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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 ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. Tidalfor Geo
    4. Tidal
    5. Converter ×2
    6. Mex ×4
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:44 · 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. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. Con turret ×2
    4. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
  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 · 207 steps
    1. Converter ×2
    2. Con turret
    3. Converter
    4. Wind
    5. Converter
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Converter
    8. Wind ×2
    9. Converter
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Converter
    12. Wind ×2
    13. Converter
    14. Wind ×4
    15. Converter
    16. Wind ×3
    17. Converter
    18. Wind ×3
    19. Converter
    20. Wind ×3
    21. Converter
    22. Wind ×2
    23. Converter
    24. Wind ×5
    25. Converter ×2
    26. Wind
    27. Converter ×2
    28. Wind
    29. Converter ×2
    30. Wind
    31. Converter ×2
    32. Wind
    33. Converter
    34. Wind
    35. Converter
    36. Wind
    37. Converter ×2
    38. Wind
    39. Converter ×2
    40. Wind
    41. Converter
    42. Wind
    43. Converter
    44. Wind
    45. Energy storage
    46. Converter
    47. Wind ×2
    48. Converter
    49. Wind
    50. Converter
    51. Wind ×2
    52. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:59
    53. Wind
    54. TickTick
    55. Wind ×2
    56. TickTick ×3
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick
    59. Wind
    60. TickTick
    61. Wind
    62. TickTick
    63. Wind
    64. TickTick
    65. Wind ×2
    66. TickTick
    67. Wind
    68. TickTick
    69. Wind ×2
    70. TickTick
    71. Wind ×2
    72. TickTick
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick
    75. Wind
    76. Converter
    77. TickTick
    78. Wind ×2
    79. TickTick
    80. Wind
    81. Converter
    82. TickTick
    83. Wind
    84. Converter
    85. TickTick
    86. Wind ×2
    87. TickTick
    88. Converter
    89. TickTick
    90. Wind ×2
    91. TickTick
    92. Converter
    93. Wind
    94. TickTick
    95. Wind
    96. Converter
    97. Wind
    98. TickTick
    99. Wind
    100. TickTick
    101. Wind ×2
    102. TickTick
    103. Wind ×2
    104. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:17 · typical 9:03
    105. Wind
    106. TickTick
    107. Wind ×3
    108. TickTick
    109. Wind
    110. TickTick
    111. Wind ×2
    112. TickTick
    113. Wind ×3
    114. TickTick
    115. Wind ×2
    116. TickTick
    117. Wind
    118. TickTick
    119. Wind ×3
    120. TickTick
    121. Wind
    122. TickTick
    123. Wind
    124. TickTick
    125. Wind
    126. TickTick
    127. Wind
    128. TickTick ×2
    129. Wind
    130. Con turret
    131. Wind
    132. TickTick
    133. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    134. TickTick
    135. Wind
    136. TickTick
    137. Con turret
    138. Wind
    139. TickTick
    140. Wind
    141. Con turret
    142. TickTick
    143. Wind
    144. TickTick
    145. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    146. EllysawFrigate
    147. TickTick
    148. Wind
    149. Converter
    150. TickTick
    151. EllysawFrigate
    152. TickTick
    153. Converter
    154. TickTick
    155. Wind
    156. EllysawFrigate
    157. TickTick
    158. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    159. Wind
    160. TickTick ×2
    161. Wind
    162. CorsairDestroyerdone 13:10
    163. TickTick
    164. Converter
    165. TickTick ×3
    166. Wind
    167. TickTick
    168. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    169. CorsairDestroyer
    170. TickTick
    171. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    172. Wind
    173. TickTick
    174. Converter
    175. TickTick ×4
    176. PersecutorPersecutornot finished by 15:00
    177. CorsairDestroyer
    178. TickTick ×3
    179. Converter
    180. TickTick ×2
    181. EllysawFrigate
    182. TickTick
    183. Converter
    184. TickTick ×2
    185. DolphinDolphin
    186. TickTick
    187. Converter
    188. TickTick
    189. DolphinDolphin
    190. TickTick ×3
    191. Converter
    192. TickTick
    193. DolphinDolphin
    194. TickTick ×2
    195. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    196. TickTick
    197. Converter
    198. DolphinDolphin
    199. TickTick ×3
    200. Converter
    201. DolphinDolphin
    202. TickTick ×3
    203. Converter
    204. TickTick
    205. DolphinDolphin
    206. TickTick ×2
    207. DolphinDolphin

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Ricecrispyguy's (32 OS, 21/08/2026); 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

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

Ricecrispyguy

31.5 OS · 21/08/2026

Open source match ↗

46 received units · includes a constructor
683 metal received · 87193 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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