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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Wys's (31 OS, 10/08/2026); 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

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

Wys

31.3 OS · 10/08/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
476 metal received · 75999 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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