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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 · 7 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Energy storagefor Suicide front
    5. Wind ×4
    6. Energy storage
    7. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:53 · 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 · 10 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. Con turret
    4. TickTick
    5. Wind
    6. TickTick ×3
    7. Wind
    8. TickTick
    9. Con turret
    10. TickTick ×2
  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 · 133 steps
    1. TickTick ×6
    2. Wind
    3. TickTick
    4. Wind
    5. TickTick
    6. Wind
    7. TickTick ×2
    8. Wind ×2
    9. TickTick ×3
    10. Wind ×2
    11. TickTick ×6
    12. Wind
    13. TickTick ×4
    14. Wind
    15. TickTick ×2
    16. Wind
    17. TickTick ×7
    18. Wind
    19. TickTick
    20. Wind
    21. TickTick ×8
    22. Wind
    23. TickTick
    24. Wind
    25. TickTick ×6
    26. Wind
    27. TickTick ×2
    28. Converter
    29. TickTick ×4
    30. Wind
    31. TickTick ×2
    32. Converter
    33. TickTick ×3
    34. Wind
    35. Converter
    36. TickTick ×3
    37. Wind
    38. TickTick ×2
    39. Converter
    40. TickTick
    41. Wind
    42. TickTick ×3
    43. Converter
    44. Wind
    45. TickTick ×3
    46. Wind
    47. TickTick
    48. Converter
    49. TickTick
    50. Wind
    51. TickTick ×3
    52. Wind
    53. Converter
    54. TickTick ×2
    55. Wind
    56. TickTick ×2
    57. Converter
    58. TickTick
    59. Wind
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:36 · typical 9:03
    61. TickTick ×4
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick
    64. Converter
    65. TickTick ×4
    66. Wind
    67. TickTick ×4
    68. Wind
    69. TickTick
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    71. TickTick
    72. Wind
    73. TickTick
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick ×4
    76. Wind
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    78. TickTick
    79. Wind
    80. TickTick ×4
    81. Wind
    82. TickTick
    83. Wind
    84. TickTick ×4
    85. Con turret
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    87. TickTick ×2
    88. Con turret
    89. TickTick
    90. Con turret
    91. TickTick ×3
    92. Con turret
    93. TickTick
    94. Con turret
    95. TickTick
    96. CitadelAnti-nukedone 12:26
    97. TickTick
    98. Con turret ×2
    99. TickTick ×2
    100. Converter
    101. TickTick ×3
    102. LazarusLazarus
    103. Converter
    104. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:30
    105. LazarusLazarus
    106. Converter
    107. LazarusLazarus
    108. TickTick ×6
    109. TracerTracer
    110. TickTick ×2
    111. Fusion ReactorFusion
    112. TickTick
    113. Converter
    114. TickTick
    115. Converter
    116. TickTick ×2
    117. Converter
    118. TickTick ×2
    119. Converter
    120. TickTick ×2
    121. Converter
    122. TickTick ×2
    123. Converter
    124. Fusion ReactorFusion
    125. TickTick
    126. Converter
    127. TickTick ×2
    128. Converter
    129. TickTick ×2
    130. Converter
    131. TickTick ×2
    132. Converter
    133. TickTick ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Ricecrispyguy's (32 OS, 05/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

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

Ricecrispyguy

31.9 OS · 05/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
693 metal received · 21318 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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