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Standard pond

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

0:03Open with a wall of tidals, planning to boost front hard.
1:38-2:54Add mex and wind, then build Legion Bot Lab for units.
3:12-4:10Keep stacking wind to pay the front's boost needs.
5:12Eat the Legion Bot Lab around 5:12 to fund more units.
9:07+Build shipyard and Advanced Metal Extractor, transition into gunships and bots.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 17 GAMES

10:00
23:03
35:00

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
Up to the Legion Bot Lab
0:00 – 3:03
Economy
- 4Mex
- 8Tidalfor allies
- 2Tidal
- 1Wind
Order
1. Legion Bot Lab ~3:03after 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. 0:03Tidal ×8for Suicide front
2. 1:05Tidal ×2
3. 1:20Polybolos
4. 1:27Wind
5. 1:34Energy storage
6. 2:01Mex ×4
7. 3:08Legion Bot Labdone 3:25 · typical 3:20
2
Legion Bot Lab to 5:00
3:03 – 5:00
Economy
- 4Wind
Builders
- 1 Con turret
- 4 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. 3:25Legion Construction Bot
2. 3:40Overcharged Metal Extractor
3. 4:04Con turret
4. 4:26Overcharged Metal Extractor
5. 4:34Wind ×3
6. 4:53Overcharged Metal Extractor
3
5:00 to 10:00
5:00 – 10:00
Economy
- 49Wind
- 8Converter
Order
1. Eat Legion Bot Lab ~5:31in 53% of games
Builders
- 2 Con turret
- 3 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 · 229 steps
1. 5:02Wind ×3
2. 5:17Overcharged Metal Extractor
3. 5:20Legion Construction Bot ×2
4. 5:36Wind ×3
5. 5:50Con turret ×2
6. 5:55Wind ×4
7. 6:16Con turret
8. 6:21Wind ×2
9. 6:34Converter
10. 6:34Wind
11. 6:39Converter
12. 6:41Zagreus
13. 6:41Wind
14. 6:44Converter
15. 6:47Wind
16. 6:52Converter
17. 6:53Con turret
18. 6:54Wind
19. 6:59Converter
20. 7:00Wind ×3
21. 7:09Converter
22. 7:10Wind ×2
23. 7:15Converter
24. 7:18Wind ×2
25. 7:21Converter
26. 7:25Wind ×2
27. 7:31Con turret
28. 7:31Wind ×4
29. 7:42Con turret
30. 7:45Wind ×8
31. 8:09T2 mexdone 8:31 · typical 9:32
32. 8:13Wind ×2
33. 8:18Eat Legion Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
34. 8:20Wind ×2
35. 8:23T2 mex
36. 8:26Wind ×2
37. 8:32T2 mex
38. 8:33Wind ×5
39. 8:48Hive
40. 8:51Wind ×2
41. 8:53T2 mex
42. 8:59Wind ×2
43. 9:03Legion Vehicle Plantdone 9:40
44. 9:05Wind ×4
45. 9:40Otter
46. 9:40Legion Drone ×3
47. 9:43Wind ×2
48. 9:48Advanced Vehicle Plantdone 10:45
49. 9:49Wind
50. 9:50Legion Drone
51. 9:52Wind
52. 9:53Hive
53. 9:54Eat Legion Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
54. 9:56Wind ×2
55. 10:00Legion Drone
56. 10:03Wind ×2
57. 10:10Legion Drone
58. 10:12Wind ×3
59. 10:24Converter
60. 10:26Wind ×2
61. 10:28Legion Drone ×3
62. 10:34Wind
63. 10:38Legion Drone
64. 10:38Wind ×3
65. 10:47Mobile radar
66. 10:48Legion Drone
67. 10:49Wind
68. 10:50Converter
69. 10:52Con turret
70. 10:53Radar jammer
71. 10:53Wind ×2
72. 10:58Legion Drone
73. 10:59Transportdone 11:09
74. 11:01Wind ×2
75. 11:03Converter
76. 11:07Wind
77. 11:09Legion Drone
78. 11:10Wind
79. 11:10Legion Drone
80. 11:11Transport
81. 11:11Legion Drone
82. 11:14Wind
83. 11:19Legion Drone
84. 11:20Wind
85. 11:20Converter
86. 11:23Legion Drone ×2
87. 11:25Transport
88. 11:25Legion Drone
89. 11:28Wind
90. 11:29Legion Drone
91. 11:32Converter
92. 11:33Legion Drone
93. 11:35Wind ×2
94. 11:36Legion Drone ×2
95. 11:38Transport
96. 11:38Legion Drone ×2
97. 11:41Wind
98. 11:42Converter
99. 11:43Legion Drone
100. 11:45Wind
101. 11:46Legion Drone
102. 11:48Wind
103. 11:52Converter
104. 11:52Legion Drone ×4
105. 11:54Transport
106. 11:56Wind
107. 11:56Legion Drone
108. 12:00Wind ×2
109. 12:02Legion Drone ×2
110. 12:06Converter
111. 12:06Legion Drone ×2
112. 12:08Transport
113. 12:08Legion Drone
114. 12:09Wind ×3
115. 12:12Legion Drone
116. 12:16Wind
117. 12:16Converter
118. 12:16Legion Drone
119. 12:16Wind
120. 12:19Legion Drone
121. 12:20Wind
122. 12:20Legion Drone
123. 12:21Transport
124. 12:21Legion Drone
125. 12:22Wind
126. 12:22Legion Drone
127. 12:26Converter
128. 12:26Legion Drone
129. 12:27Wind ×3
130. 12:29Legion Drone ×4
131. 12:36Transport
132. 12:36Legion Drone ×2
133. 12:37Wind ×2
134. 12:38Converter
135. 12:39Wind
136. 12:39Legion Drone ×3
137. 12:44Wind ×2
138. 12:44Legion Drone ×3
139. 12:45Gladiatordone 13:02
140. 12:47Wind
141. 12:50Legion Drone
142. 12:51Wind
143. 12:51Legion Drone
144. 12:52Wind
145. 12:53Legion Drone
146. 12:53Converter
147. 12:53Legion Drone ×2
148. 12:58Wind
149. 13:03Legion Drone
150. 13:03Wind
151. 13:03Legion Drone
152. 13:03Gladiator
153. 13:04Legion Drone
154. 13:06Wind ×2
155. 13:08Legion Drone
156. 13:10Converter
157. 13:12Wind ×2
158. 13:13Legion Drone ×2
159. 13:15Wind
160. 13:18Legion Drone
161. 13:20Wind
162. 13:21Converter
163. 13:21Gladiator
164. 13:21Wind ×2
165. 13:25Legion Drone ×2
166. 13:27Wind
167. 13:30Legion Drone
168. 13:31Wind ×2
169. 13:36Gladiator
170. 13:40Legion Drone
171. 13:40Transport
172. 13:42Wind ×2
173. 13:48Legion Drone
174. 13:49Wind
175. 13:49Transport
176. 13:49Legion Drone ×3
177. 13:53Wind
178. 13:54Con turret
179. 13:58Legion Drone
180. 13:58Wind ×2
181. 14:00Legion Drone
182. 14:01Con turret
183. 14:03Legion Drone ×2
184. 14:05Legion Bot Labdone 14:20
185. 14:05Legion Drone
186. 14:05Mobile radar
187. 14:08Legion Drone
188. 14:10Wind
189. 14:10Legion Drone ×2
190. 14:14Wind
191. 14:15Converter
192. 14:15Radar jammer
193. 14:18Legion Drone ×2
194. 14:20Zagreus
195. 14:20Legion Drone
196. 14:22Wind
197. 14:23Legion Drone ×3
198. 14:24Converter
199. 14:25Transport
200. 14:25Zagreus
201. 14:27Legion Drone ×2
202. 14:30Wind
203. 14:30Legion Drone ×2
204. 14:34Converter
205. 14:35Legion Drone
206. 14:36Wind
207. 14:36Legion Drone
208. 14:37Zagreus
209. 14:37Transport
210. 14:37Legion Drone
211. 14:40Wind
212. 14:40Legion Drone
213. 14:44Converter
214. 14:44Zagreus
215. 14:45Wind
216. 14:45Legion Drone ×3
217. 14:49Wind
218. 14:49Transport
219. 14:49Legion Drone
220. 14:49Zagreus
221. 14:50Legion Drone
222. 14:52Wind
223. 14:55Converter
224. 14:55Legion Drone
225. 14:56Wind
226. 14:56Legion Drone ×3
227. 14:58Flaknot finished by 15:00
228. 14:58Legion Drone
229. 14:59Wind

