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Liche bombers

Armada Air build order · Supreme Isthmus

Rushes an Advanced Aircraft Plant by around 7:30 and gets Liche atomic bombers out by 9:15, well ahead of the role norm, backed by Highwind fighters and Oracle support, pushing bombers into the middle rather than just covering the team.

Usually transports first (83%)

#t2 #air #push · 6 distinct matches · 2 players · 5% of Armada Air games · team won 4 of 6 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT

T2 air bombers from 8:28 · 10% of role by thenFrom the Advanced Aircraft Plant. Only 10% of Air games have it by then; others who build it get it around 11:07
Highwind in 100%12% of all Air games by then
Advanced Aircraft Plant in 83%11% of all Air games by then
Highwind in 83%16% of all Air games by then
Oracle in 83%8% of all Air games by then

Where those units first fight, in 6 games with kill data: in the middle 50%, on their own side 50%.

Those units destroy a typical 5,618 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into Highwind (41% of army), fighter (10% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Advanced Aircraft Plant by 7:30

0:03Open 3 mex and wind, then throw down an Aircraft Plant by 1:33.
4:30Reclaim the Aircraft Plant into an Advanced Metal Extractor around 5:55.
by 7:30Rush an Advanced Aircraft Plant instead of the usual T2 timing.
9:15Get Liche atomic bombers out and push them into the middle.
9:40+Add Highwind fighters and Oracle support, keep sending Blink and light transport to team.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 6 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD AIR

10:00
21:15
35:00
4
58:23

PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 9:28 step by step: what to build now, what comes next, and where it goes. At 1× it keeps pace with your own game.

1
Up to the Aircraft Plant
0:00 – 1:15
Economy
- 3Mex
- 4Wind
- 1Energy storage
Order
1. Aircraft Plant ~1:15after 3 mex, 4 wind, 1 energy storagedone ~1:33, middle half 1:31–1:37
By 1:15 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind · 1 energy storage
The example game in this phase · 5 steps
1. 0:04Mex ×3
2. 0:31Wind ×4for Tech
3. 0:56Energy storagefor Tech
4. 1:10Windfor Tech
5. 1:16Aircraft Plantdone 1:34 · typical 1:33
2
Aircraft Plant to 5:00
1:15 – 5:00
Economy
- 1Mex
- 9Wind−3 vs standard
- 4Converter+4 vs standard
Order
1. Eat Aircraft Plant ~4:32
Builders
- 4 Con turret +2 vs standard
- 1 Con aircraft
Army
- 3 Fighter −3 vs standard
- 2 Light transport for allies
- 2 Scout plane
- 2 Scout plane for allies
Some games also: energy storage (50%) · light transport (50%) · heavy transport for allies (33%)
By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 13 wind · 4 converter (standard 0) · 1 energy storage · 4 con turret (standard 2)
The example game in this phase · 26 steps
1. 1:34Scout plane
2. 1:36Con aircraftfor Tech
3. 1:48Scout planefor Tech
4. 1:50Windfor Tech
5. 1:56Mex
6. 2:02Windfor Tech
7. 2:06Scout planefor Geo sea
8. 2:09Wind ×2for Tech
9. 2:22Scout planefor Beach sea
10. 2:26Windfor Tech
11. 2:35Fighter
12. 2:41Windfor Tech
13. 2:45Con turretfor Tech
14. 2:47Windfor Tech
15. 2:49Fighter ×2
16. 3:15Con turretfor Tech
17. 3:29Light transport ×2for Tech
18. 3:35Wind ×3for Tech
19. 3:51Eat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
20. 3:52Windfor Tech
21. 3:57Con turretfor Tech
22. 4:01Wind ×4for Tech
23. 4:15Con turretfor Tech
24. 4:18Wind ×7for Tech
25. 4:37T2 mexfor Techdone 5:15 · typical 5:55
26. 4:38Converter ×4for Tech
3
5:00 to Advanced Aircraft Plant
5:00 – 7:29
Economy
- 15Wind
- 1Advanced solar
- 3Converter
Order
1. Advanced Aircraft Plant ~7:29after 33 wind, 9 converter, 5 con turretdone ~8:22, middle half 8:02–8:35
Some games also: con turret (50%)
The standard build makes here, this one skips: 2 fighter
By 7:29 in all: 4 mex · 31 wind · 1 advanced solar · 8 converter (standard 5) · 2 energy storage · 5 con turret (standard 3)
The example game in this phase · 27 steps
1. 5:14Converterfor Tech
2. 5:16Windfor Tech
3. 5:19Converterfor Tech
4. 5:22Windfor Tech
5. 5:25Converterfor Tech
6. 5:28Wind ×2for Tech
7. 5:33Converter ×2for Tech
8. 5:38Windfor Tech
9. 5:40Converterfor Tech
10. 5:44Windfor Tech
11. 5:44Converter ×2for Tech
12. 5:49Windfor Tech
13. 5:53Converterfor Tech
14. 5:55Windfor Tech
15. 5:58Converterfor Tech
16. 5:58Wind ×2for Tech
17. 6:02T2 mexfor Tech
18. 6:06Windfor Tech
19. 6:12T2 mexfor Tech
20. 6:25Converterfor Tech
21. 6:34Wind ×2for Tech
22. 6:37Converterfor Tech
23. 6:39Windfor Tech
24. 6:40T2 mexfor Tech
25. 6:43Wind ×2for Tech
26. 6:46Converter ×2for Tech
27. 7:00Advanced Aircraft Plantfor Techdone 7:56 · typical 8:22
4
Advanced Aircraft Plant to T2 air bombers
7:29 – 8:23
Order
1. T2 air bombers ~8:23after 31 wind, 8 converter, 5 con turretdone ~9:15, middle half 9:02–9:25
The standard build makes here, this one skips: 5 wind
By 8:23 in all: 4 mex · 31 wind · 1 advanced solar · 8 converter (standard 6) · 2 energy storage · 5 con turret
The example game in this phase · 1 step
1. 7:57Lichedone 8:49 · typical 9:15
5
T2 air bombers to 10:00
8:23 – 10:00
Economy
- 3Wind−7 vs standard
Order
1. Aircraft Plant ~9:39after 30 wind, 7 converter, 7 con turretin 50% of games
Builders
- 2 Con turret
Army
- 2 Highwind +2 vs standard
- 1 Oracle
Some games also: Aircraft Plant (50%)
The standard build makes here, this one skips: 5 fighter
By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 34 wind (standard 49) · 1 advanced solar · 8 converter · 2 energy storage · 7 con turret
The example game in this phase · 12 steps
1. 8:43Windfor Tech
2. 8:49Oraclefor Tech
3. 9:00Highwind
4. 9:01Windfor Tech
5. 9:08Highwindfor Tech
6. 9:09Windfor Tech
7. 9:16Highwind
8. 9:19Windfor Tech
9. 9:25Highwindfor Tech
10. 9:26Windfor Tech
11. 9:33Highwindfor Tech
12. 9:35Windfor Tech

