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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 · 107 distinct matches · 51 players · 5% of Armada Pond games · team won 46% of 107 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • GunslingerGunslinger from Tech arrives 5:06 · 4% of role by thenTech makes it and hands it over.

Paid for by sending allies about 580 metal and 11,000 energy by 5:00; standard pond sends 0 metal and 9,000 energy.

Where those units first fight, in 102 games with kill data: in the middle 82%, on their own side 18%.

Those units destroy a typical 1,818 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into tick (31% of army), pawn (11% 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 107 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD POND
  1. 1
  2. 2
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 6:06 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 ~3:54, middle half 3:17–5:50

    Some games also: converter (36%)

    By 3:38 in all: 4 mex · 5 wind · 2 tidal · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 8 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. Energy storage
    4. Mex ×3
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Converter ×2
    7. Mex
    8. Converter
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine23Wind−10 vs standard
    • Energy Converter3Converter−6 vs standard
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot

    Some games also: Lazarus (50%) · tick (46%) · eat Bot Lab (40%)

    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 · 117 steps
    1. Converter ×3
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 4:33
    3. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    4. ShellshockerArty ×2
    5. Con turret
    6. ShellshockerArty ×3
    7. Wind
    8. Con turret
    9. Wind
    10. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    11. Con turret
    12. Wind
    13. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:44
    14. Wind
    15. Converter
    16. Wind
    17. Converter ×3
    18. Wind
    19. Converter
    20. Wind ×3
    21. Converter
    22. Wind
    23. Converter
    24. Wind
    25. Converter
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. Wind ×2
    29. RoverScout
    30. Wind
    31. RoverScout ×8
    32. Wind
    33. RoverScout ×8
    34. Wind
    35. RoverScout ×8
    36. Wind
    37. RoverScout ×8
    38. Wind
    39. RoverScout ×7
    40. Wind
    41. RoverScout ×7
    42. Wind
    43. RoverScout ×3
    44. Wind
    45. RoverScout
    46. Wind
    47. RoverScout
    48. Wind
    49. RoverScout
    50. Wind ×2
    51. RoverScout
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:15 · typical 9:22
    53. Wind
    54. RoverScout ×2
    55. Wind ×2
    56. RoverScout
    57. Wind
    58. RoverScout
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. Wind
    61. RoverScout ×2
    62. Wind ×2
    63. RoverScout ×2
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. RoverScout
    66. Wind ×2
    67. RoverScout ×3
    68. Wind
    69. RoverScout
    70. Wind
    71. RoverScout
    72. Wind ×2
    73. RoverScout
    74. Wind
    75. RoverScout
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. RoverScout
    78. Wind ×2
    79. RoverScout
    80. Wind ×3
    81. RoverScout
    82. Wind
    83. RoverScout
    84. Wind
    85. Con turret
    86. Wind
    87. RoverScout ×2
    88. Con turret
    89. RoverScout ×3
    90. Con turret
    91. RoverScout ×3
    92. Con turret
    93. RoverScout ×2
    94. Con turret
    95. RoverScout ×2
    96. Wind
    97. RoverScout
    98. Wind ×2
    99. RoverScout ×3
    100. Wind
    101. RoverScout
    102. Wind
    103. RoverScout ×2
    104. Wind
    105. RoverScout ×2
    106. Wind
    107. RoverScout ×2
    108. Wind
    109. RoverScout ×3
    110. Wind
    111. RoverScout ×3
    112. Wind
    113. RoverScout ×2
    114. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    115. RoverScout ×14
    116. JanusJanus
    117. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [CC]CupOfCoffee's (30 OS, 18/09/2026); 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 5:06 · 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

107 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
1:0011511500000013611282
2:0026626800000030912775
3:0077579900000054614408
4:0014671474000074079716161
5:002180218400005803113888991
6:002948299300006602571695912703
7:00383639036342110807134302149415664
8:004805494013101702801267834602642119382
9:005851622018903786503369994672823521294
10:00702777112622600107155310954773268923404
11:00915196783062807144686711825143763826186
12:001097112073313811681871129612765144410628203
13:001310014601379915402562187813916004599430704
14:001528217448448920363169253914486344798631489
15:001786920201484625673520325815646865519432685
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

[CC]CupOfCoffee

30.2 OS · 18/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
14 metal received · 60451 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab3:54Middle 50%: 3:17–5:50 · n=99
Advanced Metal Extractor9:22Middle 50%: 8:26–10:10 · n=101

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