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 · 108 distinct matches · 52 players · 5% of Armada Pond games · team won 45% of 108 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT

Gunslinger from Tech arrives 5:06 · 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 103 games with kill data: in the middle 83%, on their own side 17%.

Those units destroy a typical 1,807 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into tick (31% of army), pawn (11% 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 108 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD POND

10:00
23:33

PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 6:06 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 – 3:33
Economy
- 4Mex
- 8Tidalfor allies
- 5Wind
- 2Tidal
- 1Energy storage
Order
1. Bot Lab ~3:33after 4 mex, 5 wind, 2 tidaldone ~3:52, middle half 3:16–5:48
Some games also: converter (34%)
By 3:33 in all: 4 mex · 5 wind · 2 tidal · 1 energy storage
The example game in this phase · 4 steps
1. 0:03Tidal ×8for Suicide front
2. 1:08Tidal ×2
3. 1:40Mex ×4
4. 2:39Bot Labdone 2:55 · typical 3:52
2
Bot Lab to 10:00
3:33 – 10:00
Economy
- 24Wind−10 vs standard
- 3Converter−6 vs standard
Builders
- 1 Con turret
- 3 Con bot
Some games also: Lazarus (50%) · tick (46%) · eat Bot Lab (40%)
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 · 202 steps
1. 2:58Lazarus
2. 3:04Wind
3. 3:09Con bot
4. 3:10Wind ×2
5. 3:31Con turret
6. 3:50Wind
7. 3:56Converter ×3
8. 4:16Wind
9. 4:17Converter
10. 4:17Tick ×2
11. 4:26Converter
12. 4:28Tick ×2
13. 4:35Converter
14. 4:35Tick
15. 4:37Wind
16. 4:39Tick ×2
17. 4:44Converter
18. 4:46Tick
19. 4:48Con bot
20. 4:54Converter
21. 4:57Wind
22. 5:00Con bot
23. 5:04Converter
24. 5:17Tick ×2
25. 5:20Wind
26. 5:22Tick ×6
27. 5:40Wind
28. 5:40Tick ×2
29. 5:44Naval Energy Converter
30. 5:47Tick ×2
31. 5:53Naval Energy Converter
32. 5:53Tick
33. 6:05Naval Energy Converter
34. 6:18Tick
35. 6:18Naval Energy Converter
36. 6:20Wind ×2
37. 6:27Tick
38. 6:36Wind
39. 6:36Tick ×2
40. 6:43Naval Energy Converter
41. 6:43Wind
42. 6:48Tick
43. 6:51Wind
44. 6:55Tick ×2
45. 7:00Wind
46. 7:00Naval Energy Converter
47. 7:02Tick ×2
48. 7:07Wind
49. 7:09Tick
50. 7:12Naval Energy Converter
51. 7:12Tick
52. 7:15Wind
53. 7:15Tick ×3
54. 7:22Wind
55. 7:23Naval Energy Converter
56. 7:25Tick ×3
57. 7:33Wind
58. 7:35Naval Energy Converter
59. 7:35Tick
60. 7:36Wind
61. 7:38Tick ×3
62. 7:47Naval Energy Converter
63. 7:48Tick
64. 7:49Con bot
65. 7:50Wind
66. 7:58Naval Energy Converter
67. 8:00Wind
68. 8:00Con bot
69. 8:07Wind
70. 8:08Tick
71. 8:10Naval Energy Converter
72. 8:10Con turret
73. 8:11Tick ×2
74. 8:19Naval Energy Converter
75. 8:19Wind
76. 8:23Tick
77. 8:28Naval Energy Converter
78. 8:29Tick
79. 8:30T2 mexdone 10:01 · typical 9:22
80. 8:32Tick
81. 8:34Wind
82. 8:34Tick ×2
83. 8:37Naval Energy Converter
84. 8:38Tick ×3
85. 8:44Wind
86. 8:44Tick ×3
87. 8:50Naval Energy Converter
88. 8:50Tick
89. 8:51Wind
90. 8:52Tick ×3
91. 8:58Wind
92. 8:59Naval Energy Converter
93. 9:00Tick ×2
94. 9:06Wind
95. 9:07Tick
96. 9:08Naval Energy Converter
97. 9:10Tick ×2
98. 9:14Wind
99. 9:16Tick
100. 9:17Naval Energy Converter
101. 9:20Tick
102. 9:23Wind
103. 9:23Tick ×2
104. 9:27Naval Energy Converter
105. 9:29Tick ×2
106. 9:35Wind
107. 9:35Tick ×2
108. 9:39Naval Energy Converter
109. 9:41Tick ×2
110. 9:45Wind
111. 9:45Tick ×3
112. 9:51Naval Energy Converter
113. 9:53Tick
114. 9:54Wind
115. 9:56Tick ×3
116. 10:02Naval Energy Converter
117. 10:03T2 mex
118. 10:03Sneaky Pete
119. 10:04Tick ×5
120. 10:14Naval Energy Converter
121. 10:15Mace ×2
122. 10:25Naval Energy Converter
123. 10:25Mace ×2
124. 10:34Naval Energy Converter
125. 10:35Mace ×2
126. 10:43Naval Energy Converter
127. 10:46Mace
128. 10:52Naval Energy Converter
129. 10:52Mace
130. 10:57Gauntletdone 12:19
131. 11:00Tick
132. 11:01Naval Energy Converter
133. 11:02Tick ×2
134. 11:05T2 mex
135. 11:06Tick
136. 11:10Naval Energy Converter
137. 11:12Tick
138. 11:19Naval Energy Converter
139. 11:29Tick
140. 11:31Naval Energy Converter ×2
141. 11:46Tick ×5
142. 11:55Naval Energy Converter
143. 11:56Tick ×5
144. 12:05T2 mex
145. 12:06Naval Energy Converter
146. 12:06Tick ×4
147. 12:19Naval Energy Converter
148. 12:22Tick ×3
149. 12:37Wind
150. 12:41Tick
151. 12:46Tidal
152. 12:47Wind
153. 12:47Tick ×2
154. 12:55Wind
155. 12:55Tick
156. 12:56Tidal
157. 12:58Tick ×2
158. 13:02Wind
159. 13:03Tick
160. 13:03Tidal
161. 13:05Tick
162. 13:08Centurion
163. 13:09Wind
164. 13:12Tidal
165. 13:16Wind
166. 13:21Tidal
167. 13:25Wind
168. 13:28Centurion
169. 13:29Tidal
170. 13:32Wind
171. 13:36Tidal
172. 13:39Wind
173. 13:41Centurion
174. 13:42Con turret
175. 13:44Tidal
176. 13:47Wind
177. 13:50Centurion
178. 13:54Tidal
179. 13:56Wind
180. 13:59Centurion
181. 14:01Tidal
182. 14:03Con turret
183. 14:03Wind
184. 14:08Centurion
185. 14:09Tidal
186. 14:12Wind
187. 14:16Tidal
188. 14:17Centurion
189. 14:18Pawn
190. 14:20Wind
191. 14:21Pawn ×2
192. 14:27Wind
193. 14:27Pawn ×3
194. 14:34Wind
195. 14:36Pawn ×2
196. 14:39Advanced Bot Labnot finished by 15:00
197. 14:42Pawn
198. 14:44Wind
199. 14:46Tick
200. 14:51Wind
201. 14:52Tick ×2
202. 14:59Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is theflyingpancake's (32 OS, 06/09/2026); 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 5:06 · 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

