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Gunslinger buy

Armada Pond build order · Supreme Isthmus

Pond pays Tech for Gunslinger skirmish bots delivered around 5:03 to reinforce front, but the example shows it coming after the front already collapsed.

#team support · 39 distinct matches · 21 players · 4% of Armada Pond games · team won 38% of 39 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • GunslingerGunslinger from Tech arrives 5:03 · 3% of role by thenTech makes it and hands it over.

Paid for by sending allies about 630 metal and 13,000 energy by 5:00; standard pond sends 180 metal and 9,500 energy.

Where those units first fight, in 36 games with kill data: in the middle 86%, on their own side 14%.

Those units destroy a typical 1,480 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into tick (23% of army), centurion (12% of army), pawn (11% of army).

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 39 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD POND
  1. 1
  2. 2
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 6:03 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 Generator8Tidalfor allies
    • Wind Turbine6Wind
    • Tidal Generator1Tidal
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 4 mex, 6 wind, 1 energy storagedone ~4:20, middle half 3:23–8:14

    Some games also: converter (44%)

    By 4:03 in all: 4 mex · 6 wind · 1 tidal · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 6 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Energy storage
    5. Wind
    6. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:12 · typical 4:20
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine16Wind−13 vs standard
    • Energy Converter1Converter−5 vs standard
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot

    Some games also: con turret (49%) · Lazarus (44%) · tick (31%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 2 con turret

