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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is DrSmack's (31 OS, 03/10/2026); 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

DrSmack

31.5 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
501 metal received · 70438 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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