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Fatboy buy

Cortex Pond build order · Supreme Isthmus

Pond pays Tech heavily from before 5 minutes to buy a Fatboy which Tech builds and hands over around 5:15, bringing it to the middle as an early push while still running its own eco.

#push #team support · 68 distinct matches · 20 players · 20% of Cortex Pond games · team won 46% of 68 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • FatboyFatboy from Tech arrives 5:15 · 19% of role by thenTech makes it and hands it over.
  • HephaestusHeavy transport from an ally in 79%16% of all Pond games by then

Paid for by sending allies about 1,200 metal and 12,000 energy by 5:00; standard pond sends 450 metal and 13,000 energy.

Where those units first fight, in 64 games with kill data: in the middle 88%, on their own side 13%.

Those units destroy a typical 2,392 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into grunt (31% of army), tick (10% of army), incisor (9% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Fatboy by 5:15

  1. Open tidals plus mex and wind for your own standard Pond eco.
  2. Receive a heavy transport from an ally to help move it.
  3. Send Tech heavy metal and energy to fund the Fatboy buy.
  4. Take delivery of the Fatboy from Tech and send it to middle as a push.
  5. Get your lab going and keep boosting front through the T2 transition.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 68 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD POND
  1. 1
  2. 2
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 6:15 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 Turbine9Wind
    • Tidal Generator8Tidalfor allies
    • Tidal Generator1Tidal
    • Energy Converter2Converter+2 vs standard
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 4 mex, 11 wind, 4 converterdone ~6:02, middle half 3:46–6:54

    By 5:38 in all: 4 mex · 9 wind · 1 tidal · 2 converter (standard 0) · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 18 steps
    1. Tidal ×2for Suicide front
    2. Tidal
    3. Tidal ×7for Suicide front
    4. Tidal
    5. Mex ×3
    6. Wind
    7. Mex
    8. Wind ×3
    9. Wind
    10. Energy storage
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Converter ×4
    13. Wind ×4
    14. Con turret
    15. Bot LabBot Labdone 5:29
    16. TickTick ×2
    17. Wind
    18. TickTick
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine1Wind−6 vs standard

    Some games also: con turret (47%) · con bot (43%) · grunt (43%) · converter (37%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 2 converter

