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Standard pond

Standard Pond play: fast Bot Lab and early boosting into Advanced Metal Extractor, sending Tick/Pawn/Blitz to front while tidal-boosting allies throughout.

#eco #team support · 448 distinct matches · 96 players · 59% of Armada Pond games · team won 50% of 510 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Bot Lab by 5:42

  1. Open tidal, then wind to start boosting front's economy.
  2. Take mex and keep boosting wind or tidal depending on front's needs.
  3. Get a Bot Lab up, start sending Tick and Pawn to front.
  4. Add Advanced Metal Extractor to scale up team's economy.
  5. Switch to tick spam if enemy reaches T2 front before you do.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 448 GAMES
  1. 1
  2. 2
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
    • Wind Turbine10Wind
    • Tidal Generator8Tidalfor allies
    • Tidal Generator1Tidal
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 4 mex, 10 wind, 1 energy storagedone ~5:40, middle half 3:31–7:01

    Some games also: converter (44%)

    By 5:10 in all: 4 mex · 10 wind · 1 tidal · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 8 steps
    1. Tidal ×9for Suicide front
    2. Tidal
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Wind ×8
    5. Energy storage
    6. Converter ×4
    7. Wind ×8
    8. Bot LabBot Labdone 5:48 · typical 5:40
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine16Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot

