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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 1:22 · 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 · 20 steps
    1. ZagreusZagreusfor Front
    2. Wind
    3. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    4. ZagreusZagreusfor Beach sea
    5. Wind
    6. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Botfor Beach sea
    7. ZagreusZagreusfor Front
    8. Mex
    9. ZagreusZagreus ×2for Front
    10. Energy storage
    11. GoblinGoblin
    12. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:22 · typical 3:12
    13. Con turret ×3
    14. Converter
    15. Con turret
    16. Converter ×3
    17. Con turret ×2
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3done 5:20 · typical 5:38
    19. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 6:49 · typical 7:05
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
  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 · 2 steps
    1. PharosPharos ×4
    2. Legion Vehicle PlantLegion Vehicle Plantdone 7:00 · 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 · 92 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. AlarisAlarisfor Front
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. AlarisAlaris ×2for Front
    5. Wind
    6. AlarisAlaris ×2for Front
    7. Wind
    8. AlarisAlarisfor Front
    9. Wind
    10. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:50 · typical 8:42
    13. Wind ×3
    14. MedusaMedusadone 8:18 · typical 8:18
    15. Wind ×4
    16. MedusaMedusafor Suicide front
    17. Wind ×2
    18. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Suicide front
    19. HeraAnti-nukedone 9:33 · typical 10:12
    20. Converter ×2
    21. CiceroRadar jammer
    22. Converter
    23. PhemeMobile radar
    24. Converter
    25. BoreasBoreasdone 10:00
    26. Converter ×2
    27. BoreasBoreas
    28. Converter
    29. RhapsisRhapsis
    30. BoreasBoreas
    31. Converter
    32. RhapsisRhapsis
    33. GladiatorGladiatordone 11:02
    34. RhapsisRhapsis
    35. GladiatorGladiator
    36. BrambleBramble ×2
    37. GladiatorGladiator
    38. BrambleBramble
    39. GladiatorGladiator
    40. BrambleBramble
    41. GladiatorGladiator
    42. BrambleBramble
    43. GladiatorGladiatorfor Front
    44. BrambleBramble ×2
    45. BoreasBoreas
    46. BrambleBramble
    47. GladiatorGladiatorfor Front
    48. BrambleBramble
    49. GladiatorGladiatorfor Front
    50. BrambleBramble
    51. GladiatorGladiatorfor Front
    52. BrambleBramble
    53. GladiatorGladiatorfor Front
    54. BrambleBramble
    55. Converter
    56. GladiatorGladiatorfor Front
    57. Converter
    58. GladiatorGladiatorfor Front
    59. Converter
    60. GladiatorGladiatorfor Front
    61. Converter
    62. GladiatorGladiator
    63. Converter
    64. BoreasBoreas
    65. Converter
    66. BoreasBoreas
    67. MantisTransportdone 13:45 · typical 10:25
    68. Converter
    69. Legion DroneLegion Drone ×2
    70. MantisTransport
    71. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    72. Converter ×2
    73. Legion DroneLegion Drone ×4
    74. MantisTransport
    75. Converter
    76. Legion DroneLegion Drone ×3
    77. CharonFlakdone 14:13 · typical 10:49
    78. Legion DroneLegion Drone ×2
    79. Converter
    80. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    81. CharonFlak
    82. Legion DroneLegion Drone ×2
    83. Converter
    84. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    85. CharonFlak
    86. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    87. Converter
    88. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    89. InfernoInfernodone 14:55
    90. Converter
    91. InfernoInferno
    92. Converter

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 ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
3758 metal received · 61428 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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