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 16 wind · 1 tidal · 4 converter · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 201 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Converter
    5. TickTick ×2
    6. Converter
    7. TickTick ×2
    8. Converter
    9. TickTick ×3
    10. Converter
    11. TickTick ×3
    12. Wind
    13. TickTick ×2
    14. Wind
    15. TickTick ×2
    16. Wind
    17. TickTick ×2
    18. Wind
    19. TickTick ×2
    20. Wind
    21. TickTick ×2
    22. Energy storage
    23. TickTick ×5
    24. Con turret
    25. TickTick ×2
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:20 · typical 10:04
    27. TickTick ×6
    28. Converter
    29. TickTick ×2
    30. Converter
    31. TickTick ×2
    32. Converter
    33. TickTick ×2
    34. Converter
    35. TickTick ×3
    36. Wind
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    38. TickTick
    39. Wind
    40. TickTick ×2
    41. Wind
    42. TickTick ×2
    43. Wind
    44. TickTick ×3
    45. Con turret
    46. TickTick ×2
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. TickTick ×10
    49. Con turret
    50. TickTick ×3
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. TickTick ×3
    53. Con turret
    54. TickTick ×4
    55. Wind
    56. TickTick ×3
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick
    59. Converter
    60. TickTick
    61. Converter
    62. TickTick
    63. Converter
    64. TickTick
    65. Converter
    66. TickTick ×3
    67. Energy storage
    68. CitadelAnti-nukedone 12:04
    69. TickTick ×2
    70. Wind
    71. TickTick
    72. Wind
    73. TickTick ×2
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick
    76. Wind
    77. TickTick
    78. Wind
    79. TickTick
    80. Wind
    81. TickTick ×2
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick
    84. Wind
    85. TickTick
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick ×2
    88. Wind ×2
    89. TickTick ×6
    90. Wind
    91. TickTick ×2
    92. Wind
    93. TickTick
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick
    98. Wind
    99. TickTick ×2
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick ×3
    102. Con turret
    103. TickTick ×3
    104. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:11
    105. TickTick ×2
    106. PawnPawn
    107. TickTick
    108. PawnPawn
    109. TickTick
    110. PawnPawn
    111. TickTick
    112. PawnPawn
    113. Wind
    114. TickTick
    115. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:38
    116. PawnPawn
    117. Wind
    118. TickTick
    119. PawnPawn
    120. TickTick
    121. PawnPawn
    122. TickTick
    123. PawnPawn
    124. TickTick
    125. PawnPawn
    126. TickTick
    127. PawnPawn
    128. TickTick
    129. PawnPawn
    130. TickTick
    131. PawnPawn
    132. Con turret
    133. TickTick
    134. Con turret
    135. TickTick
    136. PawnPawn
    137. TickTick
    138. PawnPawn
    139. TickTick
    140. PawnPawn
    141. TickTick
    142. PawnPawn
    143. TickTick
    144. PawnPawn
    145. TickTick
    146. PawnPawn
    147. TickTick
    148. PawnPawn
    149. TickTick
    150. PawnPawn
    151. TickTick
    152. PawnPawn
    153. TickTick
    154. PawnPawn
    155. T2 converter
    156. TickTick
    157. PawnPawn
    158. TickTick
    159. PawnPawn
    160. TickTick
    161. PawnPawn
    162. TickTick
    163. PawnPawn
    164. TickTick
    165. PawnPawn
    166. TickTick
    167. PawnPawn
    168. TickTick
    169. PawnPawn
    170. TickTick
    171. T2 converter
    172. PawnPawn
    173. TickTick
    174. PawnPawn
    175. TickTick
    176. PawnPawn
    177. TickTick
    178. PawnPawn
    179. TickTick
    180. PawnPawn
    181. TickTick
    182. PawnPawn
    183. TickTick
    184. PawnPawn
    185. TickTick
    186. PawnPawn
    187. TickTick
    188. PawnPawn
    189. TickTick
    190. PawnPawn
    191. TickTick
    192. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labnot finished by 15:00
    193. PawnPawn
    194. TickTick
    195. PawnPawn
    196. TickTick
    197. PawnPawn
    198. TickTick
    199. PawnPawn
    200. TickTick
    201. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Grump]Matsuri's (39 OS, 21/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Tidal Generator8 Tidal to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 0:09 · in 100% of games

You get

  • Hephaestus1 Heavy transport from Air or Techfirst at 4:40 · in 79% of games
  • Fatboy1 Fatboy from Techfirst at 5:14 · in 100% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 8:16 · in 93% 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

010k20k
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

68 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
1:0011511500000010371052
2:0027528500000023402848
3:0083382200000040174945
4:001522149400004554363618188
5:0022712257000011794481241613143
6:0030803137000014347301772117257
7:0039574016115007015539761980320608
8:00467548501071249161161168510272155228447
9:00550763231768555618511170410272371429716
10:0064528183256712401140859171010272371430120
11:00771697922974154616691231172810272561831305
12:009083120743424169722581405174910272753134728
13:0010539140323947188627781586175210272852442543
14:0012629163914381246332282530175610272976045040
15:0014880186524862301038583482180710273015349057
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Won slightly less than the standard build despite the Fatboy destroying a similar amount of metal by 15:00.

  • + Enemy metal destroyed at 10:00 is roughly double the standard build (2567 vs 1240).
  • + Early heavy transport arrives by 4:40 in 79% of games, far above the 16% role norm.
  • − Own metal production falls well behind standard by 10:00 (6452 vs 8183).
  • − Own losses by 15:00 run higher than standard (3858 vs 3482).
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

[Grump]Matsuri

39.0 OS · 21/09/2026

Open source match ↗

42 received units · includes a constructor
679 metal received · 129911 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab6:02Middle 50%: 3:46–6:54 · n=41
Advanced Metal Extractor10:04Middle 50%: 9:22–10:47 · n=64

Played most by

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