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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 · 296 distinct matches · 131 players · 15% of Armada Pond games · team won 46% of 303 · 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 296 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 ×3
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:05 · 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 · 16 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Energy storage
    5. Wind
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Wind ×5
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Wind
    10. Converter
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Converter ×2
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Converter
    15. Con turret
    16. Converter
  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 (50%)

    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 · 157 steps
    1. CrossbowCrossbow
    2. Converter
    3. PawnPawn
    4. Converter
    5. PawnPawn
    6. Converter
    7. PawnPawn
    8. Converter
    9. Wind
    10. PawnPawn
    11. Converter
    12. PawnPawn
    13. Wind
    14. Converter
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Wind
    17. Converter
    18. Wind
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Wind
    21. Converter
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Wind
    24. TickTick
    25. Wind
    26. Converter
    27. TickTick ×2
    28. Converter
    29. TickTick
    30. Wind
    31. TickTick
    32. Wind
    33. TickTick
    34. Advanced solar
    35. TickTick
    36. Wind
    37. TickTick
    38. Wind
    39. TickTick
    40. Advanced solar
    41. TickTick
    42. Wind
    43. TickTick
    44. Advanced solar
    45. Wind
    46. TickTick ×2
    47. Wind
    48. TickTick
    49. Wind
    50. TickTick
    51. Advanced solar
    52. Wind
    53. TickTick ×2
    54. Wind
    55. TickTick
    56. Wind
    57. TickTick
    58. Advanced solar
    59. Wind
    60. TickTick
    61. Wind
    62. TickTick
    63. Wind
    64. TickTick
    65. Advanced solar
    66. Wind
    67. TickTick
    68. Wind
    69. TickTick ×2
    70. Wind
    71. TickTick ×2
    72. Con turret
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick ×2
    75. Wind
    76. Con turret
    77. TickTick
    78. Con turret
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:09 · typical 9:03
    80. TickTick
    81. Advanced solar
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick
    84. Energy storage
    85. Wind ×2
    86. TickTick
    87. Advanced solar
    88. TickTick
    89. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    90. TickTick ×2
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    92. TickTick ×7
    93. Converter
    94. TickTick ×2
    95. Converter
    96. TickTick ×3
    97. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    98. Converter
    99. TickTick ×4
    100. Converter
    101. TickTick ×2
    102. Converter
    103. TickTick ×3
    104. Converter
    105. TickTick ×3
    106. Converter
    107. TickTick ×3
    108. Converter
    109. Con turret
    110. TickTick ×2
    111. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:13
    112. TickTick ×2
    113. Converter
    114. TickTick ×3
    115. Converter
    116. TickTick
    117. Con turret
    118. TickTick ×3
    119. Converter
    120. TickTick
    121. Con turret
    122. TickTick ×2
    123. Converter
    124. TickTick
    125. Con turret
    126. TickTick
    127. Converter
    128. TickTick
    129. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:07
    130. TickTick ×2
    131. Converter
    132. TickTick ×4
    133. Fusion ReactorFusion
    134. TickTick
    135. Converter
    136. TickTick ×10
    137. Converter
    138. TickTick ×6
    139. Converter
    140. TickTick ×6
    141. Converter
    142. TickTick ×5
    143. Energy storage
    144. Fusion ReactorFusion
    145. TickTick ×12
    146. Energy storage
    147. TickTick ×10
    148. Energy storage
    149. TickTick ×4
    150. Con turret
    151. TickTick ×6
    152. Energy storage
    153. TickTick ×2
    154. Con turret
    155. TickTick ×2
    156. Con turret
    157. TickTick ×6

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Wys's (30 OS, 11/08/2026); 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

303 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0011500
2:0026800
3:0080000
4:00147400
5:00218400
6:00299600
7:003916210
8:004952170120
9:006225380316
10:007739611553
11:009678811867
12:001207311321296
13:001454615401874
14:001744821032493
15:002020125763248
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

Wys

30.0 OS · 11/08/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
104 metal received · 263359 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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