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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 · 299 distinct matches · 132 players · 15% of Armada Pond games · team won 46% of 306 · 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 299 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 3:12–4:57

    By 3:21 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind · 1 tidal · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Tidal ×12for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. Converter ×3
    4. Mex ×4
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 4:17 · 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 (43%) · 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 · 2 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    2. 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 (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 · 221 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick ×3
    5. Wind
    6. TickTick ×4
    7. Wind
    8. TickTick
    9. Wind
    10. TickTick ×3
    11. Wind
    12. TickTick ×2
    13. Wind
    14. TickTick ×3
    15. Wind
    16. TickTick
    17. Wind
    18. TickTick ×2
    19. Wind
    20. TickTick ×2
    21. Wind
    22. TickTick
    23. Wind
    24. TickTick ×2
    25. Wind
    26. TickTick ×2
    27. Wind
    28. TickTick ×2
    29. Wind
    30. TickTick
    31. Wind
    32. TickTick ×3
    33. Wind
    34. TickTick ×2
    35. Wind
    36. TickTick
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. Wind ×2
    39. TickTick ×2
    40. Wind
    41. TickTick
    42. Converter ×2
    43. TickTick
    44. Converter
    45. Wind
    46. TickTick
    47. Wind
    48. TickTick
    49. Wind
    50. TickTick
    51. Wind
    52. TickTick
    53. Wind
    54. TickTick ×2
    55. Converter
    56. TickTick
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick ×2
    59. Wind
    60. TickTick ×2
    61. Wind
    62. TickTick ×3
    63. Wind
    64. TickTick
    65. Wind
    66. TickTick ×2
    67. Wind ×2
    68. TickTick
    69. Converter
    70. TickTick
    71. Wind ×2
    72. TickTick
    73. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:01 · typical 9:03
    74. TickTick
    75. Wind ×2
    76. TickTick
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick
    79. Converter
    80. Wind
    81. TickTick
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick
    84. Wind
    85. Converter
    86. TickTick
    87. Wind
    88. TickTick
    89. Wind
    90. TickTick
    91. Wind
    92. TickTick
    93. Metal storage
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick
    98. Converter
    99. Wind
    100. TickTick
    101. Wind
    102. TickTick
    103. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    104. Wind
    105. TickTick
    106. Wind
    107. TickTick
    108. Wind
    109. TickTick
    110. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    111. Wind
    112. TickTick
    113. Con turret
    114. TickTick
    115. Wind
    116. TickTick ×2
    117. Con turret
    118. TickTick
    119. Wind
    120. TickTick ×2
    121. Con turret
    122. Wind
    123. TickTick ×3
    124. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    125. TickTick ×10
    126. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    127. TickTick
    128. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 12:02
    129. TickTick ×6
    130. Con turret
    131. TickTick ×2
    132. CenturionCenturion ×2
    133. Con turret
    134. CenturionCenturion ×2
    135. Con turret
    136. CenturionCenturion
    137. TickTick
    138. Con turret
    139. TickTick ×3
    140. Con turret
    141. TickTick ×3
    142. Con turret
    143. TickTick
    144. ButlerButler
    145. TickTick
    146. Con turret
    147. TickTick
    148. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    149. TickTick
    150. ButlerButler
    151. TickTick
    152. Con turret
    153. TickTick
    154. ButlerButler
    155. TickTick
    156. Con turret
    157. TickTick
    158. ButlerButler
    159. Advanced solar
    160. TickTick
    161. Con turret
    162. ButlerButler ×5
    163. Con turret
    164. TickTick ×2
    165. Wind
    166. TickTick ×2
    167. Wind
    168. TickTick ×2
    169. Wind
    170. TickTick
    171. Wind
    172. TickTick
    173. Wind
    174. TickTick
    175. Wind
    176. TickTick ×2
    177. Wind
    178. TickTick ×2
    179. Wind
    180. TickTick
    181. Wind
    182. TickTick
    183. Wind ×2
    184. TickTick
    185. Wind
    186. TickTick
    187. Wind
    188. TickTick
    189. Wind
    190. TickTick
    191. Wind
    192. TickTick
    193. Wind
    194. TickTick ×3
    195. Wind
    196. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    197. Wind
    198. TickTick ×2
    199. Wind
    200. TickTick
    201. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:38
    202. Wind ×2
    203. TickTick
    204. Con turret
    205. Wind ×3
    206. TickTick
    207. Wind ×3
    208. Con turret
    209. Wind
    210. TickTick
    211. Wind ×2
    212. TickTick
    213. Wind ×3
    214. TickTick ×2
    215. Wind ×3
    216. TickTick ×3
    217. Wind ×3
    218. TickTick ×3
    219. Wind ×3
    220. TickTick ×3
    221. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is VanillaChan's (30 OS, 23/09/2026); 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 7:37 · 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

306 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0011500
2:0026800
3:0079900
4:00147300
5:00218400
6:00299100
7:003903210
8:004942170123
9:006223379320
10:007725605545
11:009695809834
12:001207511691289
13:001460815531876
14:001752420702512
15:002026625723249
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

VanillaChan

30.4 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

20 received units · includes a constructor
74 metal received · 24664 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab3:38Middle 50%: 3:12–4:57 · n=279
Advanced Metal Extractor9:03Middle 50%: 7:59–10:04 · n=263

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