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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TrollHardGoPro's (37 OS, 11/10/2026); 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

TrollHardGoPro

36.9 OS · 11/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
528 metal received · 3896 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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