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Banshee gunships

Geo builds an early Aircraft Plant and commits to Banshee gunships from 5:10, paired with a Stork transport drop, fighting mostly in the middle instead of bringing the usual T2 land units to front.

#air #drop · 19 distinct matches · 5 players · 1% of Armada Geo games · team won 47% of 19 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • BansheeT1 air gunships from 5:10 · 1% of role by thenFrom the Aircraft Plant. Only 1% of Geo games have it by then; others who build it get it around 7:02
  • Aircraft PlantAircraft Plant in 100%3% of all Geo games by then
  • StorkLight transport in 89%4% of all Geo games by then
  • BansheeBanshee in 63%1% of all Geo games by then
  • FalconFighter in 58%4% of all Geo games by then

Where those units first fight, in 19 games with kill data: in the middle 68%, on their own side 32%.

Those units destroy a typical 1,232 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into blitz (13% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Aircraft Plant by 4:31

  1. Open standard mex and wind, but drop a Bot Lab immediately.
  2. Build Aircraft Plant right after geo instead of rushing T2 con.
  3. Get a light transport (Stork) from air to move gunships fast.
  4. Commit to Banshee gunships and harass with fighter support from Falcon.
  5. Transition into Vehicle Plant and normal T2 Starlight push to front.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 19 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD GEO
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 6:11 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 Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine4Wind+2 vs standard
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 2 mex, 4 winddone ~0:59, middle half 0:57–1:11

    By 0:41 in all: 2 mex · 4 wind (standard 2)

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×4for Front
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:57 · typical 0:59
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to T1 air gunships

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    • Energy Converter9Converter
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Geothermal PowerplantGeo after 4 mex, 6 wind, 1 energy storage
    2. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plant after 4 mex, 7 wind, 9 converter
    3. BansheeT1 air gunships after 4 mex, 7 wind, 9 converter
    Builders
    • Construction Turret4 Con turret −2 vs standard
    • Lazarus4 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot for allies
    • Lazarus1 Lazarus for allies

    Some games also: tick (32%)

    By 5:10 in all: 4 mex · 7 wind · 1 geo · 9 converter · 1 energy storage · 4 con turret (standard 6)

    The example game in this phase · 20 steps
    1. LazarusLazarusfor Front
    2. Windfor Front
    3. LazarusLazarusfor Front
    4. Construction BotCon botfor Front
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    7. Mex
    8. LazarusLazarus ×2for Beach sea
    9. Mex
    10. Energy storagefor Front
    11. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:02 · typical 3:14
    12. Con turret ×3for Front
    13. Converterfor Front
    14. Con turretfor Front
    15. Converter ×2for Front
    16. LazarusLazarusfor Front
    17. Converter ×5for Front
    18. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 4:10 · typical 4:39
    19. Converterfor Front
    20. BansheeBansheedone 4:18
  3. 3

    T1 air gunships to Vehicle Plant

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine7Wind+2 vs standard
    Order
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant after 18 wind, 11 converter, 7 con turretdone ~8:47, middle half 8:16–9:40
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    Army
    • Banshee11 Banshee +11 vs standard
    • Stork1 Light transport

    Some games also: converter (42%) · fighter (37%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 5 converter

    By 8:49 in all: 4 mex · 19 wind (standard 14) · 1 geo · 10 converter (standard 14) · 1 energy storage · 7 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 45 steps
    1. Converterfor Front
    2. BansheeBanshee ×3
    3. Con turretfor Front
    4. BansheeBanshee ×2
    5. Con turretfor Front
    6. RocketeerRocketeerfor Suicide front
    7. BansheeBanshee ×4
    8. Con turretfor Front
    9. BansheeBanshee
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. BansheeBanshee
    12. Wind ×2for Front
    13. BansheeBanshee
    14. Wind ×2for Front
    15. ThugThugfor Suicide front
    16. BansheeBanshee
    17. Wind ×2for Front
    18. BansheeBanshee
    19. Windfor Front
    20. StorkLight transport
    21. ThugThugfor Suicide front
    22. Wind ×7for Front
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Frontdone 6:43
    24. Wind ×2for Front
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Front
    26. Windfor Front
    27. StorkLight transport
    28. Wind ×3for Front
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Front
    30. Wind ×3for Front
    31. SentrySentry
    32. Windfor Front
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Front
    34. Wind ×3for Front
    35. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantfor Frontdone 8:11
    36. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantfor Frontdone 8:26 · typical 8:47
    37. Construction VehicleCon vehiclefor Front
    38. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantfor Frontdone 8:34
    39. BeaverBeaver
    40. Converterfor Front
    41. BlitzBlitz ×4
    42. Converterfor Front
    43. BlitzBlitz ×3
    44. Converterfor Front
    45. BlitzBlitz
  4. 4

