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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 (62%)

#eco #air #team support · 62 distinct matches · 31 players · 72% of Armada Air games · team won 43% of 63 · 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 62 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 Turbine4Wind
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plant after 3 mex, 4 wind, 1 energy storagedone ~1:31, middle half 1:14–1:44

    By 1:13 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×6
    3. Energy storage
    4. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 1:44 · typical 1:31
  2. 2

    Aircraft Plant to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine12Wind
    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 (43%) · banshee (40%) · light transport (40%) · energy storage (32%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 26 steps
    1. BlinkScout planefor Geo sea
    2. BlinkScout plane
    3. FalconFighterfor Geo sea
    4. BlinkScout planefor Beach sea
    5. BlinkScout plane
    6. Wind
    7. BlinkScout plane
    8. Wind ×2
    9. StorkLight transport ×2for Geo
    10. Wind ×2
    11. FalconFighter
    12. Mex
    13. Wind ×4
    14. FalconFighter
    15. Wind ×3
    16. Con turret
    17. Wind
    18. StorkLight transportfor Tech
    19. Con turret
    20. FalconFighter
    21. Con turret
    22. StorkLight transport ×2
    23. FalconFighter ×4
    24. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    25. Converter
    26. FalconFighter
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine30Wind
    • Energy Converter9Converter
    Order
    1. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plant after 34 wind, 6 converter, 5 con turretin 62% of games
    Builders
    • Construction Turret4 Con turret
    Army
    • Falcon8 Fighter

    Some games also: con aircraft (44%) · fusion (40%) · energy storage (33%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 46 wind · 9 converter · 1 energy storage · 6 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 162 steps
    1. FalconFighter
    2. Converter ×2
    3. Wind ×12
    4. Converter
    5. Energy storage
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3done 6:41 · typical 6:47
    7. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 8:38 · typical 10:01
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. Con turret ×4
    10. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 9:17
    11. Con turret
    12. FalconFighter ×3
    13. Construction AircraftCon aircraft ×2
    14. StorkLight transport
    15. FalconFighter ×5
    16. Con turret
    17. FalconFighter ×4
    18. Con turret
    19. FalconFighter ×4
    20. Con turret ×3
    21. FalconFighter
    22. Advanced Aircraft PlantAdvanced Aircraft Plantdone 10:56
    23. Con turret
    24. Wind
    25. Converter
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. Con turret
    29. Wind
    30. Converter ×2
    31. Wind
    32. LicheLichedone 12:09
    33. Converter
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Converter
    36. Wind
    37. Converter
    38. Wind ×4
    39. Metal storage
    40. Converter
    41. Wind
    42. OracleOracle
    43. Wind
    44. Converter ×2
    45. Wind ×2
    46. Converter
    47. Wind
    48. Converter
    49. Wind ×2
    50. Con turret
    51. Converter
    52. Wind
    53. Converter
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Converter
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Con turret
    58. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 12:51
    59. Wind ×2
    60. Con turret
    61. FalconFighter
    62. Wind
    63. Con turret
    64. Wind
    65. Con turret
    66. Wind
    67. Converter
    68. FalconFighter
    69. Wind
    70. FalconFighter
    71. Converter
    72. Wind
    73. Con turret
    74. FalconFighter
    75. Wind
    76. FalconFighter
    77. Wind ×2
    78. FalconFighter ×2
    79. Wind
    80. FalconFighter
    81. Converter
    82. Wind
    83. FalconFighter
    84. Wind
    85. FalconFighter ×2
    86. Converter
    87. FalconFighter
    88. Wind
    89. FalconFighter
    90. Converter
    91. FalconFighter
    92. Wind
    93. FalconFighter
    94. Converter
    95. FalconFighter
    96. Wind
    97. FalconFighter
    98. Converter
    99. Wind
    100. FalconFighter
    101. Converter
    102. Wind
    103. FalconFighter ×2
    104. Converter
    105. Wind
    106. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 13:51
    107. FalconFighter
    108. Converter
    109. Wind
    110. FalconFighter
    111. Wind
    112. FalconFighter
    113. Converter
    114. Wind
    115. FalconFighter ×2
    116. Converter
    117. Wind
    118. FalconFighter ×2
    119. Converter
    120. Wind
    121. FalconFighter
    122. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    123. Wind
    124. Converter
    125. FalconFighter
    126. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    127. Converter
    128. Wind
    129. FalconFighter
    130. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    131. Wind
    132. Converter
    133. FalconFighter ×5
    134. Wind
    135. Con turret
    136. Converter
    137. Wind
    138. Con turret
    139. Wind
    140. Converter
    141. FalconFighter ×2
    142. Con turret
    143. Wind
    144. FalconFighter ×2
    145. Converter
    146. FalconFighter
    147. Wind
    148. FalconFighter ×3
    149. Wind
    150. FalconFighter ×3
    151. Wind
    152. FalconFighter
    153. Converter
    154. FalconFighter ×3
    155. Wind
    156. FalconFighter ×4
    157. Wind
    158. FalconFighter
    159. Converter
    160. FalconFighter ×2
    161. Wind ×2
    162. FalconFighter ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is EpicTyrannus's (43 OS, 21/09/2026); 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 84% of games
  • Stork3 Light transport to Tech or Geo sea or Geofirst at 2:13 · in 87% of games
  • Osprey1 Heavy transport to Beach sea or Pond or Techfirst at 2:32 · in 67% of games

You get

  • Wind Turbine3 Wind from Beach sea or Geo seafirst at 1:27 · in 35% of games
  • Wind Turbine3 Wind from Beach sea or Geo seafirst at 1:30 · in 54% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot from Techfirst at 2:28 · in 67% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 5:52 · 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

01k2k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

01k2k3k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

63 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039100
2:0092100
3:00145500
4:0020405152
5:002792102125
6:003619219202
7:005137292271
8:006909371292
9:009057385333
10:0011495500360
11:0014043613482
12:0017112951719
13:001988116311125
14:002238318721740
15:002596519292576
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

EpicTyrannus

42.7 OS · 21/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
1688 metal received · 27155 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Aircraft Plant1:31Middle 50%: 1:14–1:44 · n=62
Advanced Metal Extractor6:47Middle 50%: 6:26–7:18 · n=56
Fusion Reactor10:01Middle 50%: 9:17–11:58 · n=38

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