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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 · 11 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. Mex ×3
    4. Wind ×5
    5. Energy storage
    6. Mex
    7. Wind ×5
    8. Energy storage
    9. Converter ×4
    10. Wind ×4
    11. Bot LabBot Labdone 6:33 · 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 · 184 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    2. TickTick ×15
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Wind
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Wind
    11. TickTick ×3
    12. Wind
    13. TickTick ×3
    14. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:21 · typical 9:52
    15. Wind
    16. TickTick ×4
    17. Wind
    18. TickTick ×2
    19. Wind
    20. TickTick ×2
    21. Wind
    22. TickTick ×2
    23. Wind
    24. TickTick ×2
    25. Wind
    26. TickTick ×3
    27. Wind
    28. TickTick ×2
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    30. TickTick
    31. Wind
    32. TickTick ×3
    33. Wind
    34. TickTick ×2
    35. Wind
    36. TickTick ×2
    37. Wind
    38. TickTick ×2
    39. Wind
    40. TickTick ×2
    41. Wind
    42. TickTick ×2
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. TickTick
    45. Wind
    46. TickTick ×3
    47. Wind
    48. TickTick ×3
    49. Wind
    50. TickTick ×3
    51. Wind
    52. TickTick ×3
    53. Wind
    54. TickTick ×3
    55. Wind
    56. TickTick ×3
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick ×3
    59. Wind
    60. TickTick
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. TickTick
    63. Construction BotCon bot
    64. Wind ×2
    65. Construction BotCon bot
    66. Wind
    67. Construction BotCon bot
    68. Wind
    69. TickTick ×2
    70. Wind
    71. TickTick ×3
    72. Wind ×2
    73. TickTick ×3
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick ×2
    76. Wind
    77. TickTick
    78. Wind
    79. TickTick
    80. Wind
    81. TickTick
    82. Con turret
    83. TickTick
    84. Wind
    85. TickTick
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick ×2
    88. Wind
    89. TickTick
    90. Wind
    91. TickTick
    92. Con turret
    93. TickTick
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick ×2
    98. Wind
    99. Con turret
    100. TickTick
    101. Wind
    102. TickTick ×2
    103. Wind ×2
    104. TickTick
    105. Con turret
    106. TickTick
    107. Wind
    108. TickTick ×2
    109. Wind
    110. Con turret
    111. TickTick ×2
    112. Wind
    113. Con turret
    114. TickTick
    115. Wind
    116. TickTick
    117. Con turret
    118. TickTick
    119. Wind
    120. Con turret
    121. TickTick
    122. Wind
    123. TickTick
    124. Wind
    125. TickTick
    126. Wind
    127. TickTick ×2
    128. Wind
    129. TickTick
    130. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:29
    131. Wind
    132. TickTick ×2
    133. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:35
    134. TickTick
    135. Wind
    136. TickTick
    137. Wind
    138. TickTick ×4
    139. Wind
    140. TickTick ×2
    141. Wind
    142. TickTick ×11
    143. Wind
    144. TickTick
    145. Wind
    146. TickTick ×10
    147. Wind
    148. TickTick ×4
    149. Wind
    150. TickTick ×11
    151. Wind
    152. TickTick ×3
    153. Wind
    154. TickTick ×10
    155. Wind
    156. TickTick
    157. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    158. TickTick ×3
    159. Wind
    160. TickTick ×4
    161. Wind
    162. TickTick ×3
    163. Wind
    164. TickTick ×4
    165. Wind
    166. TickTick ×4
    167. Wind
    168. TickTick ×7
    169. T2 converter
    170. TickTick ×3
    171. Wind
    172. TickTick ×2
    173. Wind
    174. TickTick ×7
    175. Wind
    176. TickTick ×3
    177. Wind
    178. TickTick ×6
    179. Wind ×2
    180. TickTick ×7
    181. Wind
    182. TickTick ×2
    183. Wind
    184. TickTick ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [A7O]SuperTetra's (31 OS, 26/08/2026); 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

[A7O]SuperTetra

30.7 OS · 26/08/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
156 metal received · 39345 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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