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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
    2. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    3. Naval Energy Storage
    4. Mex ×4
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:13 · 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 · 13 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    2. Con turret
    3. LazarusLazarus ×2
    4. Con turret
    5. Windfor Front
    6. Converter ×4
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Windfor Front
    9. Converter
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Converter
    12. Windfor Front
    13. 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 · 218 steps
    1. Converter ×2
    2. Con turret
    3. Windfor Front
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Windfor Front
    8. Wind
    9. Windfor Front
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Wind ×2for Front
    12. Wind
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Wind ×2for Front
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. Wind ×4
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. Wind ×3
    20. Converter
    21. Wind ×9
    22. Converter
    23. Wind
    24. Converter
    25. Wind ×5
    26. Converter
    27. Wind ×3
    28. Converter
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Wind ×3
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Converter
    33. Wind ×2
    34. Converter
    35. Wind
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:26 · typical 9:03
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. Converter ×2
    39. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    40. Converter
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. Converter
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. Converter
    45. Wind ×2
    46. Converter
    47. Wind
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. Wind ×3
    50. Converter
    51. Wind ×5
    52. Con turret
    53. Wind ×2
    54. Converter
    55. Wind ×4
    56. Converter
    57. Wind ×5
    58. Con turret
    59. Converter
    60. Wind ×2
    61. Con turret ×2
    62. Wind ×2
    63. Converter ×2
    64. Wind
    65. Con turret
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Con turret
    68. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:15
    69. Converter ×2
    70. Wind ×2
    71. TickTick ×2
    72. Wind
    73. TickTick ×2
    74. Converter
    75. ShipyardShipyarddone 11:28
    76. Wind
    77. TickTick
    78. Converter
    79. TickTick ×2
    80. Wind
    81. Construction ShipCon ship
    82. TickTick ×3
    83. Wind
    84. TickTick ×2
    85. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:16
    86. TickTick
    87. Wind
    88. Converter
    89. TickTick
    90. Converter
    91. TickTick
    92. Wind
    93. TickTick ×3
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick
    96. Construction BotCon bot
    97. Wind
    98. Converter ×2
    99. TickTick
    100. Wind ×2
    101. TickTick ×2
    102. ShipyardEat Shipyardreclaimed for its metal
    103. Wind
    104. TickTick
    105. Wind
    106. TickTick
    107. Wind
    108. TickTick ×2
    109. Wind ×2
    110. TickTick ×2
    111. Converter ×2
    112. TickTick
    113. Wind ×2
    114. TickTick
    115. Wind ×2
    116. TickTick
    117. Wind
    118. Converter
    119. Wind ×2
    120. Converter
    121. Wind
    122. TickTick
    123. Wind
    124. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:11
    125. TickTick
    126. Wind
    127. TickTick
    128. Converter
    129. Wind
    130. Converter
    131. Wind
    132. TickTick
    133. Wind
    134. TickTick
    135. Wind
    136. TickTick
    137. Wind
    138. Converter
    139. TickTick
    140. Converter
    141. TickTick
    142. Wind
    143. TickTick
    144. Wind
    145. TickTick ×5
    146. Wind ×2
    147. TickTick ×4
    148. Wind
    149. TickTick ×2
    150. Converter ×2
    151. Wind
    152. TickTick ×4
    153. Wind
    154. TickTick ×3
    155. Wind
    156. TickTick
    157. Wind
    158. TickTick ×5
    159. Wind
    160. TickTick
    161. Converter ×2
    162. TickTick ×8
    163. Wind
    164. TickTick ×2
    165. Wind
    166. TickTick
    167. Wind
    168. TickTick ×4
    169. Converter
    170. TickTick ×2
    171. Converter
    172. TickTick ×2
    173. Wind
    174. TickTick
    175. Wind
    176. Seaplane PlatformSeaplane Platformdone 14:20
    177. TickTick ×6
    178. Wind
    179. TickTick ×3
    180. Wind ×2
    181. TickTick
    182. Converter
    183. TickTick
    184. Converter
    185. TickTick ×3
    186. TsunamiTsunami
    187. TickTick ×3
    188. Wind ×2
    189. TickTick ×2
    190. Wind
    191. TickTick ×2
    192. TsunamiTsunami
    193. TickTick ×4
    194. Converter ×2
    195. TickTick ×2
    196. Wind
    197. TickTick
    198. TsunamiTsunami
    199. TickTick
    200. Wind
    201. TickTick
    202. Wind
    203. TickTick ×4
    204. CycloneCyclone
    205. TickTick ×2
    206. Wind
    207. TickTick ×2
    208. CycloneCyclone
    209. TickTick
    210. Wind
    211. TickTick
    212. Wind
    213. TickTick
    214. Converter
    215. TickTick ×2
    216. Converter
    217. CycloneCyclone
    218. TickTick ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is EpicTyrannus's (43 OS, 11/10/2026); 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

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

EpicTyrannus

43.4 OS · 11/10/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
425 metal received · 58505 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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