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Legion Pond build order · Supreme Isthmus

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 · 17 distinct matches · 9 players · 26% of Legion Pond games · team won 65% of 17 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Legion Bot Lab by 3:23

  1. Open with a wall of tidals, planning to boost front hard.
  2. Add mex and wind, then build Legion Bot Lab for units.
  3. Keep stacking wind to pay the front's boost needs.
  4. Eat the Legion Bot Lab around 5:12 to fund more units.
  5. Build shipyard and Advanced Metal Extractor, transition into gunships and bots.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 17 GAMES
  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 Legion Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Tidal Generator8Tidalfor allies
    • Tidal Generator2Tidal
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Order
    1. Legion Bot LabLegion Bot Lab after 4 mex, 2 tidal, 1 winddone ~3:20, middle half 3:03–3:29

    Some games also: energy storage (47%)

    By 3:03 in all: 4 mex · 2 tidal · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Tidal ×2for Suicide front
    2. Tidal
    3. Tidal ×6for Suicide front
    4. Mex ×4
    5. Legion Bot LabLegion Bot Labdone 2:56 · typical 3:20
  2. 2

    Legion Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Legion Construction Bot4 Legion Construction Bot

    Some games also: Zagreus (41%) · energy storage (35%)

    By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 9 wind · 2 tidal · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 14 steps
    1. ZagreusZagreus
    2. Wind ×5
    3. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    4. Wind ×3
    5. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot ×2
    6. Energy storage
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    12. Converter
    13. Wind
    14. Converter
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine49Wind
    • Energy Converter8Converter
    Order
    1. Legion Bot LabEat Legion Bot Lab in 53% of games
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Legion Construction Bot3 Legion Construction Bot

    Some games also: Pharos (35%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 51 wind · 2 tidal · 9 converter · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 204 steps
    1. Converter ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Converter
    4. Wind
    5. Converter
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Converter
    8. GoblinGoblin
    9. Wind
    10. GoblinGoblin
    11. Converter
    12. GoblinGoblin
    13. Wind
    14. GoblinGoblin
    15. Wind
    16. Converter
    17. GoblinGoblin ×4
    18. Wind ×2
    19. GoblinGoblin
    20. NyxNyx
    21. Wind
    22. GoblinGoblin
    23. Wind
    24. GoblinGoblin
    25. Wind ×2
    26. GoblinGoblin
    27. Wind
    28. GoblinGoblin
    29. Wind
    30. GoblinGoblin
    31. Wind
    32. HiveHive
    33. Wind
    34. GoblinGoblin ×3
    35. Wind
    36. GoblinGoblin ×2
    37. Legion DroneLegion Drone ×3
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    40. Wind ×3
    41. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    42. Wind
    43. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    44. Wind ×2
    45. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    46. Wind
    47. Converter
    48. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    49. Wind
    50. Converter
    51. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    52. Wind
    53. Converter
    54. AmputatorAmputator
    55. Wind
    56. Converter
    57. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    58. Wind
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:31 · typical 9:32
    60. GoblinGoblin
    61. Converter
    62. Wind
    63. GoblinGoblin ×2
    64. Converter
    65. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    66. GoblinGoblin ×2
    67. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    68. Converter
    69. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    70. GoblinGoblin ×2
    71. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    72. GoblinGoblin
    73. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    74. GoblinGoblin
    75. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    76. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    77. GoblinGoblin
    78. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    81. GoblinGoblin
    82. Wind
    83. GoblinGoblin
    84. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    85. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    86. GoblinGoblin
    87. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    88. GoblinGoblin
    89. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    90. GoblinGoblin
    91. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    92. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    93. GoblinGoblin
    94. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    95. GoblinGoblin ×2
    96. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    97. GoblinGoblin ×3
    98. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    99. GoblinGoblin
    100. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    101. GoblinGoblin
    102. Con turret
    103. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    104. GoblinGoblin ×2
    105. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    106. GoblinGoblin
    107. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    108. GoblinGoblin ×2
    109. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    110. GoblinGoblin
    111. JunoJuno
    112. GoblinGoblin
    113. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    114. GoblinGoblin
    115. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    116. PharosPharos
    117. GoblinGoblin
    118. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    119. GoblinGoblin
    120. Wind
    121. GoblinGoblin
    122. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    123. Wind
    124. GoblinGoblin ×2
    125. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    126. Wind
    127. GoblinGoblin
    128. Wind
    129. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    130. GoblinGoblin
    131. Con turret
    132. Wind
    133. GoblinGoblin
    134. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    135. GoblinGoblin
    136. Wind
    137. GoblinGoblin
    138. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    139. Con turret
    140. GoblinGoblin ×2
    141. Wind
    142. GoblinGoblin ×2
    143. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    144. Con turret
    145. GoblinGoblin
    146. Wind
    147. GoblinGoblin
    148. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    149. GoblinGoblin
    150. Wind
    151. GoblinGoblin
    152. Converter
    153. GoblinGoblin
    154. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    155. Wind
    156. Converter
    157. GoblinGoblin
    158. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:29
    159. GoblinGoblin
    160. Converter
    161. Wind
    162. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    163. GoblinGoblin ×2
    164. Wind
    165. GoblinGoblin
    166. Converter
    167. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    168. GoblinGoblin
    169. Converter
    170. GoblinGoblin
    171. Wind
    172. Converter
    173. GoblinGoblin
    174. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    175. Converter
    176. GoblinGoblin
    177. Wind
    178. GoblinGoblin
    179. Converter
    180. GoblinGoblin ×2
    181. Wind
    182. GoblinGoblin ×5
    183. Wind
    184. GoblinGoblin ×4
    185. Wind
    186. GoblinGoblin ×2
    187. PharosPharos
    188. GoblinGoblin ×2
    189. Wind
    190. GoblinGoblin ×3
    191. PharosPharos
    192. GoblinGoblin ×2
    193. Wind
    194. GoblinGoblin ×5
    195. Wind
    196. GoblinGoblin ×8
    197. Wind
    198. GoblinGoblin ×4
    199. Wind
    200. GoblinGoblin ×4
    201. Pit BullPit Bull
    202. GoblinGoblin
    203. Wind
    204. GoblinGoblin

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Kurosul's (34 OS, 18/09/2026); 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 94% of games

You get

  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Tech or Geofirst at 7:53 · in 88% 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

01k2k3k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

17 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0011500
2:0027400
3:0078100
4:00145300
5:00212500
6:00313300
7:00423200
8:005327400
9:00666119030
10:008115378140
11:0010062648200
12:00123531015720
13:001508617201260
14:001732229281815
15:001949742432740
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard pond play with the best win rate shown, built on heavy tidal boosting for front.

  • + Team won 71% of games, highest win rate among all standard builds shown.
  • − Produces the least metal of any role's standard build by 10:00 (7958).
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Kurosul

34.3 OS · 18/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
335 metal received · 45742 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Legion Bot Lab3:20Middle 50%: 3:03–3:29 · n=16
Advanced Metal Extractor9:32Middle 50%: 8:06–9:44 · n=14

Played most by

Yamato4games of this buildBoozha3games of this buildViltrum3games of this buildKurosul2games of this buildDrSmack1game of this build