BAR / BUILD ATLAS
← All builds
Pond / Armada / Economy first / OBSERVED BUILD

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 ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Energy storage
    5. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00 · 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 · 10 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:23
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind ×4
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Con turret
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Wind ×4
  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 · 190 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Converter
    3. Wind
    4. Con turret
    5. Wind ×4
    6. Converter
    7. Wind
    8. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Converter
    12. Wind ×2
    13. Converter
    14. Wind
    15. Converter
    16. Wind
    17. Converter
    18. Wind
    19. Converter
    20. Wind
    21. Converter
    22. Wind
    23. Converter ×3
    24. Bot LabBot Labdone 6:58
    25. Wind ×2
    26. Converter
    27. Wind ×2
    28. PawnPawn
    29. Wind
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Wind
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Converter
    34. Wind
    35. ShipyardShipyarddone 7:33
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Wind
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Wind
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Converter
    43. Wind
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Construction ShipCon ship
    46. Wind
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:10 · typical 9:22
    49. Wind
    50. EelSubmarinedone 8:36
    51. Wind
    52. LazarusLazarus
    53. Converter
    54. Wind
    55. Mex
    56. Converter
    57. LazarusLazarus
    58. Construction ShipCon ship
    59. Wind
    60. PawnPawnfor Front
    61. Converter
    62. Wind
    63. PawnPawnfor Front
    64. ShipyardEat Shipyardreclaimed for its metal
    65. PawnPawnfor Front
    66. Converter
    67. PawnPawnfor Front
    68. Wind
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. Converter
    71. PawnPawnfor Front
    72. Con turret
    73. Wind
    74. PawnPawnfor Front
    75. Converter
    76. Wind
    77. PawnPawnfor Front
    78. Naval Construction Turret
    79. Wind
    80. PawnPawn
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. Wind
    83. PawnPawnfor Front
    84. Mex
    85. Wind
    86. PawnPawn ×2for Front
    87. Converter
    88. Wind
    89. PawnPawn
    90. Wind ×2
    91. PawnPawnfor Front
    92. Converter
    93. PawnPawn ×2for Front
    94. Converter
    95. Wind
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    97. PawnPawnfor Front
    98. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 11:55
    99. Converter
    100. PawnPawn
    101. Wind
    102. Converter
    103. Wind ×2
    104. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    105. Converter
    106. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    107. Mex
    108. Wind
    109. Converter
    110. PawnPawn
    111. Wind
    112. PawnPawn
    113. Wind
    114. PawnPawnfor Front
    115. Wind
    116. PawnPawnfor Front
    117. Converter
    118. PawnPawn
    119. PawnPawn ×2for Front
    120. Wind
    121. Converter
    122. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 12:26
    123. PawnPawnfor Front
    124. Mex
    125. Wind
    126. PawnPawnfor Front
    127. Wind
    128. PawnPawnfor Front
    129. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    130. Converter
    131. PawnPawn
    132. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    133. Mex
    134. PawnPawn
    135. Wind
    136. Mex
    137. PawnPawn
    138. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    139. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 13:14
    140. Geothermal PowerplantGeonot finished by 15:00
    141. Converter
    142. PawnPawn ×2
    143. Wind
    144. Construction BotCon bot
    145. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    146. Converter
    147. Construction BotCon bot
    148. PawnPawn
    149. Wind
    150. Converter
    151. PawnPawn
    152. Wind
    153. VoyagerVoyager
    154. Construction BotCon bot
    155. HoundHound
    156. Wind
    157. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    158. VoyagerVoyager
    159. Converter
    160. HoundHound
    161. Construction BotCon bot
    162. VoyagerVoyager
    163. HoundHound
    164. PawnPawn
    165. VoyagerVoyager
    166. HoundHound
    167. Wind
    168. PawnPawn
    169. VoyagerVoyager
    170. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    171. Converter
    172. HoundHound
    173. PawnPawn
    174. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    175. Con turret
    176. HoundHound
    177. PawnPawn
    178. Geothermal PowerplantGeo
    179. BermudaRadar jammer ship
    180. Converter
    181. HoundHound
    182. PawnPawn
    183. Wind
    184. LongbowMissile cruisernot finished by 15:00
    185. Converter
    186. PawnPawn
    187. HoundHound
    188. Wind
    189. PawnPawn
    190. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Graceful's (37 OS, 06/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Tidal Generator8 Tidal to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 0:12 · 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

Graceful

37.1 OS · 06/10/2026

Open source match ↗

11 received units · includes a constructor
599 metal received · 70792 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

Played most by

Deathkebab13games of this buildViltrum10games of this buildChaoticNoob7games of this build[NWP]Kadafi9235games of this buildStefan11565games of this build