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Fatboy buy

Cortex Pond build order · Supreme Isthmus

Pond pays Tech heavily from before 5 minutes to get a Fatboy handed over around 5:12 and flown to front by heavy transport, fighting in the middle while Pond's own eco continues behind it.

#push #team support · 147 distinct matches · 42 players · 20% of Cortex Pond games · team won 53% of 147 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • FatboyFatboy from Tech arrives 5:10 · 18% of role by thenTech makes it and hands it over.
  • HephaestusHeavy transport from an ally in 77%14% 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 110 metal and 9,250 energy.

Where those units first fight, in 141 games with kill data: in the middle 89%, on their own side 11%.

Those units destroy a typical 2,570 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into grunt (28% of army), tick (9% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Fatboy handed over by 5:10

  1. Drop tidals, mex and a bot lab while boosting wind for front.
  2. Send Tech heavy metal and energy to fund the Fatboy buy.
  3. Take the Heavy Plasma Bot 'Fatboy' handed over by Tech.
  4. Fly the Fatboy to the middle to push alongside front.
  5. Keep bot lab output of Grunt and Tick going as the real transition.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 147 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD POND
  1. 1
  2. 2
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 6:10 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
    • Tidal Generator8Tidalfor allies
    • Wind Turbine8Wind
    • Tidal Generator1Tidal
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 4 mex, 9 wind, 4 converterdone ~5:58, middle half 3:38–6:56

    Some games also: converter (45%)

    By 5:36 in all: 4 mex · 8 wind · 1 tidal · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 165 steps
    1. Tidal ×5for Suicide front
    2. Tidal
    3. Tidal ×3for Front
    4. Tidal
    5. Mex ×4
    6. Wind
    7. Energy storage
    8. Wind ×3
    9. Converter
    10. Wind
    11. Energy storage
    12. Wind ×2
    13. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 4:31
    14. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    15. Wind
    16. Converter
    17. Wind
    18. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    19. Con turret
    20. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    21. Wind
    22. Con turret
    23. Wind ×3
    24. Converter
    25. Wind ×4
    26. Converter
    27. Wind ×6
    28. Converter ×2
    29. Wind ×2
    30. Con turret
    31. Wind ×2
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:44 · typical 10:05
    33. Converter
    34. Wind
    35. Con turret
    36. Wind ×3
    37. Converter
    38. Wind
    39. Converter
    40. Wind ×3
    41. Converter
    42. Wind ×3
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. Wind ×4
    45. Converter
    46. Wind ×2
    47. Converter
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. Wind ×7
    50. Converter ×2
    51. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:03
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. RascalRascal
    54. Wind
    55. RascalRascal
    56. Wind
    57. RascalRascal ×2
    58. Wind
    59. RascalRascal
    60. Converter
    61. MuskratMuskrat
    62. RascalRascal
    63. Wind
    64. RascalRascal
    65. Wind
    66. RascalRascal
    67. Converter
    68. Wind ×2
    69. MuskratMuskrat
    70. Wind
    71. CitadelAnti-nukedone 12:56
    72. MuskratMuskrat
    73. Wind
    74. MuskratMuskrat
    75. Converter
    76. RascalRascal
    77. Wind
    78. RascalRascal
    79. Wind ×2
    80. RascalRascal
    81. Wind
    82. MuskratMuskrat
    83. RascalRascal
    84. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    85. Converter
    86. Wind
    87. RascalRascal
    88. Wind
    89. MuskratMuskrat
    90. Con turret
    91. Tidal
    92. Wind ×2
    93. RascalRascal ×2
    94. Tidal
    95. Converter
    96. RascalRascal
    97. Wind
    98. Con turret
    99. RascalRascal
    100. Wind
    101. RascalRascal ×2
    102. Con turret
    103. RascalRascal
    104. Wind
    105. Tidal
    106. RascalRascal
    107. Wind
    108. Tidal
    109. Con turret
    110. RascalRascal
    111. Converter
    112. RascalRascal
    113. Wind
    114. RascalRascal
    115. Tidal
    116. Wind
    117. RascalRascal ×2
    118. Tidal
    119. RascalRascal
    120. Wind
    121. RascalRascal
    122. Tidal
    123. Wind
    124. RascalRascal
    125. Con turret
    126. RascalRascal
    127. Converter
    128. Tidal
    129. RascalRascal
    130. Con turret
    131. RascalRascal
    132. MuskratMuskrat
    133. RascalRascal
    134. Tidal
    135. RascalRascal
    136. Con turret
    137. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    138. MuskratMuskrat
    139. RascalRascal
    140. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    141. MuskratMuskrat
    142. RascalRascal
    143. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    144. Tidal
    145. Con turret
    146. RascalRascal
    147. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    148. MuskratMuskrat
    149. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    150. Con turret
    151. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    152. Con turret
    153. Tidal
    154. RascalRascal
    155. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    156. RascalRascal
    157. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    158. RascalRascal
    159. Tidal
    160. RascalRascal
    161. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    162. RascalRascal
    163. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    164. RascalRascal
    165. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:30 · typical 5:58
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 10:00

