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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 · 20 steps
    1. Tidal ×9for Front
    2. Tidal
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Wind
    5. Converter
    6. Wind ×4
    7. Converter
    8. Wind ×4
    9. Wind ×2for Suicide front
    10. Converter
    11. Wind ×4for Tech
    12. Converter
    13. Windfor Suicide front
    14. Wind ×5
    15. Converter
    16. Wind ×5
    17. Converter
    18. Mexfor Suicide front
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:25 · typical 10:04
    20. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:35 · 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 · 89 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    2. GuardGuard
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. GraverobberGraverobber ×3
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Solar
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    10. GruntGrunt
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. GruntGrunt ×5
    13. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    14. GruntGrunt
    15. GraverobberGraverobber
    16. Wind
    17. Mex
    18. GruntGrunt ×2
    19. Wind
    20. GruntGrunt
    21. JellyfishJellyfish
    22. GruntGrunt
    23. Wind
    24. GruntGrunt ×2
    25. Wind
    26. GraverobberGraverobber
    27. Mex
    28. JellyfishJellyfish
    29. GraverobberGraverobber
    30. Wind
    31. JellyfishJellyfish
    32. GruntGrunt
    33. Converter
    34. GraverobberGraverobber
    35. Wind
    36. GruntGrunt
    37. Wind
    38. GuardGuard
    39. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    40. Wind ×2
    41. Converter
    42. GruntGrunt
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. GruntGrunt ×2
    45. Wind
    46. GruntGrunt ×3
    47. Wind
    48. GruntGrunt ×3
    49. Wind
    50. Converter
    51. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    52. Wind
    53. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    54. Wind
    55. GruntGrunt
    56. GuardGuard
    57. Wind
    58. Converter
    59. GruntGrunt ×2
    60. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:51
    61. Wind
    62. GruntGrunt ×2
    63. JellyfishJellyfish
    64. Wind
    65. GruntGrunt ×2
    66. Wind
    67. Converter
    68. JellyfishJellyfish
    69. GruntGrunt
    70. JellyfishJellyfish
    71. GruntGrunt
    72. Wind
    73. GruntGrunt
    74. Construction BotCon bot
    75. Wind
    76. GruntGrunt
    77. Mex
    78. GruntGrunt ×2
    79. Con turret
    80. Wind
    81. Converter
    82. GruntGrunt
    83. Wind
    84. GruntGrunt
    85. Wind
    86. GruntGrunt
    87. Wind
    88. Converter
    89. Construction BotCon bot

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is DoctorPinguins's (37 OS, 26/09/2026); 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

DoctorPinguins

37.0 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
146 metal received · 28243 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

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