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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Knyron's (34 OS, 06/09/2026); 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

Knyron

33.7 OS · 06/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
206 metal received · 29307 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

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