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Standard pond

Armada Pond build order · Supreme Isthmus

Economy-first Pond boosting front with wind/tidal energy, a Bot Lab, and later T2 cons, sending Tick, Pawn and Blitz forward as the transition unfolds.

#eco #team support · 133 distinct matches · 62 players · 13% of Armada Pond games · team won 44% of 135 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Bot Lab by 5:37

  1. Open tidal generators to start boosting front's energy.
  2. Layer mex and wind, watching front's needs to tune boost amount.
  3. Get bot lab up and start sending Tick, Pawn and Blitz to front.
  4. Transition toward T2 constructor once front needs heavier support.
  5. Finish advanced metal extractor to scale eco for T2.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 133 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 Turbine5Wind
    • Tidal Generator1Tidal
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 4 mex, 5 wind, 1 tidaldone ~3:40, middle half 3:14–5:34

    By 3:22 in all: 4 mex · 5 wind · 1 tidal · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 7 steps
    1. Tidal
    2. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Wind ×3
    5. Energy storage
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:35 · typical 3:40
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Builders
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot

    Some games also: wind (47%) · con turret (42%) · Lazarus (39%)

    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 · 11 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    2. Con turret
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Con turret
    5. Converter
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Converter
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Converter
    10. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    11. Wind
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine26Wind
    • Energy Converter4Converter
    Order
    1. Bot LabEat Bot Lab in 58% of games
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret

    Some games also: con bot (49%) · tick (36%) · pawn (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 37 wind · 1 tidal · 7 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 204 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. Converter
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Converter
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Converter
    7. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    8. Wind ×6
    9. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:56 · typical 9:15
    10. Converter
    11. Wind ×5
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    13. Converter
    14. Wind ×4
    15. Converter
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    17. Wind ×3
    18. Converter
    19. Wind ×4
    20. Converter
    21. Con turret
    22. Wind ×3
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    24. Wind
    25. Converter
    26. Wind ×3
    27. Con turret
    28. Wind
    29. Converter
    30. Wind
    31. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 8:47
    32. Wind ×3
    33. Converter
    34. Wind
    35. BlitzBlitz
    36. Wind
    37. BlitzBlitz ×2
    38. Wind
    39. BlitzBlitz
    40. Wind
    41. BlitzBlitz
    42. Wind
    43. Converter
    44. Wind
    45. Con turret
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. Wind
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Wind
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. Wind
    52. Converter
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. Wind
    55. Con turret
    56. Wind
    57. BlitzBlitz
    58. Wind
    59. BlitzBlitz
    60. Wind ×2
    61. Converter
    62. BlitzBlitz
    63. Wind ×3
    64. ShipyardShipyarddone 9:50
    65. Wind
    66. BlitzBlitz
    67. Wind ×2
    68. BlitzBlitz
    69. Wind ×2
    70. Converter
    71. BlitzBlitz
    72. Wind ×2
    73. Construction ShipCon ship
    74. Wind ×3
    75. Naval Construction Turret
    76. Converter
    77. RoverScout
    78. Wind
    79. RoverScout
    80. Naval Construction Turret
    81. Wind ×2
    82. RoverScout
    83. Naval Construction Turret
    84. RoverScout
    85. Wind
    86. RoverScout
    87. Seaplane PlatformSeaplane Platformdone 10:48
    88. Wind
    89. RoverScout
    90. Wind ×2
    91. Converter
    92. RoverScout
    93. Wind ×2
    94. RoverScout ×2
    95. Wind
    96. ShipyardEat Shipyardreclaimed for its metal
    97. RoverScout ×2
    98. Converter
    99. Wind
    100. TsunamiTsunami
    101. RoverScout
    102. Wind
    103. RoverScout
    104. Wind
    105. RoverScout
    106. TsunamiTsunami
    107. RoverScout
    108. Wind
    109. RoverScout
    110. Wind
    111. TsunamiTsunami
    112. RoverScout
    113. Converter
    114. Wind
    115. RoverScout
    116. TsunamiTsunami
    117. Wind
    118. RoverScout ×2
    119. Wind
    120. TsunamiTsunami
    121. RoverScout ×2
    122. TsunamiTsunami
    123. RoverScout
    124. Converter
    125. RoverScout
    126. TsunamiTsunami
    127. RoverScout ×2
    128. TsunamiTsunami
    129. RoverScout
    130. Converter
    131. RoverScout
    132. TsunamiTsunami
    133. RoverScout ×2
    134. TsunamiTsunami
    135. BlitzBlitz
    136. Converter
    137. BlitzBlitz
    138. TsunamiTsunami
    139. BlitzBlitz
    140. TsunamiTsunami
    141. Converter
    142. BlitzBlitz
    143. TsunamiTsunami
    144. BlitzBlitz
    145. TsunamiTsunami
    146. BlitzBlitz
    147. TsunamiTsunami
    148. BlitzBlitz
    149. Converter
    150. BlitzBlitz ×3
    151. Converter
    152. BlitzBlitz ×3
    153. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:29
    154. BlitzBlitz
    155. Converter
    156. BlitzBlitz ×3
    157. Converter
    158. BlitzBlitz ×3
    159. RoverScout
    160. Converter
    161. RoverScout
    162. BlitzBlitz
    163. RoverScout
    164. BlitzBlitz
    165. RoverScout ×2
    166. BlitzBlitz
    167. RoverScout
    168. BlitzBlitz
    169. RoverScout
    170. Converter
    171. RoverScout
    172. BlitzBlitz
    173. RoverScout
    174. BlitzBlitz
    175. TsunamiTsunami
    176. RoverScout
    177. BlitzBlitz
    178. Con turret
    179. RoverScout
    180. BlitzBlitz
    181. RoverScout
    182. Con turret
    183. Wind
    184. TsunamiTsunami
    185. RoverScout
    186. BlitzBlitz
    187. Con turret
    188. Converter
    189. RoverScout
    190. Con turret
    191. Wind
    192. RoverScout
    193. Con turret
    194. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    195. TsunamiTsunami
    196. RoverScout ×2
    197. Wind
    198. RoverScout
    199. Converter
    200. RoverScout
    201. Con turret
    202. TsunamiTsunami
    203. BlitzBlitz
    204. RoverScout

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is EpicTyrannus's (45 OS, 08/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Tidal Generator8 Tidal to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 0:10 · in 87% of games

You get

  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:51 · in 79% 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

135 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0011500
2:0027900
3:0082800
4:00151000
5:00223900
6:00305800
7:00400600
8:004985311105
9:006264570315
10:007711818440
11:009711922746
12:001244713001167
13:001486917901734
14:001808224722275
15:002041129463180
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard pond trails slightly at 49% team win, consistent with its support-economy role rather than direct combat.

  • + Zero metal lost by 5:00 shows the safe, boost-focused opening works as intended.
  • − Bot lab timing is wide (3:34-7:02), risking late unit support if delayed.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

EpicTyrannus

45.1 OS · 08/10/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
231 metal received · 78463 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab3:40Middle 50%: 3:14–5:34 · n=119
Advanced Metal Extractor9:15Middle 50%: 7:52–9:59 · n=111

Played most by

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