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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 · 10 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Front
    2. Wind
    3. Tidalfor Geo
    4. Mex ×3
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Mex
    7. Wind
    8. Energy storage
    9. Wind ×4
    10. 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 · 20 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Wind ×2
    10. PawnPawn
    11. Wind
    12. PawnPawn
    13. Wind
    14. PawnPawn
    15. Wind
    16. PawnPawn
    17. Wind
    18. Converter
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Wind
  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 · 154 steps
    1. PawnPawn
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Converter
    4. PawnPawn
    5. Wind ×2
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Converter
    8. PawnPawn
    9. Wind ×2
    10. PawnPawn
    11. Wind
    12. PawnPawn
    13. Converter
    14. Wind
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Wind
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Wind
    19. Converter
    20. PawnPawn
    21. Wind
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Wind
    24. PawnPawn
    25. Converter
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Wind
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Converter
    33. Wind
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Wind
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:28 · typical 9:03
    38. Wind
    39. Converter
    40. Wind
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Wind ×2
    43. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    44. Wind
    45. Converter
    46. Wind ×3
    47. Converter
    48. Wind
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. Wind ×2
    51. Converter
    52. Wind ×3
    53. Converter
    54. SentrySentry
    55. Wind
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:24
    58. Wind ×2
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Mex
    61. PawnPawn ×7
    62. BeamerBeamer
    63. Mex
    64. PawnPawn ×7
    65. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 10:15
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Pit BullPit Bull
    68. Con turret
    69. PawnPawn
    70. BeamerBeamer
    71. PawnPawn ×7
    72. Con turret
    73. BeamerBeamer
    74. PawnPawn ×3
    75. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:28
    76. Con turret
    77. PawnPawn
    78. BeamerBeamer
    79. Con turret
    80. PawnPawn
    81. ShellshockerArty
    82. Con turret ×2
    83. ShellshockerArty
    84. PawnPawn ×2
    85. ShellshockerArty
    86. PawnPawn ×2
    87. BeamerBeamer
    88. ShellshockerArty
    89. BeamerBeamer
    90. PawnPawn
    91. ShellshockerArty
    92. PawnPawn ×2
    93. BeamerBeamer
    94. ShellshockerArty
    95. PawnPawn
    96. BeamerBeamer
    97. PawnPawn
    98. ShellshockerArty
    99. PawnPawn
    100. ShellshockerArty
    101. PawnPawn ×2
    102. ShellshockerArty
    103. PawnPawn
    104. BeamerBeamer
    105. ShellshockerArty
    106. PawnPawn ×3
    107. ShellshockerArty
    108. BeamerBeamer
    109. PawnPawn
    110. ShellshockerArty
    111. PawnPawn ×2
    112. ShellshockerArty
    113. PawnPawn ×2
    114. ShellshockerArty
    115. PawnPawn
    116. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    117. BeamerBeamer
    118. PawnPawn ×2
    119. ShellshockerArty
    120. PawnPawn ×8
    121. BeamerBeamer
    122. PawnPawn
    123. BeamerBeamer
    124. PawnPawn ×10
    125. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 12:48
    126. PawnPawn
    127. BeamerBeamer ×2
    128. PawnPawn
    129. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    130. RecluseReclusedone 12:57
    131. PawnPawn ×2
    132. BeamerBeamer
    133. PawnPawn
    134. RecluseRecluse
    135. PawnPawn
    136. RecluseRecluse
    137. PawnPawn
    138. RecluseRecluse
    139. PawnPawn
    140. RecluseRecluse
    141. PawnPawn
    142. BeamerBeamer
    143. PawnPawn ×9
    144. BeamerBeamer
    145. PawnPawn ×11
    146. BeamerBeamer
    147. PawnPawn ×7
    148. GunslingerGunslingerdone 14:41
    149. PawnPawn
    150. BeamerBeamer
    151. GunslingerGunslinger
    152. PawnPawn
    153. GunslingerGunslinger
    154. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is ObeIix's (31 OS, 09/10/2026); 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

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

ObeIix

31.4 OS · 09/10/2026

Open source match ↗

13 received units · includes a constructor
3625 metal received · 49010 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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