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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 · 6 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×4
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Mex ×4
    5. Energy storage
    6. Wind ×2
  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 · 4 steps
    1. Converter ×5
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 4:40
    3. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    4. Wind
  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 · 137 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    2. Wind
    3. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    4. WhistlerMissile truck
    5. Wind ×2
    6. WhistlerMissile truck
    7. Wind
    8. WhistlerMissile truck
    9. Wind ×2
    10. WhistlerMissile truck
    11. Wind
    12. Converter
    13. WhistlerMissile truck
    14. Wind
    15. WhistlerMissile truck
    16. Wind ×3
    17. WhistlerMissile truck
    18. Converter
    19. Wind
    20. WhistlerMissile truck
    21. Wind ×3
    22. WhistlerMissile truck
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Converter
    25. WhistlerMissile truck
    26. Wind ×2
    27. WhistlerMissile truck
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:38 · typical 9:22
    29. Wind ×2
    30. WhistlerMissile truck
    31. Converter
    32. Wind ×3
    33. WhistlerMissile truck
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. Wind ×2
    36. BlitzBlitz
    37. Converter
    38. Wind
    39. BlitzBlitz
    40. Wind ×2
    41. BlitzBlitz
    42. Wind ×2
    43. BlitzBlitz
    44. Wind
    45. Converter
    46. Wind ×4
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Converter
    49. Wind ×3
    50. BlitzBlitz ×2
    51. Wind ×2
    52. BlitzBlitz ×2
    53. Wind
    54. Converter
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. Wind
    57. BlitzBlitz ×2
    58. Wind ×2
    59. BlitzBlitz
    60. Wind
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. Converter
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. Wind
    65. BlitzBlitz
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. Wind ×2
    69. BlitzBlitz
    70. Wind ×2
    71. BlitzBlitz ×2
    72. Wind
    73. Converter
    74. BlitzBlitz ×2
    75. Wind
    76. BlitzBlitz
    77. Wind
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. Wind
    80. BlitzBlitz
    81. Wind
    82. Converter
    83. BlitzBlitz
    84. Wind
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. Wind ×2
    87. BlitzBlitz
    88. Wind ×3
    89. BlitzBlitz
    90. Converter
    91. Wind
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. Wind
    94. RoverScout
    95. Wind
    96. RoverScout ×2
    97. Wind
    98. RoverScout
    99. Converter
    100. RoverScout
    101. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    102. RoverScout
    103. Wind
    104. RoverScout ×2
    105. Wind ×2
    106. RoverScout ×3
    107. Wind ×2
    108. RoverScout ×3
    109. Converter
    110. Wind
    111. RoverScout ×3
    112. Wind
    113. RoverScout
    114. Wind
    115. RoverScout
    116. Wind
    117. RoverScout ×2
    118. Wind
    119. RoverScout
    120. Converter
    121. RoverScout ×2
    122. Wind
    123. RoverScout ×2
    124. Wind
    125. RoverScout
    126. Wind
    127. RoverScout ×2
    128. BlitzBlitz
    129. Wind ×2
    130. BlitzBlitz
    131. Converter
    132. BlitzBlitz
    133. Wind
    134. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    135. BlitzBlitz ×2
    136. Metal storage
    137. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is FrontLiner69er's (33 OS, 01/10/2026); 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

FrontLiner69er

33.1 OS · 01/10/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
209 metal received · 41285 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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