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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 (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 · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×6
    3. Energy storage
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 1:55 · 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 · 20 steps
    1. BlinkScout planefor Beach sea
    2. Wind ×2
    3. StorkLight transportfor Beach sea
    4. OspreyHeavy transportfor Beach sea
    5. FalconFighter
    6. BlinkScout planefor Geo sea
    7. StorkLight transportfor Geo sea
    8. BlinkScout plane
    9. StorkLight transportfor Tech
    10. FalconFighter ×3
    11. Wind
    12. Mex
    13. Wind
    14. FalconFighter
    15. Wind ×2
    16. FalconFighter
    17. Con turret
    18. FalconFighter
    19. Con turret
    20. FalconFighter
  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 · 243 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. FalconFighter
    3. Wind
    4. FalconFighter
    5. Wind ×2
    6. FalconFighter
    7. Wind ×2
    8. FalconFighter
    9. Wind ×3
    10. FalconFighter
    11. Wind ×2
    12. FalconFighter
    13. Wind
    14. StorkLight transport
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:52 · typical 7:03
    16. Wind
    17. FalconFighter
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    19. Wind
    20. Converter
    21. Wind
    22. Converter
    23. Wind
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    25. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    26. Wind
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    28. Wind
    29. StorkLight transportfor Suicide front
    30. Wind
    31. Con turret
    32. Wind
    33. Con turret
    34. FalconFighter
    35. Wind
    36. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:12
    37. Wind ×2
    38. LazarusLazarus
    39. Construction BotCon bot
    40. Wind
    41. Construction BotCon bot
    42. Wind
    43. Con turret
    44. Construction BotCon bot
    45. Wind
    46. FalconFighter
    47. Con turret
    48. Wind
    49. Con turret
    50. FalconFighter
    51. Wind
    52. Con turret
    53. Construction BotCon bot
    54. Wind
    55. Con turret
    56. FalconFighter
    57. Wind
    58. Converter
    59. FalconFighter
    60. Con turret
    61. Wind
    62. FalconFighter
    63. Construction BotCon bot
    64. FalconFighter
    65. Construction BotCon bot
    66. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 11:55 · typical 11:07
    67. Wind
    68. FalconFighter ×2
    69. Construction BotCon bot
    70. FalconFighter
    71. Wind ×2
    72. Construction BotCon bot
    73. FalconFighter
    74. Construction BotCon bot
    75. Wind
    76. FalconFighter
    77. Wind
    78. FalconFighter
    79. Wind
    80. Con turret
    81. Wind ×3
    82. Converter
    83. Con turret
    84. Wind ×3
    85. FalconFighter
    86. Wind
    87. Con turret
    88. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    89. FalconFighter
    90. Wind ×2
    91. FalconFighter
    92. Wind ×3
    93. FalconFighter
    94. Wind ×2
    95. FalconFighter
    96. Wind
    97. Converter
    98. FalconFighter
    99. Converter
    100. Wind
    101. Converter
    102. Wind
    103. FalconFighter
    104. Wind
    105. Converter
    106. FalconFighter
    107. Wind ×2
    108. FalconFighter
    109. Wind ×2
    110. FalconFighter
    111. Con turret
    112. Converter
    113. FalconFighter
    114. Wind
    115. FalconFighter
    116. Converter ×2
    117. FalconFighter
    118. Wind
    119. Converter
    120. Wind ×2
    121. FalconFighter
    122. Wind
    123. FalconFighter
    124. Wind ×3
    125. Converter
    126. Wind
    127. FalconFighter
    128. Wind ×2
    129. FalconFighter
    130. Wind ×3
    131. FalconFighter
    132. Converter
    133. Wind ×2
    134. FalconFighter
    135. Wind
    136. Converter ×3
    137. FalconFighter
    138. Wind
    139. FalconFighter
    140. Wind ×3
    141. Converter
    142. Wind
    143. FalconFighter
    144. Wind ×2
    145. FalconFighter
    146. Con turret
    147. Converter ×3
    148. Wind ×6
    149. Converter
    150. FalconFighter
    151. Wind ×2
    152. FalconFighter
    153. Converter
    154. Wind ×3
    155. FalconFighter
    156. Wind ×3
    157. Converter
    158. Wind
    159. FalconFighter
    160. Converter
    161. Wind
    162. FalconFighter
    163. Wind
    164. Converter
    165. Wind
    166. FalconFighter
    167. Wind
    168. FalconFighter
    169. Wind
    170. Converter
    171. FalconFighter
    172. Converter
    173. Wind ×2
    174. FalconFighter
    175. Converter
    176. FalconFighter
    177. Wind ×4
    178. Con turret
    179. Converter
    180. Wind ×3
    181. FalconFighter
    182. Con turret
    183. Wind ×4
    184. FalconFighter
    185. Converter
    186. FalconFighter
    187. Wind ×3
    188. FalconFighter
    189. Converter ×3
    190. FalconFighter
    191. Converter
    192. Wind
    193. FalconFighter ×2
    194. Wind
    195. FalconFighter
    196. Wind ×2
    197. FalconFighter
    198. Wind
    199. FalconFighter
    200. Wind
    201. Converter
    202. FalconFighter
    203. Wind ×3
    204. FalconFighter
    205. Converter
    206. Wind
    207. Converter
    208. Wind
    209. FalconFighter
    210. Wind
    211. FalconFighter
    212. Converter
    213. Wind ×2
    214. FalconFighter
    215. Converter
    216. Wind
    217. FalconFighter
    218. Wind
    219. FalconFighter
    220. Wind ×2
    221. FalconFighter
    222. Wind ×2
    223. FalconFighter
    224. Wind ×2
    225. FalconFighter
    226. Wind
    227. Converter
    228. FalconFighter
    229. Wind
    230. FalconFighter
    231. Converter
    232. Wind
    233. FalconFighter ×2
    234. Converter
    235. Wind
    236. FalconFighter ×2
    237. Con turret
    238. Wind ×4
    239. FalconFighter
    240. Con turret
    241. Wind ×2
    242. StormbringerBomber
    243. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Xad's (41 OS, 01/10/2026); 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

Xad

41.2 OS · 01/10/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
671 metal received · 55865 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

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