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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 · 7 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. Energy storage
    4. Mex
    5. SentrySentry
    6. Mex ×3
    7. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:18 · 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 · 7 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×6
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Converter
    5. Wind
    6. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    7. Wind ×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 · 151 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Wind ×2
    3. AnemoneAnemone
    4. Con turret
    5. Wind ×5
    6. ShipyardShipyardfor Geo seadone 5:58
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Converter
    9. Wind ×4
    10. Converter
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Converter
    13. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:29 · typical 9:22
    14. Wind ×3
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Converter
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Wind
    19. Converter
    20. Wind ×3
    21. Converter
    22. Wind
    23. BeamerBeamer
    24. Wind
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    26. Converter
    27. Wind
    28. BeamerBeamer
    29. Wind ×2
    30. Converter
    31. BeamerBeamer
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Converter
    34. SentrySentry
    35. Wind
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. Converter
    38. Wind ×3
    39. Converter
    40. Wind ×2
    41. Converter
    42. Wind ×3
    43. Converter
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. Wind ×2
    46. Converter
    47. Wind ×3
    48. Con turret
    49. BeamerBeamer
    50. Wind ×3
    51. Converter
    52. Wind
    53. Converter
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 11:22
    56. Wind
    57. Converter
    58. Wind
    59. Con turret
    60. Wind ×4
    61. Converter
    62. Wind
    63. Converter
    64. Wind
    65. Con turret
    66. Wind
    67. Hardened Metal Storage
    68. Con turret
    69. Converter
    70. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    71. Wind ×3
    72. PlatypusPlatypus
    73. Con turret
    74. Converter
    75. PlatypusPlatypus
    76. Wind ×2
    77. PlatypusPlatypus ×2
    78. Con turret
    79. Converter
    80. PlatypusPlatypus
    81. Wind
    82. PlatypusPlatypus
    83. Converter
    84. PlatypusPlatypus ×2
    85. Con turret
    86. Converter
    87. PlatypusPlatypus
    88. Con turret
    89. Wind ×2
    90. PlatypusPlatypus
    91. HoundHound
    92. Wind
    93. PlatypusPlatypus
    94. Wind
    95. Converter
    96. Wind
    97. PlatypusPlatypus ×2
    98. Wind ×2
    99. Converter
    100. PlatypusPlatypus
    101. Wind
    102. PlatypusPlatypus
    103. Converter
    104. Wind
    105. PlatypusPlatypus
    106. Wind
    107. Converter
    108. PlatypusPlatypus
    109. Wind
    110. PlatypusPlatypus
    111. Wind
    112. Converter
    113. Wind
    114. PlatypusPlatypus
    115. Converter
    116. PlatypusPlatypus
    117. Wind ×2
    118. Converter
    119. PlatypusPlatypus
    120. Wind
    121. Converter
    122. PlatypusPlatypus
    123. Wind
    124. Converter
    125. PlatypusPlatypus
    126. Wind
    127. Converter
    128. PlatypusPlatypus
    129. Wind ×2
    130. Converter
    131. PlatypusPlatypus
    132. Wind
    133. Converter
    134. PlatypusPlatypus
    135. Wind
    136. Converter
    137. PlatypusPlatypus
    138. Wind
    139. PlatypusPlatypus
    140. Wind ×2
    141. Converter
    142. PlatypusPlatypus
    143. Wind
    144. PlatypusPlatypus
    145. Wind
    146. WelderWelder
    147. Converter
    148. Wind ×2
    149. WelderWelder
    150. Wind
    151. WelderWelder

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is CookieTwoStep's (31 OS, 28/08/2026); 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

CookieTwoStep

30.6 OS · 28/08/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
1594 metal received · 155019 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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