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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 · 468 distinct matches · 112 players · 25% of Armada Pond games · team won 48% of 505 · 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 82%20% 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 9,100 energy.

Where those units first fight, in 475 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 468 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 ~5:53, middle half 4:52–6:57

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 2 con bot

    By 5:26 in all: 4 mex · 10 wind · 1 tidal · 2 converter · 1 energy storage

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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is milliontech's (30 OS, 05/10/2026); 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 4:51 · 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

505 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
1:0011511500000012911280
2:0026826800000026072748
3:0080879900000039904408
4:00148814740000404064796183
5:0022202184000011091131219087
6:0029812996000013892401828412743
7:0038133903359210014784252147215844
8:0046984940123715018912615674572432619604
9:0056656206203238046633016184662689321508
10:0067957699297361094555316514672927423404
11:00823996533502811144982517305043079126186
12:00992412073389011681869132717475113278728203
13:001217514546439515402336188717875733551330725
14:001451817405486620362946253018566303864831627
15:001708120175534325253517325819246864255632782
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

milliontech

30.1 OS · 05/10/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
816 metal received · 11266 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab5:53Middle 50%: 4:52–6:57 · n=452
Advanced Metal Extractor9:52Middle 50%: 9:06–10:36 · n=477

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