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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
  • LicheT2 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
  • HighwindHighwind in 100%12% of all Air games by then
  • Advanced Aircraft PlantAdvanced Aircraft Plant in 83%11% of all Air games by then
  • HighwindHighwind in 83%16% of all Air games by then
  • OracleOracle 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

  1. Open 3 mex and wind, then throw down an Aircraft Plant by 1:33.
  2. Reclaim the Aircraft Plant into an Advanced Metal Extractor around 5:55.
  3. Rush an Advanced Aircraft Plant instead of the usual T2 timing.
  4. Get Liche atomic bombers out and push them into the middle.
  5. 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
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
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. 1

    Up to the Aircraft Plant

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor3Mex
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plant after 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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 1:32 · typical 1:33
  2. 2

    Aircraft Plant to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine9Wind−3 vs standard
    • Energy Converter4Converter+4 vs standard
    Order
    1. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plant
    Builders
    • Construction Turret4 Con turret +2 vs standard
    • Construction Aircraft1 Con aircraft
    Army
    • Falcon3 Fighter −3 vs standard
    • Stork2 Light transport for allies
    • Blink2 Scout plane
    • Blink2 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 · 28 steps
    1. BlinkScout plane
    2. Wind
    3. StorkLight transportfor Geo sea
    4. BlinkScout planefor Geo sea
    5. FalconFighter ×2
    6. BlinkScout plane
    7. Wind ×3
    8. FalconFighter
    9. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    10. Con turret
    11. StorkLight transportfor Tech
    12. StorkLight transport
    13. Mex
    14. Converter
    15. Wind
    16. Converter
    17. Con turret
    18. Wind
    19. Converter ×2
    20. Wind
    21. Converter
    22. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    23. Converter
    24. Con turret
    25. Converter
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. Con turret
  3. 3

    5:00 to Advanced Aircraft Plant

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine15Wind
    • Advanced Solar Collector1Advanced solar
    • Energy Converter3Converter
    Order
    1. Advanced Aircraft PlantAdvanced Aircraft Plant after 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 · 17 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Wind
    3. Energy storage
    4. Wind
    5. Advanced solar
    6. Wind ×4
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:55 · typical 5:55
    8. Wind ×3
    9. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    10. Wind
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    12. Wind ×3
    13. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Advanced solar
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Advanced Aircraft PlantAdvanced Aircraft Plantdone 7:57 · typical 8:22
  4. 4

    Advanced Aircraft Plant to T2 air bombers

    Order
    1. LicheT2 air bombers after 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. LicheLichedone 9:00 · typical 9:15
  5. 5

    T2 air bombers to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine3Wind−7 vs standard
    Order
    1. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plant after 30 wind, 7 converter, 7 con turretin 50% of games
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    Army
    • Highwind2 Highwind +2 vs standard
    • Oracle1 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 · 53 steps
    1. AbductorAbductorfor Geo
    2. Con turret ×3
    3. Wind
    4. OracleOracle
    5. Con turret
    6. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 9:46
    7. Wind
    8. HighwindHighwind
    9. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    10. Con turret
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    13. HighwindHighwind
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    16. Con turret
    17. Wind
    18. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    19. HighwindHighwind
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    22. Wind
    23. Con turret
    24. HighwindHighwind
    25. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    28. Wind ×2
    29. HighwindHighwind
    30. Wind ×2
    31. Con turret
    32. HighwindHighwind
    33. Wind ×5
    34. HighwindHighwind
    35. Wind ×3
    36. Con turret
    37. Wind
    38. HighwindHighwind
    39. Wind ×5
    40. HighwindHighwind
    41. Wind ×4
    42. HighwindHighwind
    43. Wind ×5
    44. HighwindHighwind
    45. Wind ×6
    46. HighwindHighwind
    47. Wind ×5
    48. HighwindHighwind
    49. Wind ×4
    50. HighwindHighwind
    51. Wind ×7
    52. HighwindHighwind
    53. Wind ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is krtf's (45 OS, 30/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Blink2 Scout plane to Beach sea or Geo seafirst at 2:00 · in 100% of games
  • Osprey1–2 Heavy transport to Beach sea or Pondfirst at 2:37 · in 33% of games
  • Stork2 Light transport to Tech or Geo sea or Beach seafirst at 2:43 · in 100% of games

You get

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot from Techfirst at 2:08 · in 67% of games
  • Wind Turbine3 Wind from Beach sea or Geo seafirst at 2:24 · in 50% of games
  • Advanced Metal Extractor1–2 T2 mex from Techfirst at 4:47 · in 33% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 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
ByMetal produced: This buildMetal produced: Standard airEnemy metal destroyed: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: Standard airOwn metal lost: This buildOwn metal lost: Standard air
1:003853900000
2:009199210000
3:00146414550000
4:002110204405100
5:003461279812111326125
6:004629362112124326214
7:006841511512130226297
8:009421696112136726334
9:0012282900412138226355
10:001427011423569449115433
11:0016664136942038598198552
12:0019172160504853984711754
13:002065319225613016037861100
14:0022203219646130190119091705
15:0023697249336130211323852250
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

krtf

44.8 OS · 30/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
22 metal received · 79571 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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