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Fatboy buy

Armada Pond build order · Supreme Isthmus

Pond sends Tech heavy metal and energy from very early (by 5:00) to buy a Fatboy for front well ahead of the role norm, fighting in the middle from around 6:12, before settling into normal Tick/Pawn production.

#team support #push · 300 distinct matches · 63 players · 28% of Armada Pond games · team won 46% of 321 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • FatboyFatboy from Tech arrives 5:02 · 24% of role by thenTech makes it and hands it over.
  • HephaestusHeavy transport from an ally in 52%21% of all Pond games by then

Paid for by sending allies about 1,150 metal and 12,000 energy by 5:00; standard pond sends 100 metal and 9,250 energy.

Where those units first fight, in 306 games with kill data: in the middle 88%, on their own side 12%.

Those units destroy a typical 2,972 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into tick (28% of army), pawn (15% of army), Sentry (9% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Fatboy to front by 5:02

  1. Open tidals and mex, add wind as usual Pond eco.
  2. Grab a heavy transport from air to fly it forward.
  3. Send Tech heavy metal and energy to buy a Fatboy.
  4. Get Fatboy handed over from Tech's factory for front.
  5. Fight in middle with Fatboy, then return to normal Tick and Pawn lab output.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 300 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD POND
  1. 1
  2. 2
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 6:02 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 Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine10Wind
    • Tidal Generator8Tidalfor allies
    • Tidal Generator1Tidal
    • Energy Converter2Converter
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 4 mex, 11 wind, 2 converterdone ~5:49, middle half 4:53–7:24

    By 5:17 in all: 4 mex · 10 wind · 1 tidal · 2 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 28 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Windfor Air
    5. Energy storage
    6. Wind ×2for Air
    7. Converter ×2
    8. Wind
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind ×7
    11. Converter ×6
    12. Con turret ×2
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:03 · typical 9:52
    15. Wind ×3
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    17. Wind ×3
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    19. Wind
    20. Mexfor Front
    21. Wind ×3
    22. Converter ×2
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    24. Converter
    25. SentrySentry
    26. Converter ×3
    27. Wind ×5
    28. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:29 · typical 5:49
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine8Wind−18 vs standard
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot +2 vs standard
    Army
    • Tick1 Tick

    Some games also: Lazarus (50%) · Sentry (34%) · eat Bot Lab (39%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 5 converter

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 22 wind (standard 37) · 1 tidal · 4 converter (standard 8) · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 136 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Con turret
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Con turret
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformnot finished by 15:00
    7. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 10:46
    8. Hovercraft PlatformEat Hovercraft Platformreclaimed for its metal
    9. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    10. Con turret ×2
    11. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 11:04
    12. T2 converter
    13. SeekerSeeker ×2
    14. PossumPossum ×2
    15. Wind
    16. PossumPossum
    17. Wind ×2
    18. SweeperSweeper
    19. Wind ×4
    20. SeekerSeeker
    21. CitadelAnti-nukedone 13:59
    22. SeekerSeeker
    23. Wind
    24. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:00
    25. SeekerSeeker
    26. Wind
    27. SeekerSeeker
    28. Wind ×2
    29. SeekerSeeker
    30. Wind
    31. SeekerSeeker
    32. Wind
    33. TickTick
    34. SeekerSeeker
    35. TickTick
    36. SeekerSeeker
    37. Wind ×2
    38. TickTick
    39. SeekerSeeker
    40. TickTick
    41. SeekerSeeker
    42. Wind
    43. TickTick
    44. Wind
    45. SeekerSeeker
    46. TickTick
    47. SeekerSeeker
    48. TickTick
    49. Wind
    50. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    51. Wind
    52. TickTick
    53. Wind
    54. TickTick
    55. SeekerSeeker
    56. Wind
    57. TickTick
    58. SeekerSeeker
    59. TickTick
    60. SeekerSeeker
    61. Wind
    62. TickTick
    63. SeekerSeeker
    64. TickTick
    65. SeekerSeeker
    66. Converter
    67. TickTick
    68. SeekerSeeker
    69. TickTick
    70. Wind
    71. SeekerSeeker
    72. TickTick
    73. SeekerSeeker
    74. TickTick
    75. Converter
    76. SeekerSeeker
    77. TickTick
    78. Converter
    79. SeekerSeeker
    80. TickTick
    81. SeekerSeeker
    82. TickTick
    83. Converter
    84. SeekerSeeker
    85. TickTick
    86. SeekerSeeker
    87. Converter
    88. TickTick
    89. SeekerSeeker
    90. TickTick
    91. Wind
    92. TickTick ×2
    93. Converter
    94. TickTick
    95. Converter
    96. TickTick ×5
    97. Wind ×2
    98. TickTick ×3
    99. Wind
    100. Converter
    101. TickTick ×3
    102. Wind
    103. TickTick ×2
    104. Wind
    105. TickTick
    106. Wind
    107. TickTick ×2
    108. Wind
    109. TickTick
    110. Wind
    111. TickTick ×2
    112. Wind
    113. TickTick ×2
    114. Wind
    115. TickTick
    116. Fusion ReactorFusion
    117. TickTick
    118. Wind
    119. TickTick
    120. Wind ×2
    121. TickTick
    122. Wind ×2
    123. TickTick
    124. Wind ×2
    125. CenturionCenturion
    126. TickTick
    127. Wind
    128. PawnPawn
    129. Wind
    130. PawnPawn
    131. Wind
    132. PawnPawn ×3
    133. Wind ×2
    134. PawnPawn ×2
    135. Wind ×2
    136. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is hihimik's (36 OS, 09/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Tidal Generator8 Tidal to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 0:10 · in 96% of games

You get

  • Hephaestus1 Heavy transport from Air or Techfirst at 4:44 · in 84% of games
  • Fatboy1 Fatboy from Techfirst at 5:02 · in 100% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 8:14 · in 98% 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

02k4k6k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

02k4k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Metal sent to allies

01k2k3k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Energy sent to allies

020k40k60k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

321 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 pondMetal sent to allies: This buildMetal sent to allies: Standard pondEnergy sent to allies: This buildEnergy sent to allies: Standard pond
1:0011511500000012891261
2:0027627900000025472663
3:0083182800000036744129
4:00151815100000528064676114
5:00224622390000114498123209247
6:0030083050000013943181780213656
7:0038764006520021014924872093716640
8:004773498514603002008615805332346521270
9:0057266265237249452027016575732551422675
10:0069097872321971098844017476262725325652
11:00840498243793922156074618476392990027659
12:001026312512422113751950120118706673128230704
13:001260314871476318182432175819287493476632835
14:001487418196527924802956235819619033734935349
15:001745220971580629623629351920479094306737178
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Same win rate as the standard build but destroys far more enemy metal by 15:00 at the cost of much higher own metal production lost.

  • + Destroys 5806 enemy metal by 15:00 vs 2962 standard.
  • + Reclaims Bot Lab in 39% of games to recoup metal.
  • − Own metal lost roughly doubles by 10:00 (988 vs 440).
  • − Metal production falls behind standard by 15:00 (17452 vs 20971).
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

hihimik

36.3 OS · 09/10/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
308 metal received · 49491 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab5:49Middle 50%: 4:53–7:24 · n=288
Advanced Metal Extractor9:52Middle 50%: 9:07–10:34 · n=306

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