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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 · 5 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Wind ×4
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:10 · 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 · 8 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Con turret
    4. Wind ×3
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind ×3
    7. Con turret
    8. Wind ×2
  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 · 124 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Converter
    3. Wind ×4
    4. Converter
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Converter
    7. Wind ×3
    8. Converter
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Converter
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Converter
    13. Wind ×4
    14. Converter
    15. Wind ×3
    16. Converter
    17. Wind ×3
    18. Converter
    19. Wind ×4
    20. Energy storage
    21. Converter
    22. Wind ×3
    23. Converter
    24. Wind ×3
    25. Converter
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    28. Converter
    29. Wind ×2
    30. Converter
    31. Wind ×5
    32. Converter
    33. Wind ×3
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:37 · typical 9:03
    35. Wind ×3
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. Wind ×3
    38. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 9:11
    39. Wind
    40. StorkLight transport
    41. Wind ×2
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    43. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    44. Wind
    45. Con turret
    46. Wind
    47. Con turret
    48. Wind
    49. Con turret
    50. Wind
    51. Con turret
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. Con turret
    54. Wind ×11
    55. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:11
    56. Wind
    57. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:18
    58. Wind ×2
    59. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    60. Wind
    61. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    62. Wind ×3
    63. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    64. Wind ×9
    65. BlitzBlitz ×2
    66. Wind
    67. BlitzBlitz ×2
    68. Wind ×2
    69. BlitzBlitz ×3
    70. Wind
    71. BlitzBlitz ×2
    72. Wind
    73. BlitzBlitz ×4
    74. Wind
    75. BlitzBlitz ×3
    76. Wind
    77. BlitzBlitz ×4
    78. Wind
    79. BlitzBlitz ×3
    80. Wind
    81. BlitzBlitz
    82. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    83. BlitzBlitz
    84. Wind
    85. BlitzBlitz ×3
    86. Wind
    87. BlitzBlitz ×3
    88. Wind
    89. BlitzBlitz ×3
    90. Wind
    91. BlitzBlitz ×3
    92. Wind
    93. BlitzBlitz ×3
    94. Wind
    95. BlitzBlitz ×3
    96. Wind
    97. BlitzBlitz ×3
    98. Wind
    99. BlitzBlitz ×4
    100. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:34
    101. Wind
    102. BlitzBlitz ×3
    103. Wind
    104. BlitzBlitz ×2
    105. Wind
    106. BlitzBlitz ×3
    107. Wind
    108. BlitzBlitz ×7
    109. Converter
    110. BlitzBlitz
    111. TickTick
    112. BlitzBlitz ×3
    113. TickTick
    114. BlitzBlitz
    115. Converter
    116. BlitzBlitz
    117. TickTick
    118. BlitzBlitz ×2
    119. TickTick
    120. BlitzBlitz
    121. Converter
    122. BlitzBlitz
    123. TickTick
    124. BlitzBlitz ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is heihallo's (31 OS, 07/10/2026); 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

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

heihallo

30.7 OS · 07/10/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
353 metal received · 24205 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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