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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RGBTQGuy's (33 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

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

RGBTQGuy

32.7 OS · 15/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
154 metal received · 71634 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

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