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

8 Tidal to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 0:11 · in 94% of games

You get

1 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

By	Metal produced: This build	Enemy metal destroyed: This build	Own metal lost: This build
1:00	115	0	0
2:00	274	0	0
3:00	781	0	0
4:00	1453	0	0
5:00	2125	0	0
6:00	3133	0	0
7:00	4232	0	0
8:00	5327	40	0
9:00	6661	190	30
10:00	8115	378	140
11:00	10062	648	200
12:00	12353	1015	720
13:00	15086	1720	1260
14:00	17322	2928	1815
15:00	19497	4243	2740

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

32.5 OS · 16/08/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
1704 metal received · 86277 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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DrSmack03/10/2026 · 31 OS↗SauceDispenser23/09/2026 · 35 OS↗Kurosul18/09/2026 · 34 OS↗Kurosul18/09/2026 · 34 OS↗Boozha13/09/2026 · 37 OS↗Hokusai13/09/2026 · 32 OS↗Boozha11/09/2026 · 37 OS↗Viltrum11/09/2026 · 41 OS↗Yamato16/08/2026 · 33 OS↗

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Viltrum09/09/2026 · 42 OS↗Boozha05/09/2026 · 34 OS↗rokbe03/09/2026 · 31 OS↗EpicTyrannus30/08/2026 · 38 OS↗Viltrum30/08/2026 · 41 OS↗Yamato16/08/2026 · 33 OS↗Yamato16/08/2026 · 33 OS↗Yamato16/08/2026 · 33 OS↗

Supreme Isthmus v2.1
Beyond All Reason test-30971-cc1a982
Naval balance tweaks on

Standard pond

Phase by phase

Up to the Legion Bot Lab

Legion Bot Lab to 5:00

5:00 to 10:00

Team trades

You hand over

You get

How it plays out

Metal produced

Enemy metal destroyed

Own metal lost

Yamato

Typical milestones

Played most by

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