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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 ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. Mex ×3
    4. Solar
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:00 · 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 · 15 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Mex
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    6. Wind
    7. Energy storage
    8. Wind ×2
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Converter ×2
    11. Wind ×3
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Wind
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. 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 · 139 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind ×4
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind ×4
    6. Converter
    7. Con turret
    8. Wind ×3
    9. Converter
    10. Wind ×3
    11. Converter
    12. Wind ×2
    13. Converter
    14. Wind ×4
    15. Converter
    16. Wind ×3
    17. Converter
    18. Wind ×4
    19. Converter
    20. Wind ×3
    21. Converter
    22. Wind ×2
    23. Con turret
    24. Wind
    25. Converter
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Converter
    28. Wind ×4
    29. Converter
    30. Wind ×3
    31. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    32. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:44
    33. Converter
    34. Wind ×4
    35. Converter
    36. BlitzBlitz
    37. Wind
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. Wind ×3
    40. BlitzBlitz
    41. Converter
    42. Wind
    43. BlitzBlitz
    44. Converter
    45. Wind
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. Wind ×3
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Converter
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. Wind ×3
    52. BlitzBlitz
    53. Wind
    54. BlitzBlitz
    55. Wind ×3
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. Wind
    58. Converter
    59. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    60. Wind
    61. Converter
    62. Wind ×2
    63. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    64. Wind
    65. Converter
    66. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    67. Wind
    68. Converter
    69. Wind ×2
    70. BlitzBlitz
    71. Wind
    72. Converter
    73. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    74. Wind
    75. Converter
    76. Wind ×2
    77. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    78. Wind
    79. Converter
    80. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    81. Wind ×2
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:41 · typical 9:03
    83. BlitzBlitz
    84. Converter
    85. Wind ×3
    86. Converter
    87. Wind ×4
    88. Converter
    89. Wind ×2
    90. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    91. Wind
    92. Converter
    93. Wind ×3
    94. Converter
    95. Wind ×4
    96. Converter
    97. Wind ×2
    98. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    99. Converter
    100. Con turret
    101. Wind ×3
    102. Converter
    103. Wind
    104. Con turret
    105. Wind ×3
    106. Converter
    107. Wind ×2
    108. Converter
    109. Wind
    110. Con turret
    111. Wind ×2
    112. Con turret
    113. Wind ×5
    114. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    115. Wind ×24
    116. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 12:54
    117. Wind ×10
    118. Converter
    119. Wind ×2
    120. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:03
    121. Converter
    122. Wind ×2
    123. T2 converter
    124. Wind
    125. Converter
    126. Wind
    127. Con turret
    128. Wind ×2
    129. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    130. Converter
    131. Wind ×2
    132. Con turret
    133. Wind ×2
    134. Converter
    135. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:39
    136. Wind ×4
    137. BlitzBlitz ×2
    138. Wind ×2
    139. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Sangheili_Major's (31 OS, 20/08/2026); 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

Sangheili_Major

31.0 OS · 20/08/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
76 metal received · 82153 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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