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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 · 9 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. Mex ×3
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Mex
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Energy storage
    8. Wind ×3
    9. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:56 · 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 · 166 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Con turret
    3. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    4. Wind ×6
    5. Converter ×6
    6. Wind ×5
    7. SentrySentry
    8. Wind
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. Wind
    11. SentrySentry
    12. Wind
    13. Mexfor Front
    14. Con turret
    15. Metal storage
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:52 · typical 9:52
    17. Con turret
    18. SentrySentry
    19. Wind
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Wind
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    23. Wind
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    25. Mexfor Front
    26. Con turret
    27. SentrySentry
    28. Wind
    29. SentrySentry
    30. Wind
    31. SentrySentry
    32. Wind ×3
    33. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:15
    34. Wind
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. Wind
    37. SentrySentry
    38. Wind ×2
    39. SentrySentry
    40. Wind
    41. TickTick ×3
    42. Wind
    43. TickTick
    44. Mex
    45. TickTick
    46. Wind
    47. TickTick
    48. Wind
    49. TickTick
    50. Wind
    51. TickTick
    52. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    53. Wind
    54. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    55. TickTick
    56. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick
    59. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    60. TickTick
    61. Wind
    62. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    63. TickTick
    64. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    65. TickTick
    66. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    67. Wind
    68. TickTick
    69. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    70. TickTick
    71. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    72. Wind
    73. TickTick
    74. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    75. TickTick ×3
    76. Mexfor Front
    77. TickTick ×4
    78. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    79. TickTick ×11
    80. Mexfor Front
    81. TickTick ×7
    82. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    83. TickTick
    84. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    85. TickTick ×2
    86. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    87. TickTick
    88. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    89. Con turret
    90. TickTick ×2
    91. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    92. TickTick
    93. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    94. TickTick
    95. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    96. TickTick ×2
    97. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    98. Con turret
    99. TickTick
    100. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    101. TickTick ×9
    102. Wind
    103. TickTick ×2
    104. Con turret
    105. TickTick ×11
    106. Wind
    107. TickTick ×2
    108. Wind
    109. TickTick
    110. Wind
    111. TickTick ×3
    112. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:18
    113. Wind
    114. TickTick ×5
    115. Wind
    116. TickTick ×3
    117. Wind
    118. TickTick ×3
    119. Wind
    120. TickTick ×3
    121. Wind
    122. TickTick ×2
    123. Con turret
    124. Wind
    125. TickTick ×2
    126. Con turret
    127. TickTick
    128. Wind ×2
    129. TickTick ×2
    130. Con turret
    131. Wind
    132. TickTick
    133. Wind
    134. TickTick
    135. Wind
    136. TickTick
    137. Wind
    138. TickTick ×2
    139. Wind
    140. TickTick
    141. Wind
    142. TickTick ×2
    143. Wind
    144. TickTick ×3
    145. T2 converter
    146. TickTick
    147. Wind
    148. TickTick ×3
    149. Wind
    150. TickTick
    151. Wind
    152. TickTick ×2
    153. Wind
    154. TickTick ×2
    155. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    156. Converter
    157. TickTick
    158. Wind
    159. TickTick ×3
    160. Wind
    161. Converter
    162. TickTick
    163. JunoJuno
    164. TickTick
    165. Wind
    166. TickTick ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is hihimik's (37 OS, 11/10/2026); 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

37.2 OS · 11/10/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
530 metal received · 23632 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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