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Gunslinger buy

Armada Pond build order · Supreme Isthmus

Pond pays Tech to build and hand over a Gunslinger from 5:05 for the front line.

#team support · 104 distinct matches · 51 players · 5% of Armada Pond games · team won 46% of 104 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • GunslingerGunslinger from Tech arrives 5:05 · 4% of role by thenTech makes it and hands it over.

Paid for by sending allies about 580 metal and 12,000 energy by 5:00; standard pond sends 0 metal and 9,000 energy.

Where those units first fight, in 99 games with kill data: in the middle 82%, on their own side 18%.

Those units destroy a typical 1,824 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into tick (31% of army), pawn (11% of army), blitz (8% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Gunslinger by 5:05

  1. Open tidal-heavy eco, pay allies metal and energy early.
  2. Put down Bot Lab as normal for Pond.
  3. Buy a Gunslinger from Tech instead of building your own.
  4. Send the Gunslinger to fight in the middle.
  5. Fall back into standard Tick/Pawn/Blitz production.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 104 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD POND
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 6:05 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 Turbine5Wind
    • Tidal Generator2Tidal
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 4 mex, 5 wind, 2 tidaldone ~3:50, middle half 3:16–5:40

    Some games also: converter (33%)

    By 3:29 in all: 4 mex · 5 wind · 2 tidal · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Tidal ×2
    2. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Wind ×3
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:11 · typical 3:50
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine1Wind−3 vs standard
    Builders
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot

    Some games also: Lazarus (33%)

    By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 10 wind · 2 tidal · 1 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 14 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. Wind ×2
    4. PawnPawn
    5. Wind
    6. PawnPawn ×2
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. PawnPawn
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. PawnPawn ×2
    11. Mex
    12. PawnPawn ×2
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. Mex ×2
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine18Wind−11 vs standard
    • Energy Converter2Converter−6 vs standard
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret

    Some games also: tick (44%) · con bot (44%) · eat Bot Lab (41%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 36 wind · 2 tidal · 6 converter (standard 9) · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 159 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Mex
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. SentrySentry
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. SentrySentry
    8. PawnPawn ×2
    9. SentrySentry
    10. PawnPawn
    11. MaceMace
    12. Wind
    13. ThugThug
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Wind
    17. ThugThug
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Mex
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Wind
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    37. Wind
    38. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    39. Wind
    40. LazarusLazarus
    41. Wind
    42. LazarusLazarus
    43. Wind
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:47 · typical 9:22
    45. LazarusLazarus
    46. SentrySentry
    47. Wind
    48. RocketeerRocketeer
    49. SentrySentry
    50. Wind
    51. RocketeerRocketeer
    52. Wind
    53. SentrySentry
    54. MaceMace
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn ×2
    57. Wind
    58. CenturionCenturion
    59. SentrySentry
    60. Wind
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Wind
    63. SentrySentry
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Wind
    66. PawnPawn
    67. SentrySentry
    68. MaceMace
    69. Wind
    70. TickTick ×2
    71. Wind
    72. TickTick
    73. Con turret
    74. MaceMace
    75. Wind
    76. Con turret
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    78. Wind
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Wind
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Con turret
    83. Wind
    84. CenturionCenturion
    85. Wind ×2
    86. TickTick ×2
    87. Wind
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Wind
    90. Construction BotCon bot
    91. PawnPawn
    92. Wind
    93. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:19
    96. Wind
    97. MaceMace
    98. Wind
    99. TickTick
    100. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    101. Wind
    102. TickTick ×2
    103. Wind
    104. TickTick ×2
    105. Wind
    106. PawnPawn
    107. TickTick ×3
    108. Wind
    109. TickTick ×2
    110. Wind
    111. PawnPawn ×2
    112. TickTick
    113. PawnPawn
    114. TickTick
    115. Wind
    116. PawnPawn
    117. TickTick
    118. PawnPawn
    119. TickTick
    120. Con turret
    121. PawnPawn
    122. Wind
    123. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    124. TickTick
    125. PawnPawn
    126. Wind
    127. Con turret
    128. Construction BotCon bot
    129. Wind ×2
    130. TickTick ×2
    131. Construction BotCon bot
    132. Wind
    133. TickTick
    134. CenturionCenturion
    135. TickTick
    136. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:58
    137. PawnPawn
    138. TickTick
    139. PawnPawn
    140. Wind
    141. PawnPawn
    142. TickTick
    143. Construction BotCon bot
    144. TickTick
    145. PawnPawn
    146. TickTick
    147. Wind
    148. PawnPawn
    149. TickTick
    150. PawnPawn
    151. TickTick
    152. Wind
    153. Energy storage
    154. CenturionCenturion
    155. PawnPawn
    156. Wind ×3
    157. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    158. Energy storage
    159. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is alexandar's (30 OS, 31/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Tidal Generator8 Tidal to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 0:12 · in 99% of games

You get

  • Gunslinger1 Gunslinger from Techfirst at 5:05 · in 100% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:46 · in 96% 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

02k4k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Metal sent to allies

01k2k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Energy sent to allies

020k40k60k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

104 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
1:0011511500000013471282
2:0026726800000031292781
3:0078379900000054704436
4:0014651473000093079756138
5:002180218500005771117798989
6:002949299500006722321696212657
7:00383539106372110507154372157315669
8:004793494814011702781178074632659319216
9:0059126223191837965031610164682842021289
10:00698677052666611106155211324903300223110
11:00910196453068842140085512415183826626170
12:001096512052316011691813128913205244553527931
13:001308114538386615532515187614366265056330525
14:001521217427453321343143253514926655367531558
15:001783320188488125993513324916287085562032681
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Won less often than the standard build, but destroyed much more enemy metal by both 10:00 and 15:00 despite losing more of its own.

  • + Destroyed 5314 enemy metal by 15:00 vs 2982 for standard.
  • − Team win rate 40% vs 45% for standard build.
  • − Own metal lost by 15:00 (4508) well above standard (3531).
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

alexandar

30.1 OS · 31/08/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
126 metal received · 7455 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab3:50Middle 50%: 3:16–5:40 · n=97
Advanced Metal Extractor9:22Middle 50%: 8:30–10:10 · n=98

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