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 36 wind · 1 tidal · 6 converter · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 269 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    3. Con turret
    4. Wind ×2
    5. TickTick ×2
    6. Wind
    7. TickTick
    8. Wind
    9. TickTick ×4
    10. Wind
    11. TickTick
    12. Con turret
    13. Wind
    14. TickTick ×2
    15. Wind ×4
    16. Converter
    17. Con turret
    18. Wind ×3
    19. Converter
    20. Wind
    21. Converter
    22. Wind
    23. Converter
    24. Wind
    25. Converter ×2
    26. Bot LabBot Labdone 6:12
    27. Wind
    28. Converter
    29. Wind ×2
    30. TickTick
    31. Converter
    32. TickTick
    33. Wind
    34. TickTick
    35. Converter
    36. Wind
    37. TickTick ×2
    38. Converter
    39. TickTick
    40. Wind
    41. TickTick
    42. Converter
    43. TickTick
    44. Wind
    45. TickTick
    46. Converter
    47. TickTick ×2
    48. Wind
    49. Converter
    50. TickTick
    51. Wind
    52. TickTick
    53. Converter
    54. TickTick
    55. Wind
    56. TickTick
    57. Converter
    58. TickTick
    59. Wind
    60. TickTick ×2
    61. Converter
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick ×2
    64. Wind
    65. TickTick
    66. Converter
    67. Wind
    68. TickTick
    69. Wind
    70. TickTick
    71. Converter
    72. TickTick ×2
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick
    75. Converter
    76. Wind
    77. TickTick ×2
    78. Wind
    79. TickTick
    80. Converter
    81. TickTick
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick
    84. Converter
    85. TickTick
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick
    88. Converter
    89. TickTick
    90. Wind
    91. TickTick
    92. Wind
    93. TickTick ×2
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick
    96. Converter
    97. TickTick
    98. Wind
    99. TickTick
    100. Converter
    101. Wind
    102. TickTick ×2
    103. Wind
    104. TickTick
    105. Converter
    106. Wind
    107. TickTick ×2
    108. Wind
    109. Converter
    110. TickTick ×2
    111. Wind
    112. TickTick
    113. Wind
    114. TickTick
    115. Converter
    116. Wind
    117. TickTick ×2
    118. Wind
    119. RocketeerRocketeer
    120. Wind
    121. RocketeerRocketeer
    122. Wind
    123. TickTick
    124. Wind
    125. TickTick ×3
    126. Wind
    127. TickTick
    128. Wind
    129. TickTick ×2
    130. Wind
    131. TickTick ×2
    132. Wind
    133. TickTick ×3
    134. Wind
    135. Converter
    136. TickTick
    137. Wind
    138. TickTick
    139. Wind
    140. TickTick
    141. Wind
    142. TickTick
    143. Converter
    144. TickTick
    145. Wind
    146. TickTick
    147. Wind
    148. TickTick
    149. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:47 · typical 9:20
    150. Wind
    151. TickTick
    152. Converter
    153. TickTick
    154. Wind
    155. TickTick
    156. Wind
    157. Converter
    158. TickTick
    159. Wind
    160. TickTick
    161. Wind
    162. Converter
    163. TickTick
    164. Wind
    165. TickTick
    166. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    167. TickTick
    168. Wind
    169. Converter
    170. TickTick
    171. Wind
    172. TickTick ×2
    173. Wind
    174. TickTick ×2
    175. Wind
    176. TickTick ×3
    177. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    178. TickTick
    179. LazarusLazarus
    180. Wind ×2
    181. Converter
    182. Wind ×3
    183. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    184. TickTick
    185. Wind
    186. TickTick
    187. Wind
    188. TickTick
    189. Converter
    190. TickTick
    191. Wind
    192. Converter
    193. TickTick
    194. Wind
    195. Converter
    196. TickTick
    197. Wind
    198. TickTick
    199. Converter
    200. Wind ×2
    201. TickTick
    202. Converter
    203. TickTick
    204. Wind
    205. LazarusLazarus
    206. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:11
    207. Con turret
    208. Converter
    209. Wind
    210. Con turret
    211. Wind
    212. Construction BotCon bot
    213. Wind
    214. Con turret
    215. LazarusLazarus
    216. Wind
    217. Converter
    218. Construction BotCon bot
    219. Wind
    220. Converter
    221. Construction BotCon bot
    222. Wind
    223. Converter
    224. GunslingerGunslingerdone 12:26
    225. Construction BotCon bot
    226. Wind
    227. Converter
    228. Wind
    229. Construction BotCon bot
    230. Con turret
    231. Wind
    232. Converter
    233. Construction BotCon bot
    234. Wind
    235. Converter
    236. Con turret
    237. Wind
    238. TracerTracer
    239. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    240. TickTick
    241. Con turret
    242. Converter
    243. TickTick
    244. Con turret
    245. CitadelAnti-nuke
    246. TickTick
    247. Con turret
    248. Wind ×7
    249. Converter
    250. Wind ×2
    251. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 14:28
    252. Converter
    253. Wind
    254. Converter
    255. Fusion ReactorFusion
    256. Con turret
    257. Wind
    258. Con turret
    259. Wind
    260. FalconFighter
    261. Wind
    262. StormbringerBomber
    263. Converter
    264. Wind
    265. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:54
    266. Converter
    267. Wind
    268. StoutStout
    269. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Graceful's (37 OS, 05/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Tidal Generator8 Tidal to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 0:10 · in 100% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Air or Techfirst at 4:25 · in 33% of games
  • Gunslinger1 Gunslinger from Techfirst at 5:03 · in 100% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:39 · in 97% 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

010k20k30k
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

Metal sent to allies

01k2k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Energy sent to allies

025k50k75k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

39 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 pondMetal sent to allies: This buildMetal sent to allies: Standard pondEnergy sent to allies: This buildEnergy sent to allies: Standard pond
1:0011511500000013211246
2:0026827800000028572552
3:0077582600000054683993
4:00144715060000361079786169
5:00218522340000627184134539516
6:00289230531300007333991766414127
7:0038313980684012909035222046716808
8:004929496214012783788610155912634721320
9:0061786223233555165027012766322742522939
10:00752676952584764106839215306373246926552
11:00955797133062940130468817257433487530310
12:001162412311318212861722107817257854581231879
13:001380014783458717832075160417948335504934636
14:001607517678466122764076224617949565771237771
15:001887320172531428454780303817949926003141211
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Graceful

37.4 OS · 05/10/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
1907 metal received · 85420 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab4:20Middle 50%: 3:23–8:14 · n=39
Advanced Metal Extractor9:20Middle 50%: 8:40–10:16 · n=36

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