BAR / BUILD ATLAS
← All builds
Pond / Armada / Economy first / OBSERVED BUILD

Blitz raid

Pond skips straight to a Vehicle Plant by 3:37 and pushes a Blitz-led tank raid into the middle from around 4:14, with units reaching the enemy base in over half its games, before settling into the usual eco transition.

#raid #rush · 53 distinct matches · 30 players · 6% of Armada Pond games · team won 64% of 53 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • BlitzT1 vehicle raid from 4:14 · 5% of role by thenFrom the Vehicle Plant. Only 5% of Pond games have it by then; others who build it get it around 8:33
  • Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant in 98%8% of all Pond games by then
  • BlitzBlitz in 74%5% of all Pond games by then

Started with Blitz (70%), Pincer (21%), Rover (8%), Rascal (2%).

Where those units first fight, in 53 games with kill data: in the middle 74%, on their own side 17%, in the enemy base 9%.

Those units destroy a typical 1,529 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Vehicle Plant by 3:37

  1. Open tidals and mexes as usual, boosting the fronts early.
  2. Skip the bot-lab-first pattern and rush a Vehicle Plant instead.
  3. Get the plant finished well ahead of the normal Pond timing.
  4. Push Blitz out to raid the middle and into the enemy base.
  5. Add a Bot Lab and transition toward the usual T2 constructor step.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 53 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD POND
  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 T1 vehicle raid

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Tidal Generator8Tidalfor allies
    • Wind Turbine8Wind
    • Tidal Generator1Tidal
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant after 4 mex, 6 wind, 1 tidal
    2. BlitzT1 vehicle raid after 4 mex, 8 wind, 1 tidal

    Some games also: converter (40%) · con vehicle (38%)

    By 4:14 in all: 4 mex · 8 wind · 1 tidal · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 6 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×4
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Wind ×4
    5. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 3:32 · typical 3:54
    6. BlitzBlitzdone 3:39
  2. 2

    T1 vehicle raid to Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine14Wind−6 vs standard
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 4 mex, 22 wind, 2 con turretdone ~9:50, middle half 3:12–12:00
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle
    Army
    • Blitz9 Blitz +9 vs standard

    Some games also: converter (45%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 2 converter

    By 9:30 in all: 4 mex · 22 wind · 1 tidal · 4 converter · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 44 steps
    1. BlitzBlitz ×9
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×6
    3. BlitzBlitz ×4
    4. Wind ×2
    5. BlitzBlitz
    6. Wind ×2
    7. BlitzBlitz
    8. Wind ×2
    9. BlitzBlitz
    10. Wind
    11. BlitzBlitz
    12. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    13. Wind ×7
    14. Converter
    15. Wind ×3
    16. Converter
    17. Wind ×2
    18. Converter
    19. Wind ×2
    20. Converter
    21. SentrySentry
    22. Wind
    23. SentrySentry
    24. Wind
    25. SentrySentry
    26. Converter
    27. Wind ×3
    28. Con turret
    29. Wind ×3
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:05 · typical 9:53
    31. Wind
    32. Con turret
    33. Wind ×2
    34. Con turret
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Con turret
    37. Wind ×2
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. Wind
    40. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    41. Wind ×4
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    43. Wind ×6
    44. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:36 · typical 9:50
  3. 3

    Bot Lab to 15:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine23Wind
    • Energy Converter4Converter+3 vs standard
    Builders
    • Construction Turret3 Con turret

    Some games also: blitz (43%) · tick (34%) · Vehicle Plant (30%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 6 tick

    By 15:00 in all: 4 mex · 46 wind · 1 tidal · 10 converter · 1 energy storage · 5 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 51 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. Wind
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. CrossbowCrossbow ×3
    8. Wind
    9. CrossbowCrossbow
    10. Wind
    11. CrossbowCrossbow
    12. Wind
    13. CrossbowCrossbow
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Wind
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. Wind
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. Wind
    20. Construction BotCon bot
    21. Wind ×2
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. Wind ×2
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. Wind ×2
    28. Construction BotCon bot
    29. Wind
    30. Construction BotCon bot
    31. Wind
    32. CenturionCenturion
    33. Wind ×2
    34. CenturionCenturion
    35. Converter
    36. Wind ×3
    37. CenturionCenturion
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Converter
    40. Wind
    41. Converter
    42. Wind ×2
    43. CenturionCenturion
    44. Wind
    45. Converter ×2
    46. Wind ×3
    47. CenturionCenturion
    48. Wind
    49. Converter
    50. Wind ×2
    51. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Viltrum's (40 OS, 06/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Tidal Generator8 Tidal to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 0:13 · in 79% of games

You get

  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 8:12 · in 83% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build against the role’s standard build, running totals by minute

  • This build
  • Standard pond

Metal produced

010k20k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

02k4k6k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

02k4k6k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

53 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildMetal produced: Standard pondEnemy metal destroyed: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: Standard pondOwn metal lost: This buildOwn metal lost: Standard pond
1:001151150000
2:002842730000
3:008448170000
4:00152315100000
5:00223622310000
6:00301429850000
7:00405038416764804400
8:004973474211881276990148
9:0058845693152920251320379
10:0070716872229228651913720
11:00868983342678331721541188
12:0010685102902858368424911616
13:0012622125933435426234551966
14:0014499149143829478040972454
15:0017552174564439532448933030
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Won clearly more often than the standard build even though it destroyed less enemy metal and lost more of its own.

  • + Team win rate well above standard (63% vs 48%)
  • + Metal produced by 15:00 slightly ahead (17640 vs 17389)
  • − Own metal lost by 10:00 much higher (1837 vs 756)
  • − Enemy metal destroyed by 15:00 behind standard (4230 vs 5316)
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Viltrum

39.9 OS · 06/09/2026

Open source match ↗

28 received units · includes a constructor
37 metal received · 12354 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Vehicle Plant3:54Middle 50%: 3:29–5:21 · n=52
Bot Lab9:50Middle 50%: 3:12–12:00 · n=30
Advanced Metal Extractor9:53Middle 50%: 9:11–10:44 · n=44

Played most by

zeus_on_god11games of this buildhaaven4games of this buildViltrum4games of this build[Grump]Grumpiness3games of this buildAlRelSoulfire2games of this build