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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 · 8 steps
    1. Tidal ×12for Suicide front
    2. Tidal
    3. Converter
    4. Mex ×3
    5. Wind ×4
    6. Mex
    7. Wind ×4
    8. Bot LabBot Labdone 4:12 · 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 · 7 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. PawnPawn ×3
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. PawnPawn
    6. Wind ×2
    7. PawnPawn
  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 · 189 steps
    1. Converter
    2. PawnPawn ×2
    3. Converter
    4. PawnPawn
    5. Wind
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Wind
    8. PawnPawn
    9. Wind
    10. PawnPawn
    11. Wind
    12. PawnPawn
    13. Converter
    14. Energy storage
    15. PawnPawn ×3
    16. TickTick
    17. Converter
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:41 · typical 9:03
    19. PawnPawn
    20. TickTick ×3
    21. Wind
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. Wind ×2
    24. TickTick
    25. Wind
    26. TickTick ×2
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. Wind
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    30. TickTick
    31. Wind
    32. TickTick ×2
    33. Converter
    34. Construction BotCon bot
    35. Converter
    36. TickTick
    37. Wind
    38. Converter
    39. TickTick
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. TickTick ×5
    42. Wind
    43. TickTick ×2
    44. Wind
    45. Construction BotCon bot
    46. Converter
    47. Wind
    48. TickTick ×2
    49. Wind
    50. TickTick ×2
    51. Construction BotCon bot
    52. Wind
    53. Converter
    54. Wind
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. Construction BotCon bot
    57. Wind ×2
    58. Construction BotCon bot
    59. Wind ×3
    60. Construction BotCon bot
    61. Wind ×2
    62. Construction BotCon bot
    63. Wind
    64. Con turret
    65. Wind
    66. Construction BotCon bot
    67. Wind
    68. LazarusLazarus
    69. Wind ×2
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Wind ×2
    72. LazarusLazarus
    73. Wind
    74. PawnPawn
    75. Wind
    76. LazarusLazarus
    77. Wind
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Wind
    80. LazarusLazarus
    81. Cloakable Fusion ReactorCloakable Fusion Reactordone 14:52
    82. Wind
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Converter
    85. Wind
    86. LazarusLazarus
    87. Converter
    88. Metal storage
    89. Wind
    90. Metal storage
    91. PawnPawn
    92. BeamerBeamer
    93. LazarusLazarus
    94. Converter
    95. Wind ×2
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Converter
    98. Wind
    99. LazarusLazarus
    100. Wind ×2
    101. PawnPawn
    102. Converter
    103. Wind
    104. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    105. LazarusLazarus
    106. Wind
    107. PawnPawn
    108. TickTick
    109. Converter
    110. Wind ×2
    111. TickTick ×2
    112. Con turret
    113. TickTick
    114. Wind
    115. Con turret
    116. Wind
    117. TickTick
    118. PawnPawn
    119. Converter
    120. Wind
    121. TickTick
    122. BeamerBeamer
    123. Wind ×2
    124. TickTick
    125. Wind
    126. TickTick
    127. Wind
    128. Converter
    129. TickTick
    130. Con turret
    131. BeamerBeamer
    132. Wind ×2
    133. TickTick
    134. PawnPawn
    135. Wind
    136. Converter
    137. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    138. Wind
    139. PawnPawn
    140. Wind
    141. PawnPawn
    142. Con turret
    143. Wind
    144. BeamerBeamer
    145. Wind
    146. PawnPawn
    147. Converter
    148. PawnPawn
    149. SentrySentry
    150. Wind ×2
    151. PawnPawn
    152. TickTick
    153. Wind
    154. Con turret
    155. SentrySentry
    156. TickTick
    157. Con turret
    158. Converter
    159. TickTick
    160. Wind ×2
    161. TickTick
    162. NettleNettle
    163. TickTick
    164. Wind
    165. Con turret
    166. TickTick
    167. Wind
    168. TickTick
    169. NettleNettle
    170. Wind
    171. Converter
    172. TickTick ×2
    173. Wind ×2
    174. TickTick ×2
    175. Wind
    176. BeamerBeamer
    177. TickTick
    178. Wind
    179. Converter
    180. TickTick ×2
    181. Wind
    182. TickTick
    183. Wind
    184. TickTick
    185. Wind ×2
    186. TickTick
    187. Wind ×2
    188. TickTick
    189. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Ph3nomix's (34 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

Ph3nomix

34.0 OS · 05/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
491 metal received · 45153 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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