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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 · 459 distinct matches · 112 players · 25% of Armada Pond games · team won 48% of 496 · 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 466 games with kill data: in the middle 86%, on their own side 14%.

Those units destroy a typical 2,938 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 459 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 4:53–6:58

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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Viltrum's (40 OS, 14/10/2026); 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 4:50 · 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

496 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
2:0026926800000026102781
3:0080979900000039864436
4:00148814730000404064756138
5:0022222185000011101131118989
6:0029802995000013872321827612657
7:0038153910360210014744372142815669
8:0047064948125717018911715674632425519216
9:0056646223206137946331616174682659021289
10:0067947705297661194655216514902926823110
11:00824296453532842145585517325183073726170
12:00995212052390411691880128917525243260527931
13:001219714538442015532333187618036263540630525
14:001453017427487721342929253518586653878131558
15:001711620188536925993509324919377084236732681
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

Viltrum

40.3 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
244 metal received · 42812 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab5:55Middle 50%: 4:53–6:58 · n=443
Advanced Metal Extractor9:52Middle 50%: 9:06–10:35 · n=469

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