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Standard pond

Standard Pond play: fast Bot Lab and early boosting into Advanced Metal Extractor, sending Tick/Pawn/Blitz to front while tidal-boosting allies throughout.

#eco #team support · 486 distinct matches · 107 players · 59% of Armada Pond games · team won 50% of 553 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Bot Lab by 5:42

  1. Open tidal, then wind to start boosting front's economy.
  2. Take mex and keep boosting wind or tidal depending on front's needs.
  3. Get a Bot Lab up, start sending Tick and Pawn to front.
  4. Add Advanced Metal Extractor to scale up team's economy.
  5. Switch to tick spam if enemy reaches T2 front before you do.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 486 GAMES
  1. 1
  2. 2
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
    • Wind Turbine10Wind
    • Tidal Generator8Tidalfor allies
    • Tidal Generator1Tidal
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 4 mex, 10 wind, 1 energy storagedone ~5:36, middle half 3:31–7:00

    Some games also: converter (45%)

    By 5:05 in all: 4 mex · 10 wind · 1 tidal · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 6 steps
    1. Tidal
    2. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Wind ×3
    5. Energy storage
    6. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:24 · typical 5:36
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine16Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    Army
    • Tick1 Tick

    Some games also: Lazarus (48%) · converter (45%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 31 wind · 1 tidal · 5 converter · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is EpicTyrannus's (42 OS, 29/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Tidal Generator8 Tidal to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 0:10 · in 90% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Air or Techfirst at 4:28 · in 31% of games
  • Hephaestus1 Heavy transport from Air or Techfirst at 4:44 · in 39% of games
  • Fatboy1 Fatboy from Techfirst at 5:03 · in 40% of games
  • Sharpshooter2 Sniper bot from Techfirst at 5:16 · in 42% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 8:18 · in 92% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build, running totals by minute

Metal produced

010k20k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

02k4k6k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

02k4k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

553 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0011500
2:0027300
3:0082000
4:00151000
5:00223100
6:00298400
7:0038434590
8:0047571240138
9:0057191965375
10:0069002780713
11:00840432701147
12:001035735791578
13:001262541961940
14:001497947632417
15:001768153183015
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

This is the role's standard support job, winning slightly under half its games while contributing modest kills for modest losses.

  • + Keeps own losses fairly low relative to kills (2827 destroyed vs 756 lost by 10:00).
  • + Reaches T2 constructor reliably (89% of games) by 8:10.
  • − Metal production trails other roles at 6855 by 10:00.
  • − No kills registered by 5:00, slow to impact the fight.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

EpicTyrannus

42.3 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
25 metal received · 47155 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab5:36Middle 50%: 3:31–7:00 · n=497
Advanced Metal Extractor9:54Middle 50%: 8:59–10:38 · n=501

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