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Thug bot assault

Cortex Pond build order · Supreme Isthmus

Pond adds Thugs from its Bot Lab around 5:13 for an early bot push, fighting mostly on its own side at first before moving to the middle.

#push · 24 distinct matches · 16 players · 3% of Cortex Pond games · team won 54% of 24 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • ThugT1 bot assault from 4:11 · 3% of role by thenFrom the Bot Lab. Only 3% of Pond games have it by then; others who build it get it around 5:58
  • ThugThug in 79%2% of all Pond games by then
  • GruntGrunt in 46%9% of all Pond games by then

Where those units first fight, in 24 games with kill data: in the middle 88%, on their own side 13%.

Those units destroy a typical 1,875 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into grunt (13% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Thug push by 3:58

  1. Open tidal-heavy economy, then Bot Lab by 3:15.
  2. Push Thugs out of Bot Lab toward the middle.
  3. Keep Thug numbers up as the main front-line unit.
  4. Eat the old Bot Lab for metal once replaced.
  5. Mix in Grunt and transition toward T2 constructor.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 24 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD POND
  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 Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Tidal Generator6Tidalfor allies−2 vs standard
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    • Tidal Generator1Tidal
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 4 mex, 3 wind, 1 tidaldone ~3:32, middle half 2:41–3:56

    By 3:17 in all: 4 mex · 3 wind · 1 tidal · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 8 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. SlingshotSlingshot
    4. Wind
    5. Energy storage
    6. Wind
    7. Mex ×4
    8. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:33 · typical 3:32
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to T1 bot assault

    Order
    1. ThugT1 bot assault after 4 mex, 7 wind, 1 energy storage
    Builders
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot

    Some games also: wind (46%) · con turret (42%) · Graverobber (38%)

    By 4:08 in all: 4 mex · 7 wind (standard 4) · 1 tidal · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 14 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Con turret ×2
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Converter
    5. Wind
    6. Converter
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Converter
    9. Wind
    10. Converter
    11. Wind ×2
    12. GruntGrunt
    13. Wind
    14. ThugThugdone 5:17
  3. 3

    T1 bot assault to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine12Wind−7 vs standard
    • Energy Converter2Converter−2 vs standard
    Order
    1. Bot LabEat Bot Lab in 67% of games
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Graverobber2 Graverobber +2 vs standard
    Army
    • Thug13 Thug +13 vs standard

