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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Sangheili_Major's (30 OS, 16/08/2026); 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

Sangheili_Major

30.2 OS · 16/08/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
117 metal received · 25664 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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