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Standard air

The typical Armada Air build: an early Aircraft Plant, transports and scouts made for the team, an Advanced Metal Extractor and Fusion Reactor for eco, transitioning into fighters and later Highwinds or gunships to protect allies and…

Usually transports first (64%)

#eco #air #team support · 63 distinct matches · 31 players · 74% of Armada Air games · team won 42% of 64 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Aircraft Plant by 1:30

  1. Take 3 mex and open straight into wind.
  2. Get the aircraft plant up fast to start fighter production.
  3. Add an advanced mex to fund the air spam.
  4. Bring fusion online to sustain heavier air numbers.
  5. Mix in Highwind and Banshee alongside fighter spam for escorts.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 63 GAMES
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 6:00 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 Turbine5Wind
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plant after 3 mex, 5 wind, 1 energy storagedone ~1:30, middle half 1:15–1:44

    By 1:12 in all: 3 mex · 5 wind · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 1:14 · typical 1:30
  2. 2

    Aircraft Plant to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine13Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Construction Aircraft1 Con aircraft
    Army
    • Falcon6 Fighter
    • Stork2 Light transport for allies
    • Blink2 Scout plane for allies
    • Blink1 Scout plane
    • Osprey1 Heavy transport for allies

    Some games also: converter (44%) · banshee (39%) · light transport (39%) · energy storage (34%)

    By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 17 wind · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 21 steps
    1. BlinkScout plane ×2for Beach sea
    2. Wind ×2
    3. StorkLight transportfor Beach sea
    4. Wind ×2
    5. StorkLight transportfor Geo sea
    6. Wind ×2
    7. OspreyHeavy transportfor Beach sea
    8. Wind
    9. BlinkScout plane
    10. FalconFighter
    11. Solar
    12. FalconFighter
    13. Solar
    14. FalconFighter ×2
    15. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    16. Energy storage
    17. StorkLight transportfor Tech
    18. Mex
    19. StorkLight transportfor Tech
    20. Wind ×3
    21. Con turret ×3
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine30Wind
    • Energy Converter9Converter
    Order
    1. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plant after 33 wind, 6 converter, 5 con turretin 63% of games
    Builders
    • Construction Turret4 Con turret
    Army
    • Falcon8 Fighter

    Some games also: con aircraft (45%) · fusion (42%) · energy storage (33%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 47 wind · 10 converter · 1 energy storage · 6 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 140 steps
    1. StorkLight transport
    2. Wind
    3. Converter ×2
    4. Wind
    5. Converter
    6. Wind
    7. Converter
    8. Con turret
    9. Converter
    10. Wind
    11. Converter
    12. Wind
    13. Con turret
    14. Wind ×3
    15. Converter
    16. Wind
    17. Converter ×2
    18. Wind ×6
    19. Converter
    20. Wind
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:04 · typical 6:48
    22. Converter
    23. Wind
    24. Converter
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    26. Wind
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    28. Wind ×3
    29. Con turret
    30. Wind
    31. Con turret
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    33. Con turret ×2
    34. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 9:17 · typical 9:55
    35. Converter ×10
    36. Fusion ReactorFusion
    37. Converter ×2
    38. Con turret ×3
    39. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 10:47
    40. BlinkScout plane
    41. FalconFighter
    42. Converter
    43. FalconFighter ×2
    44. Converter
    45. Con turret
    46. FalconFighter
    47. Con turret
    48. FalconFighter ×2
    49. Con turret ×3
    50. FalconFighter ×3
    51. Converter
    52. FalconFighter ×4
    53. Converter
    54. FalconFighter ×7
    55. BlinkScout plane
    56. FalconFighter ×15
    57. BlinkScout plane
    58. FalconFighter ×11
    59. Wind
    60. FalconFighter
    61. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    62. Wind
    63. FalconFighter ×4
    64. Wind
    65. FalconFighter ×2
    66. Con turret ×2
    67. Wind
    68. StorkLight transportfor Beach sea
    69. FalconFighter
    70. Wind
    71. FalconFighter
    72. BlinkScout plane
    73. Wind
    74. FalconFighter ×2
    75. Wind
    76. FalconFighter
    77. Wind
    78. FalconFighter ×2
    79. Wind
    80. FalconFighter
    81. Con turret
    82. Wind
    83. FalconFighter
    84. Wind
    85. FalconFighter
    86. Wind
    87. Con turret ×2
    88. Wind
    89. FalconFighter
    90. Wind
    91. StormbringerBomber
    92. Wind
    93. StormbringerBomber
    94. Wind
    95. StormbringerBomber
    96. Wind
    97. StormbringerBomber
    98. Wind ×2
    99. Con turret
    100. Wind
    101. StormbringerBomber
    102. Wind
    103. StormbringerBomber
    104. Wind
    105. StormbringerBomber
    106. Wind
    107. StormbringerBomber
    108. Wind
    109. StormbringerBomber
    110. Wind
    111. StormbringerBomber
    112. Wind
    113. StormbringerBomber
    114. Wind
    115. StormbringerBomber
    116. Wind
    117. StormbringerBomber ×2
    118. Wind
    119. StormbringerBomber
    120. Wind
    121. StormbringerBomber ×3
    122. Wind
    123. StormbringerBomber
    124. Wind
    125. StormbringerBomber ×2
    126. Wind
    127. StormbringerBomber ×2
    128. Wind
    129. StormbringerBomber
    130. FalconFighter
    131. Wind
    132. FalconFighter
    133. Wind
    134. Fusion ReactorFusion
    135. FalconFighter
    136. Converter
    137. FalconFighter
    138. Converter
    139. FalconFighter
    140. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Grump]Grumpiness's (49 OS, 22/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Blink2 Scout plane to Geo sea or Beach seafirst at 1:56 · in 86% of games
  • Stork3 Light transport to Tech or Geo seafirst at 2:13 · in 89% of games
  • Osprey1 Heavy transport to Beach sea or Pond or Techfirst at 2:28 · in 67% of games

You get

  • Wind Turbine2–3 Wind from Beach sea or Geo seafirst at 1:27 · in 38% of games
  • Wind Turbine3 Wind from Beach sea or Geo seafirst at 1:30 · in 53% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot from Techfirst at 2:28 · in 66% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 5:53 · in 84% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build, running totals by minute

Metal produced

010k20k30k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

01k2k3k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

01k2k3k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

64 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039100
2:0092100
3:00145400
4:0020405151
5:002788102125
6:003621211190
7:005139288263
8:006970367292
9:009134375318
10:0011575421352
11:0014215606460
12:0017193984755
13:001991516421165
14:002254619011852
15:002598022902764
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard air has the lowest team win rate of the six builds despite decent metal production, suggesting air presence alone isn't deciding these games.

  • + Metal produced reaches 25980 by 15:00, second highest of the builds shown.
  • + First kill lands early at 3:42 in 99% of games.
  • − Team win rate is only 42%, the lowest among all standard builds.
  • − Own metal lost by 15:00 reaches 2764 despite fighters being the main army.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

[Grump]Grumpiness

48.7 OS · 22/09/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
28 metal received · 59912 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Aircraft Plant1:30Middle 50%: 1:15–1:44 · n=64
Advanced Metal Extractor6:48Middle 50%: 6:30–7:14 · n=57
Fusion Reactor9:55Middle 50%: 9:14–11:54 · n=40

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