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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 · 91 distinct matches · 38 players · 12% of Cortex Pond games · team won 46% of 91 · 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 91 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 3:23–4:45

    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

    Some games also: con bot (49%) · con turret (45%) · converter (36%)

    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 ×2
    8. Converter
    9. Wind
    10. Converter
    11. Wind
    12. Converter ×2
    13. Wind
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine15Wind+15 vs standard
    • Energy Converter3Converter+3 vs standard
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret

    Some games also: grunt (47%) · con bot (32%) · eat Bot Lab (43%)

    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 · 270 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Wind
    3. Converter
    4. Wind ×2
    5. GruntGrunt ×3
    6. Wind
    7. GruntGrunt ×2
    8. Wind
    9. GruntGrunt ×2
    10. Wind
    11. GruntGrunt ×2
    12. Wind
    13. GruntGrunt ×3
    14. Wind
    15. Converter
    16. GruntGrunt
    17. Wind
    18. Converter
    19. GruntGrunt
    20. Wind
    21. GruntGrunt
    22. Converter
    23. Wind
    24. GruntGrunt ×2
    25. Wind
    26. GruntGrunt
    27. Converter
    28. GruntGrunt
    29. Wind
    30. GruntGrunt
    31. Wind
    32. GruntGrunt ×3
    33. Wind
    34. GruntGrunt ×2
    35. Wind
    36. GruntGrunt ×2
    37. Wind
    38. GruntGrunt ×2
    39. Wind
    40. GruntGrunt ×2
    41. Wind
    42. GruntGrunt ×2
    43. Wind
    44. GruntGrunt ×2
    45. Wind
    46. GruntGrunt ×2
    47. Wind
    48. GruntGrunt
    49. Wind
    50. GruntGrunt
    51. Wind ×6
    52. Con turret
    53. Wind ×2
    54. Con turret
    55. Wind
    56. Con turret
    57. Wind ×3
    58. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:11 · typical 9:06
    60. Wind ×2
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. Wind
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. Wind ×3
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:19
    67. GruntGrunt
    68. Wind
    69. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    70. Wind
    71. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    72. Wind
    73. Construction BotCon bot
    74. GruntGrunt
    75. Wind
    76. GruntGrunt ×3
    77. Wind
    78. GruntGrunt ×2
    79. Con turret
    80. GruntGrunt
    81. Wind
    82. GruntGrunt ×2
    83. Con turret
    84. GruntGrunt ×2
    85. Converter
    86. Wind
    87. GruntGrunt
    88. Con turret
    89. Converter
    90. GruntGrunt
    91. Wind
    92. Converter
    93. GruntGrunt
    94. Converter
    95. Con turret
    96. GruntGrunt
    97. Wind
    98. Hardened Energy Storage
    99. GruntGrunt
    100. Converter
    101. Wind
    102. Converter
    103. Con turret
    104. GruntGrunt
    105. Wind
    106. Converter ×2
    107. GruntGrunt
    108. Wind
    109. GruntGrunt
    110. Converter
    111. GruntGrunt ×2
    112. Wind
    113. GruntGrunt
    114. Converter
    115. GruntGrunt
    116. Converter
    117. GruntGrunt
    118. Wind
    119. GruntGrunt ×4
    120. Wind
    121. Converter ×2
    122. Wind
    123. Construction BotCon bot
    124. GruntGrunt
    125. Converter
    126. Wind ×2
    127. GruntGrunt ×3
    128. Wind
    129. GruntGrunt
    130. Wind
    131. Converter
    132. Wind
    133. GruntGrunt ×2
    134. Wind
    135. Converter
    136. GruntGrunt
    137. Wind
    138. Converter
    139. GruntGrunt
    140. Wind
    141. GruntGrunt
    142. Wind ×2
    143. GruntGrunt
    144. Wind
    145. Converter
    146. GruntGrunt ×2
    147. Wind ×3
    148. GruntGrunt
    149. Wind ×2
    150. GruntGrunt
    151. Converter ×2
    152. GruntGrunt
    153. Wind ×2
    154. GruntGrunt
    155. Wind ×2
    156. GruntGrunt
    157. Converter
    158. Wind
    159. GruntGrunt
    160. Wind ×2
    161. GruntGrunt
    162. Wind
    163. GruntGrunt
    164. Converter ×2
    165. Wind
    166. GruntGrunt
    167. Wind ×3
    168. GruntGrunt
    169. Converter
    170. GruntGrunt
    171. Wind ×2
    172. GruntGrunt
    173. Wind
    174. GruntGrunt
    175. Converter
    176. Wind
    177. GruntGrunt
    178. Converter
    179. Wind
    180. GruntGrunt
    181. Wind ×3
    182. GruntGrunt
    183. Wind
    184. GruntGrunt
    185. Wind
    186. GruntGrunt
    187. Wind
    188. Converter
    189. Wind
    190. GruntGrunt
    191. Wind
    192. Converter
    193. Wind
    194. GruntGrunt
    195. Wind
    196. GruntGrunt
    197. Wind
    198. Converter
    199. GruntGrunt
    200. Wind ×2
    201. GruntGrunt
    202. Wind ×2
    203. GruntGrunt
    204. Wind
    205. GruntGrunt
    206. Wind
    207. Converter
    208. GruntGrunt
    209. Wind
    210. Converter
    211. Wind
    212. GruntGrunt
    213. Wind ×2
    214. GruntGrunt
    215. Wind
    216. GruntGrunt
    217. Wind ×2
    218. GruntGrunt
    219. Wind ×2
    220. GruntGrunt
    221. Wind
    222. GruntGrunt
    223. Converter
    224. Wind
    225. GruntGrunt
    226. Wind
    227. Converter
    228. Wind ×2
    229. GruntGrunt
    230. Wind
    231. GruntGrunt
    232. Converter
    233. Wind
    234. GruntGrunt
    235. Wind ×2
    236. GruntGrunt
    237. Wind
    238. Converter
    239. Wind
    240. GruntGrunt
    241. GraverobberGraverobber
    242. Wind ×4
    243. Converter
    244. GruntGrunt
    245. Wind
    246. GruntGrunt
    247. Wind ×2
    248. GruntGrunt
    249. Wind ×2
    250. GruntGrunt
    251. Wind
    252. GruntGrunt
    253. Con turret
    254. Wind ×2
    255. Converter
    256. GruntGrunt
    257. Converter
    258. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    259. Wind ×3
    260. Con turret
    261. Wind ×3
    262. GruntGrunt
    263. Wind
    264. Con turret
    265. Wind
    266. GruntGrunt
    267. Wind ×2
    268. Con turret
    269. Wind
    270. Converter ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Yamato's (30 OS, 04/09/2026); 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 7:19 · in 79% 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

91 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
8:0048745486
9:006257220189
10:007661350640
11:009859766836
12:001209211961075
13:001453415781661
14:001688118141995
15:001936126322964
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

30.0 OS · 04/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
375 metal received · 200461 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab3:33Middle 50%: 3:23–4:45 · n=67
Advanced Metal Extractor9:06Middle 50%: 7:42–10:16 · n=74

Played most by

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