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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 · 11 steps
    1. Tidal ×12for Suicide front
    2. Mex ×4
    3. Wind ×4
    4. Energy storage
    5. Wind ×3
    6. Converter ×2
    7. Wind ×6
    8. Converter ×2
    9. Wind ×6
    10. Converter ×2
    11. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:03 · 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 · 21 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:52 · typical 9:20
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×4
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. Con turret
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Con turret
    8. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 11:08
    9. FatboyFatboydone 11:48
    10. SharpshooterSniper botdone 12:21
    11. Metal storage
    12. SharpshooterSniper bot
    13. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:25
    14. Con turret ×3
    15. Wind ×3
    16. T2 converter
    17. Wind ×3
    18. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00
    19. Wind
    20. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00
    21. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is SkyFireEX's (37 OS, 12/09/2026); 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

SkyFireEX

36.7 OS · 12/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
331 metal received · 66235 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

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