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Gunslinger buy

Cortex Pond build order · Supreme Isthmus

Pond buys Gunslingers from Tech from around 4:40, paying heavily for them, sending the skirmish bots to fight in the middle and later building its own Bot Lab for Ticks and Blitz.

#push #team support · 82 distinct matches · 14 players · 11% of Cortex Pond games · team won 60% of 82 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • GunslingerGunslinger from Tech arrives 4:40 · 10% of role by thenTech makes it and hands it over.
  • Bot LabBot Lab in 44%16% of all Pond games by then

Paid for by sending allies about 850 metal and 20,000 energy by 5:00; standard pond sends 110 metal and 10,000 energy.

Where those units first fight, in 81 games with kill data: in the middle 94%, on their own side 6%.

Those units destroy a typical 2,454 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into tick (19% of army), blitz (11% of army), Armageddon (11% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Gunslinger handed over by 4:44

  1. Build heavy tidal and wind eco before any lab of your own.
  2. Take Gunslinger skirmish bots handed over by Tech.
  3. Send Gunslingers to the middle as skirmish support for front.
  4. Send Tech metal and energy, 872 metal and 20345 energy, to pay for it.
  5. Put up your own bot lab late for the Tick/Grunt transition.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 82 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD POND
  1. 1
  2. 2
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 6:00 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 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine10Wind+3 vs standard
    • Tidal Generator8Tidalfor allies
    • Tidal Generator2Tidal
    • Energy Converter1Converter
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage

    Some games also: con turret (44%)

    By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 10 wind (standard 7) · 2 tidal · 1 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 10 steps
    1. Tidal ×10for Front
    2. Mex ×3
    3. Tidal ×3for Suicide front
    4. Tidal ×3
    5. Mex
    6. Tidal ×4
    7. Con turret
    8. Tidal ×4
    9. Naval Energy Converter ×2
    10. Tidal
  2. 2

    5:00 to Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine3Wind+3 vs standard
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 4 mex, 16 wind, 3 converterdone ~10:24, middle half 9:16–11:31

    Some games also: wind (50%) · con turret (46%) · Thistle (41%) · Guard (35%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 17 wind · 4 converter

