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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 3:24 · 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 · 15 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Con turret
    3. Wind
    4. Con turret
    5. Wind ×3
    6. Converter
    7. Wind
    8. Converter
    9. Wind
    10. Converter
    11. Wind
    12. Converter
    13. Wind
    14. Converter
    15. 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 · 305 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Wind
    3. GruntGrunt
    4. Converter
    5. Wind
    6. GruntGrunt
    7. Converter
    8. Wind
    9. GruntGrunt ×2
    10. Wind
    11. GruntGrunt ×2
    12. Wind
    13. GruntGrunt ×2
    14. Wind
    15. GruntGrunt
    16. Wind
    17. GruntGrunt ×3
    18. Wind
    19. GruntGrunt
    20. Wind
    21. GruntGrunt
    22. Wind
    23. GruntGrunt
    24. Wind
    25. GruntGrunt
    26. Wind
    27. GruntGrunt
    28. Wind
    29. GruntGrunt
    30. Wind
    31. GruntGrunt
    32. Wind
    33. GruntGrunt ×2
    34. Wind
    35. GruntGrunt
    36. Wind
    37. GruntGrunt
    38. Wind
    39. GruntGrunt ×2
    40. Wind
    41. GruntGrunt
    42. Wind
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:53 · typical 9:06
    44. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    45. Wind
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. Wind
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. Wind ×7
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. Wind ×3
    52. Con turret
    53. Wind ×2
    54. Con turret
    55. Wind
    56. Con turret
    57. Wind ×2
    58. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:45
    59. Wind
    60. GruntGrunt ×2
    61. Wind
    62. GruntGrunt ×4
    63. Wind
    64. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    65. Wind
    66. Construction BotCon bot
    67. Wind
    68. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    69. Wind
    70. GruntGrunt
    71. Con turret
    72. GruntGrunt ×2
    73. Wind
    74. GruntGrunt ×4
    75. Wind
    76. GruntGrunt ×3
    77. Wind
    78. GruntGrunt
    79. Con turret
    80. GruntGrunt
    81. Con turret
    82. GruntGrunt
    83. Wind
    84. GraverobberGraverobber
    85. GruntGrunt ×2
    86. Con turret
    87. Wind
    88. GruntGrunt ×4
    89. Wind
    90. Converter
    91. GruntGrunt ×2
    92. Converter
    93. Wind
    94. GruntGrunt
    95. Con turret
    96. GruntGrunt
    97. Converter
    98. GruntGrunt ×2
    99. Wind
    100. GruntGrunt ×2
    101. Converter
    102. GruntGrunt
    103. Wind
    104. GruntGrunt ×2
    105. Converter
    106. GruntGrunt
    107. Wind
    108. GruntGrunt
    109. Wind
    110. GruntGrunt
    111. Converter
    112. GruntGrunt
    113. Wind
    114. GruntGrunt
    115. Wind
    116. GruntGrunt
    117. Converter
    118. GruntGrunt ×2
    119. Wind
    120. GruntGrunt
    121. Wind
    122. GruntGrunt
    123. Converter
    124. GruntGrunt
    125. Wind
    126. GruntGrunt ×2
    127. Wind ×2
    128. GruntGrunt
    129. Converter
    130. Wind
    131. GruntGrunt ×2
    132. Wind
    133. GruntGrunt
    134. Wind
    135. Converter
    136. GruntGrunt
    137. Wind ×2
    138. GruntGrunt ×2
    139. Wind ×3
    140. GruntGrunt
    141. Converter
    142. Wind
    143. GruntGrunt ×2
    144. Wind ×2
    145. GruntGrunt
    146. Wind ×2
    147. GruntGrunt
    148. Wind
    149. Construction BotCon bot
    150. Converter
    151. Wind ×3
    152. GruntGrunt
    153. Wind
    154. GruntGrunt
    155. Converter
    156. Wind
    157. Converter
    158. GruntGrunt
    159. Hardened Energy Storage
    160. Wind ×2
    161. Converter
    162. Wind
    163. GruntGrunt
    164. Wind
    165. Con turret
    166. Wind ×2
    167. Converter
    168. Wind ×3
    169. Con turret
    170. GruntGrunt
    171. Wind ×2
    172. Converter
    173. Wind
    174. Con turret
    175. Wind ×3
    176. GruntGrunt
    177. Wind
    178. Con turret
    179. Converter
    180. Wind ×5
    181. GruntGrunt
    182. Wind
    183. GruntGrunt
    184. Wind
    185. GruntGrunt
    186. Wind ×2
    187. GruntGrunt
    188. Converter
    189. Wind
    190. GruntGrunt
    191. Wind
    192. Converter
    193. GruntGrunt
    194. Wind
    195. GruntGrunt
    196. Wind ×2
    197. Converter
    198. GruntGrunt
    199. Wind
    200. GruntGrunt
    201. Wind
    202. GruntGrunt
    203. Converter
    204. GruntGrunt
    205. Wind ×3
    206. GruntGrunt
    207. Wind
    208. GruntGrunt
    209. Wind
    210. GruntGrunt ×2
    211. Wind ×3
    212. GruntGrunt
    213. Converter ×2
    214. Wind
    215. GruntGrunt
    216. Wind
    217. GruntGrunt ×2
    218. Wind ×3
    219. Converter
    220. GruntGrunt
    221. Wind
    222. GruntGrunt
    223. Wind
    224. GruntGrunt
    225. Wind
    226. GruntGrunt
    227. Converter
    228. Wind ×2
    229. GruntGrunt
    230. Wind
    231. GruntGrunt ×2
    232. Wind ×3
    233. GruntGrunt
    234. Converter
    235. Wind
    236. GruntGrunt
    237. Wind
    238. GruntGrunt
    239. Converter
    240. Wind ×2
    241. GruntGrunt
    242. Wind
    243. Converter
    244. GruntGrunt ×2
    245. Wind
    246. GruntGrunt
    247. Wind ×2
    248. GruntGrunt
    249. Converter
    250. Wind
    251. GruntGrunt
    252. Wind ×2
    253. GruntGrunt
    254. Wind
    255. GruntGrunt
    256. Wind ×2
    257. Converter
    258. GruntGrunt
    259. Wind
    260. Converter
    261. GruntGrunt
    262. Wind
    263. Converter
    264. GruntGrunt
    265. Wind ×2
    266. GruntGrunt
    267. Wind ×2
    268. Converter
    269. GruntGrunt
    270. Wind
    271. GruntGrunt
    272. Wind ×2
    273. Converter
    274. GruntGrunt
    275. Converter
    276. Wind ×2
    277. GruntGrunt
    278. Wind
    279. GruntGrunt
    280. Wind ×2
    281. GruntGrunt
    282. Wind
    283. GruntGrunt
    284. Converter ×2
    285. Wind ×3
    286. GruntGrunt ×2
    287. Wind ×2
    288. GruntGrunt
    289. Wind
    290. GruntGrunt
    291. Wind
    292. Converter
    293. GruntGrunt
    294. Wind
    295. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    296. Wind
    297. GruntGrunt
    298. Wind ×2
    299. Converter
    300. GruntGrunt
    301. Wind ×3
    302. Converter
    303. Wind ×3
    304. Converter
    305. 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, 05/09/2026); 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 · 05/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
91 metal received · 111590 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