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Cortex Pond build order · Supreme Isthmus

Economy-first play boosting wind and tidal for the fronts, taking an Advanced Metal Extractor around 9:23 and often receiving a Fatboy from an ally early, then building a lab and sending units front.

#eco #team support · 111 distinct matches · 31 players · 40% of Cortex Pond games · team won 53% of 113 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • FatboyFatboy from an ally in 42%18% of all Pond games by then

Then transitions into grunt (22% of army), tick (14% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: T2 constructor by 7:57

  1. Drop 10 tidal generators immediately to boost front's wind.
  2. Take 3 mex, then a fourth, and get a bot lab by 3:02.
  3. Layer in wind and a guard for base defense.
  4. Push for your own T2 constructor once eco is stable.
  5. Transition into advanced mex and small bot army like Grunt and Tick.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 111 GAMES
  1. 1
  2. 2
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 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Tidal Generator8Tidalfor allies
    • Wind Turbine8Wind
    • Tidal Generator2Tidal
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage

    Some games also: converter (47%)

    By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 8 wind · 2 tidal · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 13 steps
    1. Tidal ×4for Suicide front
    2. Tidal
    3. Tidal ×4for Suicide front
    4. Tidal
    5. Converter
    6. Mex ×3
    7. Energy storage
    8. Mex
    9. Wind
    10. Wind ×3
    11. Converter
    12. Con turret
    13. Wind ×10
  2. 2

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine3Wind

    Some games also: converter (44%) · con turret (37%) · wind (35%) · con turret (33%) · grunt (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 16 wind · 2 tidal · 4 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 143 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Wind
    3. Con turret
    4. Converter ×4
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 5:48
    6. Wind
    7. TickTick
    8. Wind
    9. TickTick ×2
    10. Wind
    11. TickTick ×34
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:28 · typical 9:23
    13. TickTick ×2
    14. PawnPawn ×5
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    16. Wind
    17. PawnPawn
    18. TickTick
    19. Wind
    20. TickTick
    21. Wind
    22. TickTick ×3
    23. Wind
    24. TickTick
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. Wind
    27. TickTick ×3
    28. Wind
    29. TickTick ×3
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    31. TickTick ×2
    32. Wind
    33. TickTick ×6
    34. Wind
    35. TickTick ×7
    36. Wind
    37. TickTick ×2
    38. Wind
    39. TickTick
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. Wind
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. Wind
    44. Construction BotCon bot
    45. Wind
    46. TickTick ×2
    47. VeilVeil
    48. TickTick
    49. Wind
    50. TickTick ×2
    51. Wind
    52. TickTick
    53. Wind
    54. TickTick
    55. Wind
    56. Construction BotCon bot
    57. Wind
    58. Construction BotCon bot
    59. Wind
    60. TickTick ×2
    61. Wind
    62. TickTick
    63. Wind
    64. TickTick ×6
    65. Wind
    66. TickTick ×5
    67. Wind
    68. TickTick ×5
    69. Wind
    70. TickTick ×6
    71. Wind
    72. TickTick
    73. Con turret
    74. TickTick ×2
    75. Wind
    76. Con turret ×2
    77. TickTick ×2
    78. Wind
    79. TickTick ×5
    80. Wind
    81. TickTick ×8
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick ×8
    84. Wind
    85. TickTick ×8
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick ×4
    88. UrchinUrchin
    89. TickTick ×3
    90. Wind
    91. TickTick ×3
    92. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:06
    93. TickTick ×2
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick ×2
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick ×2
    98. JellyfishJellyfish
    99. Wind
    100. TickTick
    101. Con turret
    102. TickTick
    103. Wind
    104. Con turret
    105. TickTick
    106. Con turret
    107. TickTick
    108. Con turret
    109. Wind
    110. TickTick ×3
    111. Wind
    112. TickTick
    113. Con turret
    114. TickTick ×2
    115. Con turret
    116. TickTick
    117. Mex
    118. TickTick ×4
    119. Wind
    120. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:25
    121. TickTick ×7
    122. StoutStout
    123. TickTick
    124. Wind
    125. TickTick ×2
    126. StoutStout
    127. TickTick ×2
    128. StoutStout
    129. TickTick ×3
    130. StoutStout
    131. TickTick
    132. Wind
    133. TickTick
    134. StoutStout
    135. TickTick ×2
    136. StoutStout
    137. TickTick ×3
    138. StoutStout
    139. TickTick
    140. Wind
    141. TickTick
    142. StoutStout
    143. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is enderOS1's (37 OS, 08/08/2026); 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 97% of games

You get

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot from Geo or Beach sea or Techfirst at 2:29 · in 37% of games
  • Hephaestus1 Heavy transport from Air or Techfirst at 4:41 · in 35% of games
  • Fatboy1 Fatboy from Techfirst at 5:18 · in 42% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:48 · in 95% 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

02k4k6k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

02k4k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

113 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0011500
2:0027900
3:0081900
4:00150900
5:00221500
6:00296300
7:0038222710
8:0046221050172
9:0055511495559
10:0066832159882
11:00829626551330
12:001017330821596
13:001254434272104
14:001450738182780
15:001685841773299
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard pond wins slightly more than half its games while producing far less metal than most roles, matching its support job.

  • + Team win rate at 52%, the highest among the six standard builds shown.
  • + 42% of games receive a Fatboy from an ally by 5:17, well above the 18% role norm.
  • − Metal produced by 15:00 is only 16843, the lowest of all builds listed.
  • − Own metal lost climbs to 3271 by 15:00 despite the defensive role.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

enderOS1

36.5 OS · 08/08/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
501 metal received · 41539 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Advanced Metal Extractor9:23Middle 50%: 8:37–10:29 · n=108

Played most by

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