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Standard pond

Standard Pond play: fast Bot Lab and early boosting into Advanced Metal Extractor, sending Tick/Pawn/Blitz to front while tidal-boosting allies throughout.

#eco #team support · 486 distinct matches · 107 players · 59% of Armada Pond games · team won 50% of 553 · 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 486 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 ~5:36, middle half 3:31–7:00

    Some games also: converter (45%)

    By 5:05 in all: 4 mex · 10 wind · 1 tidal · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 6 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Wind ×3
    5. Energy storage
    6. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:31 · typical 5:36
  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 (48%) · 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 · 259 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×7
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Wind
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Wind
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Wind
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Wind ×7
    16. Converter ×2
    17. Wind ×2
    18. Converter
    19. Wind ×3
    20. Converter
    21. Wind ×2
    22. Converter
    23. Wind ×3
    24. Converter
    25. Wind
    26. Converter
    27. Wind ×3
    28. Converter ×2
    29. Wind ×3
    30. Converter
    31. Wind ×3
    32. Converter ×2
    33. Wind ×3
    34. Converter
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Converter
    37. Wind
    38. Converter
    39. Wind ×3
    40. Converter ×2
    41. Wind ×3
    42. Converter
    43. Wind ×2
    44. Converter
    45. Wind ×4
    46. Converter
    47. Wind ×5
    48. Con turret
    49. Wind
    50. Converter
    51. Wind ×2
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:32 · typical 9:54
    53. Wind ×2
    54. Converter
    55. Mexfor Suicide front
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Bot LabBot Labfor Suicide frontdone 8:30
    58. Wind ×2
    59. Converter ×3
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. Converter
    62. Mexfor Suicide front
    63. Wind
    64. Converter
    65. Mexfor Suicide front
    66. Converter
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. Converter
    69. SentrySentry
    70. Converter ×2
    71. Mex
    72. Converter
    73. SentrySentry
    74. Wind
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    76. Converter
    77. SentrySentry
    78. Wind
    79. SentrySentry
    80. Wind
    81. Converter
    82. Wind ×2
    83. Converter
    84. Wind ×3
    85. Converter
    86. Wind ×3
    87. AnemoneAnemone
    88. Wind ×3
    89. Converter
    90. Wind
    91. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:14
    92. Wind ×2
    93. Converter
    94. Wind ×3
    95. Construction BotCon bot
    96. AnemoneAnemone
    97. Wind ×3
    98. Construction BotCon bot
    99. Converter
    100. Wind ×2
    101. Construction BotCon bot
    102. Wind
    103. Mexfor Suicide front
    104. Wind ×2
    105. Construction BotCon bot
    106. Wind
    107. Converter
    108. Wind ×2
    109. Construction BotCon bot
    110. Wind ×3
    111. Converter
    112. Construction BotCon bot
    113. Wind
    114. AnemoneAnemone
    115. Wind ×2
    116. Construction BotCon bot
    117. Wind ×2
    118. SentrySentry
    119. Converter
    120. Construction BotCon bot
    121. Wind
    122. SentrySentry
    123. Wind ×2
    124. SentrySentry
    125. Construction BotCon bot
    126. Wind ×2
    127. Converter
    128. Wind
    129. Construction BotCon bot
    130. Wind ×3
    131. Construction BotCon bot
    132. Wind ×2
    133. Converter
    134. Wind ×2
    135. SentrySentry
    136. ShipyardShipyarddone 12:56
    137. Wind ×3
    138. Construction BotCon bot
    139. Wind ×2
    140. Converter
    141. SentrySentry
    142. Wind ×2
    143. Construction BotCon bot
    144. Wind ×4
    145. SentrySentry
    146. Wind
    147. Converter
    148. Wind ×3
    149. SentrySentry
    150. Wind
    151. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:30
    152. Construction ShipCon ship
    153. Wind ×3
    154. Con turret
    155. Converter
    156. SentrySentry
    157. Wind ×4
    158. Construction ShipCon ship
    159. Wind ×3
    160. Converter
    161. SentrySentry
    162. Wind ×3
    163. Naval Construction Turret
    164. Wind
    165. Con turret
    166. Construction ShipCon ship
    167. Wind ×4
    168. SentrySentry
    169. Wind
    170. Converter
    171. Wind
    172. Con turret
    173. Construction ShipCon ship
    174. Wind ×6
    175. Converter
    176. Wind
    177. Con turret
    178. Construction ShipCon ship
    179. Wind
    180. Naval Construction Turret
    181. Wind ×4
    182. Con turret
    183. Wind
    184. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    185. Wind
    186. Naval Construction Turret
    187. Wind
    188. Converter
    189. Wind ×2
    190. Converter
    191. Wind
    192. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    193. Wind
    194. Naval Construction Turret
    195. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    196. Wind
    197. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    198. Wind
    199. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    200. Wind
    201. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    202. Wind
    203. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    204. Converter
    205. Wind ×2
    206. Converter
    207. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    208. Wind
    209. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    210. Wind
    211. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    212. Wind ×3
    213. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    214. Wind
    215. Converter
    216. Wind ×2
    217. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    218. Converter
    219. Wind ×2
    220. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    221. Wind
    222. Naval Construction Turret
    223. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    224. Wind ×3
    225. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    226. Wind
    227. Converter
    228. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    229. Wind
    230. Converter
    231. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    232. Wind ×3
    233. Naval Construction Turret
    234. Wind ×2
    235. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    236. Wind ×2
    237. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    238. Naval Construction Turret
    239. Converter
    240. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    241. Wind ×2
    242. T2 converter
    243. Naval Construction Turret
    244. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    245. Wind ×2
    246. Converter
    247. Wind
    248. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    249. Wind ×2
    250. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    251. Wind ×3
    252. Converter
    253. SentrySentry
    254. Wind
    255. Naval Construction Turret
    256. Wind ×2
    257. Converter
    258. Naval Construction Turret
    259. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Viltrum's (42 OS, 29/09/2026); 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 4:28 · in 31% of games
  • Hephaestus1 Heavy transport from Air or Techfirst at 4:44 · in 39% 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 8:18 · 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

553 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0011500
2:0027300
3:0082000
4:00151000
5:00223100
6:00298400
7:0038434590
8:0047571240138
9:0057191965375
10:0069002780713
11:00840432701147
12:001035735791578
13:001262541961940
14:001497947632417
15:001768153183015
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

Viltrum

41.5 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

12 received units · includes a constructor
26 metal received · 73608 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab5:36Middle 50%: 3:31–7:00 · n=497
Advanced Metal Extractor9:54Middle 50%: 8:59–10:38 · n=501

Played most by

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