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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 · 23 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Naval Energy Storage
    4. Mex ×3
    5. Con turret
    6. Mex
    7. Converter
    8. Wind
    9. Energy storage
    10. Wind
    11. Converter
    12. Wind ×5
    13. Converter
    14. Wind ×5
    15. Converter
    16. Wind ×5
    17. Converter
    18. Wind ×2
    19. Converter
    20. Wind
    21. Converter
    22. Wind ×7
    23. Bot LabBot Labdone 6:13 · 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 · 345 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Con turret
    3. TickTick ×2
    4. Wind
    5. TickTick ×3
    6. Wind
    7. TickTick ×3
    8. Wind
    9. TickTick ×3
    10. Windfor Suicide front
    11. TickTick ×2
    12. Windfor Suicide front
    13. TickTick ×2
    14. Converter
    15. TickTick
    16. Windfor Suicide front
    17. TickTick ×4
    18. Windfor Suicide front
    19. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    20. Windfor Suicide front
    21. Con turret
    22. Windfor Suicide front
    23. TickTick
    24. Windfor Suicide front
    25. Converter
    26. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    27. Windfor Suicide front
    28. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:33 · typical 10:14
    30. Windfor Suicide front
    31. Con turret
    32. Construction BotCon bot
    33. Windfor Suicide front
    34. Converter
    35. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    36. Wind ×2for Suicide front
    37. Converter
    38. Windfor Suicide front
    39. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:21
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. Wind ×2for Suicide front
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Converter
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Wind
    46. TickTick
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Converter
    49. Windfor Suicide front
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. Converter
    53. Wind
    54. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 11:13
    55. TickTick
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. Wind
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Converter
    60. Wind
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Converter
    66. Wind
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Converter
    69. TickTick
    70. Con turret
    71. Wind
    72. Converter
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Fusion ReactorFusion
    75. Wind
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Converter
    78. TickTick
    79. Fusion ReactorFusion
    80. Wind
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Converter
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Wind
    85. Con turret
    86. Converter
    87. TickTick
    88. Wind
    89. Con turret
    90. PawnPawn ×2
    91. Converter
    92. Con turret
    93. Wind
    94. TickTick
    95. Converter
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Wind
    98. Converter
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick
    102. Converterfor Suicide front
    103. Con turret
    104. PawnPawn
    105. Wind
    106. PawnPawn
    107. Con turret
    108. TickTick
    109. Wind
    110. PawnPawn
    111. T2 converter
    112. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:08
    113. PawnPawn
    114. Converterfor Suicide front
    115. Wind
    116. TickTick
    117. Con turret
    118. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant ×2done 12:21
    121. Wind
    122. PawnPawn
    123. TickTick
    124. Converterfor Suicide front
    125. PawnPawn
    126. BlitzBlitz
    127. Wind
    128. BlitzBlitz
    129. Wind
    130. BlitzBlitz ×2
    131. Converterfor Suicide front
    132. Wind
    133. PawnPawn
    134. RoverScout
    135. T2 converter
    136. RoverScout
    137. Wind ×2
    138. BlitzBlitz ×2
    139. TickTick
    140. Converterfor Suicide front
    141. BlitzBlitz
    142. Wind
    143. BlitzBlitz
    144. PawnPawn
    145. RoverScout ×2
    146. BlitzBlitz
    147. PawnPawn
    148. BlitzBlitz
    149. Wind
    150. BlitzBlitz
    151. TickTick
    152. BlitzBlitz
    153. Converterfor Suicide front
    154. PawnPawn
    155. RoverScout
    156. Wind
