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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 · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Wind
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:33 · 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 · 16 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    4. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Mex
    8. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:18 · typical 3:14
    9. LazarusLazarus ×2
    10. Con turret ×3
    11. Converter
    12. Con turret
    13. Converter ×8
    14. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 4:29 · typical 4:39
    15. Converter
    16. BansheeBansheedone 4:41
  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 · 23 steps
    1. BansheeBanshee
    2. Con turret
    3. BansheeBanshee ×3
    4. Wind
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:30 · typical 6:41
    6. BansheeBanshee
    7. Wind ×2
    8. BansheeBanshee
    9. Wind
    10. BansheeBanshee ×2
    11. Wind
    12. BansheeBanshee
    13. Wind
    14. BansheeBanshee
    15. Wind
    16. BansheeBanshee
    17. Wind
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    19. Con turret ×2
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    21. PrudePrudedone 8:18
    22. Converter ×7
    23. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 8:47 · 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 · 163 steps
    1. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 9:45
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Con turret
    4. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    5. Wind
    6. Con turret
    7. Wind
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    9. Wind
    10. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    11. Wind
    12. Pit BullPit Bull
    13. Wind ×8
    14. Converter
    15. Wind ×3
    16. Converter
    17. Wind ×3
    18. Converter
    19. Wind
    20. Converter
    21. Wind ×2
    22. Converter
    23. Pit BullPit Bull
    24. Wind ×3
    25. ArbalestArbalest
    26. Wind
    27. Con turret
    28. Wind
    29. Converter
    30. Wind ×5
    31. Converter
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Converter
    34. Wind ×7
    35. Converter
    36. Wind
    37. Converter
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Converter
    40. Wind ×8
    41. Pit BullPit Bull
    42. Wind ×3
    43. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 11:32
    44. Wind
    45. Con turret ×2
    46. Wind
    47. Advanced Radar TowerAdvanced Radar Tower
    48. Wind ×3
    49. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    50. Wind
    51. StorkLight transport
    52. Wind
    53. Converter
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    56. Converter
    57. Wind ×2
    58. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    59. Converter
    60. Wind ×3
    61. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    62. Wind
    63. Con turret
    64. Wind
    65. Con turret
    66. Wind
    67. Con turret
    68. Converter
    69. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    70. Wind
    71. Converter
    72. Wind
    73. Con turret ×2
    74. Wind
    75. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    76. Wind ×3
    77. Converter ×2
    78. Wind ×4
    79. Converter
    80. Wind ×5
    81. Converter ×2
    82. Wind ×5
    83. Converter
    84. Wind ×4
    85. Advanced Aircraft PlantAdvanced Aircraft Plantdone 13:15
    86. Wind ×2
    87. Converter
    88. Wind ×3
    89. Converter
    90. Wind ×4
    91. Converter
    92. Wind ×2
    93. BlinkScout plane
    94. Wind ×5
    95. Converter ×2
    96. Wind
    97. BlinkScout plane
    98. Converter
    99. Wind ×2
    100. Converter
    101. Wind ×3
    102. Converter
    103. Wind ×4
    104. Converter ×3
    105. Wind ×4
    106. Advanced Construction AircraftT2 con aircraft
    107. Wind
    108. Converter
    109. Wind
    110. Converter ×2
    111. Wind ×2
    112. Converter
    113. Wind
    114. Converter
    115. Wind
    116. Converter ×3
    117. Wind
    118. Converter ×3
    119. Metal storage
    120. Wind
    121. Converter
    122. Wind ×2
    123. Converter
    124. Wind ×2
    125. Hardened Energy Storage
    126. Wind ×3
    127. Converter
    128. Wind ×3
    129. Decoy Fusion ReactorDecoy Fusion Reactor
    130. Wind ×2
    131. Decoy Fusion ReactorDecoy Fusion Reactor
    132. Wind
    133. Converter ×3
    134. Wind
    135. Converter
    136. Wind
    137. ArmageddonArmageddonnot finished by 15:00
    138. Wind
    139. Converter ×2
    140. Wind ×2
    141. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 14:31
    142. Con turret
    143. Wind
    144. Con turret
    145. Converter
    146. Con turret
    147. Wind
    148. Con turret
    149. ChainsawChainsaw
    150. Wind
    151. Converter
    152. Con turret
    153. StorkLight transport
    154. Wind
    155. Converter
    156. Wind
    157. StorkLight transport
    158. Wind
    159. Converter
    160. Wind
    161. StorkLight transport
    162. Wind ×3
    163. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is UsurpeR's (45 OS, 20/09/2026); 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

44.9 OS · 20/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
505 metal received · 177095 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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