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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 · 106 steps
    1. Tidal ×9for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. Wind
    4. Mex ×3
    5. Energy storage
    6. Con turret
    7. Mex
    8. Wind ×6
    9. Energy storage
    10. Wind ×3
    11. Energy storage
    12. Wind ×9
    13. Converter ×3
    14. Wind
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Wind ×3
    17. Converter
    18. Wind ×4
    19. Converter
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:40
    22. Wind ×3
    23. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    24. Wind ×2
    25. BlitzBlitz
    26. Wind
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. Con turret
    29. Wind ×2
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:26 · typical 9:03
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. Wind
    33. BlitzBlitz
    34. Converter
    35. Mex
    36. BlitzBlitz
    37. Converter
    38. BlitzBlitz ×2
    39. Wind
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. BlitzBlitz
    42. Wind
    43. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×3
    44. Wind
    45. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    46. Wind
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Wind
    49. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    50. Con turret
    51. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    52. Wind
    53. Con turret
    54. Mex
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. Converter
    57. BlitzBlitz ×5
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. BlitzBlitz
    60. Con turret
    61. BlitzBlitz ×3
    62. Converter
    63. BlitzBlitz ×2
    64. Con turret
    65. Converter
    66. BlitzBlitz ×3
    67. Wind
    68. BlitzBlitz
    69. Wind
    70. BlitzBlitz
    71. Wind ×2
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. Wind ×12
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. Converter
    76. BlitzBlitz
    77. Wind
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. Converter
    80. BlitzBlitz
    81. Converter ×2
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. Wind
    84. BlitzBlitz
    85. Con turret
    86. Wind
    87. BlitzBlitz
    88. Converter
    89. Wind
    90. BlitzBlitz
    91. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    92. Wind
    93. BlitzBlitz
    94. Converter
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. Converter
    97. Con turret
    98. BlitzBlitz
    99. Wind
    100. BlitzBlitz
    101. Wind ×3
    102. BlitzBlitz
    103. Wind ×4
    104. BlitzBlitz
    105. Wind ×2
    106. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:03 · 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

  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 · 27 steps
    1. Wind ×5
    2. BlitzBlitz
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Converter
    5. Wind ×4
    6. Converter
    7. BlitzBlitz
    8. Converter ×2
    9. Wind
    10. BlitzBlitz
    11. Converter
    12. BlitzBlitz
    13. Wind
    14. Converter
    15. Wind ×2
    16. BlitzBlitz
    17. Wind ×3
    18. BlitzBlitz
    19. Wind ×2
    20. BlitzBlitz
    21. Converter
    22. Wind
    23. BlitzBlitz
    24. Wind ×3
    25. BlitzBlitz
    26. Wind ×3
    27. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is fanboi's (33 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

fanboi

33.4 OS · 11/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
83 metal received · 49753 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