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Drone plant T2

Com-blow economy that adds a Legion Drone Plant before Advanced Geothermal, using the drones and T2 vehicles (anti-air, support) to send an Aeolus drop into the enemy base by mid-game instead of just funneling T2 units to front.

Blows up the commander for T2

#t2 #air #drop · 6 distinct matches · 3 players · 15% of Legion Geo games · team won 2 of 6 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • AeolusAeolus in 67%15% of all Geo games by then
  • Legion DroneLegion Drone in 67%10% of all Geo games by then
  • CharonFlak in 67%18% of all Geo games by then
  • CiceroRadar jammer in 67%15% of all Geo games by then

Then transitions into Boreas (12% of army), Medusa (11% of army), transport (11% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Legion Drone Plant by 6:17

  1. Open mex, wind and Legion Bot Lab, com straight onto geo.
  2. Get Geothermal Powerplant up fast to fund the switch.
  3. Build Legion Drone Plant instead of the usual T2 lab path.
  4. Add T2 vehicle support "Cicero" and T2 vehicle anti-air "Charon".
  5. Load Aeolus and drop it behind enemy lines.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 6 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD GEO
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 6:00 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 Legion Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor3Mex
    • Wind Turbine4Wind+2 vs standard
    Order
    1. Legion Bot LabLegion Bot Lab after 3 mex, 4 winddone ~1:13, middle half 1:01–1:23

    By 0:57 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind (standard 2)

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. Wind ×3
    5. Legion Bot LabLegion Bot Labdone 1:23 · typical 1:13
  2. 2

    Legion Bot Lab to Legion Drone Plant

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine5Wind
    • Energy Converter9Converter
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Geothermal PowerplantGeo after 4 mex, 7 wind, 1 energy storage
    2. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplant after 7 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretin 50% of games
    3. Legion Drone PlantLegion Drone Plant after 11 wind, 10 converter, 8 con turretdone ~6:17, middle half 5:26–7:02
    Builders
    • Construction Turret7 Con turret
    • Zagreus5 Zagreus
    • Legion Construction Bot1 Legion Construction Bot
    • Zagreus1 Zagreus for allies
    • Legion Construction Bot1 Legion Construction Bot for allies

    Some games also: Advanced Geothermal Powerplant (50%) · metal storage (33%) · Goblin (33%)

    By 6:08 in all: 4 mex · 9 wind · 1 geo · 9 converter · 1 energy storage · 7 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 31 steps
    1. ZagreusZagreus
    2. Wind
    3. Solar
    4. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    5. Wind
    6. ZagreusZagreusfor Beach sea
    7. Wind
    8. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Botfor Beach sea
    9. Energy storage
    10. ZagreusZagreus
    11. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Botfor Beach sea
    12. Mex
    13. ZagreusZagreus ×3
    14. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:41 · typical 3:12
    15. Converter
    16. Con turret
    17. Converter
    18. Con turret
    19. Converter
    20. Con turret
    21. Converter ×2
    22. Con turret
    23. Converter ×4
    24. Con turret
    25. Converter
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 5:24 · typical 5:38
    27. Con turret
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    29. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:01 · typical 7:05
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    31. PharosPharos
  3. 3

    Legion Drone Plant to Legion Vehicle Plant

    Economy
    • Energy Converter2Converter
    Order
    1. Legion Vehicle PlantLegion Vehicle Plant after 7 wind, 12 converter, 7 con turretdone ~7:48, middle half 7:08–7:51

    Some games also: Legion Construction Aircraft (50%) · noctua (33%) · aeolus for allies (33%) · Advanced Geothermal Powerplant (33%)

    By 7:39 in all: 4 mex · 10 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 13 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 1 step
    1. Legion Vehicle PlantLegion Vehicle Plantdone 7:08 · typical 7:48
  4. 4

    Legion Vehicle Plant to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine6Wind+6 vs standard
    • Energy Converter7Converter+2 vs standard
    Order
    1. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plant after 11 wind, 12 converter, 7 con turret
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret +2 vs standard
    • Legion Construction Vehicle1 Legion Construction Vehicle
    • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle for allies
    Army
    • Pheme1 Mobile radar
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: Medusa (50%) · radar jammer (50%) · noctua (33%) · Pharos (33%) · Bramble (33%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 5 Arquebus

