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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 (66%)

#eco #air #team support · 61 distinct matches · 31 players · 67% of Armada Air games · team won 42% of 62 · 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 61 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, 5 wind, 1 energy storagedone ~1:32, middle half 1:15–1:44

    By 1:14 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:20
  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 (39%) · banshee (37%) · light transport (37%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 24 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    8. Wind
    9. Mex
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Converter
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Converter
    14. Wind
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. Wind
    17. Con turret
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. Wind ×2
    20. Con turret ×2
    21. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:34
    22. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:18 · typical 6:50
    24. FatboyFatboyfor Ponddone 5:43
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine31Wind
    • Energy Converter9Converter
    Order
    1. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plant after 39 wind, 6 converter, 5 con turretin 61% of games
    Builders
    • Construction Turret4 Con turret
    Army
    • Falcon9 Fighter

    Some games also: con aircraft (45%) · fusion (37%) · energy storage (32%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 49 wind · 10 converter · 1 energy storage · 6 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 178 steps
    1. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot ×2for Air
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    5. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    6. ButlerButler
    7. GunslingerGunslingerfor Suicide frontdone 8:20
    8. Wind
    9. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    10. Wind
    11. ButlerButler
    12. Wind
    13. ButlerButler
    14. Wind
    15. ButlerButler
    16. Wind
    17. ButlerButler
    18. Wind
    19. ButlerButler
    20. ArchangelArchangeldone 9:28
    21. Wind
    22. ButlerButler
    23. Wind
    24. ButlerButler
    25. Wind
    26. ButlerButler
    27. Wind
    28. ButlerButler ×2
    29. Wind
    30. ButlerButler
    31. Wind ×5
    32. ButlerButler
    33. Wind ×4
    34. ButlerButlerfor Front
    35. Wind ×5
    36. Converter
    37. Wind
    38. ButlerButlerfor Front
    39. Wind ×3
    40. Converter
    41. Wind ×3
    42. ButlerButlerfor Front
    43. Converter
    44. Wind ×3
    45. Converter
    46. Wind
    47. ButlerButlerfor Front
    48. Wind ×2
    49. Converter
    50. Wind
    51. Converter
    52. Wind
    53. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Front
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Converter
    56. Wind
    57. Converter
    58. Wind ×3
    59. Converter
    60. Wind
    61. Converter
    62. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    63. Wind ×4
    64. Converter
    65. Wind ×2
    66. Converter
    67. Wind
    68. Converter
    69. Wind ×3
    70. Converter
    71. Wind ×3
    72. Converter
    73. Wind
    74. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    75. Converter
    76. Wind ×3
    77. Converter
    78. Wind ×2
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Front
    80. Wind
    81. ButlerButler
    82. Wind ×2
    83. Converter
    84. Wind ×5
    85. Converter
    86. Wind ×2
    87. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    88. Wind
    89. Converter
    90. Wind ×3
    91. ButlerButler
    92. Wind ×2
    93. Converter
    94. Wind ×2
    95. ButlerButler
    96. Wind ×2
    97. Converter
    98. Wind ×2
    99. Con turret
    100. Wind ×3
    101. Converter
    102. Wind ×3
    103. Con turret
    104. Wind ×2
    105. Converter
    106. Wind ×4
    107. Con turret
    108. Wind
    109. Converter
    110. Wind ×4
    111. PlatypusPlatypus
    112. Con turret
    113. Wind ×2
    114. Converter
    115. Wind ×4
    116. Converter
    117. Wind
    118. Con turret
    119. Wind ×4
    120. Converter
    121. Wind
    122. Con turret
    123. Wind ×3
    124. Converter
    125. Wind ×3
    126. Con turret
    127. Wind ×3
    128. Converter
    129. PlatypusPlatypus ×4
    130. Con turret
    131. Wind ×4
    132. Converter
    133. Wind ×3
    134. Con turret
    135. Wind ×3
    136. Converter
    137. Wind ×6
    138. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    139. Converter
    140. Wind ×10
    141. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:02
    142. Wind ×3
    143. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:04
    144. Wind
    145. BlitzBlitz
    146. Wind ×2
    147. BlitzBlitz
    148. Wind
    149. BlitzBlitz ×2
    150. Wind ×3
    151. BlitzBlitz ×4
    152. Wind ×4
    153. BlitzBlitz ×2
    154. Wind ×2
    155. Advanced Fusion ReactorAdvanced Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    156. Wind ×2
    157. BlitzBlitz
    158. Wind
    159. Converter
    160. Wind ×8
    161. Converter
    162. BlitzBlitz
    163. Wind ×5
    164. Converter
    165. Wind ×5
    166. Converter
    167. Wind ×3
    168. BlitzBlitz ×2
    169. Wind ×4
    170. Converter
    171. Wind ×3
    172. BlitzBlitz
    173. Wind
    174. Con turret
    175. Wind ×2
    176. Converter
    177. BlitzBlitz
    178. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is ManBearPig_'s (39 OS, 26/09/2026); 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 82% of games
  • Stork3 Light transport to Tech or Geo sea or Geofirst at 2:12 · in 87% of games
  • Osprey1 Heavy transport to Beach sea or Pond or Techfirst at 2:28 · in 68% of games

You get

  • Wind Turbine3 Wind from Beach sea or Geo seafirst at 1:27 · in 34% of games
  • Wind Turbine3 Wind from Beach sea or Geo seafirst at 1:31 · in 53% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot from Techfirst at 2:29 · in 66% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 5:59 · in 85% 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

62 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039000
2:0092100
3:00145500
4:0020435151
5:002794102125
6:003628226190
7:005139296284
8:006970382307
9:009036386344
10:0011472469428
11:0013958606500
12:0017010946709
13:001983416421116
14:002237718621690
15:002559419012435
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

ManBearPig_

39.5 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
4049 metal received · 31389 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Aircraft Plant1:32Middle 50%: 1:15–1:44 · n=60
Advanced Metal Extractor6:50Middle 50%: 6:30–7:35 · n=56
Fusion Reactor10:31Middle 50%: 9:25–12:05 · n=37

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