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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Fakepilot's (35 OS, 29/09/2026); 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

Fakepilot

34.9 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
549 metal received · 228488 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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