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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 · 7 steps
    1. Tidal ×10for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Wind ×8
    5. Energy storage
    6. Converter ×6
    7. Bot LabBot Labdone 5:19 · 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 · 94 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×4
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:12 · typical 9:20
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    4. HarpoonHarpoon
    5. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. HarpoonHarpoonfor Geo sea
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. Mexfor Beach sea
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    12. Wind ×2
    13. PawnPawn
    14. Wind
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Wind
    17. PawnPawn ×2
    18. Wind
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Wind
    21. PawnPawn
    22. Wind
    23. PawnPawn ×2
    24. Wind
    25. PawnPawn ×2
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn ×2
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn ×2
    30. Wind
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Con turret
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Wind
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Wind
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Wind
    41. Con turret
    42. PawnPawn ×2
    43. Wind ×2
    44. PawnPawn ×2
    45. Wind
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Wind
    48. PawnPawn ×2
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn ×2
    51. Wind
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Wind
    55. PawnPawn ×2
    56. Wind
    57. PawnPawn ×2
    58. Wind
    59. PawnPawn ×2
    60. Wind
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Wind
    63. PawnPawn ×2
    64. Wind
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Wind
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Wind
    71. PawnPawn ×2
    72. Wind
    73. PawnPawn ×2
    74. Wind
    75. PawnPawn ×2
    76. Wind
    77. PawnPawn ×2
    78. Wind
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. PawnPawn
    81. Wind
    82. PawnPawn ×2
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Construction BotCon bot
    86. Wind
    87. Construction BotCon bot
    88. Wind
    89. Construction BotCon bot
    90. Wind
    91. PawnPawn ×2
    92. Pit BullPit Bull
    93. Wind
    94. PawnPawn ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Viltrum's (40 OS, 04/09/2026); 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

40.3 OS · 04/09/2026

Open source match ↗

11 received units · includes a constructor
3002 metal received · 73178 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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