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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 · 5 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Wind
    3. Tidal
    4. Mex ×4
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 2:50 · typical 6:02
  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 · 177 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Wind ×2for Air
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind ×3
    6. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    7. Wind
    8. Energy storage
    9. Wind
    10. Converter ×2
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Wind ×3
    13. Con turret
    14. Wind ×11
    15. Con turret
    16. Wind ×4
    17. Con turret
    18. Wind ×10
    19. Bot LabBot Labdone 7:37
    20. GruntGrunt ×12
    21. Converter
    22. GruntGrunt
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:41 · typical 10:04
    24. GruntGrunt
    25. Converter
    26. GruntGrunt ×2
    27. Wind
    28. GruntGrunt
    29. Wind
    30. GruntGrunt
    31. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    32. Wind ×3
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. Wind
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. Wind ×2
    37. ShipyardShipyardfor Geo seadone 9:57
    38. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 9:55
    39. RascalRascal ×4
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. RascalRascal
    42. Con turretfor Geo sea
    43. RascalRascal ×2
    44. Con turretfor Geo sea
    45. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 10:27
    46. RascalRascal ×2
    47. ShurikenShuriken
    48. RascalRascal
    49. ShurikenShuriken
    50. RascalRascal
    51. ShurikenShuriken
    52. RascalRascal
    53. ShurikenShuriken
    54. RascalRascal
    55. ShurikenShuriken
    56. RascalRascal
    57. ShurikenShuriken
    58. RascalRascal
    59. JellyfishJellyfish
    60. ShurikenShuriken
    61. RascalRascal
    62. ShurikenShuriken
    63. RascalRascal
    64. ShurikenShuriken
    65. RascalRascal
    66. ShurikenShuriken
    67. RascalRascal ×11
    68. Wind
    69. RascalRascal
    70. Wind
    71. RascalRascal
    72. HerculesLight transport
    73. Wind
    74. RascalRascal
    75. Wind
    76. Construction VehicleCon vehiclefor Geo sea
    77. Wind
    78. RascalRascal
    79. Wind
    80. RascalRascal
    81. Wind
    82. RascalRascal ×3
    83. Wind
    84. RascalRascal
    85. Wind
    86. RascalRascal
    87. Wind
    88. RascalRascal
    89. Wind
    90. RascalRascal
    91. Wind
    92. FinchFinch
    93. RascalRascal
    94. Wind
    95. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    96. Wind
    97. Energy storage
    98. RascalRascal
    99. Wind
    100. FinchFinch
    101. Con turret
    102. RascalRascal
    103. Con turret
    104. RascalRascal ×2
    105. Wind
    106. FinchFinch
    107. RascalRascal
    108. Con turret
    109. Wind
    110. RascalRascal
    111. ShurikenShuriken
    112. Wind
    113. RascalRascal
    114. Wind
    115. ShurikenShuriken
    116. RascalRascal
    117. ShurikenShuriken
    118. RascalRascal
    119. ShurikenShuriken
    120. Wind
    121. RascalRascal
    122. ShurikenShuriken
    123. RascalRascal
    124. Wind
    125. ShurikenShuriken
    126. HephaestusHeavy transport
    127. RascalRascal
    128. Wind
    129. RascalRascal
    130. Wind
    131. RascalRascal
    132. ShurikenShuriken
    133. RascalRascal
    134. ShurikenShuriken
    135. RascalRascal
    136. ShurikenShuriken
    137. Wind
    138. RascalRascal
    139. ShurikenShuriken
    140. RascalRascal
    141. ShurikenShuriken
    142. Wind
    143. RascalRascal
    144. ShurikenShuriken
    145. Wind
    146. RascalRascal
    147. Con turret
    148. ShurikenShuriken
    149. RascalRascal
    150. Con turret
    151. ShurikenShuriken
    152. RascalRascal
    153. Con turret
    154. ShurikenShuriken
    155. RascalRascal
    156. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    157. ShurikenShuriken
    158. RascalRascal
    159. Wind
    160. RascalRascal
    161. Wind
    162. RascalRascal
    163. Wind
    164. RascalRascal
    165. Wind
    166. RascalRascal
    167. Wind
    168. RascalRascal
    169. Wind
    170. RascalRascal
    171. ShurikenShuriken
    172. RascalRascal
    173. ShurikenShuriken
    174. IncisorIncisor
    175. ShurikenShuriken ×2
    176. IncisorIncisor
    177. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is MischievousDragonGF's (41 OS, 16/09/2026); 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

MischievousDragonGF

41.3 OS · 16/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
497 metal received · 41830 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

[Grump]Matsuri17games of this buildzeus_on_god10games of this buildMischievousDragonGF8games of this buildNazarid8games of this buildJustSomeGuy4games of this build

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