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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 ×2
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Wind
    5. Energy storage
    6. Wind ×5
    7. Energy storage
    8. Wind ×6
    9. Bot LabBot Labdone 4:50 · 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 · 2 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Con turret
  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 · 136 steps
    1. PawnPawn
    2. CenturionCenturion
    3. PawnPawn
    4. Wind
    5. PawnPawn
    6. Converter
    7. PawnPawn
    8. Wind
    9. Converter
    10. PawnPawn
    11. Converter
    12. Wind
    13. Converter
    14. PawnPawn
    15. Converter
    16. PawnPawn
    17. Con turret
    18. Converter ×2
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Construction BotCon bot
    21. Converter ×3
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. Converter ×2
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. Converter
    26. Bot LabBot Labdone 7:43
    27. Converter
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Wind
    31. Bot LabBot Labdone 7:57
    32. Converter
    33. TickTick ×2
    34. Wind
    35. LazarusLazarus ×2
    36. Converter
    37. Wind
    38. TickTick
    39. Wind
    40. Con turret
    41. LazarusLazarus
    42. Converter
    43. Wind
    44. Converter
    45. Wind
    46. TickTick ×2
    47. Converter
    48. Wind
    49. TickTick ×2
    50. Converter
    51. Wind
    52. TickTick ×2
    53. Wind
    54. TickTick ×3
    55. Wind
    56. TickTick ×3
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick ×3
    59. Wind
    60. TickTick ×2
    61. AnemoneAnemone
    62. TickTick
    63. Wind ×4
    64. AnemoneAnemone
    65. Wind ×2
    66. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    67. Wind
    68. Converter
    69. ShipyardShipyardnot finished by 15:00
    70. Wind
    71. Converter ×2
    72. PawnPawn ×3
    73. Converter
    74. Wind
    75. SentrySentry
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:22 · typical 9:03
    77. Converter
    78. Wind
    79. Converter
    80. Wind ×2
    81. Converter
    82. Wind ×7
    83. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    84. Converter
    85. Wind
    86. LazarusLazarus ×3
    87. Wind
    88. TickTick ×3
    89. AnemoneAnemone
    90. TickTick ×12
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    92. TickTick ×12
    93. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    94. Converter
    95. TickTick ×3
    96. Wind
    97. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    98. Converter
    99. TickTick ×3
    100. Wind
    101. Con turret
    102. Wind
    103. TickTick ×3
    104. Con turret
    105. TickTick ×3
    106. Wind
    107. CrossbowCrossbow ×3
    108. Wind ×2
    109. Converter
    110. TickTick ×3
    111. Wind ×2
    112. TickTick ×3
    113. ShipyardShipyarddone 14:18
    114. Wind
    115. TickTick ×3
    116. Wind
    117. TickTick ×3
    118. Wind
    119. EelSubmarinedone 14:30
    120. TickTick ×3
    121. Wind
    122. TickTick ×3
    123. Wind
    124. Converter
    125. TickTick ×3
    126. Wind
    127. Con turret
    128. TickTick ×3
    129. Wind
    130. TickTick
    131. Wind
    132. TickTick ×2
    133. Wind
    134. TickTick ×3
    135. Wind
    136. LazarusLazarus ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is rokbe's (31 OS, 03/09/2026); 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

rokbe

30.8 OS · 03/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
204 metal received · 55459 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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