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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 ×3
    4. Energy storage
    5. Mex
    6. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:15 · 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 · 11 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. Con turret
    4. Wind
    5. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    6. Converter
    7. Wind
    8. Converter
    9. Wind ×5
    10. Converter
    11. 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 · 173 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Converter
    3. Wind ×5
    4. Con turret
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Converter
    7. Wind
    8. Converter
    9. Wind
    10. Converter
    11. Wind
    12. Converter
    13. Wind
    14. Converter
    15. Wind
    16. Converter
    17. Wind
    18. Converter
    19. Wind ×2
    20. Converter
    21. Wind
    22. Converter
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Con turret
    25. Wind ×3
    26. Con turret
    27. Wind ×4
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:14 · typical 9:22
    29. Wind ×2
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    31. Wind
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    33. Wind
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. Wind
    36. Converter ×2
    37. Con turret
    38. Converter
    39. Con turret
    40. Wind
    41. Converter
    42. Con turret ×2
    43. Wind
    44. Con turret
    45. Wind
    46. Con turret
    47. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:02
    48. Con turret
    49. Wind
    50. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:14
    51. Wind
    52. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:28
    53. Wind
    54. TickTick ×6
    55. Wind
    56. TickTick ×8
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick ×2
    59. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    60. TickTick ×8
    61. Wind
    62. TickTick ×11
    63. Wind
    64. TickTick ×21
    65. Wind
    66. TickTick ×4
    67. Wind
    68. TickTick ×10
    69. Wind
    70. TickTick ×3
    71. Mex
    72. TickTick ×3
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick ×5
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick ×12
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick ×4
    79. Wind
    80. TickTick ×7
    81. Wind
    82. TickTick ×3
    83. Mex
    84. TickTick ×8
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick ×4
    87. Wind
    88. TickTick ×5
    89. Wind
    90. TickTick ×11
    91. Wind
    92. TickTick ×12
    93. Wind
    94. TickTick ×2
    95. Wind
    96. TickTick ×10
    97. Wind
    98. TickTick ×5
    99. LazarusLazarus ×2
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick ×5
    102. Wind
    103. TickTick ×6
    104. Wind
    105. TickTick ×11
    106. Wind
    107. TickTick ×5
    108. ShipyardShipyarddone 13:40
    109. TickTick ×2
    110. T2 converter
    111. TickTick ×4
    112. Wind
    113. TickTick ×4
    114. Wind
    115. TickTick
    116. LazarusLazarus
    117. TickTick ×2
    118. LazarusLazarus
    119. Wind ×2
    120. TickTick ×6
    121. Wind
    122. Construction ShipCon ship
    123. TickTick ×9
    124. Wind
    125. TickTick ×9
    126. Wind
    127. TickTick
    128. Wind
    129. TickTick ×8
    130. Wind
    131. TickTick ×2
    132. Wind
    133. TickTick
    134. LazarusLazarus
    135. DolphinDolphin
    136. TickTick ×4
    137. LazarusLazarus
    138. TickTick
    139. Wind ×2
    140. TickTick ×3
    141. DolphinDolphin
    142. TickTick ×7
    143. Wind
    144. TickTick ×3
    145. DolphinDolphin
    146. TickTick ×7
    147. DolphinDolphin
    148. TickTick
    149. Wind
    150. Con turret
    151. TickTick ×7
    152. DolphinDolphin
    153. TickTick ×3
    154. Wind
    155. Con turret
    156. TickTick ×2
    157. LazarusLazarus
    158. TickTick
    159. DolphinDolphin
    160. TickTick
    161. CorsairDestroyernot finished by 15:00
    162. TickTick ×2
    163. Wind
    164. TickTick ×2
    165. LazarusLazarus
    166. Con turret
    167. TickTick
    168. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    169. TickTick ×2
    170. T2 converter
    171. TickTick
    172. Wind
    173. TickTick ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Cookie]CottonBuds's (31 OS, 29/09/2026); 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

[Cookie]CottonBuds

31.0 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
288 metal received · 40077 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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