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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 · 296 distinct matches · 131 players · 15% of Armada Pond games · team won 46% of 303 · 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 296 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 · 5 steps
    1. Tidal ×9for Front
    2. Mex ×4
    3. Wind ×3for Tech
    4. Bot LabBot Labfor Techdone 3:12 · typical 3:38
    5. Construction BotCon bot
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot

    Some games also: con turret (44%) · Lazarus (44%) · converter (35%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 11 steps
    1. Construction BotCon botfor Tech
    2. Con turretfor Tech
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    4. Energy storagefor Tech
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2for Tech
    6. Wind ×2for Tech
    7. Construction BotCon botfor Tech
    8. Windfor Tech
    9. Construction BotCon botfor Tech
    10. Wind ×5for Tech
    11. Construction BotCon botfor Tech
  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 (50%)

    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 · 224 steps
    1. Naval Energy Converterfor Tech
    2. Wind ×2for Tech
    3. Naval Energy Converterfor Tech
    4. Wind ×2for Tech
    5. Naval Energy Converterfor Tech
    6. Wind ×3for Tech
    7. Naval Energy Converterfor Tech
    8. Wind ×2for Tech
    9. Con turretfor Tech
    10. Naval Energy Converterfor Tech
    11. Wind ×2for Tech
    12. Naval Energy Converterfor Tech
    13. TickTick
    14. Windfor Tech
    15. Con turretfor Tech
    16. TickTick
    17. Naval Energy Converterfor Tech
    18. Wind ×2for Tech
    19. TickTick
    20. Naval Energy Converterfor Tech
    21. Wind ×2for Tech
    22. TickTick
    23. Windfor Tech
    24. Naval Energy Converterfor Tech
    25. Wind ×2for Tech
    26. TickTick
    27. Wind ×3for Tech
    28. TickTick
    29. Naval Energy Converter
    30. Wind ×2for Tech
    31. TickTick
    32. Windfor Tech
    33. TickTick
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Techdone 7:58 · typical 9:03
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Wind ×7for Tech
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Wind ×6for Tech
    39. Converterfor Tech
    40. Wind ×10for Tech
    41. Converterfor Tech
    42. LazarusLazarus
    43. Converterfor Tech
    44. Wind ×3for Tech
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Tech
    46. Wind ×2for Tech
    47. LazarusLazarus
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Converterfor Tech
    50. Wind ×3for Tech
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Converterfor Tech
    53. Wind ×3for Tech
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Converterfor Tech
    56. Windfor Tech
    57. PawnPawn
    58. Windfor Tech
    59. Converterfor Tech
    60. Windfor Tech
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Windfor Tech
    63. Converterfor Tech
    64. Windfor Tech
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Wind ×2for Tech
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Converterfor Tech
    69. Windfor Tech
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Windfor Tech
    72. Converterfor Tech
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Wind
    75. Windfor Tech
    76. Converterfor Tech
    77. Windfor Tech
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Wind
    80. Converterfor Tech
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Wind ×2for Tech
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Windfor Tech
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Tech
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Windfor Tech
    90. Wind
    91. PawnPawn
    92. Windfor Tech
    93. PawnPawn ×2
    94. Wind
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Wind ×2for Tech
    97. PawnPawn
    98. Wind
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Windfor Tech
    101. PawnPawn
    102. Windfor Tech
    103. PawnPawn
    104. Wind
    105. Bot LabBot Labfor Techdone 10:15
    106. PawnPawn
    107. Windfor Tech
    108. Wind
    109. Wind ×2for Tech
    110. LazarusLazarus
    111. Wind
    112. Converterfor Tech
    113. Wind ×2for Tech
    114. Wind
    115. LazarusLazarus
    116. PawnPawn
    117. LazarusLazarus
    118. Wind
    119. Windfor Tech
    120. PawnPawn
    121. Windfor Tech
    122. LazarusLazarus
    123. PawnPawn
    124. Wind
    125. PawnPawn
    126. Windfor Tech
    127. Converterfor Tech
    128. PawnPawn
    129. Windfor Tech
    130. PawnPawn
    131. Wind
    132. PawnPawn ×3
    133. Wind ×2for Tech
    134. Wind
    135. PawnPawn ×4
    136. Wind
    137. Windfor Tech
    138. PawnPawn
    139. Windfor Tech
    140. PawnPawn ×2
    141. Windfor Tech
    142. PawnPawn ×2
    143. Wind
    144. PawnPawn ×2
    145. Windfor Tech
    146. Converterfor Tech
    147. Windfor Tech
    148. PawnPawn ×2
    149. Wind
    150. PawnPawn ×2
    151. Windfor Tech
    152. PawnPawn
    153. Wind
    154. PawnPawn
    155. Windfor Tech
    156. PawnPawn ×2
    157. Windfor Tech
    158. Wind
    159. PawnPawn ×3
    160. Wind ×2for Tech
    161. PawnPawn
    162. Wind
    163. PawnPawn ×3
    164. Windfor Tech
    165. PawnPawn
    166. Wind
    167. Converterfor Tech
    168. Windfor Tech
    169. PawnPawn ×4
    170. Windfor Tech
    171. Wind
    172. PawnPawn ×2
    173. Windfor Tech
    174. PawnPawn
    175. Wind
    176. PawnPawn
    177. Windfor Tech
    178. PawnPawn
    179. Construction BotCon bot ×2for Tech
    180. Wind
    181. Wind ×2for Tech
    182. PawnPawn ×2
    183. Wind
    184. Windfor Tech
    185. PawnPawn
    186. Converterfor Tech
    187. PawnPawn
    188. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Tech
    189. Windfor Tech
    190. PawnPawn
    191. Con turretfor Tech
    192. Wind
    193. PawnPawn
    194. Windfor Tech
    195. Con turretfor Tech
    196. Wind
    197. Windfor Tech
    198. PawnPawn
    199. Windfor Tech
    200. Con turretfor Tech
    201. PawnPawn ×2
    202. Wind
    203. PawnPawn
    204. Windfor Tech
    205. PawnPawn
    206. Windfor Tech
    207. PawnPawn
    208. Con turretfor Tech
    209. Wind
    210. PawnPawn
    211. Windfor Tech
    212. Converterfor Tech
    213. Con turretfor Tech
    214. PawnPawn ×2
    215. Windfor Tech
    216. PawnPawn
    217. Windfor Tech
    218. Wind
    219. PawnPawn
    220. PawnPawnfor Tech
    221. PawnPawn
    222. PawnPawn ×3for Tech
    223. Windfor Tech
    224. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Sinobi's (36 OS, 04/08/2026); 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

303 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0011500
2:0026800
3:0080000
4:00147400
5:00218400
6:00299600
7:003916210
8:004952170120
9:006225380316
10:007739611553
11:009678811867
12:001207311321296
13:001454615401874
14:001744821032493
15:002020125763248
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

Sinobi

35.8 OS · 04/08/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
51 metal received · 23786 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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