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Armada Pond build order · Supreme Isthmus

Economy-first Pond play: boost front via wind or tidal, Bot Lab around 5:36 then Advanced Metal Extractor, sending T1 units like Tick, Pawn and Blitz forward to help hold the middle until T2 arrives.

#eco #team support · 522 distinct matches · 111 players · 60% of Armada Pond games · team won 49% of 590 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Bot Lab by 5:42

  1. Open tidal, then wind to start boosting front's economy.
  2. Take mex and keep boosting wind or tidal depending on front's needs.
  3. Get a Bot Lab up, start sending Tick and Pawn to front.
  4. Add Advanced Metal Extractor to scale up team's economy.
  5. Switch to tick spam if enemy reaches T2 front before you do.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 522 GAMES
  1. 1
  2. 2
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
    • Wind Turbine10Wind
    • Tidal Generator8Tidalfor allies
    • Tidal Generator1Tidal
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 4 mex, 10 wind, 1 energy storagedone ~5:35, middle half 3:32–7:02

    Some games also: converter (45%)

    By 5:07 in all: 4 mex · 10 wind · 1 tidal · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Wind
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 2:54 · typical 5:35
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine16Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    Army
    • Tick1 Tick

    Some games also: Lazarus (47%) · converter (45%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 31 wind · 1 tidal · 5 converter · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 83 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind
    5. Con turret
    6. Wind
    7. Energy storage
    8. Wind ×14
    9. Converter ×2
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Con turret
    12. Wind ×2
    13. Converter ×2
    14. Energy storage
    15. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:55
    16. RoverScout ×5
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. RoverScout ×9
    19. Mex
    20. RoverScout ×5
    21. Converter
    22. RoverScout
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    24. Converter
    25. RoverScout
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    27. Converter
    28. RoverScout
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    30. Converter
    31. RoverScout
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    33. RoverScout
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    35. RoverScout
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    37. RoverScout
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    39. RoverScout
    40. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    41. RoverScout
    42. Con turret
    43. RoverScout ×2
    44. SentrySentry
    45. RoverScout ×3
    46. SentrySentry
    47. Con turret
    48. SentrySentry
    49. BlitzBlitz ×2
    50. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    57. BlitzBlitz
    58. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    59. BlitzBlitz ×3
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:01 · typical 9:54
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. Energy storage
    64. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    65. CastroCastro
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    68. CastroCastro
    69. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    70. BlitzBlitz ×7
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. BlitzBlitz ×2
    73. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    74. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:27
    75. Con turret ×2
    76. Wind
    77. Converter
    78. Solar
    79. Converter
    80. Solar ×2
    81. Converter
    82. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labnot finished by 15:00
    83. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is zeus_on_god's (38 OS, 03/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Tidal Generator8 Tidal to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 0:10 · in 90% of games

You get

  • Hephaestus1 Heavy transport from Air or Techfirst at 4:43 · in 39% of games
  • Fatboy1 Fatboy from Techfirst at 5:03 · in 40% of games
  • Sharpshooter2 Sniper bot from Techfirst at 5:16 · in 41% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 8:17 · in 92% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build, running totals by minute

Metal produced

010k20k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

02k4k6k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

02k4k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

590 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0011500
2:0027400
3:0082100
4:00151000
5:00223100
6:00298500
7:0038464470
8:0047591226134
9:0057111957367
10:0069042754708
11:00841632671152
12:001038835741577
13:001270041761944
14:001505247162454
15:001770152843046
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

This is the role's standard support job, winning slightly under half its games while contributing modest kills for modest losses.

  • + Keeps own losses fairly low relative to kills (2827 destroyed vs 756 lost by 10:00).
  • + Reaches T2 constructor reliably (89% of games) by 8:10.
  • − Metal production trails other roles at 6855 by 10:00.
  • − No kills registered by 5:00, slow to impact the fight.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

zeus_on_god

38.2 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
11 metal received · 29423 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab5:35Middle 50%: 3:32–7:02 · n=530
Advanced Metal Extractor9:54Middle 50%: 8:59–10:41 · n=535

Played most by

Viltrum45games of this buildTeaner40games of this buildUsurpeR28games of this buildzeus_on_god26games of this buildKOT_21games of this build
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