    Some games also: wind (46%) · con turret (39%) · grunt (37%) · con bot (37%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 14 wind · 2 converter

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 15 wind (standard 24) · 1 tidal · 3 converter (standard 6) · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 71 steps
    1. RascalRascal
    2. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    3. Tidal
    4. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    5. GruntGrunt
    6. RascalRascal
    7. GruntGrunt
    8. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    9. GruntGrunt
    10. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    11. GruntGrunt ×2
    12. Tidal
    13. GruntGrunt
    14. Tidal
    15. GruntGrunt ×2
    16. RascalRascal
    17. GruntGrunt
    18. RascalRascal ×2
    19. GruntGrunt
    20. RascalRascal
    21. GruntGrunt
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    23. Tidal
    24. RascalRascal
    25. GruntGrunt
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    27. Tidal
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    29. RascalRascal
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    31. RascalRascal
    32. Tidal
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    34. RascalRascal ×2
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    36. RascalRascal ×2
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    38. RascalRascal
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    40. Tidal
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    42. RascalRascal
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    44. RascalRascal
    45. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    46. RascalRascal
    47. Tidal
    48. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    49. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:30
    50. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    51. Con turret
    52. RascalRascal
    53. Tidal
    54. RascalRascal
    55. Con turret
    56. RascalRascal
    57. GraverobberGraverobber
    58. RascalRascal
    59. GraverobberGraverobber
    60. RascalRascal
    61. Con turret
    62. Tidal
    63. Con turret ×2
    64. GraverobberGraverobber
    65. RascalRascal
    66. Con turret
    67. RascalRascal
    68. Tidal
    69. RascalRascal
    70. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    71. GraverobberGraverobber

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Vaticineur's (32 OS, 13/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Tidal Generator8 Tidal to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 0:11 · in 99% of games

You get

  • Hephaestus1 Heavy transport from Air or Techfirst at 4:50 · in 77% of games
  • Fatboy1 Fatboy from Techfirst at 5:10 · in 100% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 8:13 · in 94% 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

147 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
1:001151150000001089995
2:0027325900000027692293
3:0081573700000047664418
4:00149514090000440073616407
5:002243213000001099113134579254
6:0030132949000014143961857611850
7:003856382921000015294392199613906
8:00465249051065541298616224502332817174
9:0054696290201422049218916804532561721198
10:0064217724286135094164016984532780622545
11:00755898783115714145383617094682877325778
12:00900412181358411401896103217364822959527224
13:001051814534452915712405166117594823026932595
14:001247016881490817973032199518395293240637744
15:001464519361539626323375296819055323431541136
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Won more often than the standard build and destroyed more enemy metal by 15:00 despite producing less metal itself.

  • + Destroyed 5282 enemy metal by 15:00 vs 3127 for the standard build.
  • + Fatboy and heavy transports line up: 79% of games get a Hephaestus by 4:39.
  • − Own metal lost by 15:00 rose to 3713 vs 3070 standard.
  • − Metal produced lagged badly at 10:00 and 15:00 (6422/14880 vs 8366/19066).
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Vaticineur

32.4 OS · 13/10/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
20 metal received · 65165 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab5:58Middle 50%: 3:38–6:56 · n=80
Advanced Metal Extractor10:05Middle 50%: 9:18–10:49 · n=138

Played most by

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