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Armada Pond build order · Supreme Isthmus

Pond's usual economy-first play: Bot Lab around 5:35, boosting the fronts with tidal/wind, then Advanced Metal Extractor and T1 units to help front.

#eco #team support · 494 distinct matches · 109 players · 60% of Armada Pond games · team won 49% of 562 · 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 494 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 ~5:37, 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 · 44 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Mex ×4
    5. Converter ×4
    6. Wind ×12
    7. Con turret
    8. Wind ×3
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind
    11. Converter ×2
    12. Con turret
    13. Converter
    14. Con turret
    15. Wind
    16. Con turret
    17. Wind ×5
    18. Converter
    19. Wind
    20. Converter
    21. Wind
    22. Converter
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Converter ×2
    25. Wind ×2
    26. Converter ×2
    27. Wind
    28. Converter
    29. Wind
    30. Converter
    31. Wind
    32. Converter
    33. Wind ×2
    34. Converter
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Converter
    37. Wind ×2
    38. Converter
    39. Wind ×2
    40. Converter
    41. Wind
    42. Converter
    43. Wind ×4
    44. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:06 · typical 5:37
  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 · 192 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:30
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind ×13
    5. TickTick ×3
    6. Wind
    7. TickTick
    8. Wind
    9. TickTick ×6
    10. Wind
    11. TickTick ×3
    12. Wind
    13. TickTick ×3
    14. Wind
    15. TickTick ×3
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:48 · typical 9:54
    17. Wind ×2
    18. TickTick ×2
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    20. TickTick
    21. Wind ×2
    22. TickTick ×2
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    24. TickTick ×4
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    26. Wind ×2
    27. TickTick ×3
    28. Wind
    29. TickTick ×6
    30. Wind
    31. TickTick ×9
    32. Wind
    33. TickTick ×5
    34. Wind
    35. TickTick ×5
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. TickTick
    38. Wind
    39. Construction BotCon bot
    40. TickTick ×2
    41. Wind
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. TickTick
    44. Con turret
    45. Converter
    46. TickTick ×4
    47. Wind
    48. TickTick ×2
    49. Converter
    50. TickTick
    51. Wind
    52. TickTick ×2
    53. Wind ×2
    54. TickTick ×2
    55. Wind
    56. Converter
    57. TickTick ×2
    58. Wind
    59. TickTick
    60. Con turret
    61. TickTick ×3
    62. Converter
    63. TickTick ×7
    64. Converter
    65. Wind
    66. TickTick ×9
    67. Wind
    68. TickTick
    69. Converter
    70. TickTick ×3
    71. Wind
    72. TickTick ×4
    73. Con turret
    74. TickTick ×3
    75. Wind
    76. Converter
    77. TickTick
    78. Con turret
    79. TickTick ×6
    80. Wind
    81. TickTick
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick ×2
    84. Converter
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick
    87. Wind
    88. TickTick ×2
    89. Wind
    90. TickTick ×2
    91. Converter
    92. Wind
    93. TickTick ×2
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick ×4
    96. Wind
    97. Converter
    98. Wind
    99. TickTick ×6
    100. Converter
    101. TickTick ×2
    102. Wind ×2
    103. TickTick
    104. Wind ×2
    105. TickTick ×3
    106. Wind
    107. TickTick ×2
    108. Wind ×2
    109. TickTick ×2
    110. Converter
    111. TickTick ×2
    112. Wind ×2
    113. TickTick ×2
    114. Wind
    115. TickTick
    116. Wind
    117. TickTick ×2
    118. Wind ×2
    119. TickTick ×4
    120. Converter
    121. TickTick ×2
    122. Wind
    123. TickTick
    124. Wind
    125. TickTick
    126. Wind
    127. TickTick
    128. Con turret
    129. TickTick ×3
    130. Wind
    131. TickTick
    132. Wind
    133. TickTick
    134. Converter
    135. TickTick
    136. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:23
    137. Con turret
    138. TickTick ×2
    139. Wind
    140. TickTick ×2
    141. Wind
    142. TickTick ×7
    143. Converter
    144. TickTick
    145. Construction BotCon bot
    146. TickTick ×2
    147. Wind ×3
    148. TickTick
    149. Wind
    150. TickTick ×2
    151. Con turret
    152. TickTick
    153. Wind
    154. TickTick
    155. Wind
    156. TickTick ×2
    157. Construction BotCon bot
    158. Wind ×2
    159. TickTick ×4
    160. Wind
    161. TickTick ×2
    162. Wind
    163. TickTick
    164. Construction BotCon bot
    165. TickTick ×2
    166. Wind
    167. TickTick
    168. Wind
    169. TickTick
    170. Wind
    171. TickTick
    172. Wind
    173. TickTick ×2
    174. Wind ×3
    175. TickTick
    176. Construction BotCon bot
    177. TickTick
    178. Wind ×2
    179. TickTick ×3
    180. Wind
    181. TickTick
    182. Wind ×3
    183. TickTick ×3
    184. Wind
    185. Construction BotCon bot
    186. TickTick
    187. Wind ×2
    188. TickTick ×2
    189. Wind
    190. TickTick
    191. Wind
    192. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is ChaoticNoob's (35 OS, 01/10/2026); 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

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Air or Techfirst at 4:26 · in 30% of games
  • Hephaestus1 Heavy transport from Air or Techfirst at 4:43 · in 38% of games
  • Fatboy1 Fatboy from Techfirst at 5:03 · in 40% of games
  • Sharpshooter2 Sniper bot from Techfirst at 5:16 · in 42% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 8:17 · in 93% 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

562 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0011500
2:0027300
3:0081800
4:00151000
5:00223100
6:00298500
7:0038494530
8:0047571239130
9:0057151964370
10:0069142760712
11:00841732691148
12:001038835781584
13:001269641821941
14:001510047442425
15:001770553043026
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

ChaoticNoob

35.0 OS · 01/10/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
83 metal received · 30402 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab5:37Middle 50%: 3:32–7:02 · n=505
Advanced Metal Extractor9:54Middle 50%: 8:58–10:38 · n=510

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