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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 · 301 distinct matches · 132 players · 15% of Armada Pond games · team won 46% of 308 · 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 301 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 3:12–4:55

    By 3:21 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind · 1 tidal · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 110 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Wind
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Wind ×5
    5. Energy storage
    6. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 3:25
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    8. ShellshockerArty ×4for Suicide front
    9. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    10. Wind
    11. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    12. Wind
    13. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    14. Wind ×5
    15. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    16. Wind
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Wind ×3
    19. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Converter
    22. Wind ×5
    23. BlitzBlitz
    24. RoverScout
    25. Wind ×2
    26. RoverScout
    27. Wind
    28. Converter
    29. RoverScout
    30. Con turret
    31. RoverScout
    32. Wind ×2
    33. RoverScout ×2
    34. Converter
    35. Wind ×2
    36. RoverScout
    37. Wind ×3
    38. RoverScout
    39. Wind ×3
    40. Converter
    41. Wind ×2
    42. RoverScout
    43. Wind ×2
    44. RoverScout
    45. Wind ×4
    46. Converter
    47. RoverScout
    48. Wind ×5
    49. RoverScout
    50. Wind ×4
    51. Converter
    52. RoverScout
    53. Wind ×2
    54. RoverScout
    55. Wind ×3
    56. Converter
    57. RoverScout
    58. Converter
    59. RoverScout
    60. Converter
    61. Wind ×3
    62. RoverScout
    63. Wind
    64. RoverScout
    65. Converter
    66. RoverScout
    67. Wind ×2
    68. Converter
    69. Wind ×2
    70. Converter
    71. RoverScout
    72. Con turret
    73. RoverScout
    74. Wind ×4
    75. RoverScout ×2
    76. Converter
    77. RoverScout
    78. Wind
    79. RoverScout
    80. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:38 · typical 9:04
    81. Wind ×3
    82. RoverScout
    83. Wind ×2
    84. RoverScout
    85. Wind
    86. RoverScout
    87. Converter
    88. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    89. Wind
    90. RoverScout ×2
    91. Wind
    92. Converter
    93. RoverScout
    94. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    95. RoverScout ×2
    96. Wind
    97. RoverScout ×2
    98. Wind
    99. Converter
    100. RoverScout
    101. Wind
    102. RoverScout
    103. Con turret
    104. Wind ×2
    105. RoverScout
    106. Wind
    107. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    108. Con turret
    109. RoverScout
    110. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:55 · typical 3:38
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot

    Some games also: Lazarus (44%) · con turret (44%) · converter (34%)

    By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 8 wind · 1 tidal · 1 converter · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret

  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine28Wind
    • Energy Converter6Converter
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret

    Some games also: con bot (50%) · tick (43%) · 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 · 136 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. RoverScout
    3. Wind
    4. Converter
    5. Wind
    6. TickTick
    7. RoverScout
    8. TickTick
    9. RoverScout
    10. TickTick
    11. RoverScout
    12. TickTick
    13. Wind
    14. RoverScout
    15. TickTick
    16. Wind
    17. RoverScout
    18. TickTick
    19. RoverScout
    20. TickTick
    21. Wind
    22. RoverScout
    23. Wind
    24. TickTick
    25. RoverScout
    26. TickTick
    27. RoverScout
    28. TickTick
    29. RoverScout
    30. TickTick
    31. RoverScout
    32. TickTick
    33. RoverScout
    34. Wind ×2
    35. TickTick
    36. RoverScout
    37. TickTick
    38. Con turret
    39. Converter
    40. Wind ×2
    41. TickTick
    42. RoverScout
    43. TickTick
    44. RoverScout
    45. Con turret
    46. TickTick
    47. Wind
    48. TickTick
    49. Wind
    50. TickTick
    51. RoverScout
    52. TickTick
    53. RoverScout
    54. TickTick
    55. RoverScout
    56. TickTick
    57. Wind
    58. RoverScout
    59. Wind
    60. TickTick
    61. RoverScout
    62. TickTick
    63. RoverScout
    64. TickTick
    65. Converter
    66. RoverScout
    67. TickTick
    68. RoverScout
    69. TickTick
    70. RoverScout
    71. Wind
    72. TickTick
    73. Wind
    74. RoverScout
    75. TickTick
    76. Con turret ×2
    77. TickTick
    78. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:22
    79. TickTick
    80. Wind ×2
    81. RoverScout
    82. TickTick
    83. RoverScout
    84. TickTick
    85. RoverScout
    86. TickTick
    87. Wind ×2
    88. Construction BotCon bot
    89. RoverScout
    90. TickTick
    91. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    92. RoverScout
    93. Wind
    94. Converter
    95. Wind
    96. TickTick
    97. RoverScout
    98. TickTick
    99. RoverScout
    100. TickTick
    101. Construction BotCon bot
    102. RoverScout
    103. TickTick ×3
    104. Wind
    105. RoverScout
    106. TickTick
    107. Wind
    108. TickTick
    109. RoverScout
    110. TickTick ×2
    111. RoverScout
    112. TickTick
    113. RoverScout
    114. TickTick ×2
    115. Wind
    116. TickTick
    117. RoverScout
    118. TickTick
    119. RoverScout
    120. TickTick ×2
    121. Wind ×2
    122. RoverScout
    123. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    124. RoverScout
    125. TickTick
    126. RoverScout
    127. TickTick
    128. Wind
    129. TickTick
    130. RoverScout
    131. TickTick
    132. Wind
    133. Converter
    134. Wind
    135. RoverScout
    136. TickTick ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Spongeb0b's (31 OS, 16/08/2026); 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 7:38 · 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

308 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0011500
2:0026800
3:0079900
4:00147300
5:00218400
6:00298600
7:003902210
8:004936170126
9:006219379330
10:007705605552
11:009672809855
12:001206611691289
13:001457415531876
14:001748520702535
15:002022525723254
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

Spongeb0b

31.2 OS · 16/08/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
77 metal received · 25455 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab3:38Middle 50%: 3:12–4:55 · n=281
Advanced Metal Extractor9:04Middle 50%: 7:59–10:04 · n=264

Played most by

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