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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 · 21 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Wind
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. Mex ×4
    5. Wind ×3
    6. Energy storage
    7. Wind ×4
    8. Converter
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind
    11. Converter
    12. Wind
    13. Converter
    14. Wind
    15. Converter
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Converter
    18. Wind
    19. Converter
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Bot LabBot Labdone 5:42 · 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 · 119 steps
    1. Converter
    2. TickTick
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Con turret
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:16 · typical 9:52
    6. TickTick ×6
    7. Wind
    8. TickTick ×6
    9. Wind
    10. TickTick
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    12. TickTick ×2
    13. Wind
    14. TickTick ×2
    15. Wind
    16. PawnPawn ×4
    17. Wind
    18. PawnPawn ×2
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    20. PawnPawn
    21. Wind
    22. PawnPawn ×4
    23. Wind
    24. PawnPawn ×3
    25. Wind ×5
    26. Con turret ×2
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    28. Con turret
    29. Energy storage
    30. Wind
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Construction BotCon bot
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Construction BotCon bot
    36. Wind ×2
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Construction BotCon bot
    40. Wind ×2
    41. Construction BotCon bot
    42. Wind ×2
    43. Construction BotCon bot
    44. Wind ×2
    45. Construction BotCon bot
    46. Wind
    47. Construction BotCon bot
    48. Wind ×2
    49. Construction BotCon bot
    50. Wind ×2
    51. Con turret
    52. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 12:05
    53. Con turret ×2
    54. LazarusLazarus
    55. Converter
    56. Wind
    57. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    58. LazarusLazarus
    59. Wind
    60. LazarusLazarus
    61. Converter
    62. LazarusLazarus ×2
    63. Wind ×2
    64. Converter
    65. PlatypusPlatypus
    66. ButlerButler
    67. PlatypusPlatypus
    68. Wind
    69. PlatypusPlatypus
    70. Wind
    71. PlatypusPlatypus
    72. Converter
    73. PlatypusPlatypus
    74. Wind
    75. PlatypusPlatypus ×2
    76. Wind
    77. PlatypusPlatypus
    78. Converter
    79. Wind
    80. PlatypusPlatypus
    81. Wind
    82. PlatypusPlatypus
    83. ButlerButler
    84. Converter
    85. ButlerButler
    86. Wind
    87. PlatypusPlatypus ×2
    88. Wind
    89. PlatypusPlatypus
    90. Converter
    91. Wind
    92. PlatypusPlatypus
    93. LazarusLazarus
    94. Wind
    95. PlatypusPlatypus
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Wind
    98. PlatypusPlatypus
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Converter
    101. Wind ×2
    102. Converter
    103. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    104. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    105. Wind
    106. Metal storage
    107. Wind
    108. Con turret
    109. Converter
    110. Con turret
    111. Wind
    112. Con turret
    113. Wind
    114. Converter
    115. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 14:54
    116. Wind
    117. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformnot finished by 15:00
    118. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    119. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is zeus_on_god's (38 OS, 13/10/2026); 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 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

zeus_on_god

37.5 OS · 13/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
645 metal received · 83489 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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