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Standard pond

Standard Pond play: fast Bot Lab and early boosting into Advanced Metal Extractor, sending Tick/Pawn/Blitz to front while tidal-boosting allies throughout.

#eco #team support · 486 distinct matches · 107 players · 59% of Armada Pond games · team won 50% of 553 · 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 486 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 ~5:36, middle half 3:31–7:00

    Some games also: converter (45%)

    By 5:05 in all: 4 mex · 10 wind · 1 tidal · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 22 steps
    1. Tidal
    2. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    3. Wind
    4. Mex ×3
    5. Wind ×7
    6. Mex
    7. Wind ×3
    8. Converter ×2
    9. Wind
    10. Con turret
    11. Converter ×2
    12. Wind
    13. Wind
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Wind
    16. Wind
    17. Wind
    18. Energy storage
    19. Wind
    20. Wind
    21. Wind
    22. Wind
  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 (48%) · 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 · 267 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Wind
    4. Wind
    5. Wind
    6. Wind
    7. Wind
    8. Wind
    9. Wind
    10. Converter ×2
    11. Wind
    12. Converter ×2
    13. Wind
    14. Wind
    15. Wind
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Wind
    18. Wind ×2
    19. Wind
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:24 · typical 9:54
    21. Wind
    22. Wind
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    24. Con turret ×2
    25. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 8:52
    26. Wind ×4
    27. Converter
    28. RascalRascal
    29. Wind
    30. Converter
    31. RascalRascal
    32. Wind
    33. Converter
    34. RascalRascal
    35. Converter
    36. RascalRascal
    37. Wind
    38. Converter
    39. RascalRascal
    40. Wind
    41. Converter
    42. RascalRascal
    43. Wind
    44. RascalRascal
    45. Converter
    46. RascalRascal
    47. Wind
    48. Converter
    49. RascalRascal
    50. Wind
    51. RascalRascal ×2
    52. Wind
    53. RascalRascal ×2
    54. Con turret
    55. Wind
    56. RascalRascal
    57. Wind
    58. RascalRascal ×4
    59. Wind
    60. RascalRascal ×3
    61. Wind
    62. RascalRascal ×3
    63. Wind
    64. RascalRascal
    65. Converter
    66. RascalRascal
    67. Converter
    68. Wind ×2
    69. RascalRascal
    70. Converter
    71. RascalRascal
    72. Wind
    73. Converter
    74. RascalRascal
    75. Wind ×2
    76. Converter
    77. RascalRascal
    78. Converter
    79. RascalRascal
    80. Wind
    81. Converter
    82. RascalRascal
    83. Wind
    84. Converter
    85. Wind
    86. RascalRascal ×2
    87. Wind
    88. RascalRascal ×2
    89. Wind
    90. RascalRascal ×2
    91. Wind
    92. RascalRascal ×4
    93. Wind ×2
    94. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    95. Wind
    96. RascalRascal ×2
    97. Wind
    98. RascalRascal
    99. Wind
    100. RascalRascal ×3
    101. Wind
    102. RascalRascal ×2
    103. Wind
    104. RascalRascal ×2
    105. Converter
    106. Wind
    107. RascalRascal
    108. Converter
    109. RascalRascal
    110. Wind ×2
    111. RascalRascal
    112. Converter
    113. RascalRascal
    114. Wind
    115. Converter
    116. RascalRascal ×2
    117. Wind
    118. RascalRascal
    119. Con turret
    120. Wind ×2
    121. Con turret
    122. RascalRascal
    123. Wind ×3
    124. RascalRascal
    125. Wind
    126. RascalRascal
    127. Con turret
    128. Wind ×2
    129. Con turret
    130. RascalRascal
    131. Wind ×2
    132. RascalRascal ×2
    133. CastroCastro
    134. Wind
    135. RascalRascal
    136. Wind
    137. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:53
    138. RascalRascal
    139. Wind ×2
    140. RascalRascal
    141. Wind
    142. RascalRascal ×3
    143. Wind ×2
    144. RascalRascal ×3
    145. Wind
    146. RascalRascal ×2
    147. Wind
    148. RascalRascal
    149. Wind
    150. RascalRascal
    151. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    152. RascalRascal ×2
    153. Wind ×2
    154. GraverobberGraverobber
    155. RascalRascal
    156. GraverobberGraverobber
    157. RascalRascal
    158. Wind
    159. GraverobberGraverobber
    160. RascalRascal
    161. Wind
    162. ThugThug
    163. Wind
    164. RascalRascal
    165. ThugThug
    166. Con turret
    167. RascalRascal
    168. Wind
    169. Con turret
    170. RascalRascal
    171. Wind ×2
    172. RascalRascal
    173. ThugThug
    174. RascalRascal
    175. Wind
    176. Con turret
    177. Wind ×4
    178. Wind
    179. RascalRascal
    180. ThugThug
    181. RascalRascal
    182. Wind ×2
    183. ThugThug
    184. RascalRascal
    185. Wind
    186. Wind
    187. ThugThug
    188. RascalRascal
    189. Wind
    190. Wind
    191. Wind
    192. ThugThug
    193. RascalRascal
    194. Wind
    195. RascalRascal
    196. Wind
    197. ThugThug
    198. RascalRascal
    199. Wind
    200. Wind
    201. RascalRascal
    202. Wind
    203. ThugThug
    204. RascalRascal
    205. Wind
    206. RascalRascal
    207. Wind
    208. ThugThug
    209. RascalRascal
    210. Wind
    211. Wind
    212. Wind
    213. RascalRascal
    214. ThugThug
    215. Wind
    216. RascalRascal
    217. Wind ×2
    218. ThugThug
    219. RascalRascal
    220. Wind
    221. Wind
    222. RascalRascal
    223. Wind
    224. ThugThug
    225. RascalRascal
    226. Wind
    227. Wind
    228. RascalRascal
    229. Wind
    230. ThugThug
    231. Wind
    232. RascalRascal
    233. Wind
    234. Wind
    235. RascalRascal
    236. Wind
    237. RascalRascal
    238. Wind
    239. RascalRascal
    240. Wind
    241. RascalRascal
    242. Wind
    243. RascalRascal
    244. Wind
    245. Wind
    246. RascalRascal
    247. Wind
    248. Wind
    249. RascalRascal
    250. Wind
    251. RascalRascal
    252. Wind
    253. RascalRascal ×2
    254. Wind
    255. Wind
    256. Wind
    257. RascalRascal ×2
    258. Wind
    259. RascalRascal
    260. Wind
    261. RascalRascal
    262. Wind
    263. RascalRascal
    264. Wind
    265. RascalRascal
    266. Wind
    267. RascalRascal

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Crd]VOLT's (37 OS, 27/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

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

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Air or Techfirst at 4:28 · in 31% of games
  • Hephaestus1 Heavy transport from Air or Techfirst at 4:44 · in 39% of games
  • Fatboy1 Fatboy from Techfirst at 5:03 · in 40% of games
  • Sharpshooter2 Sniper bot from Techfirst at 5:16 · in 42% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 8:18 · 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

553 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0011500
2:0027300
3:0082000
4:00151000
5:00223100
6:00298400
7:0038434590
8:0047571240138
9:0057191965375
10:0069002780713
11:00840432701147
12:001035735791578
13:001262541961940
14:001497947632417
15:001768153183015
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

[Crd]VOLT

36.6 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
361 metal received · 77233 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab5:36Middle 50%: 3:31–7:00 · n=497
Advanced Metal Extractor9:54Middle 50%: 8:59–10:38 · n=501

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