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Armada Pond build order · Supreme Isthmus

Pond's usual economy-first play: Bot Lab around 5:35, boosting the fronts with tidal/wind, then Advanced Metal Extractor and T1 units to help front.

#eco #team support · 492 distinct matches · 109 players · 60% of Armada Pond games · team won 49% of 560 · 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 492 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 ~5:36, middle half 3:31–7:01

    Some games also: converter (45%)

    By 5:05 in all: 4 mex · 10 wind · 1 tidal · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 6 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Mex ×4
    3. Wind
    4. Wind ×2for Air
    5. Wind
    6. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:08 · typical 5:36
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine16Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    Army
    • Tick1 Tick

    Some games also: Lazarus (47%) · converter (45%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 31 wind · 1 tidal · 5 converter · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 146 steps
    1. CenturionCenturion
    2. Wind ×7
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind ×3
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Wind
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    10. PawnPawn
    11. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    12. Wind
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Wind ×3
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    18. Wind ×2
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. Wind ×4
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. Wind ×2
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. Wind ×2
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. Converter
    27. Wind
    28. Construction BotCon bot
    29. Wind ×2
    30. Converter
    31. Wind
    32. Construction BotCon bot
    33. Wind ×2
    34. Converter
    35. Wind ×3
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Converter ×2
    38. Wind ×4
    39. Converter
    40. Con turret
    41. Wind ×3
    42. Converter
    43. Wind
    44. Converter
    45. Wind ×4
    46. Converter ×2
    47. Wind
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:59 · typical 9:54
    49. Wind ×3
    50. Converter
    51. Wind ×4
    52. Converter ×2
    53. GoonGoon
    54. Converter ×2
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Converter
    58. Wind
    59. Converter ×4
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. Wind ×2
    62. Converter
    63. Wind ×2
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. Converter
    66. Wind ×4
    67. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 11:07
    68. Converter
    69. Wind ×2
    70. SeekerSeeker
    71. Converter
    72. SeekerSeeker ×2
    73. Wind ×2
    74. SeekerSeeker ×2
    75. Converter
    76. SeekerSeeker
    77. Wind ×3
    78. SeekerSeeker ×3
    79. Wind
    80. SeekerSeeker
    81. Converter
    82. Wind ×2
    83. SeekerSeeker
    84. Wind
    85. SeekerSeeker ×2
    86. Wind
    87. SeekerSeeker
    88. Converter
    89. Wind ×3
    90. SeekerSeeker
    91. Wind
    92. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    93. Wind ×3
    94. Converter
    95. Wind ×4
    96. Converter
    97. Wind ×5
    98. Converter
    99. Wind
    100. Metal storage
    101. Wind ×2
    102. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:58
    103. Wind
    104. Con turret
    105. Converter
    106. Wind ×4
    107. Converter
    108. Wind ×3
    109. Con turret
    110. Wind
    111. Converter
    112. Wind ×4
    113. Con turret
    114. Wind ×2
    115. Converter
    116. Wind ×3
    117. Con turret
    118. Wind
    119. Energy storage
    120. Wind
    121. Converter
    122. Wind ×2
    123. Con turret
    124. Wind ×5
    125. Converter
    126. Wind ×5
    127. T2 converter
    128. Converter
    129. Wind ×5
    130. AnemoneAnemone
    131. Converter
    132. Wind ×4
    133. TracerTracer
    134. Con turret
    135. Converter
    136. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    137. Wind ×3
    138. Con turret ×2
    139. AnemoneAnemone
    140. Wind
    141. Converter
    142. Wind ×2
    143. Con turret
    144. Wind
    145. Con turret
    146. Wind ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Thurley's (35 OS, 05/09/2026); 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 30% of games
  • Hephaestus1 Heavy transport from Air or Techfirst at 4:43 · in 38% of games
  • Fatboy1 Fatboy from Techfirst at 5:03 · in 40% of games
  • Sharpshooter2 Sniper bot from Techfirst at 5:16 · in 42% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 8:17 · in 93% 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

560 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0011500
2:0027300
3:0082000
4:00151000
5:00223100
6:00298500
7:0038494570
8:0047571239134
9:0057151964370
10:0069142772714
11:00841732701152
12:001038035821584
13:001269541901941
14:001506347542420
15:001770153163019
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

Thurley

35.2 OS · 05/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
1965 metal received · 58159 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab5:36Middle 50%: 3:31–7:01 · n=503
Advanced Metal Extractor9:54Middle 50%: 8:59–10:38 · n=508

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