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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 · 296 distinct matches · 131 players · 15% of Armada Pond games · team won 46% of 303 · 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 296 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. Tidal
    3. Tidalfor Tech
    4. Mex ×4
    5. Wind ×10
    6. Energy storage
    7. Bot LabBot Labdone 4:14 · 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 · 3 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    2. Con turret
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×2
  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 (50%)

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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is slimegirl3's (34 OS, 29/09/2026); 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

303 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0011500
2:0026800
3:0080000
4:00147400
5:00218400
6:00299600
7:003916210
8:004952170120
9:006225380316
10:007739611553
11:009678811867
12:001207311321296
13:001454615401874
14:001744821032493
15:002020125763248
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

slimegirl3

34.0 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
248 metal received · 75190 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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