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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 · 9 steps
    1. Tidal ×7for Suicide front
    2. Tidal
    3. Mex
    4. Wind
    5. Mex ×2
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Mex
    8. Energy storage ×2for Suicide front
    9. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:33 · 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 · 7 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. Energy storage
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×5
    6. Wind
    7. LazarusLazarus
  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 · 190 steps
    1. Energy storage
    2. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    8. Wind ×3
    9. Energy storage
    10. Converter ×2
    11. Wind ×4
    12. Converter
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Converter
    15. Wind ×4
    16. Converter
    17. Wind ×2
    18. Converter
    19. Con turret
    20. Converter
    21. Con turret
    22. Converter
    23. Wind ×3
    24. Converter
    25. Wind ×2
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:16 · typical 9:05
    27. Wind
    28. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:59
    29. TickTick
    30. Converter
    31. Wind ×2
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Converter
    34. Wind
    35. TickTick
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Wind
    39. TickTick
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. TickTick
    42. Wind
    43. TickTick
    44. Converter
    45. TickTick ×2
    46. Converter ×2
    47. TickTick ×2
    48. Wind
    49. TickTick
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. TickTick
    52. Wind ×2
    53. TickTick
    54. Converter
    55. TickTick
    56. Wind ×2
    57. TickTick
    58. Wind
    59. Converter
    60. Wind
    61. TickTick
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick
    64. Wind ×2
    65. TickTick
    66. Converter
    67. Wind
    68. TickTick
    69. Wind ×2
    70. TickTick
    71. Wind ×2
    72. TickTick
    73. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick
    76. Converter
    77. TickTick ×15
    78. Converter
    79. TickTick
    80. Con turret
    81. TickTick
    82. Wind ×2
    83. TickTick ×2
    84. Con turret
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick
    87. Wind
    88. TickTick
    89. Wind
    90. TickTick
    91. Wind ×2
    92. TickTick
    93. Wind
    94. TickTick
    95. Converter
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick
    98. Wind
    99. Construction BotCon bot
    100. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:26
    101. Wind ×2
    102. Construction BotCon bot
    103. Wind
    104. Construction BotCon bot
    105. Wind ×2
    106. Converter
    107. TickTick ×2
    108. Wind
    109. TickTick ×2
    110. Wind
    111. Converter
    112. TickTick
    113. Wind
    114. TickTick ×2
    115. Wind
    116. Converter
    117. TickTick ×2
    118. Wind
    119. Con turret
    120. Converter
    121. TickTick
    122. Con turret
    123. Wind
    124. TickTick
    125. Wind
    126. TickTick
    127. Con turret
    128. Converter
    129. TickTick
    130. Wind
    131. TickTick
    132. Wind
    133. Converter
    134. TickTick
    135. Converter
    136. TickTick
    137. Converter
    138. TickTick ×2
    139. Converter
    140. Wind
    141. Converter
    142. TickTick
    143. Converter
    144. TickTick
    145. Wind
    146. Converter
    147. TickTick
    148. Wind
    149. TickTick
    150. Converter
    151. Wind ×2
    152. TickTick
    153. Converter
    154. Wind
    155. TickTick
    156. Converter
    157. Wind
    158. TickTick
    159. Converter
    160. Wind
    161. TickTick
    162. Wind
    163. TickTick
    164. Wind
    165. TickTick
    166. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    167. Converter
    168. Wind
    169. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:39
    170. TickTick
    171. Converter
    172. Wind
    173. TickTick
    174. Wind
    175. TickTick
    176. Converter
    177. TickTick
    178. Wind ×2
    179. TickTick ×2
    180. Wind
    181. TickTick
    182. Converter
    183. TickTick ×2
    184. Wind
    185. TickTick
    186. Wind
    187. TickTick ×3
    188. Wind
    189. TickTick ×2
    190. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is HomeLessPxrnStar's (34 OS, 02/10/2026); 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 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

HomeLessPxrnStar

34.1 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
2 metal received · 116304 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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