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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 · 7 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. PolybolosPolybolos
    4. Wind
    5. Energy storage
    6. Mex ×4
    7. Legion Bot LabLegion Bot Labdone 3:28 · 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 · 6 steps
    1. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    2. Overcharged Metal Extractor
    3. Con turret
    4. Overcharged Metal Extractor
    5. Wind ×4
    6. Overcharged Metal Extractor
  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 · 170 steps
    1. Wind ×3
    2. Overcharged Metal Extractor
    3. Wind
    4. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    7. Wind ×3
    8. Con turret
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    11. Wind
    12. Converter
    13. Con turret
    14. Wind
    15. Converter
    16. Wind
    17. Converter
    18. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    19. Con turret
    20. Wind
    21. Converter
    22. Wind
    23. Con turret
    24. Wind
    25. Converter
    26. Con turret
    27. Wind ×3
    28. Converter
    29. Wind
    30. Legion Bot LabEat Legion Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    31. Converter
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Converter
    34. Wind ×5
    35. Con turret
    36. Wind ×3
    37. Con turret
    38. Wind ×6
    39. Con turret
    40. Wind
    41. Converter
    42. Wind ×3
    43. Converter
    44. Wind ×4
    45. Converter
    46. Wind ×6
    47. Converter
    48. Wind ×4
    49. Converter
    50. Legion Bot LabLegion Bot Labnot finished by 15:00
    51. Wind ×3
    52. Converter
    53. Wind ×2
    54. Converter
    55. Wind ×3
    56. Legion Bot LabEat Legion Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    57. Wind ×2
    58. Converter
    59. Wind ×4
    60. Converter
    61. Wind
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:34 · typical 9:32
    63. Wind ×3
    64. Converter
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. Wind ×4
    67. Converter
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. Wind ×10
    71. Converter
    72. Wind ×3
    73. Converter
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. Wind ×2
    76. Converter
    77. Wind ×3
    78. Converter
    79. Legion Vehicle PlantLegion Vehicle Plantdone 10:25
    80. Wind ×2
    81. Converter
    82. Wind
    83. Converter
    84. Wind ×3
    85. Converter
    86. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    87. Converter
    88. Wind ×3
    89. Con turret
    90. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 11:19
    91. Wind ×4
    92. Con turret
    93. Wind ×4
    94. Converter
    95. Wind ×4
    96. Legion Vehicle PlantEat Legion Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    97. Converter
    98. Wind ×4
    99. Converter
    100. Wind ×4
    101. Converter
    102. Wind ×3
    103. PhemeMobile radar
    104. Wind
    105. Converter
    106. Wind ×2
    107. CiceroRadar jammer
    108. Wind
    109. Converter
    110. Wind ×2
    111. MedusaMedusadone 12:00
    112. Wind
    113. Converter
    114. Wind ×3
    115. Converter
    116. Wind ×2
    117. Converter
    118. Wind ×3
    119. PharosPharos
    120. Wind ×2
    121. Converter
    122. Wind
    123. MedusaMedusa
    124. Wind ×4
    125. Converter
    126. Wind ×4
    127. Con turret
    128. Wind ×3
    129. Converter
    130. Wind ×7
    131. Converter
    132. PhemeMobile radar
    133. Wind ×2
    134. CiceroRadar jammer
    135. Wind
    136. Converter
    137. Wind
    138. MedusaMedusa
    139. Wind ×2
    140. Converter
    141. GladiatorGladiatordone 13:31
    142. Wind
    143. Converter
    144. Wind ×2
    145. GladiatorGladiator
    146. Converter
    147. Wind ×4
    148. Converter
    149. Wind ×3
    150. GladiatorGladiator
    151. Wind
    152. Converter
    153. Wind ×3
    154. Converter
    155. GladiatorGladiator
    156. Wind ×4
    157. Converter
    158. Wind ×5
    159. Converter
    160. GladiatorGladiator
    161. Converter
    162. Wind ×4
    163. GladiatorGladiator
    164. Converter
    165. Wind ×4
    166. GladiatorGladiator
    167. Converter
    168. Wind ×4
    169. GladiatorGladiator
    170. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Yamato's (33 OS, 16/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Tidal Generator8 Tidal to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 0:11 · 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

Yamato

33.0 OS · 16/08/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
790 metal received · 111957 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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