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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Wys's (30 OS, 11/08/2026); 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

Wys

30.0 OS · 11/08/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
456 metal received · 157130 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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