Pond / Armada / Economy first / OBSERVED BUILD

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

Gunslinger 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

0:03Open tidal-heavy eco, pay allies metal and energy early.
2:49Put down Bot Lab as normal for Pond.
5:05Buy a Gunslinger from Tech instead of building your own.
6:30Send the Gunslinger to fight in the middle.
8:08+Fall back into standard Tick/Pawn/Blitz production.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 104 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD POND

10:00
23:29
35:00

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
Up to the Bot Lab
0:00 – 3:29
Economy
- 4Mex
- 8Tidalfor allies
- 5Wind
- 2Tidal
- 1Energy storage
Order
1. Bot Lab ~3:29after 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. 0:06Tidal ×8for Suicide front
2. 1:15Shipyardfor Geo seadone 1:32
3. 1:34Con shipfor Geo sea
4. 2:20Mex ×4
5. 3:16Wind ×6
6. 3:54Energy storage
7. 4:08Energy storage ×2for Front
8. 5:12Bot Labdone 5:28 · typical 3:50
2
Bot Lab to 5:00
3:29 – 5:00
Economy
- 1Wind−3 vs standard
Builders
- 1 Con bot
Some games also: Lazarus (33%)
By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 10 wind · 2 tidal · 1 converter · 1 energy storage
3
5:00 to 10:00
5:00 – 10:00
Economy
- 18Wind−11 vs standard
- 2Converter−6 vs standard
Builders
- 1 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 · 171 steps
1. 5:29Con bot ×2
2. 5:45Con turret
3. 5:52Con bot ×2
4. 6:14Wind ×2
5. 6:25Converter
6. 6:26Wind ×2
7. 6:37Converter
8. 6:40Wind ×2
9. 6:49Converter
10. 6:56Wind
11. 7:00Converter
12. 7:04Wind
13. 7:10Tick
14. 7:11Converter
15. 7:12Wind
16. 7:13Tick
17. 7:18Wind
18. 7:19Tick
19. 7:22Converter
20. 7:23Tick
21. 7:26Wind
22. 7:29Tick
23. 7:32Converter
24. 7:34Tick
25. 7:35Wind
26. 7:40Tick
27. 7:43Converter
28. 7:43Wind
29. 7:44Tick ×2
30. 7:52Wind
31. 7:54Converter
32. 7:55Tick
33. 7:58Wind
34. 7:59Tick
35. 8:03Wind
36. 8:03Tick
37. 8:07Wind
38. 8:08Tick
39. 8:11Wind
40. 8:13Tick
41. 8:17Wind
42. 8:18Tick
43. 8:21Wind
44. 8:22Tick
45. 8:27Converter
46. 8:27Wind
47. 8:27Tick
48. 8:33T2 mexdone 9:11 · typical 9:22
49. 8:33Tick
50. 8:34Wind
51. 8:36Converter
52. 8:39Tick
53. 8:42Wind
54. 8:45Tick
55. 8:51Wind
56. 8:51Tick ×2
57. 9:01Wind
58. 9:03Tick ×2
59. 9:10Wind
60. 9:10Converter
61. 9:13Tick
62. 9:16Wind
63. 9:17Tick ×2
64. 9:22Wind
65. 9:23T2 mex
66. 9:27Wind
67. 9:27Tick
68. 9:32Wind
69. 9:32Tick
70. 9:35Pawn
71. 9:37Wind
72. 9:41Pawn
73. 9:42Wind
74. 9:47Pawn
75. 9:48Wind
76. 9:53Pawn
77. 9:56Wind
78. 9:59Pawn
79. 10:03Wind
80. 10:06Pawn
81. 10:09Wind
82. 10:12Pawn
83. 10:17Wind
84. 10:19Pawn
85. 10:21Converter
86. 10:23Wind
87. 10:26T2 mex
88. 10:26Pawn
89. 10:30Wind
90. 10:33Pawn
91. 10:35Wind
92. 10:39Pawn
93. 10:41Wind
94. 10:45Pawn
95. 10:49Wind
96. 10:52Pawn
97. 10:54Wind
98. 10:59Pawn
99. 11:01Wind
100. 11:04Crossbow
101. 11:08Wind
102. 11:12Crossbow
103. 11:15Aircraft Plantdone 11:29
104. 11:19Crossbow ×4
105. 11:49Light transport
106. 11:51Crossbow
107. 11:57Light transport
108. 12:00Crossbow
109. 12:06Bomber
110. 12:08Crossbow
111. 12:16Bomber
112. 12:18Crossbow
113. 12:21Tick
114. 12:25Bomber
115. 12:26Tick
116. 12:30Light transport
117. 12:31Tick ×2
118. 12:37Light transport
119. 12:40Tick
120. 12:41Centurion
121. 12:53Light transport
122. 12:56Centurion
123. 13:10Light transport
124. 13:12Centurion
125. 13:21Bomber
126. 13:28Centurion
127. 13:32Bomber
128. 13:33Con turret
129. 13:49Tick
130. 13:49Bomber
131. 13:52Con turret
132. 13:53Tick ×2
133. 14:03Bomber
134. 14:04Tick
135. 14:05Bot Labdone 14:33
136. 14:10Tick
137. 14:11Con turret
138. 14:16Tick
139. 14:19Wind
140. 14:19Con turret
141. 14:19Wind ×2
142. 14:19Bomber
143. 14:22Tick
144. 14:23Wind
145. 14:28Tick
146. 14:30Wind ×3
147. 14:31Bomber
148. 14:34Wind
149. 14:34Tick
150. 14:34Wind
151. 14:36Bomber
152. 14:38Tick
153. 14:40Wind
154. 14:40Pawn ×2
155. 14:41Wind
156. 14:41Bomber
157. 14:41Wind
158. 14:45Pawn
159. 14:46Wind
160. 14:46Bomber
161. 14:48Pawn ×2
162. 14:52Wind ×2
163. 14:52Pawn
164. 14:53Wind
165. 14:53Bomber
166. 14:53Wind
167. 14:56Pawn
168. 14:57Wind
169. 14:58Bomber
170. 14:58Pawn
171. 14:59Fighter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Private_Gator's (32 OS, 11/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

