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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 · 304 distinct matches · 132 players · 15% of Armada Pond games · team won 46% of 311 · 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 304 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 3:13–5:00

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

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 2:56 · typical 3:39
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot

    Some games also: con turret (43%) · 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 · 19 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Wind
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Wind ×3
    13. TickTick ×2
    14. Wind
    15. TickTick
    16. Converter
    17. TickTick ×3
    18. Converter
    19. CrossbowCrossbow
  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 · 140 steps
    1. CrossbowCrossbow
    2. Converter
    3. Wind
    4. CrossbowCrossbow
    5. Converter
    6. TickTick
    7. Wind
    8. TickTick
    9. Converter
    10. TickTick ×2
    11. Wind
    12. TickTick ×2
    13. Converter
    14. TickTick
    15. Wind
    16. TickTick ×2
    17. Wind
    18. TickTick
    19. Converter
    20. TickTick ×2
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. Wind
    23. Converter
    24. Wind
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. Wind
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. Converter
    29. Wind ×2
    30. Converter
    31. PawnPawn
    32. TickTick
    33. Wind
    34. TickTick
    35. Converter
    36. TickTick ×2
    37. Wind
    38. TickTick ×2
    39. Converter
    40. TickTick
    41. Wind
    42. TickTick ×3
    43. Wind
    44. Converter
    45. TickTick ×3
    46. Wind
    47. TickTick
    48. Converter
    49. TickTick
    50. Wind
    51. TickTick
    52. Wind
    53. TickTick
    54. Converter
    55. TickTick
    56. Wind
    57. TickTick
    58. Wind
    59. TickTick ×2
    60. Converter
    61. TickTick
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick
    64. Wind
    65. TickTick ×2
    66. Wind
    67. Converter
    68. TickTick ×3
    69. Wind ×2
    70. TickTick
    71. Converter
    72. TickTick
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick ×2
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick
    79. Wind
    80. TickTick ×2
    81. Wind
    82. TickTick
    83. Wind
    84. TickTick ×2
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick
    87. Wind
    88. TickTick ×3
    89. Wind ×2
    90. TickTick ×3
    91. Wind
    92. TickTick
    93. Wind
    94. TickTick ×2
    95. Wind
    96. TickTick
    97. Wind
    98. TickTick ×2
    99. Wind
    100. TickTick
    101. Wind
    102. Con turret
    103. TickTick
    104. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:16 · typical 9:05
    105. Wind ×2
    106. TickTick
    107. Wind
    108. TickTick
    109. Wind
    110. TickTick
    111. Wind
    112. TickTick ×2
    113. Wind
    114. TickTick ×3
    115. Wind
    116. TickTick
    117. Wind
    118. TickTick ×2
    119. Wind
    120. TickTick
    121. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    122. TickTick
    123. Wind
    124. TickTick ×2
    125. Wind
    126. TickTick
    127. Wind ×3
    128. TickTick ×2
    129. Wind ×2
    130. TickTick
    131. Wind
    132. TickTick
    133. Wind ×2
    134. TickTick ×2
    135. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    136. TickTick
    137. Wind ×2
    138. TickTick
    139. Wind ×2
    140. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is theflyingpancake's (33 OS, 08/08/2026); 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 95% 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

311 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
6:00299600
7:003903210
8:004940170126
9:006217378336
10:007711600553
11:009678807842
12:001207611681281
13:001461515401874
14:001752221032539
15:002024825673258
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

theflyingpancake

32.8 OS · 08/08/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
38 metal received · 19595 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab3:39Middle 50%: 3:13–5:00 · n=284
Advanced Metal Extractor9:05Middle 50%: 7:59–10:04 · n=267

Played most by

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