108 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	1354	1282
2:00	266	268	0	0	0	0	0	0	3108	2758
3:00	776	799	0	0	0	0	0	0	5465	4408
4:00	1468	1474	0	0	0	0	68	0	7975	6114
5:00	2180	2184	0	0	0	0	577	2	11571	8986
6:00	2945	2996	0	0	0	0	657	257	16962	12610
7:00	3835	3903	624	21	109	0	713	430	21492	15602
8:00	4793	4940	1225	170	296	126	785	458	26384	19050
9:00	5844	6217	1827	378	650	336	967	467	28156	21283
10:00	6986	7711	2603	600	1081	553	1055	468	32579	22816
11:00	9101	9678	3011	807	1448	842	1173	511	36257	26154
12:00	10965	12076	3138	1168	1916	1281	1265	514	43958	27659
13:00	13081	14615	3784	1540	2585	1874	1372	582	45796	30345
14:00	15212	17522	4486	2103	3168	2539	1447	630	47924	31352
15:00	17833	20248	4816	2567	3513	3258	1547	686	54504	32676

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

theflyingpancake

32.3 OS · 06/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
112 metal received · 30423 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab3:52Middle 50%: 3:16–5:48 · n=100

Advanced Metal Extractor9:22Middle 50%: 8:30–10:10 · n=102

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Supreme Isthmus v2.1
Beyond All Reason test-31232-3649678
Naval balance tweaks on

Gunslinger buy

Phase by phase

Up to the Bot Lab

Bot Lab 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

theflyingpancake

Typical milestones

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