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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 · 8 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. Converter
    4. Mex ×4
    5. Wind ×8
    6. Energy storage
    7. Converter ×2
    8. Bot LabBot Labdone 4:27 · 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 · 4 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. TickTickfor Suicide front
    3. Energy storage
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×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. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    2. CrossbowCrossbow ×3
    3. TickTick ×20for Suicide front
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Energy storage
    7. Wind ×3
    8. Energy storage
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:01 · typical 9:22
    13. TickTick
    14. Wind
    15. TickTick ×2
    16. Wind
    17. TickTick
    18. Wind
    19. TickTick
    20. Construction BotCon bot
    21. Wind ×2
    22. TickTick ×3
    23. Wind
    24. TickTick
    25. Wind
    26. TickTick
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. Wind
    29. TickTick ×2
    30. Wind ×2
    31. TickTick ×3
    32. Construction BotCon bot
    33. Wind ×2
    34. TickTick ×2
    35. Wind
    36. TickTick ×3
    37. Wind
    38. Construction BotCon bot
    39. Wind
    40. TickTick ×3
    41. Wind ×2
    42. TickTick ×4
    43. Wind
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. TickTick
    46. Wind
    47. TickTick ×2
    48. Wind
    49. TickTick ×2
    50. Wind
    51. TickTick
    52. Wind
    53. TickTick ×3
    54. Wind
    55. Converter
    56. TickTick
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick ×3
    59. Converter
    60. Wind
    61. TickTick
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick ×2
    64. Converter
    65. TickTick ×3
    66. Converter
    67. TickTick
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. TickTick ×3
    71. Wind
    72. TickTick
    73. Converter
    74. TickTick ×2
    75. Converter
    76. Wind
    77. TickTick
    78. Wind
    79. TickTick
    80. Converter
    81. Wind
    82. TickTick
    83. Wind
    84. TickTick
    85. Converter
    86. TickTick
    87. Wind ×2
    88. TickTick
    89. Wind
    90. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    91. Converter
    92. TickTick
    93. Wind ×2
    94. TickTick
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Converter
    97. Wind
    98. PawnPawn
    99. Wind
    100. PawnPawn
    101. Converter
    102. PawnPawn
    103. Wind ×2
    104. PawnPawn ×2
    105. Wind
    106. Converter
    107. Wind
    108. PawnPawn ×2
    109. Wind
    110. PawnPawn
    111. Wind
    112. Converter
    113. PawnPawn ×2
    114. Wind ×2
    115. PawnPawn ×2
    116. Converter
    117. PawnPawn
    118. Wind
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Converter
    121. Wind
    122. PawnPawn
    123. Wind
    124. PawnPawn
    125. Pit BullPit Bull
    126. Converter
    127. PawnPawn
    128. Converter
    129. PawnPawn
    130. Converter
    131. PawnPawn
    132. Pit BullPit Bull
    133. Metal storage
    134. BeamerBeamer
    135. PawnPawn
    136. Converter
    137. Wind
    138. PawnPawn
    139. Wind ×3
    140. PawnPawn
    141. Converter
    142. Wind
    143. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    144. BeamerBeamer
    145. Wind
    146. PawnPawn
    147. Wind
    148. Converter
    149. BeamerBeamer
    150. Wind ×2
    151. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Warlender's (32 OS, 19/09/2026); 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
1:0011511500000013471281
2:0026726800000031292783
3:0078380000000054704435
4:0014651474000093079756114
5:002180218400005771117798986
6:002949299600006722331696212610
7:00383539166372110507154302157315602
8:004793495214011702781208074602659319050
9:0059126225191838065031610164672842021283
10:00698677392666611106155311324873300222816
11:00910196783068811140086712415143826626186
12:001096512073316011321813129613205224553528203
13:001308114546386615402515187414366125056330704
14:001521217448453321033143249314926345367531489
15:001783320201488125763513324816286915562032676
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

Warlender

32.5 OS · 19/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
35 metal received · 129220 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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