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Standard pond

Cortex Pond build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard Pond play: eco first with Bot Lab and later Advanced Metal Extractor, boosting the fronts with Tidal Generators and sending Grunts forward; no special catch.

#eco #team support · 89 distinct matches · 38 players · 12% of Cortex Pond games · team won 46% of 89 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Bot Lab by 5:03

  1. Build tidal generators first to start boosting the fronts.
  2. Grab mex and energy storage before committing further.
  3. Put down the bot lab and start sending Grunts forward.
  4. Fill out wind and add a Guard for early defense.
  5. Transition to T2 with an advanced mex once front stabilizes.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 89 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD POND
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
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 Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Tidal Generator8Tidalfor allies
    • Tidal Generator2Tidal−2 vs standard
    • Wind Turbine2Wind
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 4 mex, 3 wind, 2 tidaldone ~3:33, middle half 3:23–4:37

    By 3:14 in all: 4 mex · 2 tidal (standard 4) · 2 wind · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 7 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. SlingshotSlingshot
    4. Wind
    5. Energy storage
    6. Mex ×4
    7. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:25 · typical 3:33
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine1Wind−4 vs standard
    Builders
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot

    Some games also: con turret (46%) · converter (37%) · Graverobber (30%)

    By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 7 wind · 2 tidal (standard 4) · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 13 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Con turret ×2
    3. Wind ×3
    4. Converter
    5. Wind
    6. Converter
    7. Wind
    8. Converter
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Converter
    11. Wind
    12. Converter ×2
    13. Wind
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine17Wind+17 vs standard
    • Energy Converter3Converter+3 vs standard
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret

    Some games also: grunt (47%) · con bot (33%) · eat Bot Lab (44%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 24 wind (standard 8) · 2 tidal (standard 4) · 6 converter (standard 1) · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret (standard 0)

