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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 · 458 distinct matches · 112 players · 25% of Armada Pond games · team won 48% of 495 · 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 465 games with kill data: in the middle 86%, on their own side 14%.

Those units destroy a typical 2,935 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into tick (31% of army), pawn (15% 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 458 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 4:53–6:59

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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Zetherite's (31 OS, 07/08/2026); 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

495 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
1:0011511500000012901282
2:0026826800000026072781
3:0080879900000039884436
4:00148814730000404064796138
5:0022212185000011101131068989
6:0029792995000013892321826812657
7:0038153910360210014724372139315669
8:0047054948126017018911715674632425019216
9:0056626223205837946231616164682655221289
10:0067957705297561194555216504902926123110
11:00824596453514842145185517325183072026170
12:00992412052390011691874128917515243257827931
13:001217514538440815532330187618006263529930525
14:001451817427487421342925253518586653864831558
15:001708120188534625993501324919297084217732681
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

Zetherite

30.8 OS · 07/08/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
130 metal received · 31105 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab5:55Middle 50%: 4:53–6:59 · n=442
Advanced Metal Extractor9:52Middle 50%: 9:06–10:35 · n=468

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