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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 · 10 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. Mex ×3
    4. Wind ×5
    5. Energy storage
    6. Mex
    7. Wind ×4
    8. Converter ×4
    9. Wind ×8
    10. Bot LabBot Labdone 5:58 · 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

  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 · 145 steps
    1. TickTick ×45
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×6
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick ×3
    5. Wind
    6. TickTick ×4
    7. Wind
    8. TickTick
    9. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:10 · typical 9:03
    10. TickTick ×2
    11. Wind
    12. TickTick ×2
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. Wind ×2
    19. TickTick ×2
    20. Wind ×2
    21. TickTick ×3
    22. Wind ×2
    23. TickTick ×3
    24. Wind ×2
    25. TickTick ×3
    26. Wind
    27. TickTick
    28. Wind
    29. TickTick ×2
    30. Wind
    31. TickTick
    32. Wind
    33. TickTick
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. TickTick
    36. Wind
    37. TickTick ×2
    38. Wind
    39. TickTick
    40. Wind
    41. TickTick ×2
    42. Wind
    43. TickTick ×2
    44. Wind
    45. TickTick ×2
    46. Wind
    47. TickTick
    48. Wind
    49. TickTick ×2
    50. Wind
    51. TickTick
    52. Wind
    53. TickTick ×3
    54. Wind ×2
    55. TickTick ×3
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. TickTick ×3
    59. Wind ×2
    60. TickTick ×3
    61. Wind ×2
    62. TickTick ×3
    63. Wind ×2
    64. TickTick ×3
    65. Wind ×2
    66. TickTick ×3
    67. Wind ×2
    68. TickTick ×3
    69. Wind ×2
    70. TickTick ×2
    71. Wind
    72. TickTick
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick ×2
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    76. Wind
    77. TickTick
    78. Wind
    79. TickTick ×2
    80. Wind
    81. TickTick
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick ×2
    84. Wind
    85. TickTick
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick ×2
    88. Wind ×2
    89. TickTick ×2
    90. Construction BotCon bot
    91. Wind ×2
    92. TickTick
    93. Wind ×2
    94. TickTick ×2
    95. Wind
    96. TickTick
    97. Wind
    98. Con turret
    99. TickTick ×2
    100. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    101. Wind
    102. TickTick
    103. Wind
    104. TickTick ×2
    105. Wind
    106. TickTick
    107. Wind
    108. TickTick ×2
    109. Wind
    110. TickTick
    111. Wind
    112. TickTick ×2
    113. Wind
    114. TickTick
    115. Wind
    116. TickTick
    117. Wind ×2
    118. TickTick
    119. Con turret
    120. TickTick
    121. Wind ×2
    122. TickTick
    123. Wind
    124. Con turret
    125. TickTick
    126. Wind
    127. TickTick
    128. Wind ×2
    129. Con turret
    130. TickTick
    131. Wind ×2
    132. TickTick
    133. JunoJuno
    134. TickTick
    135. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:44
    136. Wind ×2
    137. TickTick
    138. Wind
    139. TickTick
    140. Wind
    141. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    142. Wind ×4
    143. BlitzBlitz ×2
    144. Wind ×2
    145. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [A7O]SuperTetra's (30 OS, 18/09/2026); 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

[A7O]SuperTetra

30.3 OS · 18/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
475 metal received · 17833 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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