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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 · 297 distinct matches · 131 players · 15% of Armada Pond games · team won 46% of 304 · 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 297 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 · 6 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. Naval Energy Storage
    4. Naval Energy Converter
    5. Mex ×4
    6. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:42 · typical 3:38
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine2Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot

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

    By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 9 wind · 1 tidal · 1 converter · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 9 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Con turret
    8. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    9. Wind
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

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

    Some games also: con bot (49%) · tick (42%) · 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 · 215 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Con turret
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Converter
    5. Wind
    6. Converter
    7. Wind
    8. Converter
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Converter ×2
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Converter ×2
    13. Wind ×4
    14. Converter
    15. Wind ×3
    16. Converter
    17. Wind ×6
    18. Converter
    19. Wind ×2
    20. Converter
    21. Wind ×2
    22. Converter
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Converter
    25. Wind ×2
    26. TickTick
    27. Converter
    28. Wind
    29. TickTick
    30. Converter
    31. Wind ×3
    32. TickTick
    33. Converter
    34. Wind ×2
    35. TickTick
    36. Converter
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:15 · typical 9:03
    38. Wind
    39. Converter
    40. TickTick
    41. Wind ×2
    42. TickTick
    43. Converter
    44. Wind
    45. Converter
    46. Wind
    47. TickTick
    48. Wind ×2
    49. Converter
    50. TickTick
    51. Wind ×3
    52. Converter
    53. TickTick
    54. Wind ×2
    55. TickTick
    56. Wind ×2
    57. TickTick
    58. Wind
    59. Converter
    60. Wind ×5
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. Converter
    63. Wind ×5
    64. Converter
    65. Wind ×3
    66. Converter
    67. Wind ×5
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. Wind
    70. Converter
    71. Wind ×6
    72. Converter
    73. Wind ×6
    74. Converter
    75. Wind ×3
    76. Converter
    77. Wind ×2
    78. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    79. Wind ×2
    80. Converter
    81. Wind ×2
    82. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 10:30
    83. Wind
    84. FalconFighter
    85. Wind
    86. FalconFighter
    87. Wind
    88. FalconFighter
    89. Wind
    90. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:48
    91. Converter
    92. FalconFighter
    93. Wind
    94. FalconFighter
    95. Metal storage
    96. Converter
    97. Wind
    98. FalconFighter
    99. Wind
    100. FalconFighter
    101. Wind ×3
    102. FalconFighter ×2
    103. Wind
    104. FalconFighter
    105. Converter
    106. FalconFighter
    107. Wind
    108. FalconFighter
    109. Wind
    110. FalconFighter
    111. TickTick
    112. FalconFighter
    113. Wind
    114. TickTick
    115. FalconFighter
    116. TickTick
    117. FalconFighter
    118. Converter
    119. Wind
    120. TickTick
    121. FalconFighter
    122. TickTick
    123. FalconFighter
    124. Wind
    125. TickTick
    126. FalconFighter
    127. TickTick
    128. FalconFighter
    129. Wind
    130. TickTick
    131. FalconFighter
    132. TickTick
    133. Metal storage
    134. Converter
    135. Wind
    136. TickTick
    137. FalconFighter
    138. Wind
    139. TickTick
    140. Wind
    141. FalconFighter
    142. TickTick
    143. Wind
    144. FalconFighter
    145. Wind
    146. TickTick
    147. FalconFighter
    148. TickTick
    149. Wind
    150. FalconFighter
    151. Wind
    152. TickTick
    153. FalconFighter
    154. Wind
    155. TickTick
    156. FalconFighter
    157. Wind
    158. TickTick
    159. FalconFighter
    160. Wind
    161. TickTick
    162. FalconFighter
    163. Wind
    164. TickTick
    165. FalconFighter
    166. Con turret
    167. Wind
    168. TickTick
    169. Wind
    170. FalconFighter
    171. TickTick
    172. Wind
    173. FalconFighter
    174. TickTick
    175. Wind
    176. FalconFighter
    177. Con turret
    178. TickTick
    179. Wind
    180. FalconFighter
    181. TickTick
    182. Wind
    183. FalconFighter
    184. Con turret
    185. TickTick
    186. FalconFighter
    187. Wind
    188. TickTick
    189. Wind
    190. FalconFighter
    191. Con turret
    192. TickTick
    193. Wind
    194. FalconFighter
    195. Con turret
    196. Wind
    197. TickTick
    198. FalconFighter
    199. Con turret
    200. TickTick
    201. Wind
    202. Con turret
    203. FalconFighter
    204. Wind
    205. TickTick
    206. Con turret
    207. FalconFighter
    208. TickTick
    209. Wind
    210. T2 converter
    211. FalconFighter
    212. Wind
    213. TickTick
    214. FalconFighter
    215. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is DrSmack's (31 OS, 04/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Tidal Generator8 Tidal to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 0:11 · 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

304 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0011500
2:0026800
3:0079900
4:00147300
5:00218500
6:00299500
7:003910210
8:004948170117
9:006223379316
10:007705611552
11:009645842855
12:001205211691289
13:001453815531876
14:001742721342535
15:002018825993249
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

DrSmack

31.5 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
312 metal received · 253478 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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