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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 · 39 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal
    3. Tidalfor Geo
    4. Mex ×3
    5. Energy storage
    6. Mex
    7. Wind ×2for Air
    8. Wind ×2
    9. Con turret ×2
    10. Energy storage
    11. Converter
    12. Wind ×2
    13. Converter
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Converter
    16. Wind
    17. Converter
    18. Wind ×2
    19. Converter
    20. Wind
    21. Converter
    22. Wind ×2
    23. Converter
    24. Wind ×2
    25. Converter
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. Wind ×3
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:07 · typical 9:03
    30. Wind ×11
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3
    32. Fusion ReactorFusionfor Suicide frontdone 10:42
    33. Fusion ReactorFusion
    34. Wind
    35. Tidal
    36. Wind
    37. Tidal ×3
    38. Wind
    39. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:18 · 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

  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 · 94 steps
    1. Tidal ×2
    2. Converter
    3. Wind
    4. Converter
    5. Tidal ×2
    6. Converter
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Wind
    9. Converter
    10. Tidal
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Tidal
    13. Wind
    14. Converter
    15. Con turret
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. Tidal
    18. Converter
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. Tidal
    21. Con turret
    22. Converter
    23. Wind
    24. Tidal
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. Tidal
    29. Wind ×2
    30. Construction BotCon bot
    31. Con turret
    32. Wind
    33. Converter
    34. Tidal
    35. Wind
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. Wind
    38. Tidal
    39. Converter
    40. Wind ×2
    41. Construction BotCon bot
    42. Wind ×2
    43. Tidal
    44. Converter
    45. Construction BotCon bot
    46. Con turret
    47. Wind
    48. Construction BotCon bot
    49. Tidal
    50. Wind
    51. Converter
    52. Wind
    53. Construction BotCon bot
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Construction BotCon bot
    56. Tidal
    57. Wind
    58. Con turret
    59. Wind
    60. Converter
    61. Construction BotCon bot
    62. Wind
    63. Construction BotCon bot
    64. Tidal
    65. Wind
    66. Converter
    67. Wind
    68. Con turret
    69. Wind ×2
    70. Tidal
    71. Wind
    72. Experimental GantryExperimental Gantrynot finished by 15:00
    73. Wind
    74. Converter
    75. Wind
    76. Con turret
    77. Tidal
    78. Wind ×2
    79. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    80. Wind ×3
    81. Con turret
    82. Wind
    83. Tidal
    84. Converter ×2
    85. Wind ×2
    86. Tidal
    87. Wind ×2
    88. Tidal
    89. Wind
    90. Converter
    91. Wind ×2
    92. T2 converter
    93. Wind
    94. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is El_Turco's (38 OS, 09/10/2026); 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

El_Turco

38.2 OS · 09/10/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
21 metal received · 107451 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

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