    157. Con turret
    158. RoverScout
    159. BlitzBlitz ×3
    160. Wind ×2
    161. BlitzBlitz
    162. PawnPawn
    163. Con turret
    164. RoverScout
    165. Wind
    166. Fusion ReactorFusion
    167. Wind
    168. RoverScout
    169. BlitzBlitz
    170. TickTick
    171. Wind
    172. BlitzBlitz
    173. Wind
    174. BlitzBlitz ×2
    175. Con turret
    176. PawnPawn
    177. RoverScout
    178. Wind
    179. RoverScout
    180. BlitzBlitz ×2
    181. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:12
    182. BlitzBlitz
    183. PawnPawn
    184. Wind
    185. BlitzBlitz
    186. RoverScout ×2
    187. BlitzBlitz ×3
    188. PawnPawn
    189. TickTick
    190. BlitzBlitz
    191. Wind
    192. PawnPawn
    193. RoverScout
    194. Converterfor Suicide front
    195. PawnPawn
    196. RoverScout
    197. TickTick
    198. BlitzBlitz ×2
    199. PawnPawn ×2
    200. BlitzBlitz
    201. TickTick
    202. Wind
    203. BlitzBlitz
    204. PawnPawn ×2
    205. RoverScout
    206. TickTick
    207. RoverScout
    208. BlitzBlitz
    209. PawnPawn ×2
    210. Wind
    211. BlitzBlitz
    212. TickTick
    213. BlitzBlitz
    214. PawnPawn
    215. BlitzBlitz
    216. PawnPawn
    217. TickTick
    218. RoverScout ×2
    219. BlitzBlitz
    220. PawnPawn ×2
    221. BlitzBlitz
    222. TickTick
    223. Wind
    224. BlitzBlitz
    225. PawnPawn ×2
    226. BlitzBlitz
    227. TickTick
    228. RoverScout
    229. PawnPawn
    230. RoverScout
    231. PawnPawn
    232. BlitzBlitz ×2
    233. TickTick
    234. PawnPawn
    235. BlitzBlitz
    236. PawnPawn
    237. BlitzBlitz
    238. TickTick
    239. Wind
    240. RoverScout
    241. PawnPawn ×2
    242. RoverScout
    243. BlitzBlitz
    244. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    245. Construction VehicleCon vehiclefor Suicide front
    246. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    247. Construction VehicleCon vehiclefor Suicide front
    248. Wind
    249. T2 converter
    250. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    251. BlitzBlitz
    252. LazarusLazarus
    253. BlitzBlitz
    254. Wind
    255. Con turret
    256. Construction BotCon bot
    257. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    258. Construction BotCon bot
    259. RoverScout
    260. LazarusLazarus
    261. BlitzBlitz ×2
    262. Wind
    263. PawnPawn
    264. RoverScout
    265. TickTick
    266. BlitzBlitz
    267. TickTick
    268. Wind
    269. PawnPawn
    270. BlitzBlitz
    271. PawnPawn
    272. RoverScout
    273. PawnPawn ×2
    274. BlitzBlitz ×2
    275. TickTick
    276. Wind
    277. TickTick
    278. PawnPawn
    279. BlitzBlitz
    280. RoverScout
    281. PawnPawn ×2
    282. BlitzBlitz
    283. PawnPawn
    284. RoverScout
    285. Wind
    286. TickTick
    287. BlitzBlitz
    288. TickTick
    289. BlitzBlitz
    290. PawnPawn ×2
    291. RoverScout
    292. BlitzBlitz
    293. PawnPawn
    294. BlitzBlitz
    295. PawnPawn
    296. Wind
    297. RoverScout
    298. TickTick
    299. BlitzBlitz
    300. TickTick
    301. BlitzBlitz
    302. PawnPawn
    303. Converter
    304. PawnPawn
    305. RoverScout
    306. Con turret
    307. PawnPawn
    308. Con turret
    309. BlitzBlitz
    310. Wind
    311. Converter
    312. PawnPawn
    313. TickTick
    314. BlitzBlitz
    315. Con turret
    316. PawnPawn
    317. RoverScout
    318. TickTick
    319. Con turret
    320. Wind
    321. PawnPawn
    322. Converter
    323. Con turret
    324. PawnPawn
    325. BlitzBlitz ×2
    326. TickTick
    327. Converter
    328. PawnPawn
    329. Con turret
    330. PawnPawn
    331. TickTick
    332. Wind
    333. PawnPawn ×2
    334. BlitzBlitz
    335. RoverScout
    336. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00
    337. TickTick
    338. Converter
    339. PawnPawn
    340. RoverScout
    341. BlitzBlitz
    342. PawnPawn
    343. Converter
    344. TickTick
    345. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Grump]Grumpiness's (47 OS, 12/10/2026); 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

[Grump]Grumpiness

47.3 OS · 12/10/2026

Open source match ↗

66 received units · includes a constructor
1923 metal received · 70510 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

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