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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
    2. Tidal ×7for Suicide front
    3. Tidal
    4. Naval Energy Storage
    5. Mex ×4
    6. Converter ×4
    7. Wind ×4
    8. Bot LabBot Labdone 4:10 · 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
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Con turret
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. Con turret
    7. Construction BotCon bot
  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 · 274 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. PawnPawn ×2
    5. Wind
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Wind
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Con turret
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Converter
    13. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:30 · typical 9:03
    14. Wind ×3
    15. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    16. Converter
    17. Wind
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    19. Wind ×2
    20. Converter
    21. Wind ×3
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Converter
    25. Wind
    26. Con turret
    27. Wind ×2
    28. Converter
    29. Wind
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    31. Wind ×4
    32. Converter
    33. Wind ×4
    34. ShipyardShipyarddone 8:06
    35. Wind ×3
    36. Converter
    37. Wind ×2
    38. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 8:12
    39. Wind ×3
    40. Construction ShipCon ship
    41. Converter
    42. Wind
    43. BlitzBlitz
    44. Wind
    45. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 8:34
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. Wind
    48. Converter
    49. ShipyardEat Shipyardreclaimed for its metal
    50. BlitzBlitz ×2
    51. Wind ×2
    52. BlitzBlitz ×2
    53. Wind
    54. BlitzBlitz ×2
    55. Naval Construction Turret
    56. Converter
    57. BlitzBlitz
    58. Wind
    59. BlitzBlitz ×2
    60. Wind
    61. BlitzBlitz ×3
    62. Wind
    63. BlitzBlitz ×2
    64. Wind
    65. Converter
    66. BlitzBlitz ×3
    67. Wind
    68. BlitzBlitz ×3
    69. Wind
    70. Converter
    71. BlitzBlitz ×2
    72. Wind
    73. BlitzBlitz
    74. Naval Construction Turret
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. Wind
    77. BlitzBlitz
    78. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    79. BlitzBlitz
    80. Converter
    81. Wind
    82. BlitzBlitz ×2
    83. Wind
    84. BlitzBlitz ×3
    85. Converter
    86. BlitzBlitz
    87. Wind
    88. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:20
    89. BlitzBlitz ×2
    90. Wind
    91. BlitzBlitz ×2
    92. Converter
    93. Wind
    94. BlitzBlitz ×2
    95. Wind
    96. BlitzBlitz ×3
    97. Wind
    98. BlitzBlitz
    99. Converter
    100. PawnPawn
    101. BlitzBlitz ×2
    102. Wind
    103. LazarusLazarus
    104. BlitzBlitz
    105. SentrySentry
    106. BlitzBlitz
    107. LazarusLazarus
    108. Wind
    109. Converter
    110. BlitzBlitz ×2
    111. LazarusLazarus
    112. BlitzBlitz
    113. Wind
    114. BlitzBlitz
    115. LazarusLazarus
    116. Converter
    117. BlitzBlitz
    118. Wind
    119. BlitzBlitz
    120. LazarusLazarus
    121. BlitzBlitz ×2
    122. PawnPawn
    123. Wind
    124. Converter
    125. BlitzBlitz
    126. PawnPawn
    127. BlitzBlitz
    128. Wind
    129. PawnPawn
    130. BlitzBlitz ×2
    131. PawnPawn
    132. Wind
    133. BlitzBlitz ×2
    134. PawnPawn
    135. Converter
    136. Wind
    137. Naval Construction Turret
    138. BlitzBlitz ×2
    139. PawnPawn
    140. Con turret
    141. BlitzBlitz ×2
    142. Wind
    143. BlitzBlitz
    144. Naval Construction Turret
    145. BlitzBlitz
    146. Wind
    147. PawnPawn
    148. BlitzBlitz ×2
    149. Converter
    150. Wind
    151. BlitzBlitz ×2
    152. PawnPawn
    153. Naval Construction Turret
    154. BlitzBlitz
    155. PawnPawn
    156. Wind
    157. BlitzBlitz ×2
    158. Naval Construction Turret
    159. BlitzBlitz
    160. Wind
    161. PawnPawn
    162. BlitzBlitz ×2
    163. Wind
    164. Converter
    165. PawnPawn
    166. BlitzBlitz ×2
    167. PawnPawn ×2
    168. Wind
    169. BlitzBlitz
    170. PawnPawn
    171. BlitzBlitz
    172. PawnPawn
    173. Wind
    174. BlitzBlitz
    175. PawnPawn
    176. BlitzBlitz
    177. LazarusLazarus
    178. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    179. Converter
    180. BlitzBlitz
    181. Wind
    182. LazarusLazarus
    183. BlitzBlitz
    184. Wind
    185. BlitzBlitz
    186. LazarusLazarus
    187. BlitzBlitz
    188. LazarusLazarus
    189. Wind
    190. Con turret
    191. BlitzBlitz ×2
    192. LazarusLazarus
    193. Converter
    194. PawnPawn
    195. BlitzBlitz
    196. Wind
    197. BlitzBlitz
    198. PawnPawn
    199. Wind
    200. PawnPawn
    201. BlitzBlitz ×2
    202. PawnPawn ×2
    203. Wind
    204. Converter
    205. BlitzBlitz
    206. PawnPawn
    207. BlitzBlitz
    208. CenturionCenturion
    209. Wind
    210. BlitzBlitz ×2
    211. CenturionCenturion
    212. Wind
    213. Converter
    214. BlitzBlitz ×2
    215. SentrySentry
    216. Wind
    217. CenturionCenturion
    218. BlitzBlitz ×2
    219. Wind
    220. Converter
    221. CenturionCenturion
    222. BlitzBlitz
    223. Wind
    224. BlitzBlitz ×2
    225. CenturionCenturion
    226. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 14:38
    227. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    228. Wind
    229. PawnPawn
    230. BlitzBlitz
    231. PawnPawn
    232. Wind
    233. PawnPawn
    234. SentrySentry
    235. Converter
    236. PawnPawn
    237. BlitzBlitz
    238. PawnPawn
    239. Wind
    240. LazarusLazarus ×2
    241. SentrySentry
    242. BlitzBlitz
    243. Wind
    244. LazarusLazarus
    245. Converter
    246. LazarusLazarus
    247. Wind
    248. BlitzBlitz
    249. SentrySentry
    250. LazarusLazarus
    251. PawnPawn
    252. HoundHound
    253. Wind
    254. PawnPawn
    255. BlitzBlitz
    256. Wind
    257. PawnPawn
    258. SentrySentry
    259. Converter
    260. HoundHound
    261. PawnPawn
    262. BlitzBlitz
    263. PawnPawn ×2
    264. HoundHound
    265. PawnPawn
    266. BlitzBlitz
    267. Wind
    268. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    269. PawnPawn
    270. Wind
    271. PawnPawn
    272. BlitzBlitz
    273. HoundHound
    274. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is EpicTyrannus's (43 OS, 11/10/2026); 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

EpicTyrannus

43.1 OS · 11/10/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
918 metal received · 153940 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

EpicTyrannus14games of this buildViltrum13games of this buildzeus_on_god11games of this buildHunfore8games of this build_[BOBO]_7games of this build