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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 · 8 steps
    1. Tidal ×12for Suicide front
    2. Mex ×3
    3. Solarfor Geo sea
    4. Mex
    5. Wind ×13
    6. Energy storage ×2for Front
    7. Energy storage
    8. Bot LabBot Labdone 5:56 · 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

  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 · 185 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×5
    2. Con turret
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Con turret
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Converter
    7. Wind ×6
    8. Converter
    9. Wind ×4
    10. SentrySentry
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Converter
    13. TickTick ×2
    14. Wind
    15. TickTick
    16. Wind
    17. TickTick ×3
    18. Wind
    19. TickTick
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:10 · typical 9:22
    21. TickTick
    22. Wind
    23. TickTick ×3
    24. Wind
    25. TickTick
    26. Wind
    27. TickTick ×2
    28. Converter
    29. TickTick
    30. Wind
    31. TickTick
    32. Wind ×2
    33. TickTick
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Converter
    36. Wind ×2
    37. Converter
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. TickTick
    40. Wind
    41. TickTick
    42. Converter
    43. Wind
    44. TickTick
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. TickTick
    47. Wind
    48. TickTick
    49. Wind
    50. TickTick ×2
    51. Wind
    52. Converter
    53. TickTick
    54. Wind
    55. TickTick
    56. Wind
    57. TickTick
    58. Wind
    59. TickTick
    60. Converter
    61. TickTick
    62. Wind
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. Converter
    65. TickTick
    66. Wind
    67. TickTick
    68. Converter
    69. Wind
    70. TickTick
    71. Converter
    72. Wind
    73. TickTick
    74. Converter
    75. Wind
    76. Converter
    77. TickTick ×2
    78. Wind
    79. TickTick
    80. Wind
    81. Converter
    82. TickTick
    83. Wind
    84. TickTick
    85. Converter
    86. TickTick
    87. Wind
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Con turret
    90. Wind
    91. Converter
    92. PawnPawn
    93. Wind
    94. Converter
    95. Wind
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Con turret
    98. Wind
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Converter
    101. Wind
    102. Con turret
    103. Converter
    104. PawnPawn
    105. Wind
    106. Con turret
    107. PawnPawn
    108. Wind
    109. Converter
    110. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:24
    111. PawnPawn
    112. Wind
    113. Converter
    114. PawnPawn
    115. Converter
    116. Wind
    117. PawnPawn
    118. Converter
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Converter
    121. Wind
    122. PawnPawn
    123. BlitzBlitz
    124. PawnPawn
    125. Converter
    126. PawnPawn
    127. Wind
    128. BlitzBlitz
    129. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:08
    130. PawnPawn
    131. Converter
    132. BlitzBlitz
    133. PawnPawn
    134. Wind
    135. BlitzBlitz
    136. PawnPawn
    137. BlitzBlitz
    138. Wind
    139. Converter
    140. PawnPawn
    141. BlitzBlitz
    142. PawnPawn
    143. BlitzBlitz
    144. Wind
    145. PawnPawn
    146. BlitzBlitz
    147. Converter
    148. PawnPawn
    149. BlitzBlitz
    150. PawnPawn
    151. Pit BullPit Bull
    152. BlitzBlitz
    153. PawnPawn
    154. BlitzBlitz
    155. Converter
    156. PawnPawn
    157. BlitzBlitz
    158. PawnPawn
    159. BlitzBlitz
    160. PawnPawn
    161. BlitzBlitz
    162. PawnPawn
    163. Converter
    164. Wind
    165. BlitzBlitz
    166. PawnPawn
    167. BlitzBlitz
    168. PawnPawn
    169. BlitzBlitz
    170. PawnPawn
    171. Converter
    172. BlitzBlitz
    173. PawnPawn
    174. BlitzBlitz
    175. Wind
    176. PawnPawn
    177. BlitzBlitz
    178. PawnPawn
    179. Wind
    180. BlitzBlitz
    181. Converter
    182. PawnPawn
    183. BlitzBlitz
    184. PawnPawn
    185. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Private_Gator's (31 OS, 14/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

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

Private_Gator

31.0 OS · 14/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
289 metal received · 34426 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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