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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 · 298 distinct matches · 132 players · 15% of Armada Pond games · team won 46% of 305 · 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 298 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 3:12–4:57

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

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Tidal ×9for Suicide front
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Wind ×2for Suicide front
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:21 · typical 3:38
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot

    Some games also: con turret (44%) · Lazarus (44%) · 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 · 10 steps
    1. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    4. Energy storage
    5. Con turret
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Con turret
    8. Converter
    9. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    10. Converter ×2
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine28Wind
    • Energy Converter6Converter
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret

    Some games also: con bot (50%) · 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 · 117 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Wind
    3. Converter ×2
    4. Wind
    5. Converter
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Converter
    8. Wind
    9. Converter
    10. Wind
    11. Converter
    12. Windfor Suicide front
    13. Converter
    14. Wind ×2for Suicide front
    15. Converter
    16. Windfor Suicide front
    17. Converter
    18. Wind
    19. Converter
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Converter
    22. Wind
    23. Converter
    24. Wind ×6
    25. Energy storage
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Wind ×4for Suicide front
    28. Wind ×19
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:34 · typical 9:03
    30. Wind ×4
    31. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:45
    32. Wind
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. Wind
    35. TickTick
    36. LazarusLazarus
    37. Wind
    38. TickTick
    39. Con turret
    40. Wind
    41. TickTick ×2
    42. Con turret
    43. Mexfor Suicide front
    44. TickTick
    45. Wind
    46. TickTick
    47. Con turret
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. TickTick ×2
    50. Wind
    51. TickTick
    52. Mexfor Suicide front
    53. TickTick
    54. Wind
    55. LazarusLazarus
    56. TickTick ×8
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick ×2
    59. LazarusLazarus
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. Construction BotCon bot
    62. TickTick ×2
    63. Wind
    64. TickTick ×6
    65. Wind
    66. TickTick ×2
    67. Mex
    68. LazarusLazarus
    69. TickTick ×5
    70. Wind
    71. TickTick ×5
    72. LazarusLazarus
    73. NettleNettle
    74. TickTick ×2
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick ×4
    77. NettleNettle
    78. TickTick ×4
    79. Wind
    80. LazarusLazarus
    81. TickTick ×2
    82. Metal storage
    83. TickTick ×3
    84. Wind
    85. TickTick ×5
    86. LazarusLazarus
    87. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:24
    88. Con turret
    89. TickTick
    90. Wind
    91. TickTick
    92. Con turret
    93. TickTick
    94. Con turret
    95. TickTick
    96. Con turret
    97. Mex
    98. TickTick ×2
    99. Converter
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick ×2
    102. Mex
    103. Wind
    104. TickTick ×2
    105. Converter
    106. LazarusLazarus
    107. Converter
    108. TickTick
    109. Converter
    110. Wind
    111. TickTick
    112. Converter
    113. TickTick
    114. Converter
    115. TickTick
    116. Converter
    117. TickTick ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Cookie]CottonBuds's (32 OS, 05/10/2026); 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

305 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
6:00299300
7:003903210
8:004943170126
9:006225380324
10:007739610550
11:009711807842
12:001207611681296
13:001460115651874
14:001752221032493
15:002024825763248
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

[Cookie]CottonBuds

31.8 OS · 05/10/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
27 metal received · 66851 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab3:38Middle 50%: 3:12–4:57 · n=279
Advanced Metal Extractor9:03Middle 50%: 7:58–10:03 · n=262

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