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Standard air

The typical Armada Air build: an early Aircraft Plant, transports and scouts made for the team, an Advanced Metal Extractor and Fusion Reactor for eco, transitioning into fighters and later Highwinds or gunships to protect allies and…

Usually transports first (64%)

#eco #air #team support · 63 distinct matches · 31 players · 74% of Armada Air games · team won 42% of 64 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Aircraft Plant by 1:30

  1. Take 3 mex and open straight into wind.
  2. Get the aircraft plant up fast to start fighter production.
  3. Add an advanced mex to fund the air spam.
  4. Bring fusion online to sustain heavier air numbers.
  5. Mix in Highwind and Banshee alongside fighter spam for escorts.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 63 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 1:15–1:44

    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
    3. Solar ×3
    4. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 1:22 · typical 1:30
  2. 2

    Aircraft Plant to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine13Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Construction Aircraft1 Con aircraft
    Army
    • Falcon6 Fighter
    • Stork2 Light transport for allies
    • Blink2 Scout plane for allies
    • Blink1 Scout plane
    • Osprey1 Heavy transport for allies

    Some games also: converter (44%) · banshee (39%) · light transport (39%) · energy storage (34%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 28 steps
    1. OspreyHeavy transportfor Beach sea
    2. Wind ×2
    3. BlinkScout planefor Beach sea
    4. StorkLight transportfor Geo sea
    5. BlinkScout planefor Geo sea
    6. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    7. Energy storage
    8. Con turret ×2
    9. Wind ×2
    10. StorkLight transportfor Tech
    11. Wind ×6
    12. Mex
    13. Wind ×2
    14. FalconFighter
    15. Wind ×3
    16. BlinkScout plane
    17. Wind ×2
    18. Converter
    19. StorkLight transportfor Geo
    20. Wind
    21. Con turret
    22. Converter ×2
    23. OspreyHeavy transport
    24. Converter
    25. FalconFighter
    26. Wind
    27. OspreyHeavy transportfor Pond
    28. Wind
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine30Wind
    • Energy Converter9Converter
    Order
    1. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plant after 33 wind, 6 converter, 5 con turretin 63% of games
    Builders
    • Construction Turret4 Con turret
    Army
    • Falcon8 Fighter

    Some games also: con aircraft (45%) · fusion (42%) · energy storage (33%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 47 wind · 10 converter · 1 energy storage · 6 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 99 steps
    1. Wind
    2. StorkLight transportfor Geo
    3. Wind ×2
    4. FalconFighter
    5. Wind
    6. FalconFighter ×2
    7. Wind
    8. StorkLight transportfor Tech
    9. Wind ×3
    10. Converter
    11. Wind
    12. Converter
    13. Energy storage
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Converter ×2
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 6:43 · typical 6:48
    17. Con turret
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    19. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 7:23
    20. FalconFighter
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    22. FalconFighter ×12
    23. BeamerBeamer
    24. FalconFighter ×3
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. FalconFighter ×4
    27. Energy storage
    28. Con turret
    29. Windfor Beach sea
    30. Wind ×3
    31. Windfor Beach sea
    32. Wind ×2
    33. FalconFighter
    34. Windfor Beach sea
    35. Wind
    36. FalconFighter
    37. Con turret
    38. Windfor Beach sea
    39. Wind
    40. FalconFighter
    41. Con turret
    42. Windfor Beach sea
    43. FalconFighter
    44. Wind
    45. Windfor Beach sea
    46. FalconFighter ×2
    47. Windfor Beach sea
    48. FalconFighter ×3
    49. Windfor Beach sea
    50. FalconFighter
    51. StormbringerBomber
    52. Windfor Beach sea
    53. StormbringerBomber ×2
    54. Windfor Beach sea
    55. StormbringerBomber
    56. Windfor Beach sea
    57. StormbringerBomber ×2
    58. Windfor Beach sea
    59. StormbringerBomber ×5
    60. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    61. StormbringerBomber
    62. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    63. StormbringerBomber
    64. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    65. StormbringerBomber
    66. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    67. StormbringerBomber
    68. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    69. FalconFighterfor Geo
    70. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    71. FalconFighter
    72. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    73. FalconFighterfor Geo
    74. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    75. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 11:33 · typical 9:55
    76. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    77. FalconFighter
    78. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 11:47
    79. FalconFighter ×9for Geo
    80. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    81. FalconFighter ×6for Geo
    82. FalconFighter
    83. OspreyHeavy transport
    84. FalconFighter ×9for Geo
    85. FalconFighter
    86. FalconFighter ×9for Geo
    87. ShipyardShipyardnot finished by 15:00
    88. FalconFighter ×3for Geo
    89. ShipyardShipyardfor Beach seadone 13:52
    90. FalconFighter ×2for Geo
    91. FalconFighter ×2
    92. BlinkScout planefor Tech
    93. FalconFighter ×3
    94. CorsairDestroyernot finished by 15:00
    95. FalconFighter ×4
    96. HarpoonHarpoon
    97. FalconFighter ×5
    98. Fusion ReactorFusion
    99. FalconFighter ×6

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Leohvm's (49 OS, 31/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Blink2 Scout plane to Geo sea or Beach seafirst at 1:56 · in 86% of games
  • Stork3 Light transport to Tech or Geo seafirst at 2:13 · in 89% of games
  • Osprey1 Heavy transport to Beach sea or Pond or Techfirst at 2:28 · in 67% of games

You get

  • Wind Turbine2–3 Wind from Beach sea or Geo seafirst at 1:27 · in 38% of games
  • Wind Turbine3 Wind from Beach sea or Geo seafirst at 1:30 · in 53% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot from Techfirst at 2:28 · in 66% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 5:53 · in 84% 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

64 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039100
2:0092100
3:00145400
4:0020405151
5:002788102125
6:003621211190
7:005139288263
8:006970367292
9:009134375318
10:0011575421352
11:0014215606460
12:0017193984755
13:001991516421165
14:002254619011852
15:002598022902764
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard air has the lowest team win rate of the six builds despite decent metal production, suggesting air presence alone isn't deciding these games.

  • + Metal produced reaches 25980 by 15:00, second highest of the builds shown.
  • + First kill lands early at 3:42 in 99% of games.
  • − Team win rate is only 42%, the lowest among all standard builds.
  • − Own metal lost by 15:00 reaches 2764 despite fighters being the main army.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Leohvm

49.4 OS · 31/08/2026

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8 received units · includes a constructor
745 metal received · 124067 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Aircraft Plant1:30Middle 50%: 1:15–1:44 · n=64
Advanced Metal Extractor6:48Middle 50%: 6:30–7:14 · n=57
Fusion Reactor9:55Middle 50%: 9:14–11:54 · n=40

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