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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 ×9for Front
    2. Tidal
    3. Mex ×3
    4. Wind
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 2:39 · 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 · 17 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Mex
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×4
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Wind ×3
    9. Energy storage
    10. Wind ×3
    11. Converter
    12. Wind ×3
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Converter
    15. Wind ×3
    16. Converter
    17. Wind ×2
  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 · 167 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Converter
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Con turret
    7. Wind
    8. Converter
    9. Wind ×2
    10. MaceMacefor Suicide front
    11. Wind
    12. Converter
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Converter
    15. Wind
    16. Converter
    17. Wind
    18. MaceMacefor Suicide front
    19. Wind
    20. MaceMacefor Suicide front
    21. Wind ×4
    22. MaceMacefor Suicide front
    23. Wind ×4
    24. MaceMacefor Suicide front
    25. Wind ×3
    26. MaceMacefor Suicide front
    27. Wind ×5
    28. MaceMacefor Suicide front
    29. Wind ×2
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:49 · typical 9:03
    31. Wind ×7
    32. Converter
    33. Wind ×3
    34. MaceMace
    35. Wind
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. Wind ×3
    38. Converter
    39. Wind ×7
    40. Converter
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. Wind ×5
    43. Construction BotCon bot
    44. Wind ×2
    45. Converter
    46. Wind ×2
    47. Con turret
    48. Wind
    49. Construction BotCon bot
    50. Wind ×3
    51. Converter
    52. Wind
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. Wind
    55. Construction BotCon bot
    56. Wind ×3
    57. Con turret
    58. Converter
    59. Wind ×2
    60. Con turret
    61. Wind
    62. Construction BotCon bot
    63. Wind ×2
    64. Converter
    65. Con turret
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Con turret
    68. Converter
    69. Wind
    70. Construction BotCon bot
    71. Con turret
    72. Wind ×2
    73. Con turret
    74. Converter
    75. Wind ×3
    76. Converter
    77. Con turret
    78. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:05
    79. Wind ×5
    80. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    81. Converter
    82. Wind ×4
    83. Converter
    84. Wind ×4
    85. Converter
    86. Wind ×4
    87. Converter
    88. Wind ×2
    89. Converter
    90. Wind
    91. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:18
    92. Wind
    93. Converter
    94. Wind ×2
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. Wind
    97. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00
    98. BlitzBlitz
    99. Wind
    100. Converter
    101. Wind
    102. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    103. Wind
    104. BlitzBlitz
    105. Wind
    106. BlitzBlitz
    107. Wind
    108. Converter
    109. BlitzBlitz
    110. Wind
    111. BlitzBlitz
    112. Wind
    113. BlitzBlitz
    114. Wind
    115. Converter
    116. BlitzBlitz
    117. Wind
    118. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:53
    119. BlitzBlitz
    120. Wind
    121. BlitzBlitz ×2
    122. Wind
    123. BlitzBlitz
    124. Wind
    125. BlitzBlitz ×2
    126. Converter
    127. Wind
    128. BlitzBlitz
    129. T2 converter
    130. BlitzBlitz ×2
    131. Wind
    132. BlitzBlitz
    133. Wind
    134. BlitzBlitz ×3
    135. Wind
    136. Converter
    137. BlitzBlitz
    138. Wind
    139. BlitzBlitz
    140. Wind
    141. BlitzBlitz
    142. Wind
    143. BlitzBlitz ×2
    144. Wind
    145. BlitzBlitz
    146. Converter
    147. Wind
    148. BlitzBlitz ×2
    149. Wind ×2
    150. BlitzBlitz ×3
    151. Wind
    152. BlitzBlitz ×2
    153. Converter
    154. Wind
    155. BlitzBlitz
    156. Wind
    157. BlitzBlitz
    158. Wind
    159. BlitzBlitz ×2
    160. Wind
    161. BlitzBlitz ×2
    162. Wind ×2
    163. Converter
    164. BlitzBlitz
    165. Wind
    166. BlitzBlitz ×3
    167. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Sangheili_Major's (30 OS, 24/08/2026); 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 · 24/08/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
324 metal received · 40537 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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