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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 · 8 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. Energy storage
    4. Mex
    5. Wind
    6. Mex ×3
    7. Converter
    8. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:26 · 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 · 7 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×4
    2. Wind
    3. TickTick
    4. Con turret
    5. TickTick
    6. Con turret
    7. TickTick ×11
  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 · 257 steps
    1. TickTick ×7
    2. Wind
    3. TickTick ×2
    4. Wind ×2
    5. TickTick
    6. Wind
    7. TickTick
    8. Wind
    9. TickTick
    10. Wind
    11. TickTick
    12. Wind
    13. TickTick
    14. Wind
    15. TickTick
    16. Wind ×2
    17. TickTick ×2
    18. Wind ×2
    19. TickTick ×2
    20. Wind
    21. Converter
    22. TickTick ×2
    23. Wind
    24. TickTick
    25. Wind
    26. TickTick
    27. Converter
    28. TickTick ×2
    29. Wind
    30. TickTick
    31. Wind ×2
    32. TickTick ×2
    33. Wind
    34. TickTick
    35. Wind
    36. TickTick ×2
    37. Wind ×2
    38. Con turret
    39. TickTick
    40. Wind ×2
    41. TickTick
    42. Wind ×2
    43. TickTick
    44. Wind
    45. Converter
    46. TickTick
    47. Wind
    48. TickTick
    49. Converter
    50. TickTick
    51. Converter
    52. TickTick ×2
    53. Wind
    54. TickTick
    55. Con turret
    56. Converter
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick
    59. Wind ×2
    60. TickTick
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:34 · typical 9:03
    62. TickTick
    63. Wind ×2
    64. TickTick ×2
    65. Wind ×2
    66. TickTick ×2
    67. Wind
    68. TickTick
    69. Wind
    70. TickTick ×2
    71. Wind
    72. TickTick
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick ×2
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick
    77. Converter
    78. TickTick ×3
    79. Converter
    80. Wind
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. TickTick ×2
    83. Converter
    84. TickTick ×2
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick ×2
    87. Wind
    88. TickTick
    89. Converter
    90. TickTick ×2
    91. Wind
    92. TickTick ×2
    93. Wind
    94. TickTick
    95. Wind
    96. TickTick ×2
    97. Wind
    98. TickTick ×3
    99. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    100. Wind ×2
    101. TickTick ×3
    102. Wind ×2
    103. TickTick ×2
    104. Wind ×2
    105. TickTick ×2
    106. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    107. Wind
    108. TickTick
    109. Converter
    110. TickTick ×2
    111. Wind
    112. Converter
    113. TickTick ×2
    114. Converter
    115. TickTick
    116. Wind
    117. Converter
    118. Wind ×4
    119. TickTick
    120. Wind
    121. TickTick
    122. Wind
    123. TickTick
    124. Wind
    125. TickTick ×3
    126. Wind
    127. Con turret
    128. Wind
    129. TickTick
    130. Wind ×2
    131. Con turret
    132. TickTick
    133. Converter
    134. Wind
    135. TickTick
    136. Con turret
    137. TickTick
    138. Con turret
    139. Wind
    140. Converter
    141. TickTick
    142. Con turret
    143. TickTick
    144. Converter
    145. Con turret
    146. TickTick
    147. Wind
    148. Con turret
    149. TickTick
    150. Converter
    151. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:26
    152. Wind
    153. TickTick ×3
    154. Wind
    155. TickTick ×4
    156. Wind
    157. TickTick ×2
    158. Con turret
    159. TickTick ×2
    160. Con turret
    161. TickTick ×2
    162. Wind ×2
    163. TickTick ×3
    164. Con turret
    165. TickTick
    166. Wind
    167. Con turret
    168. TickTick ×2
    169. Wind
    170. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:52
    171. TickTick ×5
    172. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:15
    173. TickTick ×2
    174. Wind
    175. TickTick ×2
    176. Wind
    177. TickTick ×10
    178. Wind
    179. Converter
    180. TickTick ×2
    181. Con turret
    182. TickTick ×8
    183. Con turret
    184. TickTick ×3
    185. Wind
    186. TickTick
    187. Converter
    188. TickTick ×15
    189. Converter
    190. TickTick ×5
    191. Wind
    192. TickTick ×12
    193. Converter
    194. TickTick ×2
    195. Wind
    196. TickTick ×9
    197. Wind
    198. TickTick
    199. Wind
    200. TickTick ×10
    201. Wind
    202. TickTick ×7
    203. Wind
    204. TickTick ×3
    205. Wind
    206. TickTick ×11
    207. Wind
    208. TickTick
    209. Wind
    210. TickTick ×12
    211. Wind
    212. TickTick ×6
    213. Wind
    214. TickTick ×6
    215. Converter
    216. TickTick ×14
    217. Wind
    218. Converter
    219. TickTick ×14
    220. Wind
    221. TickTick ×7
    222. Wind
    223. TickTick ×6
    224. Wind
    225. TickTick ×8
    226. Wind
    227. TickTick ×8
    228. Wind
    229. TickTick ×2
    230. Wind
    231. TickTick ×14
    232. Wind
    233. TickTick ×3
    234. T2 converter
    235. TickTick ×2
    236. Converter
    237. TickTick ×9
    238. Wind
    239. TickTick ×9
    240. Converter
    241. TickTick ×8
    242. Wind
    243. TickTick ×12
    244. Wind
    245. TickTick ×4
    246. Converter
    247. TickTick ×12
    248. Wind
    249. TickTick ×6
    250. Converter
    251. TickTick ×6
    252. Wind
    253. TickTick ×14
    254. Wind
    255. TickTick
    256. Wind
    257. TickTick ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is CookieTwoStep's (30 OS, 01/09/2026); 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

CookieTwoStep

30.0 OS · 01/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
501 metal received · 36930 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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