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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 · 150 distinct matches · 68 players · 66% of Armada Air games · team won 42% of 153 · 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 150 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. Solar
    3. Wind ×3
    4. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 1:54 · 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 (33%) · banshee (33%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 20 steps
    1. BlinkScout plane
    2. Wind ×2
    3. BansheeBanshee
    4. Wind
    5. OspreyHeavy transportfor Beach sea
    6. Wind ×3
    7. BlinkScout plane ×2for Beach sea
    8. StorkLight transport ×2for Geo sea
    9. FalconFighter
    10. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    11. Mex
    12. Con turret
    13. FalconFighter ×2
    14. Energy storage
    15. FalconFighter
    16. Wind ×3
    17. StorkLight transportfor Beach sea
    18. StorkLight transport
    19. Wind
    20. Converter
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine34Wind
    • Energy Converter8Converter
    Order
    1. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plant in 80% 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 · 171 steps
    1. StorkLight transportfor Tech
    2. Wind ×3
    3. FalconFighter ×3
    4. Wind
    5. FalconFighter
    6. Wind
    7. BansheeBanshee
    8. Wind ×6
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    12. Con turret
    13. Wind
    14. Con turret
    15. Converter
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Converter
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:59 · typical 7:03
    19. Wind
    20. Converter
    21. Wind
    22. Converter
    23. Wind
    24. Converter
    25. Wind ×2
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    27. Wind
    28. Solar ×2
    29. Wind
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    31. Wind ×5
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    33. Wind ×7
    34. Con turret ×2
    35. Wind
    36. Con turret
    37. Wind ×5
    38. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 10:11
    39. Wind
    40. BlinkScout plane
    41. Wind
    42. FalconFighter
    43. Wind ×2
    44. FalconFighter
    45. Wind
    46. FalconFighter
    47. Wind ×2
    48. StorkLight transport
    49. Wind
    50. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    51. Wind ×2
    52. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    53. Wind ×2
    54. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    55. Wind ×3
    56. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    57. Wind ×2
    58. Converter
    59. StorkLight transport
    60. Wind ×3
    61. Converter
    62. Con turret
    63. FalconFighter
    64. Wind ×2
    65. Converter
    66. Wind
    67. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    68. Wind ×4
    69. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    70. Wind ×5
    71. Converter
    72. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    73. Con turret
    74. Wind ×2
    75. Converter
    76. Wind ×2
    77. Con turret
    78. Wind
    79. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    80. Converter
    81. Con turret
    82. Wind ×3
    83. Con turret
    84. Wind
    85. Converter
    86. Wind
    87. Con turret
    88. Wind ×3
    89. Con turret
    90. Converter
    91. Wind
    92. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    93. Wind ×2
    94. Converter
    95. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    96. Converter
    97. FalconFighter
    98. Wind ×2
    99. FalconFighter
    100. Converter
    101. FalconFighter
    102. Converter
    103. Wind
    104. FalconFighter
    105. Converter
    106. Wind
    107. FalconFighter
    108. Wind ×2
    109. Converter
    110. FalconFighter
    111. Wind ×2
    112. FalconFighter
    113. Converter
    114. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:26 · typical 11:07
    115. Wind
    116. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    117. Wind ×3
    118. Converter ×2
    119. Wind ×2
    120. Converter ×2
    121. Wind ×2
    122. Converter
    123. Wind
    124. Converter
    125. Wind
    126. Converter
    127. Wind
    128. Converter
    129. Wind
    130. Converter
    131. Wind
    132. Converter
    133. Fusion ReactorFusion
    134. Wind ×2
    135. Converter
    136. Wind
    137. Converter
    138. Wind ×2
    139. Converter
    140. Wind
    141. Converter
    142. Wind
    143. Converter
    144. Wind
    145. Converter
    146. Wind
    147. Converter
    148. Wind
    149. Converter
    150. Wind ×2
    151. Converter
    152. Wind
    153. Converter
    154. Wind
    155. Converter
    156. Wind ×2
    157. Converter ×3
    158. Wind
    159. Fusion ReactorFusion
    160. Wind
    161. Converter ×2
    162. Wind ×2
    163. Converter
    164. Wind ×2
    165. T2 converter
    166. Converter
    167. Wind ×2
    168. Converter
    169. Wind ×2
    170. Converter
    171. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TheGeneraI's (32 OS, 04/10/2026); 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 1:33 · in 52% of games
  • Wind Turbine3 Wind from Beach sea or Geo sea or Techfirst at 1:40 · in 39% 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

01k2k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

01k2k3k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

153 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039000
2:0091900
3:00145400
4:002060500
5:0027837473
6:003578148146
7:004959241250
8:006685337302
9:008662391365
10:0011009451489
11:0013467619584
12:0016151838708
13:00190351234935
14:002181516071450
15:002484619852270
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

TheGeneraI

32.1 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
116 metal received · 9071 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=148
Advanced Metal Extractor7:03Middle 50%: 6:36–7:38 · n=144
Fusion Reactor11:07Middle 50%: 10:01–12:25 · n=87

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