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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×5
    3. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 1:26 · 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 · 23 steps
    1. Wind
    2. BlinkScout planefor Geo sea
    3. StorkLight transportfor Geo sea
    4. BlinkScout plane
    5. FalconFighter
    6. Wind ×2
    7. FalconFighter ×2
    8. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    9. Wind ×7
    10. FalconFighter
    11. Energy storage
    12. Mex
    13. FalconFighter
    14. Con turret
    15. Wind
    16. FalconFighter
    17. Wind
    18. Con turret
    19. FalconFighter
    20. StorkLight transport ×2for Tech
    21. Wind
    22. FalconFighter ×2
    23. 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 · 142 steps
    1. FalconFighter ×2
    2. Converter
    3. FalconFighter
    4. Wind
    5. FalconFighter
    6. Wind
    7. StorkLight transportfor Tech
    8. Converter
    9. Wind
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:24 · typical 7:03
    11. Wind
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    13. FalconFighter
    14. Wind
    15. Converter
    16. Wind
    17. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    19. FalconFighter
    20. Wind
    21. FalconFighter
    22. Wind
    23. FalconFighter
    24. Converter
    25. Wind
    26. FalconFighter ×2
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    28. FalconFighter
    29. Wind
    30. FalconFighter
    31. Wind
    32. FalconFighter
    33. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    34. Wind
    35. Construction AircraftCon aircraft ×2
    36. Converter
    37. Wind
    38. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    39. Wind
    40. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    41. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 10:40 · typical 11:09
    42. Wind
    43. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    44. Wind
    45. FalconFighter
    46. Wind ×2
    47. FalconFighter ×2
    48. Wind
    49. Con turret
    50. Converter
    51. Wind ×2
    52. Con turret
    53. Wind
    54. FalconFighter
    55. Wind
    56. FalconFighter
    57. Con turret
    58. Converter
    59. Wind ×2
    60. Con turret
    61. FalconFighter
    62. Wind
    63. FalconFighter
    64. Wind ×2
    65. FalconFighter
    66. Converter
    67. Wind ×3
    68. FalconFighter
    69. Wind
    70. FalconFighter ×2
    71. Converter
    72. Wind
    73. FalconFighter
    74. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantnot finished by 15:00
    75. FalconFighter
    76. Wind
    77. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    78. Wind
    79. FalconFighter ×2
    80. Con turret
    81. Wind
    82. Con turret
    83. FalconFighter
    84. Converter
    85. Wind
    86. FalconFighter ×2
    87. Wind
    88. FalconFighter
    89. Wind
    90. FalconFighter ×4
    91. Wind ×2
    92. Converter
    93. Wind ×3
    94. Converter
    95. FalconFighter
    96. Wind
    97. FalconFighter ×3
    98. Wind
    99. FalconFighter ×2
    100. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 12:30
    101. FalconFighter
    102. Con turret
    103. Wind
    104. Con turret
    105. FalconFighter
    106. Con turret
    107. FalconFighter
    108. Converter
    109. Wind
    110. Con turret ×3
    111. FalconFighter
    112. Fusion ReactorFusion
    113. Con turret
    114. FalconFighter
    115. Wind
    116. Con turret ×2
    117. Wind
    118. Con turret
    119. FalconFighter ×3
    120. Converter
    121. Wind ×4
    122. Converter
    123. T2 converter
    124. Wind ×2
    125. Converter
    126. Wind ×2
    127. Converter
    128. Wind ×2
    129. FalconFighter ×9
    130. Converter
    131. FalconFighter ×4
    132. Wind
    133. FalconFighter
    134. Wind
    135. FalconFighter ×8
    136. Converter
    137. FalconFighter ×3
    138. Wind
    139. FalconFighter
    140. Wind
    141. FalconFighter ×4
    142. Fusion ReactorFusion

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Stefan1156's (34 OS, 08/10/2026); 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

Stefan1156

34.1 OS · 08/10/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
671 metal received · 75025 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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