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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 · 302 distinct matches · 132 players · 15% of Armada Pond games · team won 46% of 309 · 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 302 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 ~3:39, middle half 3:13–4:59

    By 3:21 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind · 1 tidal · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 7 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Wind
    5. Energy storage
    6. Wind ×5
    7. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:53 · typical 3:39
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot

    Some games also: con turret (44%) · Lazarus (43%) · 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 · 5 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    3. Con turret
    4. Converter
    5. Wind ×2
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine28Wind
    • Energy Converter6Converter
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot

    Some games also: tick (43%) · 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 · 239 steps
    1. Energy storage
    2. Con turret
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Converter
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Wind ×9
    9. Converter
    10. Wind ×4
    11. Converter
    12. Wind ×2
    13. PawnPawn
    14. Converter
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Converter
    17. PawnPawn ×2
    18. Wind
    19. Converter
    20. Wind
    21. PawnPawn
    22. Converter
    23. Wind
    24. PawnPawn
    25. Wind
    26. Converter
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Wind
    31. Converter
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Wind
    34. Converter
    35. Wind
    36. PawnPawn ×2
    37. Wind
    38. Converter
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Converter
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Wind ×2
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Converter
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Wind ×2
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Converter
    50. Wind ×2
    51. Converter
    52. Wind
    53. Converter
    54. Wind
    55. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Converter
    58. Wind ×2
    59. Converter
    60. Wind ×4
    61. Converter
    62. Con turret
    63. Converter
    64. Wind
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:07
    66. Wind
    67. Converter
    68. Wind
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. Wind ×2
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. Converter
    73. Wind ×2
    74. Con turret
    75. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:01
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. Wind
    78. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:10
    79. Converter
    80. Wind ×2
    81. TickTick ×7
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick ×10
    84. Converter
    85. TickTick
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick ×15
    88. Wind
    89. TickTick ×15
    90. Wind
    91. TickTick ×2
    92. Converter
    93. TickTick ×3
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick ×3
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick
    98. Wind
    99. TickTick ×3
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick ×5
    102. Wind
    103. TickTick ×2
    104. Wind
    105. TickTick ×5
    106. Wind
    107. TickTick ×6
    108. Wind
    109. TickTick ×3
    110. Converter
    111. TickTick ×2
    112. Wind
    113. TickTick ×6
    114. Wind
    115. TickTick ×4
    116. Wind
    117. TickTick ×7
    118. Wind
    119. TickTick ×5
    120. Wind
    121. TickTick ×6
    122. Wind
    123. TickTick ×5
    124. Wind
    125. TickTick ×3
    126. Converter
    127. TickTick ×8
    128. Wind
    129. TickTick ×9
    130. PersecutorPersecutordone 14:07
    131. TickTick ×2
    132. Wind
    133. TickTick ×4
    134. Con turret
    135. TickTick ×2
    136. Construction BotCon bot
    137. Wind
    138. TickTick
    139. Construction BotCon bot
    140. Converter
    141. Con turret
    142. TickTick ×3
    143. Con turret
    144. Construction BotCon bot
    145. TickTick ×2
    146. Wind
    147. Construction BotCon bot
    148. TickTick ×2
    149. Wind
    150. Construction BotCon bot
    151. Wind
    152. TickTick
    153. Construction BotCon bot
    154. Wind
    155. TickTick
    156. Wind
    157. TickTick ×2
    158. Wind
    159. TickTick ×5
    160. Wind ×2
    161. TickTick ×3
    162. Converter
    163. TickTick
    164. Wind
    165. TickTick ×11
    166. Wind
    167. TickTick ×3
    168. Wind
    169. TickTick
    170. Construction BotCon bot
    171. TickTick
    172. Wind
    173. Construction BotCon bot
    174. TickTick
    175. Wind
    176. Construction BotCon bot
    177. TickTick
    178. Wind
    179. Construction BotCon bot
    180. TickTick
    181. Wind ×2
    182. TickTick
    183. Wind
    184. TickTick ×3
    185. Converter
    186. TickTick ×3
    187. Wind
    188. TickTick ×4
    189. Wind
    190. TickTick ×2
    191. Converter
    192. TickTick
    193. Wind
    194. TickTick ×3
    195. Wind
    196. TickTick ×8
    197. Wind
    198. TickTick
    199. Wind
    200. TickTick
    201. Wind
    202. TickTick
    203. Converter
    204. TickTick
    205. Wind
    206. TickTick ×2
    207. Wind
    208. TickTick ×10
    209. Wind
    210. ScorpionScorpion
    211. TickTick ×2
    212. Wind ×2
    213. TickTick ×2
    214. Wind ×2
    215. TickTick ×7
    216. Converter
    217. TickTick ×3
    218. Wind
    219. TickTick ×2
    220. PawnPawn
    221. Wind
    222. TickTick
    223. Converter
    224. Wind ×2
    225. TickTick
    226. PawnPawn
    227. Wind
    228. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    229. Wind
    230. PawnPawn
    231. Wind
    232. PawnPawn
    233. Wind ×3
    234. PawnPawn
    235. Converter
    236. PawnPawn
    237. Wind
    238. PawnPawn ×2
    239. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Guhhh's (31 OS, 03/10/2026); 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 7:38 · 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

309 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0011500
2:0026800
3:0079900
4:00147400
5:00218400
6:00299300
7:003903210
8:004940170126
9:006220378336
10:007711600553
11:009678807867
12:001207311681296
13:001460115401878
14:001744820362539
15:002020125673258
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

Guhhh

30.7 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
380 metal received · 21539 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab3:39Middle 50%: 3:13–4:59 · n=282
Advanced Metal Extractor9:05Middle 50%: 7:59–10:04 · n=265

Played most by

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