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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 ×11for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. SlingshotSlingshot
    4. Wind
    5. Energy storage
    6. Mex ×4
    7. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:47 · 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 · 7 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Con turret ×2
    3. Wind ×3
    4. Converter
    5. Wind
    6. Converter
    7. 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 · 159 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Converter
    4. Wind
    5. Converter
    6. Wind
    7. Converter
    8. Wind
    9. Converter
    10. Wind
    11. Converter
    12. Wind ×3
    13. GruntGrunt ×2
    14. Wind
    15. Con turret
    16. GruntGrunt
    17. Wind
    18. GruntGrunt
    19. Wind
    20. GruntGrunt ×2
    21. Wind
    22. GruntGrunt ×2
    23. Wind
    24. GruntGrunt ×2
    25. Wind
    26. GruntGrunt ×3
    27. Wind
    28. GruntGrunt ×2
    29. Wind
    30. GruntGrunt ×2
    31. Wind
    32. GruntGrunt ×2
    33. Wind
    34. GruntGrunt ×3
    35. Wind
    36. GruntGrunt
    37. Wind
    38. GruntGrunt
    39. Wind
    40. GruntGrunt
    41. Wind
    42. GruntGrunt
    43. Wind
    44. GruntGrunt
    45. Wind
    46. GruntGrunt ×3
    47. Wind ×2
    48. GruntGrunt ×4
    49. Wind
    50. GruntGrunt
    51. Wind
    52. GruntGrunt
    53. Wind
    54. GruntGrunt
    55. Wind
    56. GruntGrunt ×2
    57. Wind
    58. GruntGrunt
    59. Wind
    60. GruntGrunt ×2
    61. Wind
    62. GruntGrunt ×3
    63. Wind
    64. GruntGrunt ×3
    65. Wind
    66. GruntGrunt ×2
    67. Wind
    68. GruntGrunt ×3
    69. Wind
    70. GruntGrunt
    71. Wind
    72. GruntGrunt ×2
    73. Wind
    74. GruntGrunt
    75. Wind
    76. GruntGrunt
    77. Wind
    78. GruntGrunt ×2
    79. Wind
    80. GruntGrunt ×2
    81. Wind
    82. GruntGrunt ×2
    83. Wind
    84. GruntGrunt ×2
    85. Wind
    86. GruntGrunt
    87. Converter
    88. GruntGrunt
    89. Wind
    90. GruntGrunt ×2
    91. Wind
    92. Converter
    93. GruntGrunt ×2
    94. Wind
    95. GruntGrunt
    96. Converter
    97. Wind
    98. Construction BotCon bot
    99. GruntGrunt ×2
    100. Wind
    101. GruntGrunt
    102. Converter
    103. GruntGrunt ×2
    104. Wind
    105. Construction BotCon bot
    106. Wind
    107. GruntGrunt
    108. Converter
    109. GruntGrunt
    110. Wind
    111. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    112. Wind ×2
    113. Converter
    114. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:46
    115. Wind
    116. Converter
    117. Wind
    118. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    119. Wind
    120. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    121. Wind ×2
    122. Converter
    123. Wind
    124. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    125. Wind
    126. Con turret ×2
    127. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:52
    128. GruntGrunt ×2
    129. GruntGrunt ×2for Geo sea
    130. GruntGrunt
    131. GruntGrunt ×22for Geo sea
    132. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    133. Con turret
    134. Construction BotCon bot
    135. Con turret
    136. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    137. GruntGrunt
    138. Converter
    139. GruntGrunt ×3
    140. Converter
    141. GruntGrunt ×2
    142. Con turret
    143. GruntGrunt ×3
    144. Converter
    145. GruntGrunt ×3
    146. Converter
    147. GruntGrunt
    148. Con turret
    149. GruntGrunt
    150. Converter
    151. Con turret
    152. GruntGrunt ×3
    153. Converter
    154. Con turret
    155. GruntGrunt
    156. Con turret
    157. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    158. Converter
    159. GruntGrunt ×2

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 ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
661 metal received · 46567 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