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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 · 8 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. Energy storage
    4. Mex ×3
    5. Wind
    6. Mex
    7. Converter
    8. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:21 · 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
    3. Converter
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    5. Con turret
    6. TickTick
    7. Con turret
    8. TickTick ×2
    9. Con turret
    10. TickTick ×4
  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 · 246 steps
    1. TickTick ×10
    2. Wind
    3. SentrySentry
    4. TickTick ×2
    5. Wind
    6. TickTick ×2
    7. Wind ×2
    8. TickTick ×2
    9. Wind ×2
    10. TickTick ×3
    11. Wind ×2
    12. TickTick ×2
    13. Wind
    14. TickTick
    15. Wind
    16. TickTick ×2
    17. Wind
    18. TickTick
    19. Wind
    20. TickTick ×2
    21. Wind
    22. TickTick
    23. Converter
    24. TickTick ×2
    25. Wind
    26. TickTick
    27. Wind
    28. TickTick ×2
    29. Converter
    30. TickTick ×2
    31. Wind
    32. TickTick ×2
    33. Wind
    34. TickTick
    35. Wind
    36. TickTick ×3
    37. Wind ×2
    38. TickTick ×2
    39. Wind
    40. TickTick
    41. Wind
    42. TickTick ×2
    43. Wind
    44. TickTick
    45. Wind
    46. TickTick ×2
    47. Wind
    48. TickTick ×2
    49. Wind
    50. TickTick
    51. Wind
    52. TickTick ×3
    53. Converter
    54. TickTick
    55. Wind
    56. TickTick ×3
    57. Converter ×2
    58. TickTick ×4
    59. Wind
    60. Converter
    61. TickTick ×2
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick ×2
    64. Wind
    65. TickTick
    66. Wind
    67. TickTick
    68. Wind
    69. TickTick ×2
    70. Wind ×2
    71. TickTick ×3
    72. Wind ×2
    73. TickTick ×2
    74. Wind ×2
    75. TickTick
    76. Wind ×2
    77. Converter
    78. TickTick ×2
    79. Wind
    80. TickTick ×2
    81. Converter ×2
    82. TickTick ×4
    83. Converter
    84. Wind
    85. TickTick ×2
    86. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    87. TickTick
    88. Wind
    89. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    90. TickTick
    91. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    92. Wind
    93. TickTick
    94. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    95. TickTick
    96. Wind
    97. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    98. TickTick
    99. Wind
    100. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    101. TickTick
    102. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    103. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:32 · typical 9:03
    104. Wind
    105. TickTick
    106. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    107. Wind
    108. TickTick
    109. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    110. TickTick
    111. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    112. TickTick
    113. Wind
    114. Con turret
    115. TickTick
    116. Wind
    117. TickTick
    118. Wind ×2
    119. TickTick ×2
    120. Converter
    121. Wind
    122. TickTick ×2
    123. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    124. TickTick
    125. Converter
    126. Wind
    127. TickTick ×3
    128. Wind
    129. TickTick
    130. Wind
    131. TickTick ×2
    132. Wind
    133. TickTick ×2
    134. Wind
    135. Converter
    136. TickTick
    137. Wind
    138. TickTick
    139. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    140. Converter
    141. TickTick
    142. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    143. TickTick
    144. Wind ×2
    145. TickTick
    146. Wind
    147. TickTick
    148. Wind ×2
    149. TickTick
    150. Converter
    151. Wind
    152. TickTick ×2
    153. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    154. TickTick
    155. Wind
    156. Converter
    157. TickTick
    158. Wind
    159. TickTick
    160. Wind ×2
    161. TickTick
    162. Wind
    163. TickTick
    164. Wind ×2
    165. TickTick
    166. Con turret
    167. TickTick
    168. Converter
    169. Wind
    170. TickTick
    171. Con turret
    172. TickTick
    173. PawnPawn
    174. Converter
    175. Wind
    176. Con turret
    177. Wind
    178. PawnPawn
    179. Wind
    180. PawnPawn ×2
    181. Wind
    182. Converter
    183. PawnPawn ×2
    184. Wind
    185. PawnPawn ×2
    186. Converter
    187. PawnPawn ×3
    188. Wind
    189. PawnPawn
    190. Wind
    191. PawnPawn ×2
    192. Wind
    193. PawnPawn ×2
    194. Wind
    195. PawnPawn
    196. Wind
    197. PawnPawn
    198. Wind
    199. PawnPawn ×2
    200. Converter
    201. PawnPawn
    202. Wind
    203. PawnPawn ×3
    204. Converter
    205. Wind
    206. PawnPawn ×3
    207. Wind ×2
    208. PawnPawn ×3
    209. Wind
    210. PawnPawn
    211. Con turret
    212. Wind
    213. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:09
    214. PawnPawn
    215. Wind
    216. Converter
    217. PawnPawn
    218. Wind
    219. PawnPawn
    220. Wind
    221. Converter
    222. PawnPawn ×2
    223. Wind ×2
    224. PawnPawn ×2
    225. Construction BotCon bot
    226. Wind
    227. PawnPawn
    228. Wind ×2
    229. Con turret
    230. PawnPawn ×2
    231. Wind ×2
    232. PawnPawn ×2
    233. Con turret
    234. Wind ×3
    235. PawnPawn ×2
    236. Con turret
    237. Converter
    238. PawnPawn ×2
    239. Wind
    240. Con turret
    241. Wind
    242. PawnPawn
    243. Con turret
    244. Converter ×2
    245. Wind
    246. PawnPawn ×6

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is CookieTwoStep's (30 OS, 01/09/2026); 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

CookieTwoStep

30.0 OS · 01/09/2026

Open source match ↗

13 received units · includes a constructor
287 metal received · 51728 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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