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Armada Pond build order · Supreme Isthmus

Economy-first Pond play: boost front via wind or tidal, Bot Lab around 5:36 then Advanced Metal Extractor, sending T1 units like Tick, Pawn and Blitz forward to help hold the middle until T2 arrives.

#eco #team support · 522 distinct matches · 111 players · 60% of Armada Pond games · team won 49% of 590 · 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 522 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 ~5:35, middle half 3:32–7:02

    Some games also: converter (45%)

    By 5:07 in all: 4 mex · 10 wind · 1 tidal · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 12 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Wind ×8
    5. Con turret
    6. Wind ×6
    7. Energy storage
    8. Converter
    9. Wind ×8
    10. Converter ×2
    11. Wind ×3
    12. Bot LabBot Labdone 6:58 · typical 5:35
  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 (47%) · 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 · 119 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. PawnPawn
    3. TickTick ×4
    4. Wind
    5. TickTick
    6. Wind
    7. TickTick
    8. Wind
    9. TickTick
    10. Wind
    11. TickTick ×2
    12. Wind
    13. TickTick
    14. Wind
    15. TickTick ×2
    16. Wind
    17. TickTick
    18. Wind
    19. TickTick ×2
    20. Wind
    21. TickTick
    22. Wind
    23. TickTick ×4
    24. Wind
    25. TickTick
    26. Wind
    27. TickTick ×2
    28. Wind
    29. TickTick
    30. Wind
    31. TickTick ×2
    32. Converter
    33. Con turret
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:03 · typical 9:54
    35. TickTick ×2
    36. PawnPawn ×2
    37. Converter
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Converter
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    43. Converter
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. PawnPawn ×15
    47. Con turret
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:50
    50. PawnPawn ×2
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. Wind
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Con turret
    55. PawnPawn
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. PawnPawn ×2
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Wind
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Wind
    64. BlitzBlitz
    65. PawnPawn
    66. BlitzBlitz
    67. PawnPawn
    68. BlitzBlitz
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Wind
    71. BlitzBlitz
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Wind
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. PawnPawn
    76. BlitzBlitz
    77. PawnPawn ×2
    78. Wind
    79. BlitzBlitz
    80. PawnPawn
    81. BlitzBlitz
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Wind
    84. BlitzBlitz
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Wind
    87. BlitzBlitz
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Wind
    90. BlitzBlitz
    91. PawnPawn
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Wind
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. PawnPawn
    97. BlitzBlitz
    98. PawnPawn
    99. Wind
    100. BlitzBlitz
    101. PawnPawn
    102. Wind
    103. BlitzBlitz
    104. PawnPawn
    105. Wind
    106. BlitzBlitz
    107. PawnPawn
    108. BlitzBlitz
    109. Wind
    110. PawnPawn
    111. BlitzBlitz
    112. PawnPawn
    113. Wind
    114. BlitzBlitz
    115. PawnPawn
    116. Wind
    117. BlitzBlitz
    118. PawnPawn
    119. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is XXMACGAMERXX's (36 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 0:10 · in 90% of games

You get

  • Hephaestus1 Heavy transport from Air or Techfirst at 4:43 · in 39% of games
  • Fatboy1 Fatboy from Techfirst at 5:03 · in 40% of games
  • Sharpshooter2 Sniper bot from Techfirst at 5:16 · in 41% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 8:17 · 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

590 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0011500
2:0027400
3:0082100
4:00151000
5:00223100
6:00298500
7:0038464470
8:0047591226134
9:0057111957367
10:0069042754708
11:00841632671152
12:001038835741577
13:001270041761944
14:001505247162454
15:001770152843046
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

XXMACGAMERXX

35.9 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
555 metal received · 23197 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab5:35Middle 50%: 3:32–7:02 · n=530
Advanced Metal Extractor9:54Middle 50%: 8:59–10:41 · n=535

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