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Standard pond

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 · 7 steps
    1. Tidal ×10for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Energy storage
    6. Wind ×6
    7. Converter
  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 · 102 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:07 · typical 9:23
    3. Mex
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:16
    6. TickTick
    7. Construction BotCon botfor Geo sea
    8. Tidal ×2
    9. Construction BotCon botfor Geo sea
    10. Con turret
    11. Tidal ×2
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    13. TickTick
    14. Con turret
    15. TickTick
    16. Tidal
    17. TickTick ×2
    18. Tidal
    19. TickTick
    20. Con turret
    21. TickTick
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Tidal
    24. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:56
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Tidal
    27. TickTick
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. TickTick ×4
    30. Tidal
    31. TickTick ×7
    32. Tidal
    33. TickTick ×7
    34. Tidal
    35. TickTick ×11
    36. Tidal
    37. TickTick ×11
    38. Tidal
    39. TickTick ×12
    40. Tidal
    41. TickTick ×12
    42. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    43. TickTick ×41
    44. Construction BotCon bot ×8
    45. Wind
    46. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    47. Wind ×2
    48. TickTick ×3
    49. Wind
    50. TickTick ×2
    51. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    52. TickTick ×3
    53. Wind
    54. TickTick
    55. Wind
    56. TickTick ×6
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick ×2
    59. Wind
    60. TickTick ×4
    61. Wind
    62. TickTick ×5
    63. Wind
    64. TickTick
    65. Wind
    66. TickTick
    67. Wind
    68. TickTick ×5
    69. Wind ×2
    70. TickTick ×2
    71. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    72. Wind ×3
    73. Construction BotCon bot
    74. Wind
    75. Construction BotCon bot
    76. Con turret
    77. Wind ×3
    78. Converter
    79. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 14:46
    80. Wind
    81. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick
    84. Converter
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick ×2
    87. Wind
    88. TickTick ×5
    89. Wind
    90. TickTick
    91. Converter
    92. TickTick
    93. Wind
    94. TickTick ×6
    95. Wind ×2
    96. TickTick
    97. Converter
    98. TickTick ×5
    99. Wind
    100. TickTick
    101. Wind
    102. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is DontStreamSnipeMeBro's (35 OS, 16/08/2026); 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

DontStreamSnipeMeBro

35.1 OS · 16/08/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
554 metal received · 41364 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

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