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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 (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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 1:31 · 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 · 22 steps
    1. BansheeBanshee
    2. BlinkScout plane ×2for Geo sea
    3. StorkLight transport
    4. FalconFighter
    5. Wind
    6. StorkLight transportfor Geo sea
    7. OspreyHeavy transportfor Beach sea
    8. Wind ×2
    9. FalconFighter
    10. Mex
    11. FalconFighter ×2
    12. StorkLight transportfor Tech
    13. FalconFighter
    14. Wind
    15. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    16. FalconFighter
    17. Wind
    18. FalconFighter ×2
    19. Con turret
    20. Wind
    21. Con turret
    22. 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 · 136 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. Wind
    3. Converter
    4. Wind
    5. Converter
    6. Wind
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:54 · typical 7:03
    8. Converter
    9. Wind
    10. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    11. Wind
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    13. Wind
    14. Converter
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    16. Wind ×4
    17. Converter
    18. Wind
    19. Bot LabBot Labdone 7:24
    20. Converter
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. Converter
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. Converter
    25. Wind
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. Converter
    28. Construction BotCon bot
    29. Wind ×2
    30. Construction BotCon bot
    31. Wind
    32. Converter
    33. Wind
    34. Construction BotCon bot
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. Wind
    38. Converter
    39. Wind
    40. Construction BotCon bot
    41. Wind ×2
    42. Converter
    43. Wind
    44. Construction BotCon bot
    45. Converter
    46. Wind ×2
    47. Construction BotCon bot
    48. Wind
    49. Converter
    50. Construction BotCon bot
    51. Wind ×3
    52. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    53. Converter
    54. Wind
    55. Construction BotCon bot
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Construction BotCon bot
    58. Wind ×2
    59. Con turret
    60. Wind ×3
    61. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 10:02 · typical 11:09
    62. Wind
    63. Con turret
    64. Wind ×4
    65. Con turret
    66. Wind
    67. Con turret
    68. Wind ×4
    69. Con turret
    70. Wind ×7
    71. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    72. Wind ×17
    73. T2 converter
    74. Wind ×7
    75. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 10:35
    76. Wind ×7
    77. FalconFighter ×2
    78. Wind ×3
    79. FalconFighter
    80. Wind ×3
    81. FalconFighter
    82. Wind
    83. FalconFighter ×2
    84. Wind ×3
    85. FalconFighter
    86. Wind ×2
    87. FalconFighter
    88. Wind
    89. T2 converter
    90. FalconFighter
    91. Wind ×6
    92. FalconFighter
    93. Wind ×6
    94. FalconFighter
    95. Wind ×3
    96. FalconFighter ×2
    97. Wind ×5
    98. FalconFighter
    99. Wind
    100. FalconFighter
    101. Wind
    102. T2 converter
    103. FalconFighter
    104. Wind ×9
    105. Fusion ReactorFusion
    106. Wind ×5
    107. FalconFighter
    108. Wind ×7
    109. Con turret
    110. Wind ×5
    111. Con turret
    112. Wind ×2
    113. FalconFighter
    114. Con turret ×2
    115. Wind ×4
    116. Con turret
    117. Wind ×2
    118. Con turret
    119. FalconFighter
    120. Wind
    121. FalconFighter
    122. Wind ×6
    123. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    124. Wind ×13
    125. T2 converter
    126. Wind ×2
    127. Con turret ×2
    128. Wind ×6
    129. T2 converter
    130. Wind ×8
    131. Advanced Aircraft PlantAdvanced Aircraft Plantdone 13:43
    132. Wind ×6
    133. T2 converter
    134. Wind ×13
    135. HighwindHighwind
    136. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is blazeitken's (30 OS, 30/08/2026); 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

blazeitken

30.2 OS · 30/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
1374 metal received · 58729 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

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