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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 · 6 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Front
    2. Tidal ×3
    3. Converter ×2
    4. Mex ×4
    5. Wind
    6. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:31 · 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. Wind ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Energy storage
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. Con turret
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    8. Wind
    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 · 247 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind ×2
    4. TickTick ×3
    5. Wind
    6. TickTick ×2
    7. Converter
    8. TickTick
    9. Wind ×2
    10. TickTick ×4
    11. Con turret
    12. TickTick
    13. Converter
    14. TickTick
    15. Wind
    16. TickTick ×2
    17. Wind ×2
    18. TickTick ×3
    19. Converter
    20. TickTick ×4
    21. Wind ×2
    22. TickTick ×2
    23. Wind
    24. Converter
    25. TickTick ×6
    26. Converter
    27. Wind
    28. TickTick ×2
    29. Wind ×2
    30. TickTick ×4
    31. Converter
    32. TickTick
    33. Con turret
    34. TickTick
    35. Wind
    36. TickTick ×2
    37. Converter
    38. Wind
    39. TickTick
    40. Wind
    41. TickTick ×2
    42. Converter
    43. TickTick ×2
    44. Wind
    45. TickTick
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:21 · typical 9:03
    47. TickTick
    48. Converter
    49. TickTick ×3
    50. Converter
    51. Wind
    52. TickTick
    53. Wind
    54. TickTick ×2
    55. Wind
    56. TickTick
    57. Converter
    58. TickTick ×2
    59. Wind
    60. TickTick ×2
    61. Converter
    62. TickTick ×2
    63. Wind ×2
    64. TickTick
    65. Wind ×2
    66. Converter
    67. TickTick ×4
    68. Converter
    69. TickTick ×2
    70. Wind
    71. TickTick ×2
    72. Wind
    73. Converter
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick ×2
    76. Wind
    77. TickTick
    78. Wind
    79. Converter
    80. TickTick ×4
    81. Converter
    82. TickTick
    83. Wind ×2
    84. TickTick
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick
    87. Converter
    88. TickTick
    89. Wind
    90. TickTick ×2
    91. Wind
    92. TickTick ×3
    93. Wind
    94. TickTick
    95. Wind
    96. TickTick ×2
    97. Wind
    98. TickTick
    99. Converter
    100. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    101. TickTick
    102. Wind ×3
    103. TickTick ×2
    104. Converter
    105. TickTick ×2
    106. Wind
    107. TickTick
    108. Wind
    109. TickTick ×2
    110. Wind
    111. TickTick
    112. Converter
    113. Wind
    114. TickTick ×4
    115. Wind ×2
    116. TickTick
    117. Wind
    118. TickTick
    119. Converter
    120. TickTick ×3
    121. Wind ×3
    122. TickTick
    123. Converter
    124. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    125. TickTick
    126. Wind ×2
    127. TickTick ×2
    128. Wind
    129. Converter
    130. TickTick ×2
    131. Wind ×2
    132. TickTick
    133. Wind
    134. TickTick
    135. Converter
    136. TickTick
    137. Wind
    138. TickTick
    139. Converter
    140. Wind
    141. TickTick
    142. Wind
    143. TickTick ×2
    144. Wind
    145. Converter
    146. Wind
    147. TickTick ×2
    148. Wind
    149. TickTick
    150. Wind
    151. TickTick
    152. Converter
    153. TickTick
    154. Wind
    155. TickTick
    156. Wind
    157. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    158. TickTick
    159. Converter
    160. Wind
    161. TickTick ×3
    162. Converter
    163. ChainsawChainsaw
    164. TickTick ×13
    165. Wind
    166. TickTick ×3
    167. Wind ×2
    168. Converter
    169. TickTick
    170. CitadelAnti-nukedone 14:26
    171. TickTick
    172. Wind
    173. TickTick
    174. Wind
    175. TickTick
    176. Converter
    177. Con turret
    178. Wind
    179. TickTick ×2
    180. Wind
    181. TickTick ×2
    182. Wind
    183. TickTick ×2
    184. Converter
    185. TickTick
    186. Con turret
    187. TickTick
    188. Wind
    189. TickTick ×2
    190. Wind
    191. TickTick
    192. Con turret
    193. TickTick
    194. Wind
    195. Converter
    196. TickTick ×2
    197. Con turret
    198. TickTick ×2
    199. Wind ×2
    200. TickTick
    201. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 14:07
    202. TickTick ×2
    203. Converter
    204. Wind
    205. TickTick
    206. Wind
    207. TickTick
    208. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 14:16
    209. TickTick
    210. Wind ×2
    211. TickTick ×3
    212. Wind
    213. TickTick
    214. Con turret
    215. Converter
    216. TickTick
    217. Wind
    218. TickTick ×2
    219. Con turret
    220. Wind
    221. TracerTracer
    222. TickTick
    223. Wind
    224. TickTick
    225. Converter
    226. TickTick
    227. Con turret
    228. Wind
    229. TickTick ×2
    230. Con turret
    231. Converter
    232. TickTick
    233. Wind ×2
    234. TickTick ×3
    235. Wind
    236. TickTick
    237. Con turret
    238. TickTick
    239. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    240. Wind
    241. TickTick
    242. Wind
    243. TickTick
    244. Con turret
    245. TickTick
    246. Wind
    247. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Ricecrispyguy's (32 OS, 04/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Tidal Generator8 Tidal to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 0:11 · 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

Ricecrispyguy

31.9 OS · 04/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
1841 metal received · 111592 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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