BAR / BUILD ATLAS
← All builds
Air / Armada / Economy first / OBSERVED BUILD

Standard air

Armada Air build order · Supreme Isthmus

Builds an Aircraft Plant early, reclaims it for metal, then teches up through an Advanced Metal Extractor and Fusion Reactor while supplying teammates with transports and scouts, settling into Falcons and later Highwinds for the team's air…

Usually transports first (69%)

#eco #air #team support · 151 distinct matches · 69 players · 65% of Armada Air games · team won 42% of 154 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Aircraft Plant by 1:32

  1. Take mex and wind while queuing the aircraft plant immediately.
  2. Get the aircraft plant up before 1:44 to start producing early.
  3. Build an advanced mex to keep economy scaling for T2.
  4. Send transports and scouts to allies as soon as they're ready.
  5. Add a fusion reactor and shift into fighters then Liche bombers.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 151 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 1:22–1:41

    By 1:12 in all: 3 mex · 5 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 1:29 · typical 1:30
  2. 2

    Aircraft Plant to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine12Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Construction Aircraft1 Con aircraft
    Army
    • Falcon6 Fighter
    • Blink2 Scout plane for allies
    • Stork2 Light transport for allies
    • Blink1 Scout plane
    • Osprey1 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 · 29 steps
    1. OspreyHeavy transportfor Geo
    2. StorkLight transportfor Geo sea
    3. Wind ×2
    4. BlinkScout planefor Geo
    5. Wind ×2
    6. BlinkScout planefor Geo sea
    7. StorkLight transportfor Tech
    8. FalconFighter ×3
    9. Mex
    10. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    11. Con turret
    12. FalconFighter
    13. Wind
    14. Con turret
    15. Wind ×2
    16. FalconFighter
    17. Wind ×7
    18. FalconFighter
    19. Wind
    20. Converter
    21. FalconFighter
    22. Converter
    23. FalconFighter
    24. Converter
    25. StorkLight transport
    26. Converter
    27. Wind ×2
    28. OspreyHeavy transportfor Pond
    29. Converter ×2
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine34Wind
    • Energy Converter8Converter
    Order
    1. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plant in 79% of games
    Builders
    • Construction Turret4 Con turret
    Army
    • Falcon10 Fighter

    Some games also: Aircraft Plant (47%) · con aircraft (47%) · 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 · 123 steps
    1. Wind ×3
    2. Converter
    3. Wind ×3
    4. Converter
    5. Wind ×8
    6. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    7. Wind ×15
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:04 · typical 7:03
    9. Wind ×3
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    11. Wind ×3
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 8:05
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    16. Wind
    17. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    18. Con turret
    19. BlinkScout planefor Geo sea
    20. Con turret ×2
    21. Converter ×2
    22. Con turret
    23. BansheeBanshee
    24. Converter
    25. BansheeBanshee
    26. Converter
    27. BansheeBanshee ×2
    28. Converter
    29. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 9:58 · typical 11:07
    30. Converter ×4
    31. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    32. Converter ×3
    33. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 10:05
    34. FalconFighter
    35. Converter
    36. FalconFighter ×3
    37. Converter ×2
    38. FalconFighter ×2
    39. Converter
    40. FalconFighter ×2
    41. Converter
    42. FalconFighter
    43. Converter
    44. FalconFighter ×3
    45. Converter
    46. FalconFighter
    47. Fusion ReactorFusion
    48. FalconFighter
    49. Con turret
    50. FalconFighter
    51. Converter
    52. FalconFighter
    53. Con turret
    54. Converter
    55. FalconFighter
    56. Con turret
    57. Converter ×2
    58. FalconFighter ×3
    59. Converter
    60. FalconFighter
    61. Converter
    62. FalconFighter
    63. ArbalestArbalest
    64. FalconFighter
    65. Converter
    66. FalconFighter ×2
    67. Converter
    68. FalconFighter
    69. Converter
    70. FalconFighter ×3
    71. Converter
    72. FalconFighter
    73. Converter
    74. FalconFighter
    75. Converter
    76. FalconFighter
    77. Converter
    78. Con turret
    79. Converter ×3
    80. BlinkScout plane ×2
    81. Converter
    82. BlinkScout plane
    83. Con turret
    84. Fusion ReactorFusion
    85. Converter
    86. Con turret
    87. BlinkScout plane
    88. Con turret
    89. BlinkScout plane ×2
    90. Converter
    91. FalconFighter
    92. Converter
    93. FalconFighter
    94. Converter ×2
    95. FalconFighter ×2
    96. Con turret
    97. Converter
    98. Con turret
    99. FalconFighter ×2
    100. Con turret
    101. Converter
    102. Con turret
    103. FalconFighter
    104. Con turret
    105. FalconFighter
    106. Converter
    107. FalconFighter
    108. Con turret ×2
    109. FalconFighter
    110. Con turret
    111. FalconFighter
    112. Converter
    113. FalconFighter ×2
    114. Converter
    115. FalconFighter ×9
    116. Converter
    117. FalconFighter ×2
    118. Converter
    119. FalconFighter ×8
    120. Fusion ReactorFusion
    121. Converter
    122. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    123. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Adeus's (35 OS, 13/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Blink2 Scout plane to Geo sea or Beach seafirst at 1:50 · in 86% of games
  • Stork3 Light transport to Tech or Geo sea or Beach seafirst at 2:09 · in 90% of games
  • Osprey1 Heavy transport to Beach sea or Pond or Techfirst at 2:26 · in 66% of games

You get

  • Wind Turbine3 Wind from Beach sea or Geo seafirst at 1:35 · in 53% of games
  • Wind Turbine3 Wind from Beach sea or Geo sea or Techfirst at 1:40 · in 38% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot from Techfirst at 2:28 · in 69% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 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

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

154 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039000
2:0091900
3:00145400
4:002058510
5:0027827473
6:003568151146
7:004958241261
8:006660339307
9:008641397365
10:0010953470489
11:0013420624584
12:0016125845709
13:00189671239937
14:002177116241477
15:002481620012269
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

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.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Adeus

35.3 OS · 13/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
206 metal received · 40233 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Aircraft Plant1:30Middle 50%: 1:22–1:41 · n=149
Advanced Metal Extractor7:03Middle 50%: 6:36–7:41 · n=145
Fusion Reactor11:07Middle 50%: 10:01–12:25 · n=87

Played most by

arcsiz25games of this buildbadbot10games of this buildLeohvm8games of this build[Grump]FranzDK6games of this buildFakepilot6games of this build