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Fakepilot's (36 OS, 27/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

2 Scout plane to Beach sea or Geo seafirst at 2:00 · in 100% of games
1–2 Heavy transport to Beach sea or Pondfirst at 2:37 · in 33% of games
2 Light transport to Tech or Geo sea or Beach seafirst at 2:43 · in 100% of games

You get

1 Con bot from Techfirst at 2:08 · in 67% of games
3 Wind from Beach sea or Geo seafirst at 2:24 · in 50% of games
1–2 T2 mex from Techfirst at 4:47 · in 33% of games
1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 5:46 · in 83% of games

How it plays out

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

This build
Standard air

Metal produced

010k20k30k

0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

02.5k5k7.5k

0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

01k2k3k

0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

6 games.

Show as table

By	Metal produced: This build	Metal produced: Standard air	Enemy metal destroyed: This build	Enemy metal destroyed: Standard air	Own metal lost: This build	Own metal lost: Standard air
1:00	385	390	0	0	0	0
2:00	919	921	0	0	0	0
3:00	1464	1455	0	0	0	0
4:00	2110	2044	0	51	0	0
5:00	3461	2798	121	113	26	125
6:00	4629	3621	121	243	26	214
7:00	6841	5115	121	302	26	297
8:00	9421	6961	121	367	26	334
9:00	12282	9004	121	382	26	355
10:00	14270	11423	569	449	115	433
11:00	16664	13694	2038	598	198	552
12:00	19172	16050	4853	984	711	754
13:00	20653	19225	6130	1603	786	1100
14:00	22203	21964	6130	1901	1909	1705
15:00	23697	24933	6130	2113	2385	2250

WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Won far more often than the standard build and destroyed almost three times the enemy metal by 15:00 while losing far less.

+ Destroyed 6130 enemy metal by 15:00 vs 2113 standard.
+ Lost only 2385 metal by 15:00 vs 2250 standard despite the rush.

− Metal production falls behind standard by 15:00 (23697 vs 24933).
− Needs Advanced Aircraft Plant nearly 4 minutes earlier than the role norm, a tight window.

THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Fakepilot

35.6 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
96 metal received · 44059 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Aircraft Plant1:33Middle 50%: 1:31–1:37 · n=6

Advanced Metal Extractor5:55Middle 50%: 5:20–6:17 · n=5

Advanced Aircraft Plant8:22Middle 50%: 8:02–8:35 · n=6

Liche9:15Middle 50%: 9:02–9:25 · n=6

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Naval balance tweaks on

Liche bombers

Phase by phase

Up to the Aircraft Plant

Aircraft Plant to 5:00

5:00 to Advanced Aircraft Plant

Advanced Aircraft Plant to T2 air bombers

T2 air bombers to 10:00

Team trades

You hand over

You get

How it plays out

Metal produced

Enemy metal destroyed

Own metal lost

Fakepilot

Typical milestones

Played most by

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