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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 · 5 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:08 · 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 · 16 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    4. TickTick
    5. Wind
    6. TickTick
    7. LazarusLazarus ×2for Geo sea
    8. Wind
    9. TickTick ×2
    10. Wind
    11. TickTick ×5
    12. Wind
    13. TickTick ×2
    14. Con turret
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Wind
  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 · 277 steps
    1. TickTick ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Converter
    4. TickTick
    5. Wind
    6. TickTick ×2
    7. Converter
    8. TickTick
    9. Wind
    10. TickTick
    11. Converter
    12. TickTick
    13. Wind
    14. TickTick
    15. Converter
    16. TickTick ×2
    17. Mexfor Suicide front
    18. Wind
    19. Converter
    20. TickTick
    21. Wind ×2
    22. TickTick
    23. Converter
    24. TickTick
    25. Wind ×2
    26. TickTick
    27. Energy storage
    28. Wind
    29. TickTick
    30. Wind
    31. TickTick
    32. Wind
    33. TickTick
    34. Wind ×2
    35. TickTick
    36. Wind
    37. TickTick
    38. Wind
    39. TickTick
    40. Wind
    41. TickTick
    42. Wind
    43. TickTick
    44. Con turret
    45. Wind
    46. TickTick
    47. Wind
    48. TickTick
    49. Wind ×2
    50. TickTick
    51. Wind
    52. TickTick ×2
    53. Wind
    54. Converter
    55. Wind
    56. TickTick
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick
    59. Converter
    60. TickTick ×2
    61. Wind
    62. Converter
    63. Wind
    64. TickTick
    65. Converter
    66. Wind
    67. Converter
    68. TickTick
    69. Wind ×2
    70. TickTick
    71. Wind ×2
    72. TickTick
    73. Wind
    74. Converter
    75. TickTick
    76. Wind ×2
    77. TickTick
    78. Wind
    79. Converter ×2
    80. TickTick
    81. Wind
    82. TickTick
    83. Wind
    84. TickTick
    85. Converter
    86. TickTick
    87. Wind
    88. TickTick
    89. Converter
    90. TickTick
    91. Wind ×2
    92. TickTick
    93. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:32 · typical 9:03
    94. Converter
    95. TickTick
    96. Wind
    97. Converter
    98. Wind
    99. TickTick
    100. Con turret
    101. Mexfor Suicide front
    102. TickTick
    103. Wind
    104. SentrySentry
    105. TickTick ×2
    106. Wind
    107. TickTick
    108. SentrySentry
    109. Wind
    110. TickTick
    111. Converter ×2
    112. TickTick
    113. Wind
    114. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    115. TickTick ×3
    116. Converter
    117. TickTick ×3
    118. Wind
    119. TickTick ×2
    120. Wind
    121. TickTick ×3
    122. Converter
    123. TickTick ×3
    124. Wind
    125. TickTick ×2
    126. Converter
    127. TickTick
    128. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    129. Wind
    130. TickTick
    131. SentrySentry
    132. TickTick ×2
    133. Converter
    134. TickTick
    135. Wind
    136. TickTick
    137. Con turret
    138. TickTick ×2
    139. Wind
    140. TickTick ×2
    141. SentrySentry
    142. TickTick
    143. Converter
    144. TickTick
    145. Wind
    146. TickTick
    147. Wind
    148. TickTick
    149. Wind
    150. TickTick ×2
    151. Con turret
    152. SentrySentry
    153. TickTick
    154. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    155. Con turret
    156. TickTick
    157. Wind ×2
    158. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    159. TickTick
    160. Mex
    161. TickTick ×4
    162. Wind
    163. TickTick
    164. Wind
    165. TickTick
    166. Wind
    167. TickTick ×2
    168. Wind
    169. TickTick ×2
    170. Wind
    171. TickTick
    172. Con turret
    173. TickTick
    174. Wind
    175. TickTick
    176. Wind
    177. Con turret
    178. Wind
    179. TickTick
    180. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:17
    181. TickTick
    182. Con turret
    183. Wind
    184. TickTick
    185. Con turret
    186. TickTick
    187. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:14
    188. Wind
    189. TickTick
    190. Con turret
    191. LazarusLazarus
    192. Wind
    193. Mex
    194. Con turret
    195. LazarusLazarus
    196. Wind ×2
    197. Con turret
    198. TickTick
    199. Con turret
    200. Wind
    201. TickTick ×2
    202. Wind ×2
    203. TickTick
    204. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:51
    205. Wind
    206. TickTick
    207. Wind
    208. TickTick
    209. Wind
    210. TickTick
    211. Wind
    212. TickTick ×2
    213. Wind
    214. TickTick ×2
    215. Wind
    216. TickTick ×5
    217. Wind
    218. TickTick ×9
    219. Wind
    220. TickTick ×7
    221. Wind
    222. TickTick ×12
    223. Mexfor Suicide front
    224. TickTick
    225. Wind
    226. TickTick ×4
    227. T2 converter
    228. TickTick ×6
    229. Wind
    230. TickTick ×4
    231. Wind
    232. TickTick ×5
    233. Wind
    234. TickTick ×12
    235. Wind
    236. TickTick ×7
    237. Mex
    238. TickTick ×10
    239. Wind
    240. TickTick ×3
    241. Con turret
    242. TickTick ×5
    243. Wind
    244. CrossbowCrossbow ×2
    245. TickTick ×3
    246. Converter
    247. TickTick ×10
    248. Converter
    249. TickTick ×8
    250. Converter
    251. TickTick ×10
    252. Converter
    253. TickTick ×9
    254. PawnPawn ×6
    255. Wind
    256. PawnPawn ×6
    257. Wind
    258. PawnPawn
    259. Converter
    260. PawnPawn
    261. Mex
    262. PawnPawn ×5
    263. Converter
    264. PawnPawn ×7
    265. Converter
    266. PawnPawn ×9
    267. Wind
    268. Converter
    269. PawnPawn ×3
    270. Wind
    271. PawnPawn
    272. T2 converter
    273. PawnPawn ×4
    274. Converter
    275. PawnPawn ×12
    276. Converter
    277. PawnPawn ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Cookie]CottonBuds's (31 OS, 15/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Tidal Generator8 Tidal to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 0:11 · 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

[Cookie]CottonBuds

30.7 OS · 15/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
569 metal received · 49343 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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