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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 · 9 steps
    1. Tidal ×9for Suicide front
    2. Wind
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Wind ×4
    5. Solar
    6. Wind
    7. Energy storage
    8. Wind ×4
    9. Bot LabBot Labdone 4:45 · 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 · 86 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. RocketeerRocketeerfor Suicide front
    3. Con turret
    4. RocketeerRocketeerfor Suicide front
    5. Converter
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×5for Suicide front
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×2for Suicide front
    9. Wind
    10. RocketeerRocketeerfor Air
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Wind
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. Wind ×2
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. Wind ×2
    18. PawnPawn
    19. Wind
    20. PawnPawn
    21. Wind
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Wind ×2
    24. PawnPawn
    25. Wind
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Wind ×2
    28. PawnPawn
    29. Wind
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Wind
    32. PawnPawn
    33. CrossbowCrossbow
    34. Wind ×2
    35. CrossbowCrossbow
    36. Wind
    37. CrossbowCrossbow
    38. Wind
    39. NettleNettle
    40. Wind
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:31 · typical 9:54
    42. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    43. CrossbowCrossbow
    44. Wind ×2
    45. PawnPawn
    46. TickTick
    47. Construction BotCon bot
    48. Wind
    49. Mex
    50. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    51. Wind
    52. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    53. BeholderBeholder
    54. Wind
    55. Mexfor Suicide front
    56. Wind
    57. Construction BotCon bot
    58. Wind
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. Construction BotCon bot
    61. Wind ×2
    62. SentrySentry ×3
    63. TickTick ×2
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. TickTick
    66. SentrySentry
    67. Con turret
    68. TickTick
    69. SentrySentry
    70. TickTick ×8
    71. SentrySentry
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. TickTick ×8
    74. SentrySentry
    75. TickTick ×5
    76. Con turret
    77. TickTick ×5
    78. SentrySentry
    79. TickTick
    80. Con turret
    81. TickTick ×2
    82. Advanced solar
    83. TickTick ×2
    84. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    85. Con turret
    86. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant ×2done 14:54

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [BS]Hellzie's (40 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

[BS]Hellzie

40.5 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
36 metal received · 38281 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

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