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Corsair naval push

Pond opens a Shipyard by 2:37 and commits to a Corsair-led naval assault with Skater anti-air and Dolphin raiders from around 3:15, pushing into the enemy base in most games.

#naval #push · 13 distinct matches · 7 players · 2% of Armada Pond games · team won 69% of 13 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • CorsairT1 naval assault from 3:15 · 2% of role by thenFrom the Shipyard. Only 2% of Pond games have it by then; others who build it get it around 4:14
  • ShipyardShipyard in 100%2% of all Pond games by then
  • SkaterSkater in 100%2% of all Pond games by then
  • DolphinDolphin in 77%2% of all Pond games by then
  • CorsairDestroyer in 62%1% of all Pond games by then

Started with Corsair (92%), Ellysaw (8%).

Where those units first fight, in 13 games with kill data: in the middle 69%, on their own side 31%.

Those units destroy a typical 3,972 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into dolphin (17% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Shipyard by 2:37

  1. Open standard mex and wind, skip boosting to build eco first.
  2. Drop Shipyard instead of the usual lab-only opening.
  3. Get Skater for naval anti-air and sonar cover.
  4. Push out Corsair destroyers as your main attacker.
  5. Add Dolphin raiders to harass and support the destroyer push.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 13 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 naval assault

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor5Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    • Tidal Generator2Tidal
    • Solar Collector1Solar
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. ShipyardShipyard after 4 mex, 2 tidal, 1 solar
    2. CorsairT1 naval assault after 5 mex, 3 wind, 2 tidaldone ~3:55, middle half 3:36–4:38
    Builders
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Skater1 Skater

    Some games also: Lazarus (31%) · con bot (31%)

    By 3:15 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind · 2 tidal · 1 solar · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 10 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind ×2
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×4
    7. Energy storage
    8. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:12 · typical 3:12
    9. Mex
    10. CorsairDestroyerdone 3:55 · typical 3:55
  2. 2

    T1 naval assault to Bot Lab

    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 4 mex, 3 wind, 3 tidaldone ~6:13, middle half 1:17–8:10
    Army
    • Skater1 Skater
    • Corsair1 Destroyer

    Some games also: mex (46%) · con ship (46%) · dolphin (46%) · wind (38%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 10 wind · 2 converter

    By 5:49 in all: 6 mex (standard 4) · 4 wind (standard 14) · 2 tidal · 1 solar · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:12 · typical 6:13
  3. 3

    Bot Lab to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex+2 vs standard
    Army
    • Skater1 Skater
    • Corsair1 Destroyer

    Some games also: wind (46%) · con ship (46%) · Naval Construction Turret (38%) · Radar Tower (38%) · dolphin (31%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 16 wind

    By 10:00 in all: 8 mex (standard 4) · 4 wind (standard 31) · 4 tidal (standard 1) · 1 solar · 1 energy storage · 1 Naval Construction Turret

    The example game in this phase · 110 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. Mex
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower ×2
    4. Construction ShipCon ship
    5. EllysawFrigate
    6. Mex
    7. Wind
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. EllysawFrigate
    10. Wind
    11. Mex
    12. Wind
    13. SkaterSkater
    14. Wind
    15. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    16. Wind
    17. Mex
    18. Wind
    19. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    20. Wind ×2
    21. CorsairDestroyer
    22. Wind ×5
    23. Mex
    24. Wind ×2
    25. EllysawFrigate
    26. Wind
    27. EllysawFrigate
    28. SentrySentry
    29. Wind
    30. SentrySentry
    31. Energy storage
    32. SkaterSkater
    33. Wind
    34. SentrySentry
    35. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    36. Wind
    37. CorsairDestroyer
    38. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    39. SentrySentry
    40. Wind
    41. SentrySentry ×2
    42. Wind
    43. AnemoneAnemone
    44. Construction ShipCon ship
    45. Mex
    46. Wind ×2
    47. Naval Construction Turret
    48. Con turret
    49. Mex
    50. Naval Construction Turret
    51. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    52. Seaplane PlatformSeaplane Platformdone 9:57
    53. Wind
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:38 · typical 10:04
    55. Con turret
    56. Wind
    57. HarpoonHarpoon
    58. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 12:50
    59. TsunamiTsunami ×2
    60. Mex
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. Tidal
    63. TsunamiTsunami
    64. Tidal ×3
    65. Wind
    66. TsunamiTsunami
    67. Tidal
    68. Wind
    69. Tidal
    70. TsunamiTsunami
    71. Tidal
    72. Wind ×2
    73. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. Tidal
    76. Wind
    77. TsunamiTsunami
    78. Tidal
    79. Wind
    80. Tidal
    81. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    82. Tidal
    83. TsunamiTsunami
    84. Tidal
    85. Wind
    86. TsunamiTsunami
    87. Wind
    88. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    89. Wind
    90. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 13:15
    91. Wind ×4
    92. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    93. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    94. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    95. Wind ×2
    96. VoyagerVoyager
    97. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    98. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 14:13
    99. VoyagerVoyager
    100. Wind
    101. VoyagerVoyager
    102. Naval Construction Turret
    103. TsunamiTsunami
    104. Naval Construction Turret
    105. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    106. TsunamiTsunami
    107. CauteriserCauteriser
    108. TsunamiTsunami
    109. PuffinPuffin ×2
    110. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PlatinumBlonde's (54 OS, 13/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:16 · in 31% of games
  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 2:17 · in 31% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:29 · in 54% 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

010k20k30k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

05k10k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

02k4k6k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

13 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
1:003971150000
2:009272730000
3:0017638170000
4:00263915100000
5:0035872231124000
6:004533298568101800
7:005482384110614803500
8:0065364742237912761700148
9:0082005693311020252270379
10:0093956872415528652655720
11:001111083344735331732801188
12:0014099102907038368438051616
13:0017619125937658426248751966
14:0020523149147658478048752454
15:0023433174569497532448753030
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Won more often than the standard build while producing and destroying far more metal, but also lost far more of its own by 15:00.

  • + Destroyed 9219 metal by 15:00 vs 5316 for standard.
  • + Produced 23433 metal by 15:00, well above standard's 17389.
  • − Lost 6451 metal by 15:00, more than double the standard's 3041.
  • − Abandons Pond's front-boosting job for a naval push.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

PlatinumBlonde

53.6 OS · 13/08/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
297 metal received · 37187 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Shipyard3:12Middle 50%: 2:24–3:31 · n=13
Corsair3:55Middle 50%: 3:36–4:38 · n=13
Bot Lab6:13Middle 50%: 1:17–8:10 · n=10
Advanced Metal Extractor10:04Middle 50%: 8:47–10:38 · n=9

Played most by

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