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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 · 8 steps
    1. Tidal ×9
    2. Mex ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Wind ×3
    5. Wind ×4for Air
    6. Wind ×3
    7. Converter ×6
    8. Bot LabBot Labdone 5:39 · 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 · 135 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    2. TickTick ×5
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    4. SentrySentry
    5. TickTick
    6. SentrySentry
    7. TickTick ×11
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    11. TickTick
    12. Wind
    13. Mex
    14. TickTick ×3
    15. Wind
    16. TickTick ×2
    17. Con turret
    18. Wind
    19. TickTick ×2
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Wind
    22. TickTick ×3
    23. SentrySentry
    24. Wind
    25. TickTick
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:35 · typical 9:54
    27. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    28. TickTick ×2
    29. Wind
    30. TickTick ×3
    31. Wind
    32. TickTick ×3
    33. Wind
    34. TickTick ×2
    35. Mex
    36. TickTick
    37. Wind
    38. TickTick ×2
    39. SentrySentry
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. TickTick
    42. SentrySentry
    43. Wind
    44. TickTick ×3
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. Wind
    47. TickTick ×2
    48. Wind
    49. TickTick ×2
    50. Wind
    51. TickTick ×2
    52. Wind
    53. TickTick ×2
    54. Wind
    55. TickTick
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. TickTick ×2
    58. Wind
    59. Construction BotCon bot
    60. Wind ×2
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. Wind
    63. Construction BotCon bot
    64. Wind ×3
    65. Construction BotCon bot
    66. Wind ×3
    67. Construction BotCon bot
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Construction BotCon bot
    70. Wind ×2
    71. TickTick
    72. Wind
    73. TickTick ×2
    74. Wind ×2
    75. Con turret
    76. TickTick
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick
    79. Wind ×2
    80. TickTick
    81. Con turret ×2
    82. TickTick
    83. Wind ×2
    84. TickTick
    85. Con turret
    86. Wind ×3
    87. TickTick
    88. Con turret
    89. Wind ×2
    90. TickTick
    91. Wind
    92. Solar
    93. Wind
    94. TickTick
    95. Wind
    96. Solar ×2
    97. TickTick
    98. Wind ×3
    99. Solar
    100. Con turret
    101. Solar
    102. TickTick
    103. Wind
    104. Con turret
    105. Wind
    106. TickTick
    107. Wind
    108. Con turret
    109. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    110. Wind ×2
    111. TickTick
    112. Wind ×2
    113. Converter
    114. Wind
    115. TickTick
    116. Converter
    117. Wind
    118. Converter ×2
    119. Wind
    120. TickTick
    121. Converter
    122. Con turret
    123. Wind
    124. Converter
    125. Wind
    126. TickTick
    127. Converter
    128. Wind
    129. TickTick
    130. Wind
    131. Converter
    132. TickTick
    133. Wind
    134. Converter
    135. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is KOT_'s (39 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

KOT_

38.6 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
305 metal received · 33850 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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