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Sharpshooter buy

Cortex Pond build order · Supreme Isthmus

Pond funds Tech from early on to buy Sharpshooters which arrive around 5:06, reinforcing the middle with sniper bots well ahead of the role's usual T2 timing.

#push #team support · 47 distinct matches · 18 players · 14% of Cortex Pond games · team won 49% of 47 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • SharpshooterSniper bot from Tech arrives 5:06 · 12% of role by thenTech makes it and hands it over.
  • HerculesLight transport from an ally in 45%15% of all Pond games by then

Paid for by sending allies about 850 metal and 18,000 energy by 5:00; standard pond sends 450 metal and 13,000 energy.

Where those units first fight, in 47 games with kill data: in the middle 91%, on their own side 9%.

Those units destroy a typical 2,365 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into tick (15% of army), grunt (15% of army), rascal (9% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Sharpshooter by 5:06

  1. Start tidals, mex and wind as your normal Pond opener.
  2. Take a light transport from an ally to help ferry units.
  3. Pay Tech early with metal and heavy energy for the sniper bot buy.
  4. Receive the Sharpshooter from Tech and put it to work at middle.
  5. Push on into advanced mex and the usual T2 transition.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 47 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD POND
  1. 1
  2. 2
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 6:07 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
    • Tidal Generator8Tidalfor allies
    • Wind Turbine6Wind
    • Tidal Generator2Tidal
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage

    Some games also: wind (45%) · converter (38%) · con turret (36%)

    By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 6 wind · 2 tidal · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 12 steps
    1. Tidal ×7for Suicide front
    2. Tidal
    3. Wind ×4
    4. Mex
    5. Wind
    6. Mex ×2
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Mex
    9. Wind ×9
    10. Energy storage
    11. Converter ×3
    12. Bot LabBot Labdone 5:05
  2. 2

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine6Wind+6 vs standard

    Some games also: con turret (45%) · wind (43%) · Guard (40%) · converter (34%) · converter (32%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 10 wind · 3 converter

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 11 wind (standard 18) · 9 wind (standard 0) · 2 tidal · 2 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 159 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Con turret
    5. Wind ×5
    6. Con turret
    7. Wind
    8. ThugThug
    9. Wind
    10. ThugThug
    11. Wind
    12. ThugThug ×5
    13. Wind
    14. ThugThug ×5
    15. Wind
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. Wind
    18. Converter
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. Wind
    21. Converter
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. Converter
    24. Wind
    25. Wind
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. Converter
    28. Wind
    29. Converter
    30. Wind
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. Converter
    33. Construction BotCon bot
    34. Wind
    35. Wind
    36. Converter
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. Wind
    39. Converter
    40. Wind
    41. Wind
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. Converter
    44. Wind
    45. Construction BotCon bot
    46. Wind
    47. Converter
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:53 · typical 9:58
    49. Wind
    50. Construction BotCon bot
    51. Wind
    52. Converter
    53. Wind
    54. Converter
    55. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    56. Wind
    57. Wind
    58. Converter
    59. Wind ×2
    60. Converter
    61. Wind
    62. Converter
    63. Wind ×2
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. Wind ×2
    66. Wind
    67. Wind ×5
    68. Wind
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. Wind ×5
    71. Wind
    72. Wind ×6
    73. Wind
    74. Wind ×3
    75. Wind
    76. Wind ×2
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    78. Wind
    79. Wind
    80. Wind ×2
    81. Converter
    82. Wind
    83. Wind ×4
    84. Converter
    85. Wind
    86. Wind
    87. Wind ×3
    88. Converter
    89. Wind ×2
    90. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 13:14
    91. Wind
    92. Wind ×3
    93. Converter
    94. Wind ×2
    95. Wind
    96. Wind ×3
    97. Converter
    98. Wind ×2
    99. Wind
    100. Wind ×3
    101. Converter
    102. FiendFiend
    103. Wind ×2
    104. Wind
    105. Wind ×2
    106. Converter
    107. FiendFiend
    108. Wind
    109. Wind
    110. Wind ×2
    111. FiendFiend
    112. Converter
    113. Wind ×2
    114. FiendFiend
    115. Wind
    116. Wind ×2
    117. FiendFiend
    118. Wind
    119. Converter
    120. Wind ×2
    121. FiendFiend
    122. Con turret
    123. Wind
    124. Wind ×2
    125. Converter
    126. Wind
    127. FiendFiend
    128. Wind ×2
    129. Wind
    130. FiendFiend
    131. Converter
    132. Wind ×2
    133. FiendFiend
    134. Wind
    135. Wind
    136. Wind
    137. FiendFiend
    138. Converter
    139. Wind ×2
    140. FiendFiend
    141. Wind
    142. Wind
    143. FiendFiend
    144. Wind ×2
    145. Converter
    146. FiendFiend
    147. Wind ×2
    148. FiendFiend
    149. Wind
    150. Wind
    151. Converter
    152. FiendFiend
    153. Wind ×3
    154. FiendFiend
    155. Wind
    156. Wind
    157. FiendFiend
    158. Wind
    159. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is maccommander's (39 OS, 11/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Tidal Generator8 Tidal to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 0:13 · in 98% of games

You get

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot from Geo or Suicide frontfirst at 2:21 · in 51% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Air or Techfirst at 4:55 · in 45% of games
  • Sharpshooter2 Sniper bot from Techfirst at 5:07 · in 100% of games
  • Butler2 Butler from Techfirst at 7:58 · in 32% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 8:22 · in 100% 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

020k40k60k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

47 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
1:0011511500000014381052
2:0027528500000031602848
3:008088220000101057334945
4:001483149400005154397238188
5:002203225700008494481786213143
6:0029293137000011807302833717257
7:0037304016420007012909763420120608
8:00450848501183249260161135610273826028447
9:00545063231985555770511141910273951529716
10:0065198183301912401360859167510274152330120
11:00807897923664154620611231168110274711731305
12:0010171120743875169724651405171510274741034728
13:0012313140324221188628011586173810275039842543
14:0014336163914652246330422530177910275424345040
15:0017149186525425301036073482196010275427049057
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Won slightly more often than the standard build, with enemy metal destroyed at 10:00 more than double standard.

  • + Enemy metal destroyed by 10:00 is far above standard (3019 vs 1240).
  • + Win rate came in above the standard build's 47%.
  • − Metal production lags standard build badly by 10:00 (6519 vs 8183).
  • − Own losses by 10:00 run higher than standard (1360 vs 859).
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

maccommander

39.2 OS · 11/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
454 metal received · 149798 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Advanced Metal Extractor9:58Middle 50%: 9:09–10:54 · n=45

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