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Standard pond

Economy-first Pond that builds tidal generators and wind for the fronts, often receives a Fatboy from an ally early, then adds a lab and sends units forward while boosting eco throughout.

#eco #team support · 102 distinct matches · 28 players · 40% of Cortex Pond games · team won 55% of 104 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • FatboyFatboy from an ally in 43%18% of all Pond games by then

Then transitions into grunt (23% of army), tick (15% 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 102 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 (48%)

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

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

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine3Wind

    Some games also: converter (45%) · con turret (39%) · wind (33%) · grunt (33%) · con turret (31%)

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

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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is MischievousDragonGF's (42 OS, 15/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Tidal Generator8 Tidal to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 0:11 · in 97% of games

You get

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot from Geo or Beach seafirst at 2:27 · in 35% of games
  • Hephaestus1 Heavy transport from Air or Techfirst at 4:42 · in 37% of games
  • Fatboy1 Fatboy from Techfirst at 5:18 · in 43% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:47 · in 94% 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

104 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0011500
2:0027800
3:0081600
4:00151000
5:00221700
6:00296200
7:0038262880
8:0046231070189
9:0055351507591
10:0066512171899
11:00825026931360
12:001019431341695
13:001257434542159
14:001466838212820
15:001700442743392
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

MischievousDragonGF

41.9 OS · 15/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
904 metal received · 31050 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Advanced Metal Extractor9:23Middle 50%: 8:39–10:27 · n=99

Played most by

[Grump]Matsuri24games of this buildDeathkebab11games of this buildBoozha9games of this buildEXZoPrimer37games of this buildNazarid7games of this build

Supporting games

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