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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. Wind ×3
    5. Energy storage
    6. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:25 · 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 · 97 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    2. SentrySentry
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. SentrySentry ×2
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. SentrySentry
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    8. SentrySentry
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×7
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. SentrySentry
    17. PawnPawn
    18. SentrySentry
    19. PawnPawn ×7
    20. SentrySentry
    21. PawnPawn ×3
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:56 · typical 9:20
    23. PawnPawn ×2
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. Mex
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Wind
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. Wind ×3
    33. Construction BotCon bot
    34. Wind ×2
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Wind
    37. SentrySentry
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. Wind ×2
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Wind ×3
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Wind
    47. Construction BotCon bot
    48. Wind ×4
    49. Construction BotCon bot
    50. Wind ×4
    51. Construction BotCon bot
    52. Wind ×4
    53. Construction BotCon bot
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. Wind ×3
    57. Construction BotCon bot
    58. Wind ×7
    59. Construction BotCon bot
    60. Wind ×6
    61. Construction BotCon bot
    62. Wind ×2
    63. Construction BotCon bot
    64. Wind ×3
    65. Construction BotCon bot
    66. Wind ×6
    67. Construction BotCon bot
    68. Wind ×5
    69. Construction BotCon bot
    70. Wind ×5
    71. Construction BotCon bot
    72. Wind ×6
    73. Construction BotCon bot
    74. Wind ×7
    75. Construction BotCon bot
    76. Wind ×9
    77. Construction BotCon bot
    78. Wind ×7
    79. BeamerBeamer
    80. Construction BotCon bot
    81. Wind ×2
    82. BeamerBeamer ×2
    83. Wind ×2
    84. BeamerBeamer
    85. Wind
    86. Construction BotCon bot
    87. Wind ×3
    88. Construction BotCon bot
    89. Wind ×8
    90. Construction BotCon bot
    91. Wind ×7
    92. Construction BotCon bot
    93. Wind ×8
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Wind ×3
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Viltrum's (42 OS, 28/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Tidal Generator8 Tidal to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 0:10 · 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

Viltrum

41.6 OS · 28/08/2026

Open source match ↗

13 received units · includes a constructor
563 metal received · 42923 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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