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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 · 24 steps
    1. Tidal ×10for Geo
    2. Wind
    3. Mex ×3
    4. Wind ×3
    5. Mex
    6. Energy storage
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Energy storage
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind
    11. Con turret
    12. Wind ×3
    13. Con turret
    14. Energy storage
    15. Converter ×4
    16. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 5:02
    17. StormbringerBomber ×9for Air
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:28 · typical 9:03
    19. StormbringerBomber ×4for Air
    20. BlinkScout plane ×3for Air
    21. FalconFighter ×4
    22. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    24. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:18 · 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 · 77 steps
    1. PawnPawn
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    3. PawnPawn ×14
    4. Con turret
    5. PawnPawn
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Con turret
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. PawnPawn ×15
    10. CrossbowCrossbow ×4
    11. PawnPawn ×7
    12. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:00
    13. PawnPawn
    14. Con turret ×2
    15. PawnPawn ×3
    16. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 13:10
    17. PawnPawn
    18. T2 converter
    19. PawnPawn
    20. FalconFighter
    21. PawnPawn
    22. FalconFighter
    23. PawnPawn
    24. FalconFighter
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Con turret
    27. FalconFighter
    28. Con turret
    29. PawnPawn
    30. FalconFighter
    31. Con turret
    32. PawnPawn
    33. FalconFighter
    34. T2 converter
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Con turret
    37. PawnPawn
    38. FalconFighter
    39. PawnPawn
    40. FalconFighter ×2
    41. PawnPawn
    42. FalconFighter
    43. Fusion ReactorFusion
    44. PawnPawn
    45. FalconFighter
    46. PawnPawn
    47. FalconFighter
    48. PawnPawn
    49. FalconFighter
    50. PawnPawn
    51. FalconFighter
    52. PawnPawn
    53. FalconFighter
    54. PawnPawn
    55. FalconFighter
    56. PawnPawn
    57. FalconFighter
    58. PawnPawn
    59. FalconFighter
    60. PawnPawn
    61. FalconFighter
    62. PawnPawn
    63. FalconFighter
    64. PawnPawn
    65. FalconFighter
    66. PawnPawn
    67. FalconFighter
    68. PawnPawn
    69. FalconFighter
    70. PawnPawn
    71. FalconFighter
    72. PawnPawn
    73. FalconFighter
    74. PawnPawn
    75. FalconFighter
    76. PawnPawn
    77. FalconFighter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is ObeIix's (30 OS, 13/10/2026); 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

ObeIix

30.5 OS · 13/10/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
1056 metal received · 264710 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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