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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 Labnot finished by 15:00 · 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 · 18 steps
    1. Energy storage
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:12
    3. LazarusLazarus ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Mex
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Construction BotCon botfor Pond
    8. Mex
    9. LazarusLazarusfor Pond
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Mex
    12. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:15 · typical 3:14
    13. Con turret ×3
    14. Converter ×4
    15. Con turret
    16. Converter ×7
    17. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 4:36 · typical 4:39
    18. 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 · 5 steps
    1. BansheeBanshee ×3
    2. Con turret
    3. BansheeBanshee ×5
    4. Con turret
    5. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 5:38 · 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 · 126 steps
    1. BansheeBanshee
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Con turret
    4. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:17
    5. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Suicide front
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:54 · typical 6:41
    7. Metal storage
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. Wind ×4
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    11. Wind ×7
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 10:31
    15. Wind ×13
    16. Con turret ×2
    17. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 10:46
    18. Con turret
    19. Wind
    20. StorkLight transport
    21. Con turret
    22. StorkLight transport
    23. Con turret
    24. StorkLight transport
    25. Con turret
    26. StorkLight transport ×2
    27. Con turret
    28. StorkLight transport ×5
    29. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    30. FalconFighter ×2
    31. Con turret
    32. FalconFighter ×4
    33. Con turret
    34. FalconFighter ×2
    35. Con turret
    36. SentrySentry
    37. FalconFighter
    38. NettleNettle
    39. FalconFighter
    40. ChainsawChainsaw
    41. BeamerBeamer
    42. FalconFighter
    43. BeamerBeamer
    44. Con turret
    45. FalconFighter
    46. SentrySentry
    47. FalconFighter
    48. BeamerBeamer
    49. Con turret
    50. FalconFighter
    51. Con turret
    52. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    53. FalconFighter
    54. Con turret
    55. FalconFighter
    56. BeamerBeamer
    57. Con turret
    58. FalconFighter
    59. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:57
    60. FalconFighter ×2
    61. Geothermal PowerplantGeo
    62. FalconFighter
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Wind ×3
    65. PawnPawn ×2
    66. Converter
    67. PawnPawn ×2
    68. Converter
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    71. Converter
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Converter
    74. PawnPawn
    75. Converter
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Converter
    78. PawnPawn ×2
    79. Converter
    80. PawnPawn
    81. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Converter
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Converter
    86. Con turret
    87. Converter ×2
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Converter
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Converter ×3
    92. BeamerBeamer
    93. Converter ×6
    94. Con turret
    95. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 14:13
    96. Converter ×7
    97. UmbraJammer
    98. Converter ×2
    99. ShredderShredderdone 14:27
    100. Wind
    101. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    102. Wind
    103. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    104. StarlightStarlightdone 14:48
    105. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    106. Wind ×2
    107. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    108. Wind ×2
    109. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    110. Wind
    111. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    112. Wind ×2
    113. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    114. Wind ×2
    115. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    116. Wind
    117. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    118. Wind ×2
    119. ProphetRadar vehicle
    120. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    121. Wind
    122. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    123. Wind ×2
    124. BullBullnot finished by 15:00
    125. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    126. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is UsurpeR's (46 OS, 19/09/2026); 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

45.6 OS · 19/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
225 metal received · 109132 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

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