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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 · 457 distinct matches · 112 players · 25% of Armada Pond games · team won 48% of 494 · 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 464 games with kill data: in the middle 86%, on their own side 14%.

Those units destroy a typical 2,928 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 457 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 · 18 steps
    1. Tidal ×9for Suicide front
    2. Tidal
    3. Mex
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Mex ×3
    6. Wind ×4
    7. Energy storage
    8. Wind
    9. Energy storage
    10. Wind ×2
    11. SentrySentry
    12. Wind ×4
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. Wind ×4
    15. Converter ×2
    16. Energy storagefor Tech
    17. Wind ×5
    18. Bot LabBot Labdone 7:13 · 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 · 149 steps
    1. TickTick ×2
    2. PawnPawn ×3
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:20 · typical 9:52
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. PawnPawn ×2
    7. TickTick
    8. PawnPawn ×2
    9. TickTick
    10. PawnPawn ×2
    11. TickTick
    12. PawnPawn ×2
    13. TickTick
    14. PawnPawn ×2
    15. TickTick
    16. PawnPawn
    17. TickTick
    18. PawnPawn ×2
    19. TickTick
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    21. PawnPawn
    22. TickTick
    23. Wind
    24. PawnPawn ×2
    25. TickTick
    26. PawnPawn
    27. TickTick
    28. PawnPawn
    29. Wind
    30. PawnPawn
    31. TickTick
    32. PawnPawn
    33. TickTick
    34. LazarusLazarus
    35. Wind
    36. LazarusLazarus
    37. PawnPawn ×2
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. TickTick
    40. Wind
    41. PawnPawn
    42. TickTick
    43. PawnPawn ×2
    44. Converter
    45. TickTick
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Wind
    48. TickTick
    49. PawnPawn ×2
    50. TickTick
    51. PawnPawn
    52. TickTick
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Converter
    56. PawnPawn
    57. GruntGrunt
    58. TickTick
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Con turret
    61. TickTick
    62. Wind
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Converter
    67. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 12:13
    68. Wind
    69. TickTick
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Construction BotCon bot
    72. BlinkScout plane
    73. Wind
    74. Converter
    75. Construction BotCon bot
    76. Con turret ×2
    77. TickTick
    78. PawnPawn ×2
    79. BlinkScout plane
    80. TickTick
    81. PawnPawn
    82. TickTick
    83. PawnPawn
    84. BlinkScout plane
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Converter
    87. TickTick
    88. PawnPawn
    89. BlinkScout plane
    90. TickTick
    91. Wind
    92. TickTick ×4
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Wind
    95. Construction BotCon bot
    96. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:45
    97. BlinkScout plane
    98. TickTick ×2
    99. BlinkScout plane
    100. TickTick
    101. Wind
    102. TickTick
    103. Converter ×2
    104. PawnPawn
    105. BlinkScout plane
    106. TickTick
    107. Wind
    108. TickTick
    109. PawnPawn
    110. Converter
    111. BlitzBlitz
    112. BlinkScout plane
    113. TickTick
    114. Wind
    115. PawnPawn
    116. BlitzBlitz
    117. Wind
    118. TickTick
    119. Converter
    120. PawnPawn
    121. BlinkScout plane
    122. TickTick
    123. Wind
    124. PawnPawn
    125. BlitzBlitz
    126. TickTick
    127. Converter
    128. PawnPawn
    129. Wind
    130. Converter
    131. TickTick
    132. BlitzBlitz
    133. BlinkScout plane
    134. PawnPawn
    135. Wind
    136. Con turret
    137. TickTick
    138. Converter
    139. PawnPawn
    140. TickTick
    141. PawnPawn
    142. BlitzBlitz
    143. TickTick
    144. PawnPawn
    145. TickTick
    146. NettleNettle ×2
    147. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    148. Wind
    149. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is slimegirl3's (32 OS, 24/09/2026); 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 5:04 · 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

494 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
2:0026926800000026062781
3:0080979900000039864436
4:00148814730000404064756138
5:0022222185000011111131118989
6:0029792995000013892321827612657
7:0038143910360210014744372142815669
8:0047024948126017018911715674632425519216
9:0056626223205237946231616174682659021289
10:0067947705297461194555216514902925923110
11:00824296453532842145185517325183065026170
12:00991812052390411691872128917525243236327931
13:001215814538440215532329187618036263529330525
14:001450917427487721342914253518586653855631558
15:001707820188536925993479324919377084210232681
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

slimegirl3

32.4 OS · 24/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
663 metal received · 55878 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=441
Advanced Metal Extractor9:52Middle 50%: 9:06–10:35 · n=467

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