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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 ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal
    3. Tidal ×2for Air
    4. Tidal
    5. Mex ×4
    6. Wind ×4
    7. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:28 · 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 · 191 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind ×3
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Converter
    10. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    11. Wind ×8
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Wind ×2
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. Wind ×4
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. Wind ×3
    20. Construction BotCon bot
    21. Wind ×4
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. Wind ×4
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. Wind ×4
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. Wind ×4
    28. Construction BotCon bot
    29. Converter
    30. Wind ×6
    31. Converter
    32. Construction BotCon bot
    33. Wind ×3
    34. SentrySentry
    35. Converter
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. Wind ×3
    38. SentrySentry
    39. Wind ×2
    40. Converter
    41. Construction BotCon bot
    42. Wind
    43. SentrySentry
    44. Wind ×2
    45. Converter
    46. Wind ×3
    47. Converter
    48. Wind ×4
    49. Converter
    50. Wind ×3
    51. Construction BotCon bot
    52. Wind ×3
    53. Converter
    54. Wind ×5
    55. Converter
    56. Wind ×5
    57. Converter
    58. Wind ×5
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 10:06 · typical 9:20
    60. Wind ×3
    61. Construction BotCon bot
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    64. Wind ×2
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. Construction BotCon bot
    67. Wind ×3
    68. Converter
    69. Wind ×7
    70. Converter
    71. Wind ×2
    72. Construction BotCon bot
    73. Wind ×2
    74. Con turret
    75. Converter
    76. Wind ×4
    77. Construction BotCon bot
    78. Wind ×2
    79. Converter
    80. Wind ×2
    81. Converter
    82. Wind ×2
    83. Construction BotCon bot
    84. Wind ×3
    85. Converter ×2
    86. Wind ×5
    87. Construction BotCon bot
    88. Wind ×4
    89. Converter
    90. Wind
    91. Converter
    92. Wind ×3
    93. Construction BotCon bot
    94. Wind ×3
    95. Converter
    96. Wind ×3
    97. Converter
    98. Wind
    99. Construction BotCon bot
    100. Wind
    101. Con turret
    102. Wind ×4
    103. Converter
    104. Wind ×2
    105. Construction BotCon bot
    106. Wind ×2
    107. Converter
    108. Wind ×5
    109. Converter
    110. Construction BotCon bot
    111. Con turret
    112. Wind ×5
    113. ShipyardShipyarddone 13:29
    114. Wind
    115. Construction BotCon bot
    116. Wind
    117. Converter
    118. Wind
    119. Con turret
    120. Wind ×7
    121. Converter
    122. Construction BotCon bot
    123. Wind ×5
    124. Converter
    125. Wind
    126. Converter
    127. Wind ×3
    128. Con turret
    129. Wind
    130. Construction BotCon bot
    131. Wind ×2
    132. Converter
    133. Wind ×4
    134. Converter
    135. Wind
    136. Converter
    137. Wind ×4
    138. Con turret
    139. Wind ×2
    140. Converter
    141. Wind
    142. Converter
    143. Wind ×2
    144. Converter
    145. Wind ×5
    146. Con turret
    147. Wind
    148. Converter
    149. Wind
    150. Converter
    151. Wind ×2
    152. Con turret
    153. Converter
    154. Wind
    155. Con turret
    156. Wind ×3
    157. T2 converter
    158. Wind ×2
    159. Converter
    160. Wind ×3
    161. Converter
    162. Wind ×7
    163. Converter ×2
    164. Wind ×2
    165. Converter
    166. Wind ×7
    167. Construction ShipCon ship
    168. Wind ×2
    169. Converter ×3
    170. Wind ×3
    171. Con turret
    172. Converter
    173. Con turret
    174. Wind ×3
    175. Con turret
    176. Wind ×2
    177. Converter
    178. Wind
    179. Con turret
    180. Wind
    181. Converter
    182. Wind
    183. Converter
    184. Wind
    185. Con turret
    186. Wind
    187. Con turret
    188. Wind ×2
    189. Converter
    190. Con turret
    191. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Viltrum's (41 OS, 01/09/2026); 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

41.3 OS · 01/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
337 metal received · 7227 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

Played most by

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