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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 ×2
    3. Mex
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Mex ×3
    6. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:02 · 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 · 18 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Energy storage
    4. Wind
    5. Con turret
    6. Wind
    7. Converter
    8. Wind
    9. Converter
    10. Wind
    11. Converter
    12. Wind ×2
    13. Converter
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Converter
    16. Wind
    17. Converter
    18. 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 · 204 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Converter
    4. Wind
    5. Converter
    6. Wind
    7. Converter
    8. Wind
    9. Converter
    10. Wind
    11. Converter ×2
    12. Wind ×3
    13. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:06 · typical 9:22
    14. Wind ×12
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    16. Wind ×6
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    18. Wind ×5
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    20. Wind ×5
    21. Con turret
    22. Wind
    23. TickTick ×2
    24. Con turret
    25. Wind
    26. TickTick
    27. Wind
    28. Con turret
    29. TickTick
    30. Wind
    31. TickTick ×3
    32. Wind
    33. Con turret
    34. TickTick
    35. Wind
    36. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:47
    37. TickTick
    38. Wind
    39. TickTick ×2
    40. Wind
    41. TickTick ×3
    42. Wind
    43. TickTick ×3
    44. Wind
    45. TickTick ×3
    46. Wind
    47. TickTick ×2
    48. Wind
    49. TickTick ×3
    50. Wind
    51. TickTick ×2
    52. Wind
    53. TickTick ×16
    54. Wind
    55. TickTick ×6
    56. Wind
    57. TickTick ×6
    58. Wind ×2
    59. TickTick ×2
    60. Wind
    61. TickTick ×2
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick
    64. Converter
    65. TickTick ×3
    66. Wind
    67. TickTick ×5
    68. Converter
    69. TickTick ×2
    70. Wind
    71. TickTick ×3
    72. Converter
    73. TickTick ×8
    74. Wind
    75. Converter
    76. TickTick ×4
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick ×6
    79. Converter
    80. TickTick ×2
    81. Wind
    82. TickTick ×6
    83. Converter
    84. Wind
    85. TickTick ×6
    86. Converter
    87. TickTick
    88. Wind
    89. TickTick ×5
    90. Converter
    91. Wind
    92. TickTick ×4
    93. Con turret
    94. TickTick ×3
    95. Wind
    96. TickTick ×7
    97. Wind
    98. TickTick
    99. Con turret
    100. TickTick ×3
    101. Wind
    102. TickTick ×4
    103. Converter
    104. TickTick ×4
    105. Wind
    106. Converter
    107. TickTick ×4
    108. Wind
    109. TickTick
    110. Converter
    111. TickTick ×2
    112. Wind
    113. TickTick ×3
    114. Converter
    115. TickTick ×3
    116. Wind
    117. TickTick ×4
    118. Wind
    119. TickTick ×7
    120. Converter
    121. TickTick ×3
    122. Wind
    123. TickTick
    124. Converter
    125. TickTick ×5
    126. Wind
    127. CitadelAnti-nukedone 13:50
    128. TickTick
    129. Converter
    130. TickTick ×2
    131. Wind
    132. TickTick ×5
    133. Wind
    134. TickTick
    135. Converter
    136. TickTick ×5
    137. Wind
    138. TickTick ×3
    139. Converter
    140. TickTick
    141. Wind
    142. TickTick ×6
    143. Wind
    144. TickTick
    145. Converter
    146. TickTick ×3
    147. Wind
    148. TickTick ×5
    149. Wind
    150. TickTick ×4
    151. Wind
    152. TickTick ×3
    153. Wind
    154. TickTick ×3
    155. Wind
    156. TickTick ×3
    157. Wind
    158. TickTick ×3
    159. Wind
    160. TickTick ×2
    161. Wind
    162. TickTick
    163. Wind
    164. TickTick ×4
    165. Wind ×2
    166. TickTick ×3
    167. Wind ×2
    168. TickTick ×4
    169. Wind
    170. TickTick ×6
    171. Wind
    172. TickTick
    173. Wind
    174. TickTick ×3
    175. Wind ×2
    176. TickTick ×2
    177. PawnPawn
    178. Wind
    179. PawnPawn
    180. Wind ×2
    181. PawnPawn ×2
    182. Wind ×2
    183. TickTick
    184. PawnPawn
    185. TickTick
    186. PawnPawn
    187. Wind
    188. PawnPawn
    189. Wind
    190. PawnPawn
    191. Wind
    192. PawnPawn
    193. Wind
    194. PawnPawn
    195. Wind
    196. TickTick
    197. PawnPawn
    198. Wind
    199. TickTick
    200. PawnPawn ×4
    201. TickTick
    202. PawnPawn ×2
    203. TickTick
    204. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [NWP]Kadafi923's (31 OS, 10/09/2026); 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
1:0011511500000013471282
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

[NWP]Kadafi923

31.4 OS · 10/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
53 metal received · 63007 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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