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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 · 30 steps
    1. Tidal ×10for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. Wind ×4
    4. Energy storage
    5. Mex ×2
    6. Converter ×2
    7. Con turret
    8. Converter ×2
    9. Energy storagefor Suicide front
    10. Wind ×20
    11. Converter
    12. Wind
    13. Converter
    14. Wind
    15. Converter
    16. Wind
    17. Converter
    18. Wind ×16
    19. Converter
    20. Wind
    21. Con turret
    22. Converter
    23. Con turret
    24. Converter ×3
    25. Wind
    26. Converter
    27. Wind
    28. Converter ×2
    29. Wind ×60
    30. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:42 · 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

  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 · 93 steps
    1. Wind ×5
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind ×2
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Wind
    6. LazarusLazarus ×2
    7. Converter
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Converter ×2
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Converter
    12. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    13. Converter
    14. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:04 · typical 9:03
    15. Converter
    16. TickTick ×2
    17. Converter
    18. TickTick
    19. Converter
    20. TickTick ×4
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    22. TickTick ×3
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    24. TickTick ×14
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    26. TickTick ×9
    27. Con turret
    28. TickTick
    29. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:47
    30. TickTick ×3
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. TickTick ×2
    33. BlitzBlitz
    34. Con turret
    35. TickTick
    36. Con turret
    37. BlitzBlitz
    38. TickTick ×3
    39. Con turret
    40. TickTick
    41. Con turret
    42. TickTick
    43. Con turret
    44. TickTick
    45. BlitzBlitz
    46. TickTick ×2
    47. Con turret
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. TickTick
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. TickTick
    52. BlitzBlitz
    53. TickTick ×2
    54. BlitzBlitz
    55. TickTick ×2
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. TickTick ×2
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. TickTick ×2
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. TickTick
    62. BlitzBlitz
    63. TickTick
    64. Wind
    65. TickTick
    66. BlitzBlitz
    67. TickTick ×2
    68. BlitzBlitz
    69. TickTick
    70. BlitzBlitz
    71. TickTick ×2
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick ×2
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. TickTick
    77. BlitzBlitz
    78. TickTick ×2
    79. BlitzBlitz
    80. Wind
    81. TickTick
    82. Wind
    83. BlitzBlitz
    84. TickTick
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. TickTick
    87. Wind
    88. TickTick
    89. BlitzBlitz
    90. Wind ×2
    91. TickTick
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Ecky9's (33 OS, 24/09/2026); 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

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

Ecky9

32.6 OS · 24/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
1202 metal received · 18957 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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