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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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×7
    3. Energy storage
    4. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 1:48 · 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 · 24 steps
    1. StorkLight transportfor Beach sea
    2. BlinkScout planefor Beach sea
    3. BlinkScout plane
    4. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    5. Con turret ×2
    6. Construction AircraftCon aircraft ×2
    7. Wind
    8. Mex
    9. Wind ×4
    10. NettleNettle
    11. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    12. FalconFighter ×2
    13. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    14. StorkLight transportfor Tech
    15. Mex
    16. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    17. Wind ×5
    18. Converter ×2
    19. Wind
    20. Converter
    21. Wind
    22. Con turret
    23. Converter
    24. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
  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 · 91 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Wind
    3. Converter
    4. Wind ×3
    5. Converter
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Converter
    8. Wind ×2
    9. Converter
    10. Wind ×3
    11. Converter
    12. Wind ×3
    13. Converter
    14. Wind ×4
    15. Converter
    16. Wind ×3
    17. Converter
    18. Wind ×2
    19. Con turret
    20. Converter
    21. Wind
    22. Converter
    23. Wind ×3
    24. Converter
    25. Wind
    26. Converter
    27. Wind ×5
    28. Converter
    29. BeamerBeamer
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:03 · typical 7:03
    31. Converter
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    33. NettleNettle ×2
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 9:12 · typical 11:09
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:15
    38. Construction BotCon bot
    39. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 9:28
    40. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    41. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    42. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    43. Con turret ×4
    44. FalconFighter
    45. Con turret ×2
    46. FalconFighter ×10
    47. Fusion ReactorFusion
    48. FalconFighter ×2
    49. Con turret ×2
    50. FalconFighter
    51. Con turret ×2
    52. FalconFighter
    53. Converter
    54. FalconFighter ×2
    55. Converter
    56. FalconFighter ×2
    57. Converter
    58. FalconFighter
    59. StormbringerBomber
    60. Converter
    61. StormbringerBomber ×2
    62. Converter
    63. StormbringerBomber ×5
    64. Converter
    65. StormbringerBomber ×5
    66. Converter
    67. StormbringerBomber ×2
    68. Converter
    69. StormbringerBomber
    70. Converter
    71. StormbringerBomber
    72. Converter
    73. StormbringerBomber
    74. Converter
    75. StormbringerBomber ×2
    76. Converter
    77. FalconFighter ×6
    78. Converter
    79. FalconFighter ×5
    80. Converter
    81. FalconFighter ×4
    82. Converter
    83. FalconFighter ×4
    84. Converter
    85. FalconFighter ×3
    86. Con turret ×2
    87. FalconFighter
    88. Con turret ×2
    89. FalconFighter ×37
    90. Advanced Fusion ReactorAdvanced Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    91. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Dad_The_Speedrunner's (35 OS, 07/10/2026); 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 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

Dad_The_Speedrunner

35.3 OS · 07/10/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
2667 metal received · 96166 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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