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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 · 10 steps
    1. Tidal ×2for Suicide front
    2. Tidal
    3. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    4. Tidal
    5. Mex ×4
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Wind ×3
    8. Energy storage
    9. Converter ×4
    10. Wind ×4
  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 · 150 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Con turret
    3. Converter ×4
    4. Wind ×6
    5. Converter ×3
    6. Bot LabBot Labdone 6:54
    7. Converter
    8. Energy storage
    9. Con turret
    10. TickTick ×8
    11. Con turret
    12. TickTick
    13. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:15 · typical 9:58
    14. TickTick ×3
    15. Con turret
    16. TickTick ×5
    17. Wind
    18. TickTick
    19. Wind
    20. TickTick
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    22. TickTick
    23. Wind
    24. TickTick ×4
    25. Wind
    26. TickTick ×3
    27. Wind
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    29. TickTick
    30. Wind
    31. TickTick ×5
    32. Wind
    33. TickTick
    34. Wind
    35. TickTick
    36. Wind
    37. TickTick
    38. Wind
    39. TickTick ×6
    40. Wind
    41. TickTick ×2
    42. Wind
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. TickTick ×2
    45. Wind
    46. TickTick ×2
    47. Wind
    48. TickTick
    49. Wind
    50. TickTick
    51. Wind
    52. TickTick ×2
    53. Wind
    54. TickTick
    55. Wind ×2
    56. TickTick ×2
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick
    59. Converter
    60. Wind
    61. TickTick ×2
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick
    64. Converter
    65. Wind
    66. TickTick ×2
    67. Wind
    68. TickTick ×2
    69. Converter
    70. Wind
    71. TickTick
    72. Wind
    73. TickTick
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick
    76. Wind
    77. Converter
    78. TickTick ×3
    79. Converter
    80. TickTick ×3
    81. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:31
    82. Converter
    83. Wind
    84. TickTick ×3
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick ×3
    87. Wind
    88. TickTick ×3
    89. Wind
    90. TickTick ×2
    91. Wind
    92. TickTick ×3
    93. Energy storage
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick ×3
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick ×2
    98. Wind
    99. TickTick ×3
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick ×3
    102. Wind
    103. TickTick ×3
    104. Wind
    105. TickTick
    106. Con turret
    107. TickTick
    108. T2 converter
    109. Wind
    110. TickTick ×3
    111. Wind
    112. TickTick ×3
    113. Con turret
    114. TickTick
    115. Wind
    116. TickTick
    117. Con turret
    118. TickTick
    119. Wind
    120. TickTick ×3
    121. Con turret
    122. TickTick
    123. Wind
    124. TickTick ×2
    125. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:27
    126. TickTick
    127. Wind
    128. TickTick
    129. T2 converter
    130. TickTick
    131. Wind
    132. TickTick ×2
    133. Converter
    134. TickTick
    135. Wind
    136. TickTick ×2
    137. Converter
    138. TickTick ×2
    139. Wind
    140. TickTick
    141. Converter
    142. TickTick ×2
    143. Wind
    144. TickTick
    145. Converter
    146. TickTick
    147. Fusion ReactorFusion
    148. TickTick
    149. Wind
    150. TickTick ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Grump]Matsuri's (40 OS, 13/09/2026); 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

[Grump]Matsuri

39.9 OS · 13/09/2026

Open source match ↗

10 received units · includes a constructor
11 metal received · 172018 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

Played most by

[Grump]Matsuri13games of this buildBoozha7games of this buildEspera3games of this buildjazmastah3games of this build[Crd]VOLT2games of this build