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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 · 5 steps
    1. Tidal ×9for Suicide front
    2. Tidal
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Wind
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:06 · 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 · 143 steps
    1. TickTick ×2
    2. Con turret
    3. TickTick ×3
    4. NettleNettle
    5. Mex
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Wind ×4for Tech
    8. Wind ×5
    9. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    10. Wind ×4
    11. Energy storage
    12. Wind
    13. Bot LabBot Labdone 6:49
    14. Wind
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Wind
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Wind
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Wind
    21. PawnPawn
    22. Wind
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Wind
    25. CenturionCenturion
    26. Wind
    27. Mex
    28. Wind
    29. Mex
    30. Wind
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Wind
    33. PawnPawn
    34. SentrySentry
    35. Wind ×2
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Wind
    38. Mex
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Wind
    41. SentrySentry
    42. Wind
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Wind
    45. SentrySentry
    46. Wind
    47. NettleNettle
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Wind ×2
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Wind ×2
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind ×2
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Wind
    56. LazarusLazarus
    57. Wind
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Wind ×2
    60. SentrySentry
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Wind
    63. PawnPawn
    64. SentrySentry
    65. Wind
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Wind ×2
    68. PawnPawn
    69. Wind
    70. PawnPawn
    71. SentrySentry
    72. Wind
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    75. Converter
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Converter
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Converter
    80. PawnPawn
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:06 · typical 10:14
    82. Converter
    83. Construction BotCon bot
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Converter
    86. Construction BotCon bot
    87. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    88. Converter
    89. PawnPawn
    90. Con turret
    91. PawnPawn
    92. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:20
    95. PawnPawn
    96. NettleNettle
    97. PawnPawn ×2
    98. BlitzBlitz
    99. PawnPawn
    100. BlitzBlitz
    101. PawnPawn
    102. BlitzBlitz
    103. PawnPawn
    104. BlitzBlitz
    105. PawnPawn
    106. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. PawnPawn
    109. BlitzBlitz
    110. PawnPawn
    111. Con turret
    112. BlitzBlitz
    113. PawnPawn
    114. BlitzBlitz
    115. PawnPawn
    116. BlitzBlitz
    117. PawnPawn
    118. BlitzBlitz
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Con turret
    121. BlitzBlitz
    122. Con turret
    123. PawnPawn
    124. BlitzBlitz
    125. Con turret
    126. PawnPawn
    127. BlitzBlitz
    128. PawnPawn
    129. BlitzBlitz
    130. PawnPawn
    131. BlitzBlitz
    132. PawnPawn
    133. BlitzBlitz
    134. PawnPawn
    135. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    136. BlitzBlitz
    137. PawnPawn
    138. BlitzBlitz
    139. PawnPawn
    140. BlitzBlitz
    141. PawnPawn
    142. BlitzBlitz
    143. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is XXMACGAMERXX's (37 OS, 05/10/2026); 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

XXMACGAMERXX

37.4 OS · 05/10/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
202 metal received · 98461 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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