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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 (70%)

#eco #air #team support · 148 distinct matches · 67 players · 66% of Armada Air games · team won 42% of 151 · 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 148 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 · 6 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Solar
    3. Wind ×3
    4. Energy storage
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 1:46 · 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: light transport (34%) · banshee (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. OspreyHeavy transportfor Beach sea
    3. FalconFighter ×3for Geo sea
    4. FalconFighter ×2
    5. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    6. FalconFighter ×2
    7. Con turret
    8. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    9. StorkLight transportfor Pond
    10. Con turret
    11. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    12. Wind
    13. Mex
    14. FalconFighter ×2
    15. StorkLight transportfor Tech
    16. FalconFighter
    17. Wind
    18. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    19. Wind ×3
    20. FalconFighter
    21. Wind
  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 (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 · 125 steps
    1. FalconFighter
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    4. Wind ×2
    5. FalconFighter
    6. Wind
    7. FalconFighter
    8. Wind ×2
    9. Converter
    10. Wind ×3
    11. FalconFighter
    12. Wind ×3
    13. FalconFighter
    14. Wind
    15. Converter
    16. Wind ×2
    17. BlinkScout plane
    18. Wind ×2
    19. BlinkScout plane
    20. Wind
    21. Converter
    22. Wind
    23. FalconFighter
    24. Wind
    25. FalconFighter ×3
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. FalconFighter
    29. Con turret
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:44 · typical 7:03
    31. Wind
    32. Converter
    33. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    34. Wind
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. Wind
    37. Converter
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. Wind ×2
    40. Converter
    41. Wind ×3
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    43. Wind
    44. SentrySentry
    45. Converter
    46. SentrySentry
    47. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 8:58
    48. SentrySentry
    49. Converter
    50. FalconFighter ×2
    51. Converter
    52. FalconFighter ×2
    53. Con turret ×2
    54. FalconFighter
    55. Con turret
    56. Converter
    57. FalconFighter
    58. Con turret
    59. FalconFighter
    60. Con turret
    61. FalconFighter
    62. Con turret
    63. FalconFighter
    64. Con turret
    65. Converter
    66. FalconFighter ×8
    67. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 11:22 · typical 11:09
    68. Converter
    69. FalconFighter ×2
    70. Converter
    71. StorkLight transportfor Tech
    72. Converter
    73. StorkLight transportfor Tech
    74. FalconFighter
    75. BlinkScout plane
    76. Converter
    77. T2 converter
    78. FalconFighter ×2
    79. Con turret
    80. FalconFighter
    81. Con turret
    82. Converter
    83. FalconFighter ×3
    84. Converter
    85. FalconFighter ×5
    86. Converter
    87. FalconFighter ×6
    88. Converter
    89. FalconFighter ×3
    90. BlinkScout plane
    91. FalconFighter ×4
    92. Converter
    93. FalconFighter ×6
    94. Converter
    95. FalconFighter ×7
    96. Converter
    97. FalconFighter ×3
    98. BlinkScout plane
    99. FalconFighter ×2
    100. Converter
    101. FalconFighter ×6
    102. Converter
    103. FalconFighter ×7
    104. Converter
    105. FalconFighter ×5
    106. BlinkScout plane
    107. FalconFighter ×3
    108. Converter
    109. T2 converter
    110. FalconFighter ×4
    111. Converter
    112. FalconFighter ×2
    113. T2 converter
    114. FalconFighter
    115. Converter
    116. FalconFighter ×2
    117. Converter
    118. FalconFighter
    119. Fusion ReactorFusion
    120. FalconFighter ×2
    121. Converter
    122. FalconFighter
    123. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    124. Converter ×3
    125. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Grump]FranzDK's (31 OS, 19/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Blink2 Scout plane to Geo sea or Beach seafirst at 1:50 · in 86% of games
  • Stork3 Light transport to Tech or Geo sea or Beach seafirst at 2:09 · in 89% 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 1:33 · 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 70% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 6:04 · in 87% 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

151 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039000
2:0091900
3:00145400
4:002055500
5:0027817473
6:003578153146
7:004959241250
8:006685341312
9:008662403365
10:0010896489489
11:0013372628584
12:0016098851709
13:00188981243938
14:002172616071450
15:002478619852314
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

[Grump]FranzDK

30.8 OS · 19/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
293 metal received · 250072 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=146
Advanced Metal Extractor7:03Middle 50%: 6:36–7:36 · n=142
Fusion Reactor11:09Middle 50%: 10:00–12:26 · n=86

Played most by

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