8 Tidal to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 0:12 · in 99% of games

You get

1 Gunslinger from Techfirst at 5:05 · in 100% of games
1 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

By	Metal produced: This build	Metal produced: Standard pond	Enemy metal destroyed: This build	Enemy metal destroyed: Standard pond	Own metal lost: This build	Own metal lost: Standard pond	Metal sent to allies: This build	Metal sent to allies: Standard pond	Energy sent to allies: This build	Energy sent to allies: Standard pond
1:00	115	115	0	0	0	0	0	0	1347	1282
2:00	267	268	0	0	0	0	0	0	3129	2781
3:00	783	799	0	0	0	0	0	0	5470	4436
4:00	1465	1473	0	0	0	0	93	0	7975	6138
5:00	2180	2185	0	0	0	0	577	1	11779	8989
6:00	2949	2995	0	0	0	0	672	232	16962	12657
7:00	3835	3910	637	21	105	0	715	437	21573	15669
8:00	4793	4948	1401	170	278	117	807	463	26593	19216
9:00	5912	6223	1918	379	650	316	1016	468	28420	21289
10:00	6986	7705	2666	611	1061	552	1132	490	33002	23110
11:00	9101	9645	3068	842	1400	855	1241	518	38266	26170
12:00	10965	12052	3160	1169	1813	1289	1320	524	45535	27931
13:00	13081	14538	3866	1553	2515	1876	1436	626	50563	30525
14:00	15212	17427	4533	2134	3143	2535	1492	665	53675	31558
15:00	17833	20188	4881	2599	3513	3249	1628	708	55620	32681

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

31.8 OS · 11/09/2026

Open source match ↗

128 received units · includes a constructor
1192 metal received · 121961 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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Supreme Isthmus v2.1
Beyond All Reason test-31251-0ceadc7
Naval balance tweaks on

Gunslinger buy

Phase by phase

Up to the Bot Lab

Bot Lab to 5:00

5:00 to 10:00

Team trades

You hand over

You get

How it plays out

Metal produced

Enemy metal destroyed

Own metal lost

Metal sent to allies

Energy sent to allies

Private_Gator

Typical milestones

Played most by

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