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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 · 4 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Legion Bot LabLegion Bot Labdone 3:04 · 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 · 10 steps
    1. ZagreusZagreus
    2. Energy storage
    3. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    4. Solar ×2
    5. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    6. Energy storage
    7. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    8. Wind
    9. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    10. Wind
  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 · 168 steps
    1. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    4. Wind
    5. Con turret
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    8. Wind ×2
    9. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    10. Wind ×3
    11. Legion Bot LabLegion Bot Labdone 6:52
    12. Wind ×3
    13. ZagreusZagreus ×2
    14. Con turret
    15. Wind ×5
    16. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    17. Wind ×4
    18. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    19. Wind ×4
    20. Converter
    21. Wind ×4
    22. Converter
    23. Wind ×4
    24. Converter
    25. Wind ×5
    26. Converter
    27. Wind ×4
    28. Converter
    29. Wind ×3
    30. GoblinGoblin ×2
    31. Wind
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:20
    33. GoblinGoblin
    34. Wind ×2
    35. GoblinGoblin
    36. Converter
    37. GoblinGoblin
    38. Wind
    39. GoblinGoblin
    40. ToxotaiToxotai ×2
    41. BrambleBramble
    42. GoblinGoblin
    43. Wind ×4
    44. Converter
    45. Wind ×5
    46. Converter
    47. Wind ×2
    48. GoblinGoblin
    49. Wind
    50. GoblinGoblin
    51. Converter
    52. GoblinGoblin
    53. Wind
    54. BallistaBallista
    55. Wind ×2
    56. GoblinGoblin ×5
    57. RocketeerRocketeer
    58. Wind ×2
    59. GoblinGoblin
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. GoblinGoblin
    62. Wind
    63. Converter
    64. Wind
    65. BallistaBallista
    66. GoblinGoblin
    67. Wind
    68. BallistaBallista
    69. GoblinGoblin
    70. Wind ×2
    71. Converter
    72. Wind
    73. GoblinGoblin
    74. CacophonyCacophony
    75. Wind
    76. Converter
    77. GoblinGoblin
    78. Wind ×2
    79. GoblinGoblin ×2
    80. Wind
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. GoblinGoblin
    83. Wind
    84. GoblinGoblin
    85. Converter
    86. Wind ×3
    87. GoblinGoblin
    88. Wind
    89. GoblinGoblin ×2
    90. Wind ×2
    91. Converter
    92. Wind ×2
    93. GoblinGoblin ×5
    94. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    95. GoblinGoblin
    96. Wind ×2
    97. GoblinGoblin
    98. Wind
    99. GoblinGoblin
    100. Wind
    101. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    102. GoblinGoblin ×2
    103. Converter
    104. GoblinGoblin ×2
    105. Wind ×4
    106. GoblinGoblin ×3
    107. Wind ×3
    108. Converter
    109. Wind
    110. GoblinGoblin ×3
    111. Wind ×4
    112. Converter
    113. GoblinGoblin ×2
    114. Wind
    115. GoblinGoblin
    116. Wind ×3
    117. GoblinGoblin
    118. Converter
    119. Wind
    120. GoblinGoblin
    121. Wind ×2
    122. GoblinGoblin
    123. Wind
    124. GoblinGoblin
    125. Wind
    126. GoblinGoblin ×2
    127. Converter
    128. Wind
    129. GoblinGoblin
    130. Wind
    131. GoblinGoblin ×3
    132. Wind
    133. GoblinGoblin
    134. Wind
    135. GoblinGoblin ×2
    136. Wind ×2
    137. GoblinGoblin ×3
    138. Converter
    139. Wind
    140. GoblinGoblin
    141. Wind
    142. GoblinGoblin ×3
    143. Wind ×2
    144. GoblinGoblin
    145. T2 converter
    146. GoblinGoblin ×2
    147. Wind
    148. GoblinGoblin
    149. Wind
    150. Converter
    151. GoblinGoblin ×2
    152. Wind
    153. GoblinGoblin
    154. Wind
    155. GoblinGoblin
    156. Wind
    157. GoblinGoblin ×2
    158. Wind
    159. GoblinGoblin ×2
    160. Wind
    161. GoblinGoblin
    162. Wind
    163. GoblinGoblin ×2
    164. Converter
    165. Wind
    166. GoblinGoblin ×2
    167. Wind
    168. GoblinGoblin

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is rokbe's (31 OS, 03/09/2026); 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

rokbe

30.8 OS · 03/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
270 metal received · 17195 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

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