    By 10:07 in all: 4 mex · 14 wind (standard 24) · 8 wind (standard 0) · 2 tidal · 1 converter (standard 6) · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 234 steps
    1. Tidal
    2. Con turret
    3. Naval Energy Converter
    4. Tidal
    5. Converter
    6. Tidal
    7. Converter
    8. Tidal
    9. Converter ×2
    10. Tidal
    11. Converter ×7
    12. Naval Energy Converter
    13. Converter
    14. Energy storage
    15. Tidal
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Tidal
    18. Wind ×2
    19. Tidal
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Tidal
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:51 · typical 9:13
    23. Wind
    24. Tidal ×3
    25. Naval Energy Converter
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    27. Naval Energy Converter ×3
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    29. Naval Energy Converter ×2
    30. Con turret
    31. Naval Energy Converter ×2
    32. Con turret
    33. Naval Energy Converter
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. Naval Energy Converter ×2
    36. Con turret
    37. Naval Energy Converter
    38. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:54 · typical 10:24
    39. Naval Energy Converter
    40. TickTick ×6
    41. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:16
    42. TickTick
    43. Naval Energy Converter
    44. TickTick ×6
    45. Naval Energy Converter
    46. TickTick ×8
    47. Naval Energy Converter
    48. TickTick ×9
    49. Naval Energy Converter
    50. TickTick ×10
    51. Naval Energy Converter
    52. TickTick ×9
    53. Naval Energy Converter
    54. TickTick ×10
    55. Naval Energy Converter
    56. TickTick ×9
    57. Con turret
    58. TickTick
    59. Naval Energy Converter
    60. TickTick ×9
    61. Naval Energy Converter
    62. TickTick ×3
    63. Wind
    64. TickTick ×3
    65. Wind
    66. TickTick ×3
    67. Wind
    68. TickTick
    69. Naval Energy Converter
    70. TickTick ×2
    71. Wind
    72. TickTick ×3
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick ×3
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick ×2
    77. Naval Energy Converter
    78. TickTick ×2
    79. Wind
    80. TickTick ×5
    81. Wind
    82. TickTick ×3
    83. Naval Energy Converter
    84. Wind
    85. TickTick ×3
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick ×5
    88. Wind
    89. TickTick
    90. Naval Energy Converter
    91. TickTick ×5
    92. Converter
    93. TickTick ×5
    94. Construction BotCon bot
    95. Naval Energy Converter
    96. Converter
    97. TickTick ×4
    98. Wind
    99. TickTick ×4
    100. Wind
    101. Naval Energy Converter
    102. TickTick ×3
    103. Construction BotCon bot
    104. TickTick
    105. Wind
    106. Converter
    107. TickTick
    108. Con turret
    109. TickTick ×3
    110. Naval Energy Converter
    111. TickTick ×6
    112. Wind
    113. TickTick ×2
    114. Wind
    115. TickTick ×3
    116. Wind
    117. Naval Energy Converter
    118. TickTick ×3
    119. Wind ×2
    120. TickTick ×3
    121. Wind
    122. TickTick
    123. Converter
    124. TickTick ×3
    125. Naval Energy Converter
    126. Wind
    127. TickTick ×2
    128. Wind
    129. TickTick ×3
    130. Wind
    131. TickTick ×2
    132. Wind ×2
    133. TickTick ×2
    134. Con turret
    135. Naval Energy Converter
    136. TickTick ×2
    137. Converter
    138. TickTick
    139. Wind
    140. TickTick ×2
    141. Construction BotCon bot
    142. TickTick
    143. Wind ×2
    144. Naval Energy Converter
    145. TickTick ×3
    146. Wind ×2
    147. TickTick ×3
    148. Wind
    149. TickTick ×4
    150. Naval Energy Converter
    151. Wind ×2
    152. Con turret
    153. TickTick
    154. Converter
    155. TickTick
    156. Wind ×2
    157. TickTick
    158. Con turret
    159. Wind ×2
    160. TickTick ×2
    161. Naval Energy Converter
    162. TickTick
    163. Wind
    164. TickTick
    165. Converter
    166. TickTick
    167. Wind
    168. TickTick ×2
    169. Wind
    170. TickTick ×2
    171. Converter
    172. TickTick
    173. Wind
    174. TickTick
    175. Naval Energy Converter
    176. TickTick
    177. Wind
    178. TickTick
    179. Con turret
    180. TickTick
    181. Converter
    182. TickTick
    183. Wind
    184. TickTick ×3
    185. Wind
    186. TickTick
    187. Naval Energy Converter
    188. TickTick
    189. Con turret
    190. Wind
    191. TickTick
    192. Wind
    193. TickTick ×3
    194. Wind
    195. TickTick
    196. Wind
    197. Naval Energy Converter
    198. Wind
    199. TickTick ×5
    200. Converter
    201. Wind
    202. TickTick ×2
    203. Wind
    204. TickTick ×6
    205. Naval Energy Converter
    206. Converter
    207. Wind
    208. TickTick ×2
    209. Wind
    210. TickTick ×6
    211. Wind ×2
    212. TickTick ×4
    213. Naval Energy Converter
    214. Wind
    215. TickTick ×2
    216. Wind ×2
    217. TickTick ×4
    218. Wind
    219. TickTick ×5
    220. Converter ×2
    221. TickTick ×3
    222. Naval Energy Converter
    223. TickTick ×5
    224. Wind
    225. TickTick ×5
    226. Wind
    227. Converter
    228. TickTick ×4
    229. Naval Energy Converter
    230. TickTick
    231. Converter
    232. TickTick ×8
    233. Wind
    234. TickTick ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [NWP]Kadafi923's (31 OS, 11/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Tidal Generator8 Tidal to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 0:19 · in 99% of games

You get

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot from Geo or Tech or Suicide frontfirst at 2:33 · in 51% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Air or Techfirst at 4:24 · in 37% of games
  • Gunslinger1 Gunslinger from Techfirst at 4:39 · in 100% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:47 · in 99% 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

010k20k
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

050k100k150k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

82 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
1:001151150000001712995
2:0027825900000037132365
3:008187370000104060364436
4:001496140900005810113396554
5:002181213000008451131957110268
6:002886294920900011244032762611852
7:00367438291101021014784453567414303
8:00444748741643542648616564534823417340
9:0053416257216122065018917734685735021198
10:0067037661268435071564018664686490822906
11:0084519859317476693483618814687145925778
12:001049712092368011961217107518974827343027224
13:001273414534403315781830166119404827788032595
14:001507216881498418142442199519465328581137744
15:0017268193615834263232612964194654810147941136
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Won slightly more often than the standard build with the highest kill-to-loss gap of the three buys by 15:00.

  • + Own metal lost stayed low, 779 by 10:00 vs 755 standard, tightest of the three.
  • + Destroyed 4935 enemy metal by 15:00 vs 3127 for the standard build.
  • − Still a rare line: only 9% of role games buy this early by 4:37.
  • − Metal produced by 15:00 trailed standard, 15981 vs 19066.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

[NWP]Kadafi923

31.1 OS · 11/10/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
129 metal received · 89973 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Advanced Metal Extractor9:13Middle 50%: 8:29–10:04 · n=80
Bot Lab10:24Middle 50%: 9:16–11:31 · n=41

Played most by

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