×2
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. Wind
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:26 · typical 9:03
    30. Wind ×2
    31. Converter
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Converter
    34. Wind ×3
    35. Converter
    36. Wind
    37. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Converter
    40. Wind ×2
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. Wind ×2
    43. Converter
    44. Wind ×2
    45. Converter
    46. Wind ×4
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Converter
    49. Wind ×4
    50. Converter
    51. Wind ×3
    52. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:10
    53. Wind
    54. Converter
    55. Wind
    56. TickTick
    57. Construction BotCon bot
    58. Wind ×2
    59. TickTick
    60. Con turret
    61. TickTick
    62. Wind
    63. Converter
    64. Wind
    65. TickTick
    66. Wind
    67. TickTick ×2
    68. Wind
    69. TickTick
    70. Wind
    71. TickTick
    72. Converter
    73. TickTick
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick
    76. Con turret
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    78. Wind
    79. TickTick
    80. Wind
    81. TickTick
    82. Converter
    83. Wind
    84. TickTick
    85. Wind
    86. Con turret
    87. TickTick
    88. Wind
    89. TickTick
    90. Converter
    91. Wind
    92. Con turret
    93. TickTick
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick ×2
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick ×3
    98. Wind
    99. TickTick ×2
    100. Converter
    101. TickTick ×2
    102. Wind
    103. TickTick ×3
    104. Wind
    105. TickTick ×4
    106. Wind
    107. TickTick
    108. Construction BotCon bot
    109. Wind
    110. Converter
    111. TickTick ×4
    112. Wind
    113. TickTick
    114. Wind
    115. TickTick ×5
    116. Converter
    117. TickTick ×2
    118. Wind
    119. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    120. TickTick
    121. Wind
    122. TickTick ×4
    123. Con turret
    124. TickTick ×2
    125. Wind
    126. Construction BotCon bot
    127. Wind
    128. Converter
    129. Construction BotCon bot
    130. TickTick
    131. Wind
    132. TickTick
    133. Wind
    134. TickTick ×6
    135. Wind
    136. TickTick
    137. Converter
    138. TickTick
    139. Wind
    140. Construction BotCon bot
    141. TickTick ×3
    142. Wind
    143. TickTick
    144. Con turret
    145. Wind
    146. TickTick ×2
    147. Con turret
    148. Converter
    149. Wind
    150. TickTick
    151. Wind
    152. Con turret
    153. TickTick
    154. Con turret
    155. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:24
    156. ShipyardShipyarddone 13:53
    157. TickTick
    158. Wind ×2
    159. TickTick ×4
    160. Converter
    161. TickTick ×8
    162. Wind
    163. TickTick ×3
    164. Wind
    165. TickTick ×3
    166. Con turret
    167. TickTick ×8
    168. Converter
    169. TickTick ×2
    170. Wind
    171. TickTick ×2
    172. Wind
    173. TickTick ×10
    174. EelSubmarinedone 14:03
    175. TickTick ×2
    176. Wind
    177. TickTick ×2
    178. Wind
    179. TickTick ×4
    180. Converter
    181. TickTick ×5
    182. EelSubmarine
    183. TickTick ×6
    184. Wind
    185. TickTick ×10
    186. EelSubmarine
    187. TickTick ×2
    188. Converter
    189. TickTick
    190. Wind
    191. TickTick ×3
    192. Wind
    193. TickTick ×10
    194. Converter
    195. TickTick ×2
    196. EelSubmarine
    197. TickTick ×6
    198. Wind ×2
    199. TickTick ×2
    200. Converter
    201. TickTick ×7

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Sewer_Rat's (31 OS, 03/10/2026); 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

Sewer_Rat

30.6 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
148 metal received · 30672 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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