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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 · 44% of Legion Pond games · team won 67% of 12 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • Offshore Seaplane PlatformOffshore Seaplane Platform in 42%11% of all Pond games by then
  • EnyoEnyo in 42%15% 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 · 5 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Mex ×4
    3. Wind ×5
    4. Solar
    5. Legion Bot LabLegion Bot Labdone 3:15 · 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 · 14 steps
    1. ZagreusZagreus ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot ×2
    4. Con turret
    5. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    6. Con turret
    7. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    8. Energy storage
    9. ZagreusZagreus
    10. Wind
    11. ZagreusZagreus
    12. Wind
    13. Converter
    14. Wind
  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. ZagreusZagreus
    2. Wind
    3. CacophonyCacophony
    4. Energy storage
    5. Converter ×3
    6. NyxNyx
    7. Converter ×2
    8. Wind
    9. Converter
    10. Wind
    11. Converter
    12. AmputatorAmputator
    13. Wind
    14. Converter
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:18 · typical 9:11
    17. Wind ×2
    18. CacophonyCacophony
    19. Wind ×5
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    21. Wind ×2
  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 · 106 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Con turret
    3. Wind ×2
    4. HiveHive
    5. Wind
    6. Con turret
    7. Wind ×4
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. Wind
    10. Con turret
    11. Legion DroneLegion Drone ×2
    12. Wind
    13. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    14. Wind
    15. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    16. Wind
    17. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    18. Wind ×2
    19. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    22. HiveHive
    23. Wind
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    25. Wind
    26. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    27. Wind ×2
    28. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    29. Wind
    30. Con turret
    31. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    32. Wind
    33. Con turret
    34. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    35. Wind
    36. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    37. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 11:55
    38. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    39. Wind
    40. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    41. NyxNyx
    42. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    43. Converter
    44. Wind
    45. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    46. HiveHive
    47. Converter ×2
    48. Wind
    49. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    50. Converter
    51. Wind
    52. Converter
    53. Wind
    54. Converter
    55. Fusion ReactorFusion
    56. Wind
    57. Legion DroneLegion Drone ×2
    58. Converter
    59. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    60. Wind
    61. HiveHive
    62. Legion DroneLegion Drone ×2
    63. Converter
    64. Legion DroneLegion Drone ×2
    65. Converter
    66. Legion DroneLegion Drone ×2
    67. Wind
    68. Converter
    69. HiveHive
    70. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    71. Converter ×3
    72. Legion DroneLegion Drone ×4
    73. Wind
    74. Legion DroneLegion Drone ×2
    75. HiveHive
    76. Wind
    77. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    78. Wind ×2
    79. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    80. Converter
    81. Legion DroneLegion Drone ×2
    82. Wind
    83. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    84. Converter
    85. Legion DroneLegion Drone ×2
    86. Wind ×2
    87. Converter
    88. Legion DroneLegion Drone ×2
    89. Converter
    90. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    91. Converter
    92. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    93. Converter ×2
    94. HiveHive
    95. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    96. Converter ×2
    97. Legion DroneLegion Drone ×2
    98. Legion Advanced Bot LabLegion Advanced Bot Labdone 14:43
    99. Con turret ×3
    100. Legion DroneLegion Drone ×3
    101. HiveHive
    102. Legion DroneLegion Drone ×5
    103. Converter ×2
    104. Legion DroneLegion Drone ×2
    105. Converter
    106. HopliteHoplite

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is SauceDispenser's (35 OS, 23/09/2026); 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

SauceDispenser

35.2 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
187 metal received · 82813 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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