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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 · 15 steps
    1. Tidal ×9
    2. Mex ×4
    3. Wind ×2for Air
    4. Wind
    5. Energy storage
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Wind
    8. LazarusLazarus ×2
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Con turret
    11. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 4:58 · typical 3:54
    12. Wind
    13. Converter ×2
    14. Wind
    15. BlitzBlitzdone 5:07
  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 · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:23 · 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 · 134 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Wind
    3. BlitzBlitz ×3
    4. Wind
    5. BlitzBlitz
    6. Wind
    7. BlitzBlitz ×2
    8. Wind
    9. BlitzBlitz
    10. Wind
    11. BlitzBlitz
    12. Wind
    13. BlitzBlitz
    14. Wind
    15. BlitzBlitz
    16. Wind
    17. BlitzBlitz
    18. AggravatorAggravator
    19. BlitzBlitz
    20. Wind
    21. MaceMace
    22. BlitzBlitz
    23. Wind
    24. BlitzBlitz
    25. Wind ×5
    26. Converter
    27. Wind ×2
    28. Converter
    29. Wind
    30. Converter
    31. Wind
    32. Converter
    33. Wind ×21
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:47 · typical 9:53
    35. Wind ×3
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. Wind ×3
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. Wind ×2
    40. Con turret
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. Con turret ×3
    43. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:51
    44. LazarusLazarus ×3
    45. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:21
    46. LazarusLazarus ×2
    47. TickTick ×2
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. TickTick
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. TickTick
    52. BlitzBlitz
    53. TickTick
    54. BlitzBlitz
    55. TickTick ×2
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. TickTick ×3
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. TickTick
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. TickTick ×2
    62. BlitzBlitz
    63. TickTick
    64. BlitzBlitz
    65. TickTick
    66. CitadelAnti-nukedone 14:48
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. TickTick
    69. BlitzBlitz
    70. TickTick
    71. BlitzBlitz
    72. TickTick
    73. BlitzBlitz
    74. TickTick
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. TickTick
    77. BlitzBlitz
    78. TickTick
    79. BlitzBlitz
    80. TickTick
    81. BlitzBlitz
    82. TickTick
    83. BlitzBlitz
    84. TickTick
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. TickTick
    87. BlitzBlitz
    88. TickTick
    89. BlitzBlitz
    90. TickTick
    91. BlitzBlitz
    92. TickTick
    93. BlitzBlitz
    94. TickTick
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. TickTick
    97. BlitzBlitz
    98. TickTick
    99. BlitzBlitz
    100. TickTick
    101. BlitzBlitz
    102. TickTick
    103. BlitzBlitz
    104. TickTick
    105. BlitzBlitz
    106. TickTick
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. TickTick
    109. BlitzBlitz
    110. TickTick
    111. BlitzBlitz
    112. TickTick
    113. BlitzBlitz
    114. TickTick
    115. BlitzBlitz
    116. TickTick
    117. BlitzBlitz
    118. TickTick
    119. BlitzBlitz
    120. TickTick
    121. BlitzBlitz
    122. TickTick
    123. BlitzBlitz
    124. TickTick
    125. BlitzBlitz
    126. TickTick
    127. BlitzBlitz
    128. TickTick
    129. BlitzBlitz
    130. TickTick
    131. BlitzBlitz
    132. TickTick
    133. BlitzBlitz
    134. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RogShotz's (44 OS, 19/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Tidal Generator8 Tidal to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 0:13 · 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

RogShotz

43.6 OS · 19/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
164 metal received · 55743 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

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