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Armada Pond build order · Supreme Isthmus

Economy-first Pond play: boost front via wind or tidal, Bot Lab around 5:36 then Advanced Metal Extractor, sending T1 units like Tick, Pawn and Blitz forward to help hold the middle until T2 arrives.

#eco #team support · 522 distinct matches · 111 players · 60% of Armada Pond games · team won 49% of 590 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Bot Lab by 5:42

  1. Open tidal, then wind to start boosting front's economy.
  2. Take mex and keep boosting wind or tidal depending on front's needs.
  3. Get a Bot Lab up, start sending Tick and Pawn to front.
  4. Add Advanced Metal Extractor to scale up team's economy.
  5. Switch to tick spam if enemy reaches T2 front before you do.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 522 GAMES
  1. 1
  2. 2
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
    • Wind Turbine10Wind
    • Tidal Generator8Tidalfor allies
    • Tidal Generator1Tidal
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 4 mex, 10 wind, 1 energy storagedone ~5:35, middle half 3:32–7:02

    Some games also: converter (45%)

    By 5:07 in all: 4 mex · 10 wind · 1 tidal · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 9 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal
    3. Mex ×3
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Mex
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Energy storage
    8. Wind ×3
    9. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:46 · typical 5:35
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine16Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    Army
    • Tick1 Tick

    Some games also: Lazarus (47%) · converter (45%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 31 wind · 1 tidal · 5 converter · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Godmother13's (39 OS, 03/10/2026); 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 90% of games

You get

  • Hephaestus1 Heavy transport from Air or Techfirst at 4:43 · in 39% of games
  • Fatboy1 Fatboy from Techfirst at 5:03 · in 40% of games
  • Sharpshooter2 Sniper bot from Techfirst at 5:16 · in 41% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 8:17 · in 92% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build, running totals by minute

Metal produced

010k20k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

02k4k6k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

02k4k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

590 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0011500
2:0027400
3:0082100
4:00151000
5:00223100
6:00298500
7:0038464470
8:0047591226134
9:0057111957367
10:0069042754708
11:00841632671152
12:001038835741577
13:001270041761944
14:001505247162454
15:001770152843046
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

This is the role's standard support job, winning slightly under half its games while contributing modest kills for modest losses.

  • + Keeps own losses fairly low relative to kills (2827 destroyed vs 756 lost by 10:00).
  • + Reaches T2 constructor reliably (89% of games) by 8:10.
  • − Metal production trails other roles at 6855 by 10:00.
  • − No kills registered by 5:00, slow to impact the fight.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Godmother13

38.9 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
16 metal received · 45627 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab5:35Middle 50%: 3:32–7:02 · n=530
Advanced Metal Extractor9:54Middle 50%: 8:59–10:41 · n=535

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