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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 ×4
    2. Solar ×2
    3. Energy storage
    4. Solar
    5. Tidal ×2
    6. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:30 · typical 3:12
    7. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    8. Mex
    9. SkaterSkater
    10. CorsairDestroyerdone 3:36 · 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 · 17 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind ×2
    3. SkaterSkater
    4. DolphinDolphin
    5. Mex
    6. DolphinDolphin ×2
    7. HarpoonHarpoon
    8. DolphinDolphin ×2
    9. CorsairDestroyer
    10. SkaterSkater
    11. DolphinDolphin ×5
    12. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    13. Mex
    14. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    15. Naval Construction Turret
    16. Mex
    17. Bot LabBot Labdone 7:42 · 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 · 89 steps
    1. CenturionCenturion
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. Tidal ×4
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Tidal ×3
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Tidal ×5
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Tidal ×7
    11. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:53
    12. Tidal
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 11:36
    20. Naval Construction Turret
    21. Tidal
    22. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    23. Tidal
    24. Con turret
    25. Tidal ×2
    26. Naval Energy Converter
    27. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    28. Wind
    29. Naval Energy Converter
    30. Tidal
    31. ButlerButler
    32. Con turret
    33. ButlerButler
    34. Naval Energy Converter
    35. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    36. ButlerButler
    37. Tidal
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:38 · typical 10:04
    39. ButlerButler
    40. Naval Energy Converter
    41. Wind
    42. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    43. Tidal
    44. Naval Energy Converter
    45. GhostGhost
    46. Tidal
    47. Con turret
    48. Naval Energy Converter
    49. GhostGhost
    50. Con turret
    51. Naval Energy Converter
    52. Tidal
    53. Wind
    54. HoundHound
    55. Wind
    56. Tidal
    57. Wind
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. HoundHound
    60. Wind
    61. Naval Energy Converter
    62. Wind ×2
    63. Tidal
    64. Naval Energy Converter
    65. HoundHound
    66. Naval Energy Converter
    67. Tidal
    68. Naval Energy Converter
    69. HoundHound
    70. Naval Energy Converter
    71. HoundHound
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. Naval Energy Converter
    74. SmugglerJammer bot
    75. CompassRadar bot
    76. Naval Energy Converter
    77. WebberWebber
    78. GhostGhost
    79. Naval Energy Converter
    80. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    81. GhostGhost
    82. Wind
    83. Naval Energy Converter
    84. HoundHound
    85. Wind
    86. HoundHound
    87. Wind
    88. HoundHound
    89. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is UsurpeR's (49 OS, 27/08/2026); 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

UsurpeR

48.6 OS · 27/08/2026

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0 received units
28 metal received · 6952 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

UsurpeR6games of this buildPlatinumBlonde2games of this build[Grump]Grumpiness1game of this buildEXZoPrimer31game of this buildHummell1game of this build