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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 · 6 steps
    1. Tidal ×2for Suicide front
    2. Tidal
    3. Tidal ×6for Suicide front
    4. Mex ×4
    5. Wind ×2
    6. 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 · 14 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind ×3
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Wind ×2
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Wind
    11. Converter
    12. Con turret
    13. Converter ×2
    14. Wind
  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 · 130 steps
    1. Energy storage
    2. Wind ×3
    3. PawnPawn ×2
    4. Wind
    5. SentrySentry
    6. PawnPawn ×2
    7. Wind
    8. PawnPawn
    9. Wind
    10. PawnPawn ×2
    11. Wind
    12. PawnPawn ×2
    13. Wind
    14. PawnPawn
    15. TickTick
    16. Wind
    17. TickTick ×2
    18. Converter
    19. TickTick
    20. Wind
    21. TickTick
    22. Converter
    23. TickTick
    24. Wind
    25. Converter
    26. TickTick
    27. Wind
    28. TickTick
    29. Converter
    30. Construction BotCon bot
    31. Wind
    32. Converter
    33. Wind
    34. LazarusLazarus
    35. Converter
    36. Wind
    37. TickTick
    38. Converter
    39. TickTick
    40. Wind
    41. Con turret
    42. TickTick
    43. Wind
    44. Converter
    45. TickTick
    46. Wind
    47. TickTick
    48. Wind
    49. TickTick ×3
    50. Wind ×2
    51. TickTick
    52. Construction BotCon bot
    53. Wind
    54. TickTick ×3
    55. Wind
    56. TickTick ×2
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick ×2
    59. Wind
    60. TickTick ×3
    61. Wind
    62. TickTick ×4
    63. Wind
    64. TickTick
    65. Wind
    66. TickTick ×3
    67. Wind
    68. TickTick ×2
    69. Wind
    70. TickTick ×3
    71. Wind
    72. Con turret
    73. TickTick
    74. Wind ×2
    75. TickTick ×2
    76. Wind
    77. TickTick
    78. Wind
    79. TickTick ×2
    80. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:23 · typical 9:03
    81. TickTick
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick ×2
    84. Wind
    85. TickTick
    86. Wind ×3
    87. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    88. Wind ×3
    89. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    90. Wind
    91. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:40
    92. Wind ×2
    93. Construction BotCon bot
    94. Wind ×4
    95. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    96. Wind ×3
    97. TickTick ×2
    98. Wind
    99. TickTick
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick ×4
    102. Con turret
    103. Wind
    104. TickTick
    105. Wind
    106. TickTick ×3
    107. Wind
    108. TickTick ×2
    109. Wind
    110. TickTick ×2
    111. Wind
    112. TickTick ×3
    113. Wind
    114. TickTick
    115. Wind
    116. TickTick ×2
    117. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    118. TickTick
    119. Converter
    120. Wind ×2
    121. TickTick
    122. Wind
    123. Converter
    124. TickTick
    125. Wind
    126. TickTick
    127. Wind
    128. TickTick ×3
    129. Wind
    130. TickTick ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Kurosul's (34 OS, 18/09/2026); 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

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

Kurosul

34.0 OS · 18/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
215 metal received · 19158 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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