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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is EpicTyrannus's (44 OS, 08/10/2026); 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

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

EpicTyrannus

44.2 OS · 08/10/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
4 metal received · 141719 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

EpicTyrannus14games of this buildViltrum13games of this buildzeus_on_god11games of this buildHunfore8games of this build_[BOBO]_7games of this build