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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Guhhh's (31 OS, 06/10/2026); 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

Guhhh

30.5 OS · 06/10/2026

Open source match ↗

10 received units · includes a constructor
1637 metal received · 13657 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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