    Vehicle Plant to 15:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine10Wind−10 vs standard
    • Energy Converter6Converter+4 vs standard
    Builders
    • Construction Turret5 Con turret +4 vs standard

    Some games also: con vehicle (47%) · con aircraft (42%) · Advanced Vehicle Plant (37%) · scout plane (37%) · metal storage (37%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 5 Jaguar · 3 Starlight

    By 15:00 in all: 4 mex · 44 wind · 1 geo · 21 converter · 1 energy storage · 1 metal storage

    The example game in this phase · 48 steps
    1. BlitzBlitz
    2. Converterfor Front
    3. BlitzBlitz ×2
    4. Converterfor Front
    5. BlitzBlitz
    6. Converterfor Front
    7. BlitzBlitz ×2
    8. Converterfor Front
    9. BlitzBlitz
    10. Converterfor Front
    11. BlitzBlitz
    12. Converterfor Front
    13. BlitzBlitz
    14. Converterfor Front
    15. BlitzBlitz
    16. Converterfor Front
    17. BlitzBlitz
    18. Converterfor Front
    19. BlitzBlitz
    20. Converter ×3for Front
    21. BlitzBlitz
    22. Converterfor Front
    23. BlitzBlitz
    24. Converterfor Front
    25. BlitzBlitz
    26. Converterfor Front
    27. BlitzBlitz ×3
    28. Converterfor Front
    29. BlitzBlitz ×3
    30. Converterfor Front
    31. BlitzBlitz ×2
    32. Converterfor Front
    33. BlitzBlitz
    34. Converterfor Front
    35. BlitzBlitz ×13
    36. Con turretfor Front
    37. BlitzBlitz ×3
    38. Con turretfor Front
    39. BlitzBlitz ×19for Front
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Front
    41. BlitzBlitz ×15for Front
    42. CenturionCenturionfor Front
    43. BlitzBlitz ×3for Front
    44. ThugThugfor Front
    45. Bot LabBot Labfor Frontdone 11:31
    46. BlitzBlitz ×2for Front
    47. RocketeerRocketeerfor Front
    48. BlitzBlitz ×3for Front

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is UsurpeR's (46 OS, 17/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Lazarus1 Lazarus to Beach sea or Frontfirst at 2:08 · in 74% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach sea or Frontfirst at 2:53 · in 89% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 5:17 · in 32% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 5:21 · in 74% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build against the role’s standard build, running totals by minute

  • This build
  • Standard geo

Metal produced

020k40k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

05k10k15k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

02.5k5k7.5k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

19 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildMetal produced: Standard geoEnemy metal destroyed: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: Standard geoOwn metal lost: This buildOwn metal lost: Standard geo
1:003333330000
2:007368250000
3:00155615230000
4:00274427000000
5:003715372600420
6:005359572900710
7:007587813084107120
8:0091551145918030156921
9:0012285144892043511745130
10:00144041740529105652161280
11:001782220377387220742452790
12:0020235233054296394027111940
13:0023191260624748596130893304
14:0026045289884748832143034785
15:00277213149763031017256806196
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Won less often than the standard build and destroyed less enemy metal by 15:00 despite big early kills.

  • + Destroyed 2910 metal by 10:00 vs 624 for standard build.
  • − Lost 2161 metal by 10:00 vs only 334 for standard build.
  • − Team win rate 47% vs 53% for standard build.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

UsurpeR

45.7 OS · 17/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
2552 metal received · 72995 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:59Middle 50%: 0:57–1:11 · n=19
Geothermal Powerplant3:14Middle 50%: 3:00–3:25 · n=19
Aircraft Plant4:39Middle 50%: 4:21–6:05 · n=19
Advanced Metal Extractor6:41Middle 50%: 5:51–7:53 · n=16
Vehicle Plant8:47Middle 50%: 8:16–9:40 · n=11

Played most by

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