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

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

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

Wys

31.3 OS · 10/08/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
169 metal received · 6871 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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