    Some games also: tick (49%) · Lazarus (48%) · converter (43%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 31 wind · 1 tidal · 4 converter · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 224 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. Wind
    3. TickTick
    4. Wind
    5. TickTick
    6. Wind
    7. TickTick
    8. Wind
    9. TickTick
    10. Wind
    11. TickTick
    12. Wind
    13. TickTick
    14. Wind
    15. TickTick
    16. Wind
    17. TickTick
    18. Wind
    19. TickTick
    20. Wind
    21. TickTick
    22. Wind
    23. TickTick
    24. Wind
    25. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    26. Wind
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. Wind ×4
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Wind
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. Wind
    33. Construction BotCon bot
    34. Wind
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:10 · typical 9:56
    36. Wind ×5
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. Wind ×5
    39. Construction BotCon bot
    40. Wind ×4
    41. TickTick
    42. Wind
    43. TickTick
    44. Wind
    45. TickTick
    46. Wind
    47. TickTick ×2
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. TickTick ×2
    50. Wind ×2
    51. TickTick ×2
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. TickTick ×8
    54. Construction BotCon bot
    55. Wind
    56. Construction BotCon bot
    57. Wind ×2
    58. Construction BotCon bot
    59. Wind ×2
    60. Construction BotCon bot
    61. Wind ×2
    62. Construction BotCon bot
    63. Wind ×2
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. ShipyardShipyarddone 11:43
    66. Wind
    67. Construction BotCon bot
    68. Wind ×3
    69. Construction BotCon bot
    70. Wind ×4
    71. Construction ShipCon ship
    72. Wind ×4
    73. Construction BotCon bot
    74. Construction ShipCon ship
    75. Wind
    76. Converter
    77. Wind ×2
    78. Construction BotCon bot
    79. Wind
    80. Naval Energy Converter
    81. Converter
    82. Construction ShipCon ship
    83. Wind ×2
    84. Construction BotCon bot
    85. Naval Energy Converter
    86. Wind
    87. Converter
    88. Wind ×2
    89. Construction ShipCon ship
    90. TickTick
    91. Wind
    92. Construction BotCon bot
    93. Naval Energy Converter
    94. Wind ×2
    95. Converter
    96. Wind
    97. Construction ShipCon ship
    98. Wind
    99. Construction BotCon bot
    100. Naval Energy Converter
    101. Wind ×3
    102. Converter
    103. Construction BotCon bot
    104. Wind
    105. Naval Energy Converter
    106. Wind ×3
    107. Construction BotCon bot
    108. Converter
    109. Naval Energy Converter
    110. Wind ×3
    111. Naval Construction Turret
    112. Converter
    113. Wind ×2
    114. Construction BotCon bot
    115. Naval Energy Converter
    116. Wind ×2
    117. Converter
    118. Naval Construction Turret
    119. Wind ×2
    120. Construction BotCon bot
    121. Naval Energy Converter
    122. Converter
    123. Wind ×2
    124. Naval Construction Turret
    125. Wind
    126. Converter
    127. Wind ×3
    128. Naval Energy Converter
    129. TickTick
    130. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    131. Wind
    132. Converter
    133. Wind
    134. TickTick
    135. Wind
    136. Naval Construction Turret
    137. Wind ×2
    138. TickTick
    139. Converter
    140. TickTick
    141. Wind ×3
    142. Naval Energy Converter
    143. Wind
    144. TickTick
    145. Naval Construction Turret
    146. Converter
    147. Wind
    148. TickTick
    149. Wind
    150. Naval Construction Turret
    151. Wind ×2
    152. Naval Construction Turret
    153. TickTick
    154. Converter
    155. Wind
    156. Naval Energy Converter
    157. TickTick
    158. Wind
    159. Naval Construction Turret
    160. TickTick
    161. Wind
    162. Converter
    163. Wind ×3
    164. Naval Construction Turret
    165. TickTick
    166. Naval Construction Turret
    167. Naval Energy Converter
    168. Wind
    169. Converter
    170. TickTick
    171. Wind ×4
    172. TickTick
    173. Naval Construction Turret
    174. Converter
    175. Wind
    176. TickTick
    177. Wind ×2
    178. Converter
    179. Wind
    180. TickTick
    181. Wind
    182. Naval Energy Converter
    183. Wind
    184. TickTick
    185. Naval Construction Turret
    186. Wind ×2
    187. TickTick
    188. Wind ×2
    189. Converter
    190. Naval Construction Turret
    191. Naval Energy Converter
    192. Converter
    193. Wind
    194. TickTick
    195. Wind ×2
    196. TickTick
    197. Wind ×2
    198. Naval Energy Converter
    199. Wind
    200. Converter
    201. TickTick
    202. Wind ×2
    203. Converter
    204. Wind
    205. TickTick
    206. Naval Construction Turret
    207. Wind ×2
    208. TickTick
    209. Naval Energy Converter
    210. Wind
    211. Converter
    212. Wind
    213. Converter
    214. TickTick
    215. Wind
    216. Naval Construction Turret
    217. Wind
    218. Naval Construction Turret
    219. Wind
    220. Converter
    221. Wind
    222. Naval Energy Converter
    223. TickTick
    224. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Viltrum's (41 OS, 21/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Tidal Generator8 Tidal to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 0:10 · in 90% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Air or Techfirst at 4:26 · in 31% of games
  • Hephaestus1 Heavy transport from Air or Techfirst at 4:41 · in 38% of games
  • Fatboy1 Fatboy from Techfirst at 4:59 · in 40% of games
  • Sharpshooter2 Sniper bot from Techfirst at 5:15 · in 42% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 8:17 · in 92% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build, running totals by minute

Metal produced

010k20k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

02k4k6k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

02k4k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

510 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0011500
2:0027300
3:0081700
4:00151000
5:00223100
6:00298500
7:0038414800
8:0047421276148
9:0056932025379
10:0068722865720
11:00833433171188
12:001029036841616
13:001259342621966
14:001491447802454
15:001745653243030
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

This is the role's standard support job, winning slightly under half its games while contributing modest kills for modest losses.

  • + Keeps own losses fairly low relative to kills (2827 destroyed vs 756 lost by 10:00).
  • + Reaches T2 constructor reliably (89% of games) by 8:10.
  • − Metal production trails other roles at 6855 by 10:00.
  • − No kills registered by 5:00, slow to impact the fight.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Viltrum

41.5 OS · 21/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
92 metal received · 76359 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab5:40Middle 50%: 3:31–7:01 · n=459
Advanced Metal Extractor9:56Middle 50%: 9:01–10:38 · n=460

Played most by

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