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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 · 10 steps
    1. Tidal ×6for Suicide front
    2. Tidal
    3. Tidal ×4for Front
    4. Tidal
    5. Wind
    6. Mex
    7. Converter
    8. Mex ×3
    9. Wind ×8
    10. Bot LabBot Labdone 4:13 · 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 · 8 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. TickTick ×3
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. TickTick ×4
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Wind
    8. TickTick ×2
  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 · 187 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick ×4
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. TickTick ×2
    7. Wind
    8. TickTick
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. TickTick ×5
    11. Wind
    12. TickTick ×2
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. TickTick ×3
    15. Wind
    16. TickTick ×7
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. Wind
    19. TickTick ×6
    20. Wind
    21. TickTick ×3
    22. Converter
    23. TickTick
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. Wind
    26. TickTick ×3
    27. Wind
    28. TickTick ×4
    29. Wind
    30. TickTick ×2
    31. Converter
    32. TickTick
    33. BeamerBeamer
    34. Construction BotCon bot
    35. Wind
    36. TickTick
    37. Wind
    38. TickTick
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:36 · typical 9:22
    40. TickTick ×5
    41. Converter
    42. TickTick
    43. Wind
    44. TickTick ×2
    45. BeamerBeamer
    46. Construction BotCon bot
    47. Wind
    48. TickTick ×2
    49. Converter
    50. TickTick
    51. Wind
    52. TickTick
    53. BeamerBeamer
    54. TickTick
    55. Converter
    56. TickTick
    57. Converter
    58. Wind
    59. TickTick
    60. Pit BullPit Bull
    61. TickTick
    62. Converter
    63. TickTick
    64. Wind
    65. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    66. TickTick
    67. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    68. Construction BotCon bot
    69. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    70. Wind
    71. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    74. TickTick
    75. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    76. TickTick
    77. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    78. Wind
    79. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    80. Converter
    81. TickTick ×4
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick ×2
    84. BeamerBeamer
    85. Converter
    86. TickTick
    87. Converter
    88. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    89. TickTick
    90. Construction BotCon bot
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    92. Wind
    93. TickTick
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick ×2
    96. Converter
    97. TickTick ×2
    98. Wind ×2
    99. TickTick ×3
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick ×3
    102. Wind
    103. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    104. TickTick
    105. Con turret
    106. Wind
    107. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    108. Converter
    109. TickTick
    110. Wind
    111. TickTick ×2
    112. Wind
    113. TickTick
    114. Wind
    115. TickTick ×2
    116. Wind
    117. TickTick
    118. Converter
    119. TickTick
    120. PawnPawn ×2
    121. Energy storage
    122. Wind
    123. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    124. Wind
    125. PawnPawn ×2
    126. Wind
    127. PawnPawn ×2
    128. Wind
    129. PawnPawn
    130. Wind
    131. Converter
    132. PawnPawn ×2
    133. Wind
    134. PawnPawn
    135. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    136. PawnPawn
    137. Wind
    138. PawnPawn
    139. Wind
    140. PawnPawn ×2
    141. Wind
    142. PawnPawn
    143. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:22
    144. Converter
    145. PawnPawn ×2
    146. Wind ×2
    147. PawnPawn
    148. CenturionCenturion
    149. Con turret
    150. PawnPawn ×3
    151. Wind
    152. PawnPawn
    153. Wind
    154. Con turret ×2
    155. Converter
    156. Construction BotCon bot
    157. CenturionCenturion
    158. Wind
    159. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    160. Wind
    161. PawnPawn
    162. Wind
    163. PawnPawn
    164. LazarusLazarus
    165. Wind
    166. PawnPawn
    167. BeamerBeamer
    168. SentrySentry
    169. Wind
    170. Construction BotCon bot
    171. Converter
    172. Wind
    173. SentrySentry
    174. BeamerBeamer
    175. PawnPawn
    176. Wind
    177. LazarusLazarus
    178. BeamerBeamer
    179. SentrySentry
    180. Wind
    181. PawnPawn ×2
    182. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    183. Wind
    184. Construction BotCon bot
    185. CenturionCenturion
    186. Wind
    187. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Ph3nomix's (31 OS, 23/09/2026); 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

Ph3nomix

30.9 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

35 received units · includes a constructor
689 metal received · 42667 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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