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 20 wind (standard 9) · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 20 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 94 steps
    1. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    2. PharosPharos ×2
    3. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:48 · typical 8:42
    4. PharosPharos
    5. Con turret
    6. Mexfor Beach sea
    7. Con turret
    8. MedusaMedusadone 8:13 · typical 8:18
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. Converter ×2
    11. MedusaMedusa
    12. Converter
    13. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Suicide front
    14. Converter ×2
    15. MedusaMedusa
    16. Converter ×4
    17. CiceroRadar jammer
    18. Wind ×2
    19. PhemeMobile radar
    20. BrambleBramble
    21. Wind
    22. GladiatorGladiatordone 9:14
    23. Wind
    24. BrambleBramble
    25. GladiatorGladiator
    26. Wind ×2
    27. HeraAnti-nukedone 9:52 · typical 10:12
    28. BrambleBramble
    29. Wind ×2
    30. BrambleBramble
    31. Wind
    32. BrambleBramble
    33. Wind ×2
    34. GladiatorGladiator
    35. Wind
    36. GladiatorGladiator ×2
    37. RhapsisRhapsis
    38. Converter
    39. GladiatorGladiator
    40. Converter
    41. RhapsisRhapsis
    42. CharonFlakdone 10:44 · typical 10:49
    43. Converter
    44. CharonFlak
    45. RhapsisRhapsis
    46. Converter
    47. CharonFlak
    48. Converter
    49. PharosPharos
    50. Converter
    51. PharosPharos
    52. GladiatorGladiator
    53. Converter
    54. PharosPharos
    55. Converter
    56. GladiatorGladiator
    57. Converter
    58. PharosPharos
    59. CharonFlak
    60. PharosPharos ×2
    61. CharonFlak ×3
    62. GladiatorGladiator
    63. Wind
    64. GladiatorGladiator
    65. Wind
    66. GladiatorGladiator
    67. Wind
    68. GladiatorGladiator
    69. Wind
    70. MedusaMedusa
    71. Wind ×2
    72. MedusaMedusa
    73. Wind ×3
    74. GladiatorGladiator
    75. Wind
    76. GladiatorGladiator
    77. Wind
    78. GladiatorGladiator
    79. Wind
    80. GladiatorGladiator
    81. Wind
    82. GladiatorGladiator
    83. Wind
    84. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    85. Wind
    86. GladiatorGladiator
    87. Wind
    88. CharonFlak
    89. Wind
    90. CharonFlak
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00
    92. Wind
    93. CharonFlak
    94. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Grump]Matsuri's (41 OS, 05/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Zagreus1 Zagreus to Beach sea or Front or Suicide frontfirst at 1:54 · in 83% of games
  • Legion Construction Bot1 Legion Construction Bot to Beach seafirst at 2:15 · in 83% of games
  • Aeolus1 Aeolus to Front or Beach seafirst at 8:41 · in 33% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 10:00 · in 83% of games

You get

  • Aeolus1 Aeolus from Airfirst at 4:22 · in 33% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:59 · in 100% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build against the role’s standard build, running totals by minute

  • This build
  • Standard geo

Metal produced

020k40k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

05k10k15k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

05k10k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

6 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildMetal produced: Standard geoEnemy metal destroyed: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: Standard geoOwn metal lost: This buildOwn metal lost: Standard geo
1:003493320000
2:008528670000
3:00152115070000
4:00291827430000
5:00434136100000
6:00589358710000
7:00837985540000
8:0011944113750000
9:00148901419555065255
10:00178881704226518065255
11:002066120046528199465867
12:002331023165191841231801455
13:0026953263412834854116402850
14:00309342903048351086931806617
15:00349193260861841164831809400
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Won less often than the standard build and destroyed far less enemy metal by 15:00 despite a strong economy.

  • + Metal produced ahead of standard at every checkpoint through 15:00.
  • + Own metal lost at 15:00 much lower (3180 vs 9400).
  • − Team win rate far lower (33% vs 75%).
  • − Enemy metal destroyed at 15:00 much lower (6184 vs 11648).
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

[Grump]Matsuri

41.5 OS · 05/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
1826 metal received · 245719 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Legion Bot Lab1:13Middle 50%: 1:01–1:23 · n=6
Geothermal Powerplant3:12Middle 50%: 2:59–3:28 · n=6
Advanced Metal Extractor5:38Middle 50%: 5:22–6:18 · n=6
Legion Drone Plant6:17Middle 50%: 5:26–7:02 · n=4
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:05Middle 50%: 7:01–7:43 · n=5
Legion Vehicle Plant7:48Middle 50%: 7:08–7:51 · n=5
Medusa8:18Middle 50%: 8:15–8:55 · n=3
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:42Middle 50%: 7:50–8:44 · n=5
Hera10:12Middle 50%: 9:47–10:47 · n=4
Mantis10:25Middle 50%: 9:19–12:05 · n=4
Charon10:49Middle 50%: 10:45–11:44 · n=4

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