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Fatboy buy

Armada Pond build order · Supreme Isthmus

Pond sends Tech heavy metal and energy from very early (by 5:00) to buy a Fatboy for front well ahead of the role norm, fighting in the middle from around 6:12, before settling into normal Tick/Pawn production.

#team support #push · 300 distinct matches · 63 players · 28% of Armada Pond games · team won 46% of 321 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • FatboyFatboy from Tech arrives 5:02 · 24% of role by thenTech makes it and hands it over.
  • HephaestusHeavy transport from an ally in 52%21% of all Pond games by then

Paid for by sending allies about 1,150 metal and 12,000 energy by 5:00; standard pond sends 100 metal and 9,250 energy.

Where those units first fight, in 306 games with kill data: in the middle 88%, on their own side 12%.

Those units destroy a typical 2,972 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into tick (28% of army), pawn (15% of army), Sentry (9% 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 300 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD POND
  1. 1
  2. 2
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 6:02 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 ~5:49, middle half 4:53–7:24

    By 5:17 in all: 4 mex · 10 wind · 1 tidal · 2 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 9 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal
    3. Energy storage
    4. Mex ×4
    5. Wind ×6
    6. Converter ×6
    7. Energy storage ×2
    8. Wind ×3
    9. Bot LabBot Labdone 5:45 · typical 5:49
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine8Wind−18 vs standard
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot +2 vs standard
    Army
    • Tick1 Tick

    Some games also: Lazarus (50%) · Sentry (34%) · eat Bot Lab (39%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 5 converter

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 22 wind (standard 37) · 1 tidal · 4 converter (standard 8) · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 140 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Con turret
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Con turret
    6. LazarusLazarus ×3
    7. SentrySentry ×2
    8. Wind
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Wind
    11. SentrySentry
    12. Wind
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. Wind
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. Wind ×2
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. Wind
    19. SentrySentry
    20. TickTick
    21. Wind
    22. TickTick
    23. SentrySentry
    24. Wind
    25. TickTick
    26. Wind
    27. TickTick
    28. SentrySentry
    29. TickTick ×2
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. TickTick
    33. NettleNettle
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. TickTick
    36. Wind
    37. TickTick
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. TickTick
    40. Wind
    41. ThugThug
    42. TickTick
    43. RocketeerRocketeer
    44. TickTick
    45. Wind
    46. TickTick
    47. Wind
    48. TickTick
    49. Wind
    50. TickTick
    51. Wind
    52. TickTick
    53. Wind
    54. TickTick
    55. Wind
    56. TickTick
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick ×2
    59. Wind ×2
    60. TickTick ×3
    61. Wind
    62. LazarusLazarus
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:35 · typical 9:52
    64. LazarusLazarus
    65. Con turret
    66. LazarusLazarus ×2
    67. Con turret
    68. Wind
    69. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    70. Wind
    71. LazarusLazarus
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. Wind
    74. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    75. Wind
    76. LazarusLazarus
    77. Wind
    78. Construction BotCon bot
    79. Wind
    80. LazarusLazarus
    81. Wind
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    83. Converter
    84. LazarusLazarus
    85. Wind
    86. Converter
    87. LazarusLazarus
    88. Wind
    89. TickTick
    90. Wind
    91. TickTick
    92. Converter
    93. Wind
    94. TickTick
    95. Wind
    96. TickTick ×2
    97. Wind
    98. Converter
    99. TickTick ×2
    100. Wind
    101. Converter
    102. PawnPawn
    103. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    104. PawnPawn
    105. Wind
    106. PawnPawn
    107. Wind
    108. PawnPawn
    109. Con turret
    110. PawnPawn
    111. Wind
    112. PawnPawn
    113. Wind
    114. PawnPawn
    115. Converter
    116. Wind
    117. PawnPawn
    118. Wind
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Converter
    121. Wind
    122. PawnPawn
    123. Converter
    124. PawnPawn
    125. Wind
    126. PawnPawn
    127. Converter
    128. PawnPawn ×3
    129. Wind
    130. PawnPawn
    131. Converter
    132. Wind
    133. PawnPawn ×3
    134. Converter
    135. PawnPawn
    136. Wind
    137. PawnPawn ×2
    138. Converter
    139. Advanced Radar TowerAdvanced Radar Tower
    140. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Lexosis's (39 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 96% of games

You get

  • Hephaestus1 Heavy transport from Air or Techfirst at 4:44 · in 84% of games
  • Fatboy1 Fatboy from Techfirst at 5:02 · in 100% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 8:14 · in 98% 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

01k2k3k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Energy sent to allies

020k40k60k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

321 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
1:0011511500000012891261
2:0027627900000025472663
3:0083182800000036744129
4:00151815100000528064676114
5:00224622390000114498123209247
6:0030083050000013943181780213656
7:0038764006520021014924872093716640
8:004773498514603002008615805332346521270
9:0057266265237249452027016575732551422675
10:0069097872321971098844017476262725325652
11:00840498243793922156074618476392990027659
12:001026312512422113751950120118706673128230704
13:001260314871476318182432175819287493476632835
14:001487418196527924802956235819619033734935349
15:001745220971580629623629351920479094306737178
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

Lexosis

39.5 OS · 05/10/2026

Open source match ↗

83 received units · includes a constructor
1581 metal received · 118880 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab5:49Middle 50%: 4:53–7:24 · n=288
Advanced Metal Extractor9:52Middle 50%: 9:07–10:34 · n=306

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