    The example game in this phase · 234 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Wind
    3. GruntGrunt
    4. Converter
    5. Wind
    6. GruntGrunt
    7. Wind ×3
    8. GruntGrunt ×2
    9. Wind
    10. GruntGrunt
    11. Wind
    12. GruntGrunt ×3
    13. Wind
    14. GruntGrunt ×2
    15. Wind
    16. GruntGrunt
    17. Wind
    18. GruntGrunt
    19. Wind
    20. GruntGrunt
    21. Wind ×2
    22. GruntGrunt
    23. Wind
    24. GruntGrunt
    25. Wind
    26. GruntGrunt
    27. Wind ×2
    28. GruntGrunt
    29. Wind
    30. GruntGrunt
    31. Wind
    32. GruntGrunt
    33. Wind ×2
    34. GruntGrunt
    35. Wind
    36. GruntGrunt
    37. Wind
    38. GruntGrunt
    39. Wind
    40. GruntGrunt
    41. Wind
    42. GruntGrunt
    43. Wind
    44. GruntGrunt
    45. Wind
    46. GruntGrunt
    47. Wind
    48. GruntGrunt
    49. Wind
    50. GruntGrunt
    51. Wind
    52. GruntGrunt
    53. Wind
    54. GruntGrunt
    55. Wind
    56. GruntGrunt
    57. GraverobberGraverobber
    58. Wind ×2
    59. GruntGrunt
    60. Wind
    61. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    62. Con turret
    63. Wind ×4
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:29 · typical 9:06
    65. Wind ×3
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. Wind
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. Wind ×4
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    71. Con turret ×2
    72. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:49
    73. Wind
    74. ArbalestArbalest
    75. Converter
    76. Wind
    77. GruntGrunt
    78. Wind
    79. Converter
    80. Construction BotCon bot
    81. Wind
    82. Converter
    83. Construction BotCon bot
    84. Wind
    85. Construction BotCon bot
    86. Wind
    87. Construction BotCon bot
    88. Converter
    89. Construction BotCon bot
    90. Wind
    91. GruntGrunt ×2
    92. Wind
    93. GruntGrunt ×2
    94. Converter
    95. GruntGrunt ×2
    96. Wind
    97. GruntGrunt
    98. ArbalestArbalest
    99. Con turret
    100. GruntGrunt
    101. Wind
    102. GruntGrunt ×2
    103. Con turret ×2
    104. GruntGrunt ×2
    105. Con turret
    106. GruntGrunt ×5
    107. Converter
    108. Wind
    109. GruntGrunt
    110. Con turret
    111. GruntGrunt ×2
    112. Converter
    113. GruntGrunt
    114. Wind
    115. GruntGrunt ×2
    116. Converter
    117. GruntGrunt ×2
    118. Wind
    119. GruntGrunt
    120. Converter
    121. GruntGrunt ×3
    122. Wind
    123. GruntGrunt
    124. Converter
    125. GruntGrunt ×2
    126. ArbalestArbalest
    127. GruntGrunt
    128. Converter
    129. GruntGrunt ×3
    130. Converter
    131. GruntGrunt
    132. Wind
    133. GruntGrunt ×3
    134. Converter
    135. Wind
    136. GruntGrunt ×3
    137. Converter
    138. Wind
    139. GruntGrunt
    140. Wind
    141. GruntGrunt
    142. Wind
    143. GruntGrunt
    144. Converter
    145. GruntGrunt
    146. Wind
    147. GruntGrunt
    148. Wind ×2
    149. GruntGrunt
    150. Converter
    151. GruntGrunt
    152. Wind
    153. GruntGrunt
    154. Wind ×2
    155. GruntGrunt
    156. Converter
    157. Wind
    158. GruntGrunt
    159. Wind
    160. GruntGrunt
    161. Wind ×2
    162. GruntGrunt
    163. Wind ×3
    164. GruntGrunt
    165. Converter
    166. GruntGrunt
    167. Wind ×2
    168. GruntGrunt
    169. Con turret
    170. Wind ×4
    171. GruntGrunt
    172. Con turret
    173. Converter
    174. Wind ×4
    175. GruntGrunt
    176. Wind
    177. Con turret
    178. GruntGrunt
    179. Wind ×2
    180. Converter
    181. Wind ×2
    182. Con turret
    183. Wind ×2
    184. GruntGrunt
    185. Wind ×2
    186. GruntGrunt
    187. Wind
    188. GruntGrunt
    189. Wind
    190. GruntGrunt
    191. Wind
    192. Converter
    193. GruntGrunt
    194. Wind ×2
    195. GruntGrunt ×2
    196. Wind ×2
    197. GruntGrunt
    198. Wind
    199. Converter
    200. GruntGrunt
    201. Wind ×2
    202. GruntGrunt ×2
    203. Wind ×2
    204. GruntGrunt
    205. Converter
    206. GruntGrunt
    207. Wind ×3
    208. GruntGrunt ×2
    209. Wind
    210. GruntGrunt
    211. Converter
    212. GruntGrunt
    213. Wind ×2
    214. GruntGrunt
    215. Wind ×2
    216. GruntGrunt
    217. Wind
    218. GruntGrunt ×2
    219. Wind
    220. Converter
    221. GruntGrunt
    222. Wind ×3
    223. GruntGrunt ×3
    224. Wind ×2
    225. GruntGrunt
    226. Converter
    227. Wind ×2
    228. GruntGrunt
    229. Hardened Energy Storage
    230. Wind
    231. GruntGrunt
    232. Wind ×3
    233. Converter
    234. Wind ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Yamato's (30 OS, 07/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Tidal Generator8 Tidal to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 0:14 · in 96% of games

You get

  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:22 · in 80% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build, running totals by minute

Metal produced

010k20k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

01k2k3k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

01k2k3k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

89 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0011500
2:0025900
3:0073700
4:00140900
5:00213000
6:00294900
7:00382900
8:0049055486
9:006290220189
10:007724350640
11:009878714836
12:001218111401032
13:001453415711661
14:001688117971995
15:001936126322968
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

This Cortex pond baseline wins under half its games, with enemy metal destroyed just ahead of own losses by 15:00.

  • + Enemy metal destroyed (3099) edges past own metal lost (3482) less than in Armada pond.
  • − Bot Lab finishes later (5:03) than the Armada pond norm (3:41), slower front support.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Yamato

30.5 OS · 07/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
898 metal received · 69808 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab3:33Middle 50%: 3:23–4:37 · n=65
Advanced Metal Extractor9:06Middle 50%: 7:42–10:16 · n=72

Played most by

Yamato18games of this buildzeus_on_god7games of this buildEpicTyrannus6games of this buildEXZoPrimer36games of this buildBoozha5games of this build