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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 · 11 steps
    1. Tidal ×6for Suicide front
    2. Tidal
    3. Tidal ×2for Suicide front
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Mex ×4
    6. Wind ×16
    7. Metal storage
    8. Wind ×8
    9. Energy storage
    10. Wind ×6
    11. Legion Bot LabLegion Bot Labdone 7:00 · 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 · 64 steps
    1. GoblinGoblin
    2. Wind
    3. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    4. Wind ×3
    5. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    6. Wind ×3
    7. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    8. Wind
    9. GoblinGoblin ×2
    10. Energy storage
    11. GoblinGoblin ×13
    12. Energy storage
    13. GoblinGoblin ×4
    14. Wind
    15. GoblinGoblin
    16. Wind
    17. GoblinGoblin
    18. Wind
    19. GoblinGoblin ×2
    20. Wind
    21. GoblinGoblin
    22. Wind
    23. GoblinGoblin
    24. Wind
    25. GoblinGoblin ×2
    26. Wind
    27. GoblinGoblin
    28. Wind
    29. GoblinGoblin
    30. Wind
    31. GoblinGoblin ×2
    32. Wind
    33. GoblinGoblin ×4
    34. Con turret
    35. GoblinGoblin ×2
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:14 · typical 9:11
    37. GoblinGoblin ×3
    38. Mex
    39. GoblinGoblin
    40. PharosPharos
    41. GoblinGoblin
    42. PharosPharos
    43. GoblinGoblin ×2
    44. PharosPharos
    45. GoblinGoblin ×2
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. GoblinGoblin ×7
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. GoblinGoblin
    50. Con turret
    51. GoblinGoblin ×4
    52. Con turret
    53. GoblinGoblin ×2
    54. Con turret
    55. GoblinGoblin
    56. Con turret
    57. GoblinGoblin
    58. Con turret
    59. GoblinGoblin
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. GoblinGoblin
    62. Con turret ×2
    63. GoblinGoblin ×2
    64. ShipyardShipyarddone 14:42 · typical 8:25
  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 · 1 step
    1. GoblinGoblin ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Boozha's (37 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

Boozha

37.0 OS · 11/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
125 metal received · 29613 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

Played most by

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