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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 ×4
    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 · 30 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind ×3
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    8. Mex
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    11. Mex
    12. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:19 · typical 3:14
    13. Con turret ×3
    14. Converter
    15. Con turret
    16. Energy storage
    17. Converter ×4
    18. Con turret
    19. Converter ×4
    20. Con turret ×2
    21. Wind ×8
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3done 5:51 · typical 6:41
    23. Con turret
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    25. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 6:38 · typical 4:39
    26. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:43
    27. StorkLight transport ×2
    28. Wind ×5
    29. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 7:47
    30. BansheeBansheedone 7:52
  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 · 17 steps
    1. BansheeBanshee
    2. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 8:00
    3. BansheeBanshee ×6
    4. Converter
    5. BansheeBanshee
    6. Converter
    7. BansheeBanshee ×2
    8. Converter
    9. BansheeBanshee ×2
    10. Con turret
    11. BansheeBanshee
    12. Converter
    13. BansheeBanshee
    14. Construction AircraftCon aircraft ×2
    15. Converter
    16. Construction AircraftCon aircraft ×2
    17. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 9:05 · typical 8:47
  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 · 139 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Wind
    3. Converter
    4. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    5. Converter
    6. Wind
    7. Converter
    8. Wind
    9. Converter ×2
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Converter
    12. Wind
    13. Converter
    14. Con turret
    15. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 9:59
    16. Con turret
    17. BlinkScout plane
    18. Converter
    19. Con turret ×2
    20. Wind
    21. BlinkScout plane
    22. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Suicide front
    23. BlinkScout plane
    24. Wind ×3
    25. BlinkScout plane
    26. Wind ×4
    27. BlinkScout plane
    28. ShredderShredderdone 10:22
    29. Wind ×6
    30. ShredderShredder
    31. Wind ×5
    32. StarlightStarlightdone 10:54
    33. Wind ×7
    34. Converter
    35. Wind
    36. Con turret
    37. Wind
    38. StarlightStarlight
    39. Converter
    40. Wind ×2
    41. Converter
    42. Wind ×9
    43. Converter ×2
    44. Wind
    45. StarlightStarlight
    46. Wind ×2
    47. Converter
    48. Wind
    49. Converter
    50. Wind ×2
    51. Converter
    52. Wind ×2
    53. Converter
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Converter
    56. UmbraJammer
    57. Wind ×2
    58. Converter ×2
    59. ProphetRadar vehicle
    60. Wind
    61. Converter
    62. Wind
    63. Converter
    64. Wind ×2
    65. Converter
    66. Wind
    67. Converter ×3
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Converter
    70. Wind
    71. Converter ×2
    72. StarlightStarlight
    73. Converter
    74. Wind ×2
    75. Converter
    76. Wind
    77. Converter
    78. Wind
    79. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    80. Converter
    81. Wind ×4
    82. Converter
    83. Wind ×2
    84. Converter
    85. Wind ×2
    86. Converter
    87. Wind
    88. Converter
    89. Wind
    90. Converter
    91. Wind
    92. Converter
    93. Wind
    94. Converter
    95. Wind
    96. Converter
    97. Wind
    98. Converter
    99. Wind ×2
    100. Converter ×2
    101. Wind ×2
    102. ConsulConsul
    103. Converter
    104. Wind
    105. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:32
    106. ConsulConsul
    107. Wind ×2
    108. Converter ×3
    109. Wind
    110. Con turret
    111. ConsulConsul
    112. Con turret
    113. Converter
    114. Con turret
    115. Wind
    116. Con turret
    117. Converter
    118. Wind
    119. Converter
    120. Fusion ReactorFusion
    121. Converter
    122. Wind ×2
    123. Converter
    124. Con turret
    125. Converter
    126. Wind ×2
    127. Converter
    128. Con turret
    129. Wind
    130. Converter ×2
    131. Wind
    132. Converter
    133. Wind ×2
    134. Con turret
    135. Wind
    136. Converter ×2
    137. Wind
    138. Con turret
    139. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is UsurpeR's (44 OS, 18/09/2026); 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

44.3 OS · 18/09/2026

Open source match ↗

11 received units · includes a constructor
2 metal received · 317 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

UsurpeR14games of this buildHandicapping_mySelf2games of this buildIMBALANCED1game of this buildKuchy1game of this buildNutzz1game of this build