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Sharpshooter buy

Armada Pond build order · Supreme Isthmus

Pond commits heavy early payments to Tech for Sharpshooter bots delivered by Hercules around 5:13, fighting in the middle from around 5:58, well earlier than the role norm, before falling back to standard Tick/Blitz play.

#team support #push · 280 distinct matches · 80 players · 26% of Armada Pond games · team won 54% of 300 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • SharpshooterSniper bot from Tech arrives 5:13 · 23% of role by thenTech makes it and hands it over.
  • HerculesLight transport from an ally in 51%20% of all Pond games by then

Paid for by sending allies about 780 metal and 19,000 energy by 5:00; standard pond sends 100 metal and 9,250 energy.

Where those units first fight, in 294 games with kill data: in the middle 92%, on their own side 8%.

Those units destroy a typical 3,449 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into tick (29% of army), blitz (13% of army), pawn (12% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Sharpshooter delivered by 5:13

  1. Open tidals and wind as normal, then send metal and energy to Tech early.
  2. Get a light transport from an ally to ferry the bought units.
  3. Have Tech's lab hand over Sharpshooter bots bought with your payments.
  4. Land Sharpshooter bots at the middle to fight well ahead of the usual first kill time.
  5. Fall back into normal Tick and Blitz play and keep boosting front.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 280 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD POND
  1. 1
  2. 2
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 6:14 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
    • Wind Turbine12Wind
    • Tidal Generator8Tidalfor allies
    • Tidal Generator1Tidal
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 4 mex, 12 wind, 1 tidaldone ~5:49, middle half 3:23–7:12

    Some games also: converter (37%) · eat Bot Lab (46%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 2 converter

    By 5:20 in all: 4 mex · 12 wind · 1 tidal · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 6 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Wind ×6
    5. Energy storage
    6. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:36 · typical 5:49
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine15Wind−11 vs standard
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    Army
    • Tick1 Tick

    Some games also: converter (47%) · Lazarus (41%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 5 converter

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 32 wind · 1 tidal · 4 converter (standard 8) · 2 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 120 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Con turret
    4. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    5. Energy storage
    6. Wind
    7. Energy storage
    8. Wind ×3
    9. Converter
    10. Wind
    11. Converter
    12. Wind ×2
    13. Converter
    14. Wind
    15. Converter
    16. Wind
    17. Converter
    18. Windfor Geo sea
    19. Wind
    20. Wind ×2for Geo sea
    21. Wind
    22. Windfor Geo sea
    23. Wind
    24. Wind ×2for Geo sea
    25. Wind
    26. Windfor Geo sea
    27. Wind
    28. Wind ×2for Geo sea
    29. Wind ×4
    30. Converter ×4
    31. Con turret
    32. Converter ×2
    33. Wind ×4
    34. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    35. Wind
    36. Con turret
    37. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    38. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:57
    39. Mex
    40. PawnPawn ×2
    41. Con turret
    42. PawnPawn ×2
    43. Wind
    44. Mexfor Geo sea
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Energy storage
    47. RocketeerRocketeer
    48. PawnPawn ×2
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Mexfor Geo sea
    52. Wind
    53. PawnPawn
    54. RocketeerRocketeer
    55. PawnPawn ×2
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:49 · typical 10:14
    57. Wind
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Wind
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Wind
    62. Mexfor Geo sea
    63. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    64. Wind ×4
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. Wind
    67. Mexfor Geo sea
    68. Wind ×4
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. Wind
    71. Mexfor Geo sea
    72. Wind ×2
    73. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:54
    74. Wind
    75. Mexfor Geo sea
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:07
    78. PawnPawn ×4
    79. Wind
    80. PawnPawn ×4
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. PawnPawn ×7
    83. LazarusLazarus
    84. PawnPawn ×11
    85. LazarusLazarus
    86. PawnPawn ×6
    87. LazarusLazarus
    88. CrossbowCrossbow
    89. PawnPawn
    90. CrossbowCrossbow
    91. PawnPawn
    92. CrossbowCrossbow
    93. PawnPawn
    94. CrossbowCrossbow
    95. PawnPawn
    96. CrossbowCrossbow
    97. PawnPawn
    98. CrossbowCrossbow
    99. PawnPawn ×7
    100. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    101. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:09
    102. Construction BotCon bot
    103. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:26
    104. BlitzBlitz
    105. Construction BotCon bot
    106. BlitzBlitz
    107. Con turret
    108. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    109. BlitzBlitz ×2
    110. Converter
    111. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    112. BlitzBlitz ×2
    113. Converter
    114. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    115. BlitzBlitz
    116. Converter
    117. BlitzBlitz
    118. Converter
    119. BlitzBlitz ×2
    120. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is YogaBoy158497's (40 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 0:11 · in 87% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Air or Techfirst at 4:53 · in 52% of games
  • Sharpshooter2 Sniper bot from Techfirst at 5:14 · in 100% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 8:37 · 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

050k100k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

300 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
1:0011511500000013181261
2:0027227900000031652663
3:0081482800000052174129
4:00150315100000163078666114
5:0022222239000077798192689247
6:0029543050000011273183103113656
7:003763400648600012864873757516640
8:004613498512313001658613815334335521270
9:0054966265205049444127014275734790922675
10:0065397872284771085344014936265355525652
11:00777798243441922124174615256395693727659
12:00954712512412513751619120115786676150030704
13:001166014871440918181940175816407496654832835
14:001403118196475324802306235816589037184535349
15:001644620971541129622931351917249097741137178
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Won more often than the standard build and destroyed far more enemy metal by 15:00 despite producing less economy.

  • + Destroyed 5421 enemy metal by 15:00 vs 2962 standard.
  • + Won more often than the standard build (54% vs 46%).
  • − Metal production trails standard by 15:00 (16535 vs 20971).
  • − Own losses run higher at 10:00 (850 vs 440) from the early fights.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

YogaBoy158497

40.0 OS · 11/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
90 metal received · 52736 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab5:49Middle 50%: 3:23–7:12 · n=262
Advanced Metal Extractor10:14Middle 50%: 9:22–10:53 · n=273

Played most by

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