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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 ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Mex
    4. Wind
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:13 · 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 · 21 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    6. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Energy storage
    9. Mex
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Wind
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:22 · typical 3:14
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. Con turret ×3
    16. Converter
    17. Con turret
    18. Converter
    19. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 4:19 · typical 4:39
    20. Converter ×3
    21. BansheeBansheedone 4:31
  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 · 19 steps
    1. Converter ×2
    2. BansheeBanshee
    3. Converter
    4. BansheeBanshee ×8
    5. CenturionCenturionfor Suicide front
    6. BansheeBanshee ×2
    7. StorkLight transport
    8. Con turret
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×2for Suicide front
    10. Con turret ×2
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:10 · typical 6:41
    12. Wind
    13. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    14. Wind ×4
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    16. Converter
    17. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 9:23
    18. Converter ×3
    19. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 9:30 · 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 · 108 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 9:39
    3. BlitzBlitz ×2
    4. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 9:50
    5. BlitzBlitz ×7
    6. BlinkScout plane
    7. BlitzBlitz ×3
    8. BlinkScout plane
    9. Converter
    10. BlitzBlitz ×2
    11. BlinkScout plane
    12. BlitzBlitz
    13. Converter
    14. BlitzBlitz
    15. BlinkScout plane
    16. BlitzBlitz
    17. Converter
    18. BlinkScout plane
    19. BlitzBlitz
    20. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    21. BlitzBlitz
    22. Converter
    23. BlitzBlitz ×2
    24. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    25. BlitzBlitz
    26. Converter
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. Con turret
    29. FalconFighter
    30. BlitzBlitz
    31. ChainsawChainsaw
    32. Converter
    33. BlitzBlitz
    34. Converter
    35. BlitzBlitz
    36. FalconFighter
    37. BlitzBlitz ×2
    38. Con turret
    39. BlitzBlitz
    40. FalconFighter
    41. Converter
    42. BlitzBlitz ×4
    43. Converter
    44. BlitzBlitz ×2
    45. Converter ×2
    46. BlitzBlitz ×2
    47. Converter ×2
    48. BlitzBlitz ×2
    49. Metal storage
    50. Converter ×2
    51. BlitzBlitz ×3
    52. Converter
    53. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 11:32
    54. BlitzBlitz
    55. Converter
    56. Con turret
    57. Converter
    58. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 11:34
    59. FalconFighter
    60. Converter ×2
    61. FalconFighter
    62. Con turret
    63. FalconFighter
    64. Converter
    65. Con turret
    66. FalconFighter ×2
    67. Converter
    68. FalconFighter
    69. Con turret
    70. FalconFighter
    71. Converter
    72. Con turret
    73. FalconFighter
    74. Converter
    75. FalconFighter ×2
    76. Converter
    77. FalconFighter
    78. Converter
    79. FalconFighter ×5
    80. Converter
    81. FalconFighter
    82. Converter
    83. FalconFighter ×2
    84. Converter ×2
    85. FalconFighter ×2
    86. StormbringerBomber ×2
    87. Converter
    88. StormbringerBomber ×5
    89. Converter
    90. StormbringerBomber ×2
    91. Converter
    92. StormbringerBomber ×3
    93. Converter
    94. StormbringerBomber
    95. Converter
    96. StormbringerBomber ×2
    97. Converter
    98. StormbringerBomber
    99. Converter
    100. StormbringerBomber ×3
    101. Converter
    102. StormbringerBomber ×2
    103. Converter ×2
    104. Advanced Aircraft PlantAdvanced Aircraft Plantdone 13:43
    105. Converter
    106. Con turret
    107. Wind ×3
    108. Advanced Construction AircraftT2 con aircraft

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is UsurpeR's (43 OS, 23/09/2026); 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

43.0 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
2394 metal received · 184516 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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