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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 · 301 distinct matches · 132 players · 15% of Armada Pond games · team won 46% of 308 · 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 301 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 3:12–4:55

    By 3:21 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind · 1 tidal · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 8 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. Naval Energy Storage
    4. Naval Energy Converter
    5. Mex
    6. SentrySentry
    7. Mex ×3
    8. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:43 · typical 3:38
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot

    Some games also: Lazarus (44%) · con turret (44%) · converter (34%)

    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 · 11 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    7. Con turret
    8. Converter
    9. Wind
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Wind ×4
  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 (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 · 156 steps
    1. Wind ×7
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind
    6. Con turret
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Converter
    9. PawnPawn ×2
    10. Wind
    11. PawnPawn ×4
    12. Converter
    13. PawnPawn ×3
    14. Wind
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Converter ×2
    18. Wind
    19. Converter
    20. Wind
    21. Converter
    22. Wind ×5
    23. Converter
    24. Wind ×7
    25. TickTick
    26. Converter
    27. TickTick
    28. Wind ×3
    29. TickTick
    30. Wind
    31. Converter
    32. Wind
    33. TickTick
    34. Wind ×2
    35. TickTick
    36. Wind ×2
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:27 · typical 9:04
    38. Wind ×7
    39. Converter
    40. Wind ×2
    41. TickTick
    42. Wind ×4
    43. Converter
    44. TickTick
    45. Wind ×3
    46. TickTick
    47. Wind
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. TickTick
    50. Wind ×2
    51. TickTick
    52. Wind ×2
    53. TickTick
    54. Wind ×3
    55. Converter
    56. TickTick
    57. Wind ×4
    58. TickTick
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. Wind
    61. TickTick
    62. Converter
    63. Wind
    64. TickTick ×2
    65. Wind ×2
    66. TickTick
    67. Wind ×2
    68. TickTick
    69. Wind
    70. Converter
    71. Wind
    72. TickTick
    73. Wind ×2
    74. TickTick
    75. Converter
    76. TickTick
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick
    79. Wind
    80. TickTick
    81. Wind
    82. Converter
    83. TickTick
    84. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    85. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    86. Wind
    87. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    88. Converter
    89. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    90. TickTick ×2
    91. Converter
    92. TickTick ×2
    93. Converter
    94. TickTick
    95. Wind ×2
    96. Converter
    97. TickTick
    98. Wind
    99. TickTick
    100. Converter
    101. Wind ×2
    102. TickTick
    103. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    104. Wind
    105. TickTick
    106. Wind
    107. Converter
    108. Wind
    109. TickTick
    110. Wind ×2
    111. TickTick
    112. Wind
    113. Converter
    114. TickTick
    115. Wind ×2
    116. TickTick
    117. Wind
    118. Metal storage
    119. TickTick
    120. Wind
    121. Converter
    122. TickTick
    123. Wind ×2
    124. TickTick
    125. Wind
    126. Converter
    127. Wind
    128. TickTick
    129. Wind ×2
    130. TickTick
    131. Wind
    132. TickTick
    133. Wind ×2
    134. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labnot finished by 15:00
    135. TickTick
    136. Wind ×16
    137. PawnPawn
    138. Wind
    139. TickTick
    140. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    141. Wind
    142. Converter
    143. TickTick ×2
    144. Wind
    145. TickTick
    146. Wind
    147. Converter
    148. TickTick
    149. Wind
    150. TickTick
    151. Wind
    152. Con turret
    153. TickTick
    154. Wind
    155. TickTick
    156. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is DrSmack's (31 OS, 04/10/2026); 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 7:38 · 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

308 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0011500
2:0026800
3:0079900
4:00147300
5:00218400
6:00298600
7:003902210
8:004936170126
9:006219379330
10:007705605552
11:009672809855
12:001206611691289
13:001457415531876
14:001748520702535
15:002022525723254
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

DrSmack

31.5 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
124 metal received · 16354 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab3:38Middle 50%: 3:12–4:55 · n=281
Advanced Metal Extractor9:04Middle 50%: 7:59–10:04 · n=264

Played most by

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