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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Viltrum's (42 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

Viltrum

41.6 OS · 09/09/2026

Open source match ↗

59 received units · includes a constructor
1757 metal received · 26205 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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