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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 · 302 distinct matches · 132 players · 15% of Armada Pond games · team won 46% of 309 · 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 302 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 ~3:39, middle half 3:13–4:59

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

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:11 · typical 3:39
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot

    Some games also: con turret (44%) · Lazarus (43%) · 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 · 14 steps
    1. LazarusLazarusfor Geo sea
    2. Energy storage
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×4
    5. Con turret
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Converter
    8. Con turret
    9. TickTick ×4
    10. Wind
    11. TickTick
    12. Wind
    13. TickTick
    14. Converter
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine28Wind
    • Energy Converter6Converter
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot

    Some games also: 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 · 173 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Converter
    4. Wind
    5. TickTick
    6. Wind
    7. TickTick
    8. Converter
    9. TickTick
    10. Wind
    11. TickTick
    12. Converter
    13. TickTick
    14. Wind
    15. TickTick
    16. Wind
    17. TickTick
    18. Converter
    19. Wind
    20. TickTick ×2
    21. Converter
    22. TickTick
    23. Wind
    24. TickTick ×2
    25. Wind
    26. Converter
    27. Wind
    28. TickTick ×2
    29. Wind
    30. TickTick
    31. Converter
    32. TickTick ×2
    33. Wind
    34. Converter
    35. TickTick
    36. Wind
    37. TickTick
    38. Converter
    39. TickTick
    40. Wind
    41. TickTick
    42. Wind
    43. TickTick
    44. Converter
    45. TickTick
    46. Wind
    47. TickTick ×3
    48. Wind
    49. Converter
    50. TickTick
    51. Wind
    52. TickTick ×2
    53. Converter
    54. TickTick
    55. Wind
    56. SentrySentry
    57. TickTick
    58. Wind
    59. TickTick
    60. SentrySentry
    61. Converter
    62. Wind
    63. Construction BotCon bot
    64. SentrySentry
    65. Wind
    66. Converter
    67. Wind
    68. Construction BotCon bot
    69. Wind
    70. SentrySentry
    71. Wind ×2
    72. Construction BotCon bot
    73. SentrySentry
    74. Wind
    75. SentrySentry
    76. Wind
    77. Construction BotCon bot
    78. Wind
    79. SentrySentry
    80. Wind
    81. Construction BotCon bot
    82. SentrySentry
    83. Wind
    84. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:10 · typical 9:05
    85. Mex
    86. Wind ×2
    87. Mex
    88. Wind
    89. SentrySentry
    90. Wind ×2
    91. NettleNettle
    92. Wind ×2
    93. NettleNettle
    94. Wind ×6
    95. TickTick
    96. NettleNettle
    97. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    98. TickTick
    99. Wind
    100. TickTick
    101. NettleNettle
    102. Wind
    103. TickTick
    104. Wind ×2
    105. TickTick ×2
    106. Wind
    107. TickTick
    108. NettleNettle
    109. Wind ×3
    110. TickTick ×2
    111. Wind ×2
    112. TickTick ×2
    113. Wind
    114. TickTick
    115. Wind
    116. TickTick ×4
    117. Wind
    118. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    119. TickTick
    120. Wind
    121. TickTick
    122. Wind
    123. TickTick
    124. Wind
    125. TickTick
    126. Wind
    127. TickTick
    128. Wind ×2
    129. TickTick ×2
    130. Wind
    131. TickTick
    132. Wind
    133. TickTick
    134. Con turret
    135. Wind ×4
    136. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    137. CenturionCenturion
    138. Wind ×2
    139. CenturionCenturion
    140. BeamerBeamer
    141. Wind ×2
    142. BeamerBeamer
    143. Wind
    144. CenturionCenturion
    145. Wind
    146. BeamerBeamer
    147. CenturionCenturion
    148. Wind
    149. BeamerBeamer
    150. Wind
    151. CenturionCenturion
    152. Wind
    153. CenturionCenturion
    154. Wind ×2
    155. CenturionCenturion
    156. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    157. Wind
    158. CenturionCenturion
    159. Wind
    160. CenturionCenturion
    161. Pit BullPit Bull
    162. Wind
    163. CenturionCenturion
    164. Wind
    165. TickTick
    166. Wind
    167. TickTick ×3
    168. Pit BullPit Bull
    169. TickTick ×4
    170. Con turret
    171. TickTick ×2
    172. Con turret
    173. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Cookie]CottonBuds's (31 OS, 07/10/2026); 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 7:38 · 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

309 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
8:004940170126
9:006220378336
10:007711600553
11:009678807867
12:001207311681296
13:001460115401878
14:001744820362539
15:002020125673258
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

[Cookie]CottonBuds

31.3 OS · 07/10/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
266 metal received · 40603 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab3:39Middle 50%: 3:13–4:59 · n=282
Advanced Metal Extractor9:05Middle 50%: 7:59–10:04 · n=265

Played most by

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