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Standard pond

Legion Pond builds its bot lab by 3:45, boosts front and tidals, then adds a shipyard around 8:25 and an advanced metal extractor by 9:11, transitioning into seaplane gunships and other bots to keep helping the front hold until team T2.

#eco #team support · 11 distinct matches · 6 players · 52% of Legion Pond games · team won 67% of 12 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • EnyoEnyo in 42%17% of all Pond games by then

Then transitions into Goblin (22% of army), Enyo (19% of army), Satyr (12% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Legion Bot Lab by 3:54

  1. Build tidal generators and mex first to fund boosting.
  2. Boost fronts with wind or tidal, adjusting to their wind level.
  3. Get a Legion Bot Lab up around 3:54 for your own units.
  4. Send Goblins, Enyos, Satyrs and Karkinos to reinforce front.
  5. Upgrade a mex to Advanced Metal Extractor as tech kicks in.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 11 GAMES
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
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 Legion Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Tidal Generator8Tidalfor allies
    • Wind Turbine6Wind
    Order
    1. Legion Bot LabLegion Bot Lab after 4 mex, 6 wind, 1 energy storagedone ~3:45, middle half 3:12–6:56

    Some games also: energy storage (50%) · tidal (50%)

    By 3:20 in all: 4 mex · 6 wind

    The example game in this phase · 6 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Wind ×3for Suicide front
    5. Wind
    6. Legion Bot LabLegion Bot Labdone 3:11 · typical 3:45
  2. 2

    Legion Bot Lab to 5:00

    Some games also: Legion Construction Bot (50%) · wind (42%)

    By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 10 wind · 1 tidal · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 16 steps
    1. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    2. Wind ×2for Suicide front
    3. BrambleBramble
    4. Windfor Suicide front
    5. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    8. Wind
    9. Energy storage
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    12. Wind
    13. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    16. Wind ×3
  3. 3

    5:00 to Shipyard

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine13Wind
    Order
    1. ShipyardShipyard after 4 mex, 14 wind, 1 energy storagedone ~8:25, middle half 5:10–11:20
    Builders
    • Legion Construction Bot2 Legion Construction Bot

    Some games also: Goblin (42%) · converter (42%)

    By 8:10 in all: 4 mex · 21 wind · 1 tidal · 2 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 12 steps
    1. Wind ×11
    2. Converter
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Converter
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Converter
    7. Wind
    8. Legion Bot LabLegion Bot Labdone 6:31
    9. Converter ×4
    10. SatyrSatyr
    11. Converter
    12. SatyrSatyr ×28
  4. 4

    Shipyard to 10:00

    Some games also: wind (42%) · con turret (33%) · converter (33%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 26 wind · 1 tidal · 6 converter · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 41 steps
    1. SatyrSatyr ×19
    2. PharosPharos
    3. SatyrSatyr ×10
    4. Wind
    5. SatyrSatyr
    6. Wind ×3
    7. ZagreusZagreus ×2
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. GoblinGoblin
    10. SatyrSatyr
    11. GoblinGoblin
    12. SatyrSatyr
    13. CacophonyCacophony
    14. GoblinGoblin
    15. SatyrSatyr
    16. GoblinGoblin
    17. SatyrSatyr
    18. GoblinGoblin
    19. SatyrSatyr
    20. GoblinGoblin ×4
    21. PharosPharos
    22. GoblinGoblin
    23. PharosPharos
    24. GoblinGoblin ×15
    25. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    26. GoblinGoblin ×5
    27. Con turret
    28. SatyrSatyr
    29. KarkinosKarkinos
    30. PhobosPhobos
    31. Con turret
    32. PhobosPhobos ×4
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00 · typical 9:11
    34. PhobosPhobos
    35. GoblinGoblin
    36. Con turret
    37. GoblinGoblin
    38. PhobosPhobos
    39. Wind
    40. BrambleBramble
    41. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Viltrum's (41 OS, 11/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Tidal Generator8 Tidal to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 0:13 · in 92% of games

You get

  • Gunslinger1 Gunslinger from Tech or Suicide frontfirst at 5:20 · in 33% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Tech or Geofirst at 7:59 · in 92% 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

02.5k5k7.5k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

01k2k3k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

12 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0011500
2:0028100
3:0084300
4:00151100
5:00224900
6:00313200
7:003946750
8:0047173000
9:006022647110
10:0074911400315
11:0092062529650
12:001138130371247
13:001433657121642
14:001686857921927
15:001848762442617
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Pond wins 62% of games while producing the least metal of the sampled roles, reflecting its support-first job.

  • + Zero own metal lost by 10:00 shown at 0, indicating very low early risk.
  • − Lowest 15:00 metal production of all sampled builds, only 18689.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Viltrum

40.9 OS · 11/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
1653 metal received · 14244 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Legion Bot Lab3:45Middle 50%: 3:12–6:56 · n=10
Shipyard8:25Middle 50%: 5:10–11:20 · n=6
Advanced Metal Extractor9:11Middle 50%: 8:35–9:35 · n=10

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