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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 · 21 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Mex ×2
    5. PharosPharos
    6. Mex ×2
    7. Wind ×5
    8. Energy storage
    9. Legion Vehicle PlantLegion Vehicle Plantdone 3:55
    10. OtterOtter
    11. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle ×2
    12. Naval Construction Turret
    13. Con turret ×2
    14. Wind ×5
    15. Tidal
    16. Wind
    17. Tidal ×2
    18. Wind ×3
    19. Tidal
    20. Wind
    21. Legion Bot LabLegion Bot Labdone 7:50 · 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

  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 · 10 steps
    1. Tidal
    2. PharosPharos
    3. GoblinGoblin
    4. Converter
    5. GoblinGoblin
    6. Converter
    7. GoblinGoblin
    8. Tidal
    9. PharosPharos
    10. Converter
  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 · 81 steps
    1. GoblinGoblin
    2. Converter
    3. GoblinGoblin
    4. Converter
    5. GoblinGoblin ×2
    6. Converter
    7. GoblinGoblin
    8. Converter
    9. GoblinGoblin
    10. Tidal
    11. Converter
    12. GoblinGoblin ×2
    13. Tidal
    14. GoblinGoblin ×3
    15. Tidal
    16. Con turret
    17. Tidal
    18. Con turret
    19. Tidal ×3
    20. Converter
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:00 · typical 9:11
    22. Converter
    23. Tidal
    24. Converter
    25. Tidal
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    27. Converter
    28. Tidal ×2
    29. Converter
    30. Tidal
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    32. Converter
    33. Tidal ×2
    34. Converter ×2
    35. Tidal
    36. Converter
    37. Tidal
    38. Converter
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. Converter
    41. Tidal
    42. Converter
    43. Tidal ×2
    44. Legion Vehicle PlantLegion Vehicle Plantdone 11:55
    45. Tidal
    46. DecurionDecurion
    47. Tidal
    48. DecurionDecurion ×2
    49. Tidal
    50. DecurionDecurion
    51. Tidal
    52. DecurionDecurion
    53. Tidal
    54. DecurionDecurion ×2
    55. Tidal
    56. DecurionDecurion
    57. Tidal
    58. DecurionDecurion
    59. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    60. Tidal
    61. DecurionDecurion
    62. Tidal
    63. WheelieWheelie ×5
    64. Tidal
    65. WheelieWheelie ×5
    66. DecurionDecurion
    67. Tidal ×2
    68. WheelieWheelie ×5
    69. Tidal
    70. WheelieWheelie ×5
    71. Tidal
    72. WheelieWheelie ×6
    73. Tidal
    74. WheelieWheelie ×6
    75. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    76. Tidal
    77. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    78. Tidal
    79. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    80. Tidal
    81. WheelieWheelie

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is DRM's (43 OS, 09/09/2026); 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

DRM

43.4 OS · 09/09/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
92 metal received · 91197 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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