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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 ×2
    3. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    4. Wind
    5. Energy storage
    6. Mex ×4
    7. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:33 · typical 3:38
  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 · 4 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Con turret ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Con turret
  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 · 240 steps
    1. LazarusLazarusfor Suicide front
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon botfor Front
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon botfor Front
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Converter
    9. Wind
    10. Converter
    11. Wind
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Converter
    14. Wind
    15. Con turret
    16. Wind ×2
    17. PawnPawn ×2
    18. Converter
    19. Wind
    20. PawnPawn
    21. Converter
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Wind
    24. Converter
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Wind
    31. Converter
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Wind
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Wind
    36. PawnPawn ×2
    37. Wind
    38. PawnPawn ×2
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn ×2
    41. Wind
    42. PawnPawn ×2
    43. Wind
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Wind
    46. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    47. Wind
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:25 · typical 9:03
    49. Wind
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. Wind
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. Wind ×3
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. Wind ×3
    56. Converter ×2
    57. Wind
    58. Con turret
    59. Converter
    60. Wind
    61. Con turret
    62. Wind
    63. Converter
    64. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:03
    65. Converter
    66. CenturionCenturion
    67. Wind
    68. Converter
    69. CenturionCenturion
    70. Wind
    71. Construction BotCon bot
    72. Converter
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Wind
    75. PawnPawn ×3
    76. Wind
    77. PawnPawn ×2
    78. Converter
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Wind
    81. PawnPawn ×3
    82. Wind
    83. Converter
    84. Con turret
    85. PawnPawn ×3
    86. Wind
    87. Construction BotCon bot
    88. Converter
    89. Construction BotCon bot
    90. Wind
    91. Construction BotCon bot
    92. Con turret
    93. Converter
    94. Wind
    95. PawnPawn ×2
    96. Wind
    97. PawnPawn ×2
    98. Con turret ×2
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Wind
    101. PawnPawn ×2
    102. Wind
    103. PawnPawn ×3
    104. Wind
    105. PawnPawn
    106. Con turret
    107. PawnPawn
    108. Converter
    109. PawnPawn
    110. Wind
    111. PawnPawn ×2
    112. Converter
    113. Wind
    114. PawnPawn ×2
    115. Converter
    116. PawnPawn
    117. Wind
    118. PawnPawn ×2
    119. Wind
    120. PawnPawn
    121. Converter
    122. PawnPawn
    123. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:14
    124. Wind
    125. PawnPawn
    126. Converter
    127. Wind
    128. PawnPawn
    129. Wind
    130. PawnPawn
    131. Con turret
    132. Hardened Energy Storage
    133. Converter
    134. PawnPawn
    135. Wind ×3
    136. PawnPawn
    137. Wind
    138. PawnPawn
    139. Converter
    140. PawnPawn
    141. Con turret
    142. Wind ×3
    143. Con turret
    144. Wind ×2
    145. PawnPawn ×2
    146. Wind ×2
    147. Con turret
    148. Wind
    149. Converter
    150. Wind ×2
    151. PawnPawn
    152. Wind
    153. PawnPawn
    154. Wind ×2
    155. PawnPawn
    156. Converter
    157. Wind
    158. PawnPawn
    159. Wind
    160. PawnPawn
    161. Wind ×3
    162. PawnPawn
    163. Converter
    164. PawnPawn
    165. Wind
    166. PawnPawn
    167. Wind ×2
    168. PawnPawn
    169. Wind
    170. Converter
    171. PawnPawn ×2
    172. Wind
    173. PawnPawn
    174. Wind ×2
    175. Converter
    176. Wind
    177. PawnPawn ×2
    178. Wind
    179. PawnPawn
    180. Converter
    181. Wind
    182. PawnPawn
    183. Wind
    184. PawnPawn
    185. Wind
    186. PawnPawn
    187. Wind
    188. PawnPawn ×2
    189. Wind
    190. Converter
    191. PawnPawn
    192. Wind ×2
    193. PawnPawn
    194. Wind
    195. PawnPawn ×3
    196. Wind ×3
    197. PawnPawn ×2
    198. Wind ×2
    199. PawnPawn ×3
    200. Wind
    201. PawnPawn
    202. Wind ×2
    203. PawnPawn ×2
    204. Wind ×2
    205. PawnPawn ×2
    206. Wind
    207. PawnPawn
    208. Wind
    209. PawnPawn
    210. Converter
    211. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    212. PawnPawn
    213. Wind ×2
    214. PawnPawn
    215. Wind ×3
    216. PawnPawn ×2
    217. Converter
    218. Wind ×3
    219. PawnPawn
    220. TracerTracer
    221. Wind
    222. PawnPawn
    223. Wind ×2
    224. PawnPawn
    225. Con turret
    226. Converter
    227. Wind ×2
    228. PawnPawn
    229. Wind
    230. PawnPawn
    231. Wind ×2
    232. PawnPawn
    233. Wind ×3
    234. PawnPawn
    235. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    236. Wind ×4
    237. Con turret
    238. Wind
    239. Converter
    240. Wind ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Yamato's (30 OS, 05/09/2026); 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

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

Yamato

30.0 OS · 05/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
72 metal received · 251751 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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