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Fatboy buy

Armada Pond build order · Supreme Isthmus

Pond funds Tech to produce a Fatboy from 5:04 and gets it delivered by Hephaestus to push the front early.

#team support #push · 459 distinct matches · 112 players · 25% of Armada Pond games · team won 48% of 496 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • FatboyFatboy from Tech arrives 5:04 · 21% of role by thenTech makes it and hands it over.
  • HephaestusHeavy transport from an ally in 80%21% of all Pond games by then

Paid for by sending allies about 1,100 metal and 13,000 energy by 5:00; standard pond sends 0 metal and 9,000 energy.

Where those units first fight, in 466 games with kill data: in the middle 86%, on their own side 14%.

Those units destroy a typical 2,938 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into tick (31% of army), pawn (15% of army), blitz (8% 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 459 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD POND
  1. 1
  2. 2
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 6:05 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 ~5:55, middle half 4:53–6:58

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 2 con bot

    By 5:27 in all: 4 mex · 10 wind · 1 tidal · 2 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Tidal ×10
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Energy storage
    4. Mex ×4
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:48 · typical 5:55
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine7Wind−20 vs standard
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot +2 vs standard
    Army
    • Tick6 Tick +6 vs standard

    Some games also: Lazarus (45%) · converter (34%) · eat Bot Lab (37%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 6 converter

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 22 wind (standard 38) · 1 tidal · 4 converter (standard 9) · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 208 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Con turret
    6. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    7. Con turret
    8. Wind
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. Wind ×3
    11. NettleNettle
    12. Wind ×3
    13. Converter
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Bot LabBot Labdone 7:16
    16. Converter ×4
    17. Wind
    18. TickTick
    19. Converter
    20. Wind
    21. TickTick ×2
    22. Converter
    23. Wind
    24. TickTick
    25. SentrySentry
    26. Wind
    27. TickTick
    28. Converter
    29. TickTick
    30. Wind
    31. TickTick
    32. NettleNettle
    33. Converter
    34. Wind
    35. TickTick ×2
    36. NettleNettle
    37. Wind
    38. Converter
    39. TickTick
    40. Wind
    41. TickTick ×2
    42. Converter
    43. SentrySentry
    44. TickTick
    45. Wind
    46. TickTick
    47. Converter
    48. Wind
    49. TickTick ×2
    50. Converter
    51. TickTick
    52. Wind
    53. TickTick
    54. Wind
    55. Converter
    56. TickTick
    57. SentrySentry
    58. TickTick ×2
    59. Converter
    60. TickTick ×3
    61. Converter
    62. TickTick
    63. Con turret
    64. TickTick
    65. Converter
    66. Mexfor Suicide front
    67. TickTick ×2
    68. Converter
    69. TickTick
    70. Converter
    71. TickTick ×3
    72. Wind
    73. TickTick
    74. Converter
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick
    79. Wind
    80. Converter
    81. TickTick
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick ×2
    84. Converter
    85. Wind ×2
    86. TickTick
    87. Wind
    88. Converter
    89. TickTick
    90. Wind
    91. TickTick
    92. Wind
    93. TickTick
    94. Wind
    95. JunoJuno
    96. TickTick ×2
    97. Con turret
    98. TickTick ×3
    99. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    100. TickTick ×3
    101. Converter
    102. TickTick
    103. Converter
    104. SentrySentry
    105. TickTick ×2
    106. Converter
    107. TickTick
    108. Converter
    109. TickTick
    110. Wind
    111. TickTick
    112. Converter
    113. Wind
    114. TickTick
    115. Converter
    116. Wind
    117. TickTick
    118. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    119. Wind
    120. Converter
    121. TickTick
    122. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    123. Wind
    124. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    125. TickTick
    126. Converter
    127. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    128. TickTick
    129. Converter
    130. TickTick
    131. Wind
    132. TickTick
    133. Wind
    134. TickTick
    135. Converter
    136. Wind
    137. TickTick
    138. Wind
    139. TickTick
    140. Converter
    141. TickTick ×2
    142. Mex
    143. TickTick
    144. Con turret
    145. TickTick
    146. Converter
    147. TickTick ×3
    148. Converter
    149. TickTick ×2
    150. Converter
    151. TickTick ×2
    152. Converter
    153. Wind
    154. TickTick
    155. Wind
    156. Converter
    157. TickTick
    158. Wind
    159. TickTick
    160. Wind
    161. Converter
    162. TickTick
    163. Wind
    164. Mex
    165. TickTick
    166. Converter
    167. Wind
    168. TickTick
    169. Wind
    170. Converter
    171. TickTick
    172. Wind
    173. TickTick
    174. Wind
    175. TickTick
    176. Wind
    177. Converter
    178. TickTick
    179. Wind
    180. TickTick
    181. Wind
    182. TickTick
    183. Wind
    184. Converter
    185. TickTick
    186. Wind
    187. TickTick
    188. Wind
    189. TickTick
    190. Converter
    191. Wind
    192. TickTick
    193. Wind
    194. Converter
    195. TickTick
    196. Wind
    197. TickTick
    198. Wind
    199. Converter
    200. TickTick
    201. Wind
    202. TickTick
    203. Wind
    204. LazarusLazarus
    205. Con turret
    206. Wind
    207. LazarusLazarus
    208. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RG22's (30 OS, 15/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Tidal Generator8 Tidal to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 0:10 · in 97% of games

You get

  • Hephaestus1 Heavy transport from Air or Techfirst at 4:50 · in 82% of games
  • Fatboy1 Fatboy from Techfirst at 5:05 · in 100% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 8:14 · in 96% 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

01k2k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Energy sent to allies

020k40k60k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

496 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
1:0011511500000012911282
2:0026926800000026102781
3:0080979900000039864436
4:00148814730000404064756138
5:0022222185000011101131118989
6:0029802995000013872321827612657
7:0038153910360210014744372142815669
8:0047064948125717018911715674632425519216
9:0056646223206137946331616174682659021289
10:0067947705297661194655216514902926823110
11:00824296453532842145585517325183073726170
12:00995212052390411691880128917525243260527931
13:001219714538442015532333187618036263540630525
14:001453017427487721342929253518586653878131558
15:001711620188536925993509324919377084236732681
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

RG22

30.2 OS · 15/08/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units
65 metal received · 24905 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab5:55Middle 50%: 4:53–6:58 · n=443
Advanced Metal Extractor9:52Middle 50%: 9:06–10:35 · n=469

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