Bot wars on fresh SOL launches are getting silly, anyone actually beating the snipers?

Past week I’ve lost more SOL to failed Tx + 80 % green candles than I want to admit. Spam-refresh Birdeye, slam Phantom, still end up exit liquidity while the MEV lads dump into my first fill. I tried copy-shadowing top wallets on Tensor, by the time my trade hits the chain, they’re already two steps out.

Yesterday I spun up the browser bot over at BananaGun Pro just to see if tech can save brute reflexes. It did grab an entry on $MASK four blocks in, but the slippage math still stung once the chart hiccupped. Better than manual, sure, but not exactly “free money” Makes me wonder if there’s any tool or tactic that genuinely tilts the odds, or if we’re all just paying higher gas to lose slower.

So: anyone here consistently landing early fills without donating half the wallet to frontrunners? Are you scripting your own RPC, camping Discord call-outs, or just waiting for retraces instead of chasing block zero? Keen to hear real war stories, wins or bruises, before I reload for the next clown coin.