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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 · 5 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Front
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:08 · 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. Wind ×7
    3. Con turret
    4. Wind ×9
  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 · 243 steps
    1. Energy storage
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Con turret
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Converter
    6. Wind
    7. Converter
    8. Wind
    9. Converter
    10. Wind
    11. Converter
    12. Wind ×2
    13. Converter
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Converter
    16. Wind
    17. Converter ×2
    18. Wind
    19. Converter
    20. Wind
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:20 · typical 9:03
    22. Wind
    23. Energy storage ×2for Front
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    25. Wind ×4
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    27. Con turret
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    29. TickTick ×7
    30. Con turret
    31. TickTick
    32. Wind
    33. TickTick
    34. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:40
    35. TickTick
    36. Con turret
    37. TickTick
    38. Wind
    39. TickTick
    40. Wind
    41. TickTick ×29
    42. Wind
    43. TickTick ×4
    44. Con turret
    45. TickTick
    46. Wind
    47. TickTick ×2
    48. Wind
    49. TickTick ×2
    50. Con turret
    51. TickTick ×2
    52. Wind
    53. TickTick ×6
    54. Wind
    55. TickTick ×4
    56. Wind
    57. TickTick ×2
    58. Con turret
    59. TickTick ×3
    60. Wind
    61. TickTick ×5
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick ×5
    64. Wind
    65. TickTick ×5
    66. Wind
    67. TickTick ×10
    68. Wind
    69. TickTick ×3
    70. Wind
    71. TickTick
    72. Wind
    73. TickTick ×3
    74. Con turret
    75. TickTick ×2
    76. Wind
    77. TickTick ×10
    78. Wind
    79. TickTick ×4
    80. Wind
    81. TickTick ×2
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick
    84. Wind
    85. TickTick ×4
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick ×2
    88. Wind
    89. TickTick
    90. Wind
    91. TickTick ×4
    92. Wind
    93. TickTick
    94. Wind
    95. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 12:55
    96. TickTick ×3
    97. Wind
    98. TickTick ×2
    99. Wind
    100. TickTick ×2
    101. Wind
    102. TickTick ×2
    103. Wind
    104. TickTick ×3
    105. Wind
    106. TickTick
    107. Con turret
    108. TickTick ×2
    109. Wind
    110. TickTick ×6
    111. Wind
    112. TickTick ×2
    113. Wind
    114. TickTick ×3
    115. Wind
    116. TickTick ×2
    117. Wind
    118. TickTick ×13
    119. Wind
    120. TickTick ×5
    121. Naval Energy Converter
    122. Wind
    123. TickTick ×4
    124. Wind
    125. TickTick ×4
    126. Wind
    127. TickTick
    128. Naval Energy Converter
    129. TickTick ×3
    130. Wind
    131. TickTick ×4
    132. Wind
    133. TickTick ×3
    134. Naval Energy Converter
    135. TickTick
    136. Wind
    137. TickTick ×8
    138. Naval Energy Converter
    139. TickTick
    140. Wind
    141. TickTick ×4
    142. Wind
    143. TickTick ×2
    144. Wind
    145. TickTick ×3
    146. Wind
    147. TickTick ×2
    148. Naval Energy Converter
    149. TickTick ×8
    150. Construction BotCon bot
    151. TickTick ×2
    152. Naval Energy Converter
    153. Wind
    154. TickTick ×3
    155. Wind
    156. TickTick ×3
    157. Wind
    158. TickTick ×4
    159. Wind
    160. TickTick ×2
    161. Naval Energy Converter
    162. TickTick
    163. Wind
    164. TickTick ×3
    165. Converter
    166. TickTick
    167. Wind
    168. TickTick
    169. Converter
    170. TickTick
    171. Wind
    172. TickTick ×2
    173. Wind
    174. Converter
    175. TickTick ×2
    176. Naval Energy Converter
    177. Wind
    178. TickTick ×2
    179. Wind
    180. TickTick ×2
    181. Converter
    182. TickTick
    183. Wind
    184. TickTick ×4
    185. Wind
    186. Converter
    187. TickTick
    188. Naval Energy Converter
    189. TickTick
    190. Wind
    191. TickTick ×5
    192. Wind
    193. TickTick ×3
    194. Naval Energy Converter
    195. TickTick ×3
    196. Converter
    197. TickTick ×2
    198. Con turret
    199. TickTick ×4
    200. Naval Energy Converter
    201. TickTick ×2
    202. Con turret
    203. Converter
    204. TickTick ×7
    205. Naval Energy Converter
    206. Converter
    207. TickTick
    208. Con turret
    209. TickTick ×3
    210. Converter
    211. TickTick ×3
    212. Converter
    213. TickTick
    214. Con turret
    215. TickTick
    216. Naval Energy Converter
    217. Converter
    218. TickTick ×4
    219. Converter
    220. Con turret
    221. TickTick ×5
    222. Naval Energy Converter
    223. TickTick
    224. Con turret
    225. TickTick
    226. Converter
    227. TickTick ×3
    228. Con turret
    229. TickTick ×3
    230. Converter
    231. TickTick
    232. Con turret
    233. TickTick ×2
    234. Naval Energy Converter
    235. TickTick ×2
    236. Con turret
    237. TickTick ×5
    238. Converter
    239. TickTick ×2
    240. Fusion ReactorFusion
    241. TickTick ×2
    242. Naval Energy Converter
    243. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [NWP]Kadafi923's (30 OS, 08/09/2026); 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

[NWP]Kadafi923

30.3 OS · 08/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
27 metal received · 21058 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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