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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 · 4 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×4
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:15 · 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 · 7 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×3
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Converter ×4
    4. Con turret
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. Con turret
    7. Wind
  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 · 262 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Converter
    3. Wind ×7
    4. Converter
    5. Wind ×6
    6. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    7. Wind ×3
    8. Converter
    9. Wind ×6
    10. Converter
    11. Wind ×9
    12. Converter
    13. Wind ×5
    14. Converter
    15. Wind ×6
    16. Bot LabBot Labdone 7:13
    17. Wind
    18. Converter
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:47 · typical 9:03
    20. Wind
    21. TickTick
    22. Wind ×2
    23. Converter
    24. Wind
    25. TickTick ×6
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    27. TickTick ×15
    28. Con turret
    29. Wind ×2
    30. TickTick
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    32. TickTick ×2
    33. Wind
    34. TickTick ×2
    35. Wind
    36. TickTick ×4
    37. Wind ×2
    38. TickTick
    39. Converter
    40. Wind
    41. TickTick ×3
    42. Wind
    43. TickTick
    44. Converter
    45. TickTick ×2
    46. Wind
    47. TickTick ×2
    48. Wind
    49. TickTick
    50. Converter
    51. TickTick
    52. Wind
    53. TickTick ×2
    54. Wind
    55. TickTick
    56. Wind
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. Converter
    59. TickTick
    60. Wind
    61. TickTick ×2
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick
    64. Wind
    65. TickTick
    66. Converter
    67. TickTick
    68. Wind
    69. TickTick
    70. Wind
    71. TickTick ×2
    72. Converter
    73. TickTick
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick ×3
    76. Converter
    77. TickTick
    78. Wind
    79. TickTick
    80. Wind
    81. Con turret
    82. TickTick
    83. Converter
    84. TickTick ×2
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick
    87. Wind
    88. TickTick ×2
    89. Converter
    90. Wind
    91. TickTick
    92. Wind
    93. TickTick
    94. Wind
    95. Con turret
    96. TickTick
    97. Con turret
    98. TickTick ×2
    99. Converter
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick
    102. Con turret
    103. TickTick ×3
    104. Wind
    105. Converter
    106. TickTick ×3
    107. Wind ×2
    108. TickTick ×2
    109. Converter
    110. TickTick
    111. Wind
    112. TickTick
    113. Wind ×2
    114. TickTick
    115. Wind
    116. TickTick
    117. Wind
    118. TickTick
    119. Wind ×2
    120. TickTick
    121. Converter
    122. TickTick
    123. Wind
    124. TickTick
    125. Wind ×2
    126. TickTick
    127. Wind
    128. TickTick
    129. Wind ×2
    130. TickTick
    131. Converter
    132. Wind ×2
    133. TickTick ×2
    134. Wind ×2
    135. TickTick
    136. Wind ×2
    137. TickTick
    138. Wind
    139. TickTick
    140. Wind
    141. Converter
    142. TickTick
    143. Wind
    144. TickTick
    145. Wind
    146. TickTick
    147. Wind
    148. TickTick ×2
    149. Wind ×2
    150. TickTick
    151. Converter
    152. TickTick
    153. Wind
    154. TickTick
    155. Wind
    156. TickTick ×3
    157. Converter
    158. TickTick
    159. Wind
    160. TickTick ×4
    161. Converter
    162. Wind
    163. TickTick
    164. Wind
    165. TickTick ×2
    166. Wind
    167. TickTick
    168. Converter
    169. TickTick ×3
    170. Wind
    171. TickTick
    172. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:31
    173. Converter
    174. TickTick
    175. Wind
    176. TickTick
    177. Wind
    178. TickTick ×3
    179. Converter
    180. TickTick ×2
    181. Wind
    182. TickTick ×3
    183. Wind
    184. Converter
    185. TickTick ×3
    186. Wind
    187. TickTick ×2
    188. T2 converter
    189. Converter
    190. TickTick
    191. Wind
    192. TickTick ×2
    193. Con turret
    194. TickTick
    195. Converter
    196. TickTick
    197. Con turret
    198. TickTick ×2
    199. Wind
    200. TickTick
    201. Con turret
    202. TickTick
    203. Con turret
    204. Wind
    205. TickTick
    206. Wind
    207. Con turret
    208. TickTick
    209. Con turret
    210. TickTick
    211. Con turret
    212. Wind ×2
    213. TickTick
    214. Con turret ×2
    215. TickTick
    216. Wind ×2
    217. TickTick ×2
    218. Wind ×2
    219. TickTick
    220. Fusion ReactorFusion
    221. Wind
    222. Converter
    223. TickTick ×2
    224. Wind
    225. TickTick ×2
    226. Converter
    227. TickTick
    228. Wind
    229. TickTick ×3
    230. Wind ×2
    231. Converter
    232. TickTick
    233. Wind
    234. TickTick ×2
    235. Converter
    236. Wind
    237. TickTick ×3
    238. Wind
    239. TickTick
    240. Converter
    241. TickTick
    242. Wind
    243. TickTick
    244. T2 converter
    245. TickTick
    246. Wind ×2
    247. TickTick
    248. Converter
    249. TickTick
    250. Wind
    251. TickTick ×3
    252. Converter
    253. TickTick ×2
    254. Wind
    255. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    256. TickTick ×2
    257. Wind
    258. TickTick
    259. Converter
    260. TickTick
    261. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantnot finished by 15:00
    262. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Uporcpine's (30 OS, 19/08/2026); 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

Uporcpine

30.4 OS · 19/08/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
65 metal received · 14155 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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