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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 · 298 distinct matches · 132 players · 15% of Armada Pond games · team won 46% of 305 · 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 298 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 3:12–4:57

    By 3:21 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind · 1 tidal · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 6 steps
    1. Tidal ×9for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. Naval Energy Storage
    4. Naval Energy Converter
    5. Mex ×4
    6. Bot LabBot Labdone 4:20 · typical 3:38
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot

    Some games also: con turret (44%) · Lazarus (44%) · converter (35%)

    By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 8 wind · 1 tidal · 1 converter · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Converter ×2
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Converter ×2
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. 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 (50%) · tick (43%) · 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 · 171 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Con turret
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Con turret
    8. Wind ×2
    9. Converter
    10. Wind ×8
    11. Converter
    12. Wind ×8
    13. Converter
    14. Wind ×5
    15. Converter
    16. Wind ×5
    17. Converter
    18. Wind ×5
    19. Converter
    20. Wind
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:38 · typical 9:03
    22. Wind ×3
    23. Converter
    24. Wind ×3
    25. Converter
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Converter ×2
    28. Wind ×6
    29. Converter
    30. Wind ×6
    31. Converter
    32. Wind ×5
    33. Converter
    34. Wind ×4
    35. Converter
    36. Wind ×3
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Converter
    40. Wind ×3
    41. Converter
    42. Wind ×4
    43. Converter
    44. Wind ×4
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Wind
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Converter
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Wind
    51. Converter
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind ×3
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Wind ×2
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Wind
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Wind
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Wind
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Wind
    68. PawnPawn
    69. Wind
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Wind
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Wind
    74. PawnPawn ×2
    75. Wind
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Wind
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Wind
    80. PawnPawn
    81. Wind
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Wind
    86. PawnPawn ×4
    87. Wind ×2
    88. PawnPawn ×3
    89. Wind
    90. PawnPawn ×2
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    92. PawnPawn
    93. Wind ×3
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Wind ×2
    96. TickTick ×2
    97. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    98. Wind
    99. TickTick ×3
    100. Wind ×2
    101. TickTick
    102. Con turret
    103. TickTick
    104. Mexfor Suicide front
    105. Wind
    106. TickTick
    107. Wind
    108. SentrySentry
    109. TickTick
    110. Wind
    111. TickTick
    112. Wind
    113. TickTick ×3
    114. SentrySentry
    115. TickTick
    116. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    117. TickTick
    118. Wind ×2
    119. TickTick ×3
    120. Metal storage
    121. TickTick
    122. Wind ×2
    123. TickTick
    124. SentrySentry
    125. TickTick ×4
    126. Wind ×2
    127. TickTick ×6
    128. Wind ×2
    129. TickTick ×5
    130. Wind ×2
    131. TickTick
    132. Con turret
    133. TickTick ×4
    134. Wind
    135. TickTick
    136. Wind
    137. TickTick ×4
    138. Wind
    139. TickTick
    140. Con turret
    141. TickTick
    142. Wind
    143. TickTick ×3
    144. Wind
    145. TickTick
    146. Wind
    147. TickTick
    148. Con turret
    149. TickTick ×3
    150. Wind
    151. TickTick
    152. Con turret
    153. Wind
    154. TickTick ×3
    155. JunoJuno
    156. TickTick
    157. Wind
    158. TickTick ×2
    159. Wind
    160. TickTick ×4
    161. Wind
    162. TickTick ×2
    163. Wind
    164. TickTick ×3
    165. Wind
    166. TickTick ×2
    167. Wind
    168. TickTick ×3
    169. Con turret
    170. TickTick
    171. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is DrSmack's (32 OS, 04/10/2026); 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

305 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0011500
2:0026800
3:0079900
4:00147400
5:00218400
6:00299300
7:003903210
8:004943170126
9:006225380324
10:007739610550
11:009711807842
12:001207611681296
13:001460115651874
14:001752221032493
15:002024825763248
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

DrSmack

32.0 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
25 metal received · 62709 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab3:38Middle 50%: 3:12–4:57 · n=279
Advanced Metal Extractor9:03Middle 50%: 7:58–10:03 · n=262

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