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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. Tidal ×2
    3. Wind
    4. Naval Energy Storage
    5. Mex ×4
    6. Converter
    7. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:29 · 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 · 4 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×9for Front
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. RocketeerRocketeerfor Front
  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 · 128 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×4
    2. TickTick ×4
    3. Con turret
    4. TickTick ×7
    5. Con turret
    6. TickTick ×7
    7. Wind
    8. TickTick ×2
    9. Wind
    10. TickTick ×2
    11. Wind
    12. TickTick ×2
    13. Wind
    14. TickTick
    15. Wind
    16. TickTick ×2
    17. Wind ×2
    18. TickTick ×2
    19. Wind ×2
    20. TickTick ×3
    21. Wind
    22. Con turret
    23. TickTick ×2
    24. Wind
    25. TickTick ×2
    26. Wind
    27. TickTick ×2
    28. Wind
    29. TickTick
    30. Wind
    31. TickTick
    32. Converter
    33. TickTick
    34. Converter
    35. Wind
    36. TickTick ×2
    37. Wind
    38. TickTick
    39. Wind
    40. TickTick
    41. Wind
    42. TickTick
    43. Wind
    44. TickTick
    45. Wind ×2
    46. TickTick ×2
    47. Wind ×2
    48. TickTick
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:22 · typical 9:03
    50. TickTick
    51. Wind ×2
    52. TickTick ×2
    53. Wind
    54. TickTick ×2
    55. Converter
    56. Wind
    57. LazarusLazarus
    58. Converter
    59. Wind
    60. TickTick ×3
    61. Converter
    62. TickTick
    63. Wind
    64. TickTick
    65. Converter
    66. TickTick ×2
    67. Wind ×2
    68. TickTick ×2
    69. Wind
    70. TickTick
    71. Wind
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. TickTick
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick
    76. Wind ×2
    77. TickTick
    78. Wind ×2
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. TickTick
    81. Wind ×2
    82. TickTick ×3
    83. Converter
    84. Wind
    85. TickTick
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick
    88. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    89. Converter ×2
    90. TickTick
    91. Converter
    92. TickTick
    93. Wind
    94. TickTick
    95. Wind ×3
    96. TickTick
    97. Wind ×2
    98. TickTick
    99. Wind ×2
    100. TickTick
    101. Wind ×2
    102. TickTick
    103. Wind ×2
    104. TickTick
    105. Converter
    106. Wind
    107. TickTick
    108. Converter
    109. Wind
    110. TickTick
    111. Wind
    112. Converter
    113. TickTick
    114. Wind
    115. TickTick
    116. Converter
    117. Wind
    118. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    119. Wind
    120. TickTick
    121. Wind
    122. Construction BotCon bot
    123. Wind ×7
    124. Converter
    125. TickTick
    126. Wind
    127. Converter
    128. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is CookieTwoStep's (30 OS, 25/09/2026); 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

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

CookieTwoStep

30.0 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
185 metal received · 69640 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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