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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 · 298 distinct matches · 132 players · 15% of Armada Pond games · team won 46% of 305 · 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 298 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 3:12–4:57

    By 3:21 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind · 1 tidal · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Tidal ×6for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. Mex ×3
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:04 · typical 3:38
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot

    Some games also: con turret (44%) · Lazarus (44%) · converter (35%)

    By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 8 wind · 1 tidal · 1 converter · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 10 steps
    1. Converter ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Mex
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Con turret
    7. SentrySentry
    8. TickTick
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Wind
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine28Wind
    • Energy Converter6Converter
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret

    Some games also: con bot (50%) · tick (43%) · 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 · 98 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. TickTick
    3. CenturionCenturionfor Suicide front
    4. Wind ×3
    5. CenturionCenturionfor Suicide front
    6. Wind
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Wind
    9. TickTick ×2
    10. Con turret
    11. TickTick ×6
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:10 · typical 9:03
    13. TickTick ×2
    14. Wind
    15. TickTick
    16. Wind ×2
    17. TickTick
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    19. TickTick
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    22. Wind ×2
    23. TickTick ×2
    24. Wind
    25. TickTick
    26. Wind
    27. TickTick ×3
    28. Wind
    29. TickTick
    30. Wind
    31. TickTick
    32. Wind
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. TickTick
    35. Wind
    36. TickTick
    37. Wind
    38. TickTick
    39. Wind
    40. TickTick
    41. Wind
    42. TickTick
    43. Wind
    44. TickTick
    45. Wind
    46. TickTick
    47. Wind
    48. TickTick ×2
    49. Wind ×2
    50. TickTick ×2
    51. Wind ×2
    52. TickTick
    53. Wind
    54. TickTick
    55. NettleNettle
    56. TickTick
    57. Wind
    58. NettleNettle
    59. TickTick ×2
    60. NettleNettle
    61. TickTick ×2
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick ×2
    64. NettleNettle
    65. TickTick ×3
    66. Wind
    67. Energy storage
    68. TickTick ×3
    69. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:46
    70. Con turret
    71. TickTick ×7
    72. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:30
    73. TickTick ×16
    74. Solar
    75. TickTick ×2
    76. Solar
    77. TickTick ×26
    78. LazarusLazarus ×2
    79. Con turret
    80. LazarusLazarus
    81. Con turret
    82. LazarusLazarus ×7
    83. Pit BullPit Bull
    84. PawnPawn ×6
    85. Con turret
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Con turret
    88. Converter
    89. PawnPawn
    90. Con turret
    91. PawnPawn ×2
    92. Con turret
    93. PlatypusPlatypus
    94. PawnPawn ×2
    95. Converter
    96. PawnPawn ×8
    97. PlatypusPlatypus
    98. PawnPawn ×5

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is IhavenoIQ's (35 OS, 11/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Tidal Generator8 Tidal to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 0:11 · 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

305 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0011500
2:0026800
3:0079900
4:00147400
5:00218400
6:00299300
7:003903210
8:004943170126
9:006225380324
10:007739610550
11:009711807842
12:001207611681296
13:001460115651874
14:001752221032493
15:002024825763248
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

IhavenoIQ

34.6 OS · 11/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
196 metal received · 20753 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab3:38Middle 50%: 3:12–4:57 · n=279
Advanced Metal Extractor9:03Middle 50%: 7:58–10:03 · n=262

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