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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 · 7 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×3
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 3:03
    5. Wind
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    7. Wind ×2
  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 · 17 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Wind ×3
    4. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Converter
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Converter
    9. Wind
    10. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Converter
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Converter
    15. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    16. Wind
    17. Converter
  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 · 214 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Converter ×2
    3. Wind
    4. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    5. Wind
    6. Converter
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    8. Wind
    9. Converter
    10. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Converter
    13. Wind ×5
    14. Converter
    15. Wind ×4
    16. Converter
    17. Wind ×2
    18. Converter
    19. Wind ×2
    20. Converter
    21. Wind
    22. Converter
    23. Wind
    24. Converter
    25. Wind ×2
    26. Converter ×2
    27. Wind
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:31 · typical 9:03
    29. Wind ×2
    30. Converter
    31. Wind
    32. Converter
    33. Wind
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Converter
    37. Wind ×2
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. Converter
    40. Wind ×3
    41. Converter
    42. Wind ×3
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. Wind ×3
    45. Energy storage
    46. Wind
    47. Energy storage
    48. Wind
    49. Con turret
    50. Wind ×2
    51. Con turret
    52. Wind
    53. Con turret
    54. Wind
    55. Con turret ×2
    56. Wind
    57. Con turret
    58. Wind
    59. Con turret ×2
    60. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 9:55
    61. Wind
    62. StoutStout ×2
    63. RoverScout ×2
    64. BlitzBlitz ×4
    65. Wind
    66. BlitzBlitz ×2
    67. Wind
    68. BlitzBlitz ×4
    69. Wind
    70. BlitzBlitz ×7
    71. Wind
    72. BlitzBlitz ×2
    73. Converter
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. Wind
    76. Converter
    77. BlitzBlitz
    78. Converter
    79. BlitzBlitz ×2
    80. Wind
    81. BlitzBlitz ×3
    82. Converter
    83. BlitzBlitz ×2
    84. Wind ×2
    85. BlitzBlitz ×2
    86. Converter
    87. Wind
    88. BlitzBlitz ×3
    89. Wind
    90. Converter
    91. BlitzBlitz ×2
    92. Wind
    93. BlitzBlitz
    94. Converter
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. Wind
    97. BlitzBlitz
    98. Wind
    99. BlitzBlitz
    100. Converter
    101. Wind
    102. BlitzBlitz ×3
    103. Converter
    104. Wind
    105. BlitzBlitz ×2
    106. Wind
    107. BlitzBlitz ×2
    108. Wind
    109. BlitzBlitz
    110. Wind
    111. BlitzBlitz ×2
    112. Wind
    113. Converter
    114. BlitzBlitz ×2
    115. Wind
    116. BlitzBlitz
    117. Wind
    118. Converter
    119. BlitzBlitz
    120. Wind
    121. BlitzBlitz ×2
    122. Converter
    123. Wind ×2
    124. BlitzBlitz ×2
    125. Converter
    126. Wind
    127. BlitzBlitz
    128. Wind
    129. BlitzBlitz
    130. Wind
    131. BlitzBlitz
    132. Converter
    133. BlitzBlitz
    134. Wind
    135. BlitzBlitz
    136. Wind ×2
    137. BlitzBlitz
    138. Converter
    139. Wind
    140. BlitzBlitz ×2
    141. Wind
    142. Converter
    143. Wind ×2
    144. BlitzBlitz ×2
    145. Wind
    146. Converter
    147. BlitzBlitz ×2
    148. Wind ×2
    149. BlitzBlitz
    150. Converter
    151. BlitzBlitz
    152. Wind
    153. BlitzBlitz ×2
    154. Wind
    155. Converter
    156. BlitzBlitz
    157. Wind ×2
    158. BlitzBlitz
    159. Wind
    160. BlitzBlitz ×2
    161. Converter
    162. BlitzBlitz
    163. Wind ×2
    164. BlitzBlitz
    165. Wind
    166. BlitzBlitz
    167. Converter
    168. BlitzBlitz
    169. Wind
    170. BlitzBlitz ×2
    171. Converter
    172. Wind ×2
    173. BlitzBlitz
    174. Wind
    175. BlitzBlitz ×3
    176. Wind
    177. BlitzBlitz
    178. Wind
    179. BlitzBlitz
    180. Wind
    181. BlitzBlitz ×5
    182. Wind ×2
    183. BlitzBlitz
    184. Wind
    185. BlitzBlitz ×2
    186. NettleNettle
    187. BlitzBlitz
    188. Wind
    189. BlitzBlitz
    190. NettleNettle
    191. Wind
    192. NettleNettle ×2
    193. BlitzBlitz
    194. Wind ×2
    195. BlitzBlitz
    196. Wind
    197. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    198. Wind
    199. BlitzBlitz
    200. Wind
    201. BlitzBlitz
    202. Wind ×2
    203. BlitzBlitz ×2
    204. Wind ×2
    205. BlitzBlitz ×4
    206. Wind
    207. BlitzBlitz
    208. Wind
    209. BlitzBlitz
    210. Wind
    211. BlitzBlitz
    212. Wind
    213. BlitzBlitz ×2
    214. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is FrugalResources's (31 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 0:11 · 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

FrugalResources

30.9 OS · 08/10/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
417 metal received · 65171 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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