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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 · 5 steps
    1. Tidal ×9for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Windfor Air
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:07 · 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 · 11 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Windfor Air
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. Converter
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Wind
    8. Energy storage
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind ×5
    11. PawnPawn
  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 · 96 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. PawnPawn
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. PawnPawn
    5. Wind
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Wind
    8. PawnPawn
    9. Wind
    10. PawnPawn
    11. Wind ×2
    12. PawnPawn
    13. Wind
    14. Energy storage
    15. PawnPawn ×3
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. Wind
    18. PawnPawn
    19. Wind
    20. PawnPawn
    21. Wind
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Wind
    24. PawnPawn
    25. SentrySentry
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Wind
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. LazarusLazarus
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Wind
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Wind ×2
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:46 · typical 9:03
    40. PawnPawn
    41. RocketeerRocketeer
    42. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    43. Wind
    44. RocketeerRocketeer
    45. PawnPawn ×2
    46. Wind
    47. PawnPawn ×2
    48. BeholderBeholder
    49. Wind
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Wind
    53. PawnPawn ×3
    54. NettleNettle
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Construction BotCon bot
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. NettleNettle
    59. Construction BotCon bot
    60. PawnPawn ×3
    61. Con turret
    62. PawnPawn ×3
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. Con turret
    65. PawnPawn ×2
    66. Con turret
    67. PawnPawn ×2
    68. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 12:23
    69. TickTick ×2
    70. Con turret
    71. TickTick ×2
    72. Converter
    73. TickTick
    74. Con turret
    75. TickTick
    76. Con turret
    77. TickTick
    78. Converter
    79. TickTick ×2
    80. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    81. Converter ×2
    82. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 13:09
    83. Converter ×6
    84. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Suicide front
    85. Converter ×2
    86. SentrySentry
    87. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Front
    88. Converter ×2
    89. SentrySentry
    90. Converter
    91. GhostGhost ×2
    92. SharpshooterSniper bot ×2done 14:12
    93. SentrySentry
    94. SmugglerJammer bot
    95. CompassRadar bot
    96. SharpshooterSniper bot ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Flerpz's (32 OS, 15/08/2026); 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

Flerpz

31.7 OS · 15/08/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
153 metal received · 59814 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

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