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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 · 7 steps
    1. Tidal
    2. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Wind ×3
    5. Energy storage
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:37 · 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 · 14 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Con turret
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Converter
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Converter
    8. Con turret
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Converter
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Converter ×2
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Converter
  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 · 234 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Con turret
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Converter
    6. Wind ×5
    7. Converter
    8. Wind ×5
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Converter
    12. Wind ×2
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Converter
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Converter
    18. Wind ×3
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Converter
    21. Wind
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Converter
    24. Wind ×2
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Wind ×3
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Converter
    29. Wind
    30. Converter
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Wind ×2
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Wind
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Converter ×2
    37. Wind
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Wind ×2
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Wind ×3
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Wind
    44. Converter
    45. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 8:34
    46. Converter
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Wind ×3
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Converter
    51. Wind
    52. Converter
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Wind ×3
    55. Converter ×2
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Wind
    58. OspreyHeavy transport
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Wind
    61. Converter ×2
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Wind ×3
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Converter ×2
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Wind ×2
    68. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 9:12
    69. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Wind ×2
    72. Converter
    73. Wind
    74. PawnPawn
    75. Wind
    76. Converter
    77. Wind ×5
    78. Converter
    79. Wind ×2
    80. Converter
    81. Wind ×7
    82. Converter ×2
    83. Wind ×3
    84. TickTick
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick ×2
    87. Wind
    88. BlitzBlitz
    89. Wind
    90. Converter ×2
    91. TickTick
    92. Wind
    93. BlitzBlitz
    94. TickTick
    95. Wind
    96. BlitzBlitz
    97. TickTick
    98. Wind ×2
    99. BlitzBlitz
    100. TickTick
    101. BlitzBlitz
    102. Converter
    103. TickTick
    104. Converter
    105. Con turret
    106. Wind ×2
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. TickTick
    109. Wind
    110. TickTick
    111. BlitzBlitz
    112. TickTick
    113. Wind
    114. BlitzBlitz
    115. Converter
    116. Wind
    117. TickTick
    118. Converter
    119. BlitzBlitz
    120. TickTick
    121. BlitzBlitz
    122. Wind ×2
    123. TickTick
    124. Wind
    125. TickTick
    126. BlitzBlitz
    127. TickTick
    128. BlitzBlitz
    129. Converter ×2
    130. TickTick
    131. Wind
    132. BlitzBlitz
    133. TickTick
    134. Wind
    135. BlitzBlitz
    136. TickTick
    137. BlitzBlitz
    138. TickTick
    139. Wind
    140. Converter
    141. Wind
    142. Converter
    143. BlitzBlitz
    144. TickTick
    145. BlitzBlitz
    146. TickTick
    147. Wind ×2
    148. BlitzBlitz
    149. TickTick
    150. Converter
    151. TickTick
    152. BlitzBlitz
    153. Converter
    154. TickTick
    155. Wind
    156. BlitzBlitz
    157. TickTick
    158. Wind
    159. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:07 · typical 9:03
    160. TickTick
    161. BlitzBlitz
    162. Wind
    163. Converter
    164. TickTick
    165. Wind
    166. Converter
    167. TickTick
    168. BlitzBlitz
    169. Wind
    170. TickTick
    171. Wind
    172. TickTick
    173. BlitzBlitz
    174. Converter
    175. TickTick
    176. Converter
    177. BlitzBlitz
    178. TickTick
    179. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    180. TickTick ×2
    181. Converter
    182. BlitzBlitz
    183. Converter
    184. TickTick ×2
    185. Wind
    186. BlitzBlitz
    187. TickTick
    188. Converter
    189. Wind ×2
    190. Converter
    191. TickTick
    192. BlitzBlitz
    193. TickTick
    194. Wind
    195. TickTick
    196. Converter ×2
    197. TickTick
    198. BlitzBlitz
    199. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    200. TickTick
    201. BlitzBlitz
    202. Wind
    203. TickTick ×2
    204. Wind ×2
    205. BlitzBlitz
    206. Converter
    207. TickTick
    208. Converter
    209. Wind
    210. TickTick
    211. BlitzBlitz
    212. TickTick
    213. Wind
    214. TickTick
    215. BlitzBlitz
    216. Wind
    217. Converter ×2
    218. TickTick
    219. BlitzBlitz
    220. TickTick
    221. Wind ×2
    222. BlitzBlitz
    223. TickTick
    224. BlitzBlitz
    225. TickTick
    226. Wind
    227. BlitzBlitz
    228. TickTick
    229. BlitzBlitz
    230. Wind
    231. TickTick
    232. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    233. Converter ×2
    234. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is EpicTyrannus's (43 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

EpicTyrannus

42.9 OS · 11/10/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
890 metal received · 91878 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