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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 · 15 distinct matches · 8 players · 2% of Armada Pond games · team won 60% of 15 · 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 4:34
  • ShipyardShipyard in 100%2% of all Pond games by then
  • SkaterSkater in 100%2% of all Pond games by then
  • DolphinDolphin in 80%2% of all Pond games by then
  • CorsairDestroyer in 60%1% of all Pond games by then

Started with Corsair (93%), Ellysaw (7%).

Where those units first fight, in 15 games with kill data: in the middle 73%, on their own side 27%.

Those units destroy a typical 4,033 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into dolphin (16% of army), skater (8% 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 15 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, 1 solar, 1 tidal
    2. CorsairT1 naval assault after 5 mex, 3 wind, 2 tidaldone ~3:55, middle half 3:39–4:46
    Builders
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Skater1 Skater

    Some games also: Lazarus (33%) · con bot (33%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 20 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. Wind ×3
    5. Energy storage
    6. Solar
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Solar
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. AnemoneAnemone
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Mex
    14. SentrySentry
    15. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:34 · typical 3:00
    16. PawnPawn ×2
    17. Construction ShipCon ship
    18. NettleNettle
    19. Mex
    20. CorsairDestroyerdone 4:38 · typical 3:55
  2. 2

    T1 naval assault to Bot Lab

    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 4 mex, 3 wind, 2 tidaldone ~5:29, middle half 1:12–8:01
    Army
    • Corsair1 Destroyer

    Some games also: mex (47%) · skater (47%) · wind (40%) · con ship (33%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 7 wind

    By 5:11 in all: 6 mex (standard 4) · 4 wind (standard 12) · 2 tidal · 1 solar · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:32 · typical 5:29
  3. 3

    Bot Lab to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    Army
    • Skater2 Skater +2 vs standard
    • Corsair2 Destroyer +2 vs standard

    Some games also: wind (47%) · Naval Construction Turret (47%) · dolphin (40%) · tidal (40%) · con ship (40%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 18 wind · 2 converter

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

    The example game in this phase · 93 steps
    1. Mex
    2. SentrySentry
    3. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labnot finished by 15:00
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Construction ShipCon ship
    6. SkaterSkater
    7. DolphinDolphin
    8. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 6:40
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. DolphinDolphin ×2
    12. Mex ×2
    13. CorsairDestroyer
    14. Mex
    15. NettleNettle
    16. Mex
    17. NettleNettle ×2
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Converter
    21. SentrySentry
    22. CorsairDestroyer
    23. Converter ×2
    24. DolphinDolphin
    25. Converter
    26. DolphinDolphin
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:04 · typical 10:04
    28. Con turret ×3
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    30. Con turret
    31. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:11
    32. BeamerBeamer
    33. Con turret
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    36. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    37. ShipyardShipyarddone 11:37
    38. PawnPawn ×2
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. Wind
    43. PawnPawn
    44. CorsairDestroyer
    45. Wind
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Wind
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Wind
    50. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    51. Wind
    52. SkaterSkater
    53. Wind
    54. AnemoneAnemone
    55. DolphinDolphin
    56. Wind
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. Wind ×2
    59. DolphinDolphin
    60. Wind
    61. AnemoneAnemone
    62. Wind
    63. Con turret
    64. Wind
    65. Con turret
    66. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    67. AnemoneAnemone
    68. Wind
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. Wind
    71. ShipyardShipyarddone 13:35
    72. Wind ×2
    73. CorsairDestroyer ×26
    74. Wind
    75. CorsairDestroyer ×12
    76. Con turret
    77. CorsairDestroyer ×2
    78. Con turret
    79. CorsairDestroyer ×3
    80. ShipyardShipyarddone 14:17
    81. CorsairDestroyer ×9
    82. Wind
    83. DolphinDolphin
    84. CorsairDestroyer
    85. DolphinDolphin
    86. CorsairDestroyer
    87. Wind
    88. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    89. DolphinDolphin
    90. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyardnot finished by 15:00
    91. DolphinDolphin
    92. Wind
    93. DolphinDolphin

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PRO_Rerory's (51 OS, 03/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 2:14 · in 33% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:29 · in 60% 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

15 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
3:0016928200000
4:00263915100000
5:0037042231124000
6:004604298468101800
7:005668384310614593500
8:0071144757218012401630138
9:0082535719255919652225375
10:0094726900389727802270713
11:001128984044102327028951147
12:0014480103575546357928951578
13:0017877126255546419641351940
14:0020843149796641476348752417
15:0023855176818309531852313015
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

PRO_Rerory

50.7 OS · 03/09/2026

Open source match ↗

12 received units · includes a constructor
866 metal received · 55372 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Shipyard3:00Middle 50%: 2:23–3:29 · n=15
Corsair3:55Middle 50%: 3:39–4:46 · n=15
Bot Lab5:29Middle 50%: 1:12–8:01 · n=11
Advanced Metal Extractor10:04Middle 50%: 8:36–10:50 · n=11

Played most by

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