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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 · 4 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Front
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Mex ×3
    4. Legion Bot LabLegion Bot Labdone 2:30 · 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 · 12 steps
    1. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    2. Mex
    3. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    4. Wind ×4
    5. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    6. Wind ×7
    7. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    8. Wind
    9. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    10. Wind ×4
    11. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    12. 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 · 52 steps
    1. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    2. Wind
    3. Converter
    4. Wind
    5. Converter
    6. Wind
    7. Converter
    8. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    9. Wind
    10. Converter
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Converter
    13. Wind
    14. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    15. Wind
    16. Converter
    17. Wind ×2
    18. Converter
    19. Wind ×2
    20. Converter
    21. Wind ×2
    22. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    23. Converter
    24. Wind ×2
    25. Converter
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Converter
    28. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    29. Wind ×2
    30. Converter
    31. Wind ×2
    32. Converter
    33. Wind
    34. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    35. Wind
    36. Converter
    37. Wind ×3
    38. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    39. Wind
    40. Converter
    41. Wind ×3
    42. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Botfor Geo sea
    43. Converter
    44. Wind ×3
    45. Converter
    46. Wind ×3
    47. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    48. Converter
    49. Wind ×6
    50. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    51. Converter
    52. Wind ×4
  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 · 117 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    3. Wind ×6
    4. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    5. Wind ×3
    6. Converter
    7. Wind
    8. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    9. Wind ×5
    10. Converter
    11. Wind
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:37 · typical 9:11
    13. Wind ×4
    14. Converter
    15. Wind ×5
    16. Converter
    17. Wind ×5
    18. Converter
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    20. Wind ×4
    21. Converter
    22. Wind ×2
    23. Converter
    24. Wind ×4
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    26. Wind ×3
    27. Converter
    28. Wind ×5
    29. Converter
    30. Wind ×5
    31. Converter
    32. Wind ×4
    33. Con turret
    34. Wind ×3
    35. Converter
    36. Wind ×3
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    38. Wind
    39. Con turret
    40. Wind ×2
    41. PhorcysPhorcys
    42. Converter
    43. Wind ×2
    44. Con turret
    45. Wind ×4
    46. Con turret
    47. Wind
    48. Converter
    49. Wind ×5
    50. Converter
    51. Wind ×3
    52. Con turret
    53. Wind ×3
    54. PhorcysPhorcys
    55. Converter
    56. Wind ×5
    57. Converter
    58. Con turret
    59. Wind ×2
    60. PharosPharos
    61. Wind
    62. Converter
    63. Wind ×3
    64. Legion Advanced Bot LabLegion Advanced Bot Labdone 13:54
    65. PharosPharos
    66. Wind
    67. Converter
    68. Wind ×3
    69. PharosPharos
    70. Converter
    71. Wind ×4
    72. Converter
    73. Wind ×4
    74. EuryaleEuryale
    75. Converter
    76. Wind ×3
    77. Converter
    78. Wind ×3
    79. Converter
    80. Wind ×2
    81. EuryaleEuryale
    82. Wind ×2
    83. Converter
    84. Wind ×2
    85. Converter
    86. EidolonEidolon
    87. Wind ×4
    88. Converter
    89. Wind
    90. HopliteHoplite
    91. Wind ×3
    92. Converter
    93. EuryaleEuryale
    94. Converter
    95. Wind ×2
    96. Converter
    97. ArquebusArquebusdone 14:34
    98. Wind ×2
    99. Converter ×2
    100. Wind ×5
    101. Converter ×2
    102. Wind ×2
    103. ArquebusArquebus
    104. Converter
    105. Wind ×4
    106. Converter
    107. Wind
    108. Converter
    109. Wind
    110. Converter
    111. Wind
    112. ArquebusArquebus
    113. Wind
    114. Converter
    115. Wind ×2
    116. Converter
    117. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Viltrum's (41 OS, 30/08/2026); 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

41.4 OS · 30/08/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
35 metal received · 43867 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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