    Some games also: Radar Tower (50%) · con bot (46%) · Guard (42%) · mex (38%) · grunt (38%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 21 wind · 2 tidal · 3 converter (standard 6) · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 169 steps
    1. Wind
    2. ThugThug
    3. Converter
    4. ThugThug
    5. Wind
    6. Converter
    7. Wind
    8. ThugThug
    9. Wind
    10. Converter
    11. Wind
    12. ThugThug
    13. Converter
    14. Wind ×2
    15. GruntGrunt
    16. Wind
    17. GruntGrunt
    18. Wind
    19. GruntGrunt ×2
    20. Wind
    21. GruntGrunt
    22. Wind
    23. GruntGrunt ×2
    24. Wind
    25. GruntGrunt
    26. GraverobberGraverobber
    27. Wind ×2
    28. GruntGrunt
    29. Wind
    30. GruntGrunt ×2
    31. Wind
    32. GruntGruntfor Front
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:43 · typical 9:05
    34. Wind
    35. GruntGrunt
    36. Wind ×2
    37. GruntGrunt
    38. Wind
    39. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    40. Wind ×2
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. Wind
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. Wind ×4
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. Wind
    47. Con turret
    48. Wind ×2
    49. Con turret
    50. Wind
    51. Con turret
    52. Wind
    53. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:16
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    56. Wind
    57. Construction BotCon bot
    58. Wind
    59. Construction BotCon bot
    60. Con turret
    61. Wind
    62. Construction BotCon bot
    63. Wind
    64. Con turret
    65. Converter
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Converter
    68. Con turret
    69. Wind
    70. Converter
    71. Wind
    72. Con turret
    73. Wind
    74. ArbalestArbalest
    75. Converter
    76. Con turret
    77. Wind
    78. Converter
    79. Con turret
    80. Wind ×2
    81. Converter
    82. Con turret
    83. Wind
    84. Con turret
    85. Converter
    86. Con turret
    87. Wind
    88. Converter
    89. Wind
    90. Bot LabBot Lab ×2done 11:05
    91. Converter
    92. Wind
    93. ArbalestArbalest
    94. GruntGrunt ×2for Front
    95. Converter
    96. Wind
    97. Con turret
    98. GruntGrunt ×2for Front
    99. Wind
    100. Converter
    101. GruntGrunt ×6for Front
    102. Wind
    103. GruntGrunt ×6for Front
    104. Wind
    105. GruntGrunt ×2for Front
    106. Converter
    107. GruntGrunt ×4for Front
    108. Wind
    109. GruntGrunt
    110. GruntGruntfor Front
    111. Converter
    112. GruntGruntfor Front
    113. GruntGrunt
    114. Advanced Radar TowerAdvanced Radar Tower
    115. GruntGruntfor Front
    116. GruntGrunt
    117. Wind
    118. Converter
    119. Wind
    120. GruntGruntfor Front
    121. Wind
    122. VeilVeil
    123. GruntGrunt ×2for Front
    124. GruntGrunt
    125. GruntGrunt ×2for Front
    126. Wind
    127. GruntGrunt ×6for Front
    128. Wind
    129. GruntGrunt ×4for Front
    130. Wind
    131. GruntGrunt ×2for Front
    132. Wind
    133. GruntGrunt
    134. Wind
    135. GruntGrunt
    136. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    137. Wind ×4
    138. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    139. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    140. Wind
    141. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 13:36
    142. JunoJuno
    143. Wind ×9
    144. AugurRadar bot
    145. Wind
    146. Con turret
    147. Wind
    148. DeceiverJammer bot
    149. Wind ×2
    150. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    151. Wind
    152. SheldonSheldondone 14:11
    153. Wind
    154. GuardGuard
    155. Con turret
    156. Wind
    157. SheldonSheldon
    158. GuardGuard
    159. Wind
    160. Con turret
    161. Wind
    162. Con turret
    163. GuardGuard
    164. Wind
    165. SheldonSheldon ×2
    166. Con turret
    167. Wind ×2
    168. GuardGuard
    169. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Yamato's (32 OS, 14/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Tidal Generator8 Tidal to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 0:09 · in 54% of games

You get

  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Tech or Geofirst at 7:26 · in 83% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build against the role’s standard build, running totals by minute

  • This build
  • Standard pond

Metal produced

010k20k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

02k4k6k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

02k4k6k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

24 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildMetal produced: Standard pondEnemy metal destroyed: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: Standard pondOwn metal lost: This buildOwn metal lost: Standard pond
1:001151150000
2:003582590000
3:009137370000
4:00158514090000
5:00237721300000
6:0032572949253000
7:004213382942704100
8:005384487496654101586
9:007045625714402201650189
10:008492766117793502040640
11:0010409985922847662287836
12:0011991120922618119633811075
13:0014080145343769157845531661
14:0015917168813863181445991995
15:0016396193614234263247142964
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Slightly outperformed the standard build's win rate while destroying more enemy metal by 15:00.

  • + Destroys 4346 enemy metal by 15:00 vs 3127 standard.
  • + Team win rate 54% vs standard's 46%.
  • − Own metal lost by 10:00 is 2511 vs 755 for standard.
  • − Metal produced by 15:00 trails standard, 15858 vs 19066.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Yamato

32.2 OS · 14/08/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
60 metal received · 168203 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab3:32Middle 50%: 2:41–3:56 · n=24
Advanced Metal Extractor9:05Middle 50%: 7:54–10:25 · n=19

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