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Armada Pond build order · Supreme Isthmus

Economy-first Pond play: boost front via wind or tidal, Bot Lab around 5:36 then Advanced Metal Extractor, sending T1 units like Tick, Pawn and Blitz forward to help hold the middle until T2 arrives.

#eco #team support · 522 distinct matches · 111 players · 60% of Armada Pond games · team won 49% of 590 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Bot Lab by 5:42

  1. Open tidal, then wind to start boosting front's economy.
  2. Take mex and keep boosting wind or tidal depending on front's needs.
  3. Get a Bot Lab up, start sending Tick and Pawn to front.
  4. Add Advanced Metal Extractor to scale up team's economy.
  5. Switch to tick spam if enemy reaches T2 front before you do.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 522 GAMES
  1. 1
  2. 2
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
    • Wind Turbine10Wind
    • Tidal Generator8Tidalfor allies
    • Tidal Generator1Tidal
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 4 mex, 10 wind, 1 energy storagedone ~5:35, middle half 3:32–7:02

    Some games also: converter (45%)

    By 5:07 in all: 4 mex · 10 wind · 1 tidal · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 28 steps
    1. Tidal ×8
    2. Tidal ×2for Geo sea
    3. Mex ×3
    4. Wind ×2for Air
    5. Mex
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Energy storage
    8. Wind ×3
    9. Windfor Air
    10. Con turret
    11. Windfor Air
    12. Converter ×4
    13. Wind ×6
    14. Mexfor Suicide front
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:30 · typical 9:54
    17. Converter ×2
    18. Mex
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×9
    20. Mexfor Suicide front
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    23. SentrySentry ×2
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    25. AnemoneAnemone
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×8
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    28. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:26 · typical 5:35
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine16Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    Army
    • Tick1 Tick

    Some games also: Lazarus (47%) · converter (45%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 31 wind · 1 tidal · 5 converter · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 127 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Con turret ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×4
    4. Wind ×9
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Wind
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Wind
    9. Wind
    10. Wind
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Wind
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. Wind ×2
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. Wind
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. Wind
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. Wind ×3
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. Wind
    23. Wind
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. Wind ×2
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. Wind
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. Wind ×2
    30. LazarusLazarus
    31. Wind
    32. Wind
    33. LazarusLazarus
    34. Wind
    35. LazarusLazarus
    36. Wind
    37. LazarusLazarus
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Wind
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Construction BotCon bot
    44. Wind ×2
    45. Construction BotCon bot
    46. Con turret
    47. Wind
    48. FatboyFatboydone 12:42
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Wind
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn ×2
    55. Wind ×2
    56. PawnPawn ×2
    57. TickTick ×2
    58. Converter
    59. TickTick
    60. Wind
    61. TickTick ×2
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick
    64. Wind
    65. TickTick ×2
    66. Wind
    67. TickTick ×4
    68. Wind ×2
    69. TickTick ×4
    70. Wind
    71. TickTick ×2
    72. Wind
    73. TickTick
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick
    76. Wind
    77. TickTick ×2
    78. Converter
    79. TickTick
    80. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:16
    81. TickTick ×2
    82. Wind ×2
    83. BeamerBeamer
    84. TickTick ×2
    85. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick
    88. Wind
    89. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    90. Wind
    91. TickTick
    92. Construction BotCon bot
    93. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    94. Wind
    95. Construction BotCon bot
    96. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    97. Converter
    98. Wind
    99. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    100. Wind
    101. Construction BotCon bot
    102. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    103. SentrySentry
    104. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    105. TickTick ×2
    106. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    107. TickTick
    108. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    109. TickTick
    110. Wind
    111. TickTick
    112. SentrySentry
    113. Wind
    114. TickTick ×2
    115. SentrySentry
    116. TickTick ×2
    117. Wind
    118. TickTick ×4
    119. SentrySentry
    120. TickTick ×2
    121. Wind
    122. TickTick
    123. SentrySentry
    124. Wind
    125. TickTick ×5
    126. Wind
    127. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is KOT_'s (39 OS, 03/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Tidal Generator8 Tidal to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 0:10 · in 90% of games

You get

  • Hephaestus1 Heavy transport from Air or Techfirst at 4:43 · in 39% of games
  • Fatboy1 Fatboy from Techfirst at 5:03 · in 40% of games
  • Sharpshooter2 Sniper bot from Techfirst at 5:16 · in 41% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 8:17 · in 92% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build, running totals by minute

Metal produced

010k20k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

02k4k6k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

02k4k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

590 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0011500
2:0027400
3:0082100
4:00151000
5:00223100
6:00298500
7:0038464470
8:0047591226134
9:0057111957367
10:0069042754708
11:00841632671152
12:001038835741577
13:001270041761944
14:001505247162454
15:001770152843046
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

This is the role's standard support job, winning slightly under half its games while contributing modest kills for modest losses.

  • + Keeps own losses fairly low relative to kills (2827 destroyed vs 756 lost by 10:00).
  • + Reaches T2 constructor reliably (89% of games) by 8:10.
  • − Metal production trails other roles at 6855 by 10:00.
  • − No kills registered by 5:00, slow to impact the fight.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

KOT_

38.6 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
525 metal received · 37663 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab5:35Middle 50%: 3:32–7:02 · n=530
Advanced Metal Extractor9:54Middle 50%: 8:59–10:41 · n=535

Played most by

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