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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 · 6 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Energy storage
    5. Wind ×4
    6. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:39 · 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 · 108 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    2. Con turret ×2
    3. Energy storage
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 5:11
    5. Con turret
    6. LazarusLazarus ×5
    7. Metal storage
    8. Con turret ×3
    9. Wind ×6
    10. Con turret
    11. Wind ×6
    12. Converter
    13. Wind ×6
    14. Converter
    15. Wind ×7
    16. Converter
    17. Wind ×3
    18. Converter
    19. Wind ×2
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:54 · typical 9:54
    21. Wind ×3
    22. Converter ×3
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    24. Converter
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    26. Converter
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    28. Converter
    29. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    30. Converter
    31. Bot LabBot Lab ×2done 9:12
    32. Converter
    33. PawnPawn ×2
    34. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:27
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Converter
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Converter
    39. PawnPawn
    40. BeamerBeamer
    41. PawnPawn ×2
    42. Converter
    43. PawnPawn ×5
    44. Converter
    45. PawnPawn ×2
    46. Wind
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Wind
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Wind
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Wind
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Wind
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Wind ×2
    57. PawnPawn
    58. Wind
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Wind
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Wind
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Con turret
    65. Wind
    66. Con turret
    67. Wind
    68. PawnPawn
    69. Con turret ×2
    70. Wind
    71. PawnPawn
    72. Wind ×2
    73. PawnPawn ×2
    74. BeamerBeamer
    75. Wind
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Wind
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Wind
    80. PawnPawn
    81. BeholderBeholder
    82. Advanced Radar TowerAdvanced Radar Tower
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Wind
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Wind
    87. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:16
    88. PawnPawn ×10
    89. BeamerBeamer
    90. PawnPawn ×33
    91. BeamerBeamer
    92. PawnPawn ×29
    93. BeamerBeamer
    94. PawnPawn ×9
    95. Con turret
    96. PawnPawn ×3
    97. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:23
    98. PawnPawn ×3
    99. BeamerBeamer
    100. PawnPawn
    101. LazarusLazarus ×8
    102. BeamerBeamer
    103. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    104. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 13:55
    105. BeamerBeamer ×2
    106. MauserMauser
    107. BeamerBeamer
    108. MauserMauser ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is WashedGamuer's (43 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

WashedGamuer

43.3 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
245 metal received · 90579 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

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