Standard air
Armada Air build order · Supreme Isthmus
Economy-first air play: Aircraft Plant at 1:30, Advanced Metal Extractor around 7:00, Fusion Reactor just after 11:00, with transports and scouts made for allies before settling into Falcon fighters for the rest of the game.
Usually transports first (70%)
#air #team support · 152 distinct matches · 69 players · 65% of Armada Air games · team won 41% of 155 · Recently observed
Key timing: Aircraft Plant by 1:32
- Take mex and wind while queuing the aircraft plant immediately.
- Get the aircraft plant up before 1:44 to start producing early.
- Build an advanced mex to keep economy scaling for T2.
- Send transports and scouts to allies as soon as they're ready.
- Add a fusion reactor and shift into fighters then Liche bombers.
Phase by phase
TYPICAL OF ITS 152 GAMESFollow 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
Up to the Aircraft Plant
Economy
3Mex
5Wind
1Energy storage
Order
Aircraft Plant after 3 mex, 5 wind, 1 energy storagedone ~1:30, middle half 1:22–1:41
By 1:12 in all: 3 mex · 5 wind · 1 energy storage
The example game in this phase · 4 steps
- Mex ×3
- Wind ×6
- Energy storage
Aircraft Plantdone 1:41 · typical 1:30
- 2
Aircraft Plant to 5:00
Economy
1Mex
12Wind
Builders
2 Con turret
1 Con aircraft
Army
6 Fighter
2 Scout plane for allies
2 Light transport for allies
1 Scout plane
1 Heavy transport for allies
Some games also: banshee (34%) · light transport (33%)
By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 17 wind · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret
The example game in this phase · 28 steps
Scout planefor Geo sea
Light transportfor Geo sea- Wind
Scout planefor Beach sea
Light transportfor Beach sea- Wind
Fighter
Con aircraft- Con turret
- Mex
- Wind ×2
Fighter- Wind ×3
Fighter- Wind
Fighter- Wind ×3
- Energy storage
- Wind
- Con turret
Fighter- Wind
- Energy storage
Fighter- Wind ×2
Eat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal- Wind ×2
Aircraft Plantdone 5:06
- 3
5:00 to 10:00
Economy
34Wind
8Converter
Order
Eat Aircraft Plant in 79% of games
Builders
4 Con turret
Army
10 Fighter
Some games also: Aircraft Plant (48%) · con aircraft (48%) · fusion (32%)
By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 50 wind · 9 converter · 1 energy storage · 6 con turret
The example game in this phase · 60 steps
Light transport ×2for Tech- Con turret ×2
- Advanced solar
- Converter
- Advanced solar
- Converter
Scout plane ×2- Converter
Con aircraft- Converter
- Advanced solar
- Converter
T2 mexdone 6:46 · typical 7:03
Eat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
T2 mex ×2
Aircraft Plantdone 7:37
T2 mex
Fighter ×7- Advanced solar ×2
Radar Tower
Eat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal- Advanced solar
- Con turret
Fusiondone 9:51 · typical 11:04- Con turret
- Converter
Bot Labdone 10:01- Converter ×2
Pawn- Converter
Pawn- Converter
Pawn- Converter
Pawn- Converter
Pawn ×13- Converter
Pawn- Converter
- Con turret ×2
Pawn- Con turret
Aircraft Plantdone 11:00- Converter
Pawn ×2
Aircraft Plantdone 11:12
Fighter
Eat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
Fighter ×21
Fusion
Fighter ×25
Eat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
Advanced Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
Eat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal- Con turret ×3
- Converter
- Con turret ×2
- Converter ×8
- Con turret ×2
Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Leohvm's (52 OS, 14/10/2026); pick another.
Team trades
IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMESYou hand over
2 Scout plane to Geo sea or Beach seafirst at 1:50 · in 86% of games
3 Light transport to Tech or Geo sea or Beach seafirst at 2:09 · in 90% of games
1 Heavy transport to Beach sea or Pond or Techfirst at 2:26 · in 65% of games
You get
3 Wind from Beach sea or Geo seafirst at 1:35 · in 53% of games
3 Wind from Beach sea or Geo sea or Techfirst at 1:40 · in 38% of games
1 Con bot from Techfirst at 2:27 · in 69% of games
1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 6:04 · in 88% of games
How it plays out
Typical game of this build, running totals by minute
Metal produced
metal
Enemy metal destroyed
metal
Own metal lost
metal
155 games.
Show as table
| By | Metal produced: This build | Enemy metal destroyed: This build | Own metal lost: This build |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1:00 | 390 | 0 | 0 |
| 2:00 | 919 | 0 | 0 |
| 3:00 | 1454 | 0 | 0 |
| 4:00 | 2055 | 51 | 0 |
| 5:00 | 2783 | 74 | 73 |
| 6:00 | 3578 | 148 | 146 |
| 7:00 | 4959 | 241 | 250 |
| 8:00 | 6685 | 337 | 302 |
| 9:00 | 8662 | 391 | 365 |
| 10:00 | 11009 | 451 | 489 |
| 11:00 | 13467 | 619 | 584 |
| 12:00 | 16151 | 838 | 708 |
| 13:00 | 19035 | 1234 | 935 |
| 14:00 | 21815 | 1607 | 1450 |
| 15:00 | 24846 | 1985 | 2267 |
Standard air play wins less than half its games while destroying far less metal than it loses by 15:00.
- + Aircraft plant lands consistently by 1:44, keeping tempo on schedule.
- − Enemy metal destroyed (2664) trails own metal lost (2351) by 15:00.
Leohvm
52.3 OS · 14/10/2026
Open source match ↗8 received units · includes a constructor
1530 metal received · 75626 energy received
Typical milestones
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