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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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×5
    3. Energy storage
    4. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 1:36 · 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 · 27 steps
    1. BlinkScout planefor Beach sea
    2. Wind
    3. BlinkScout planefor Geo sea
    4. Wind
    5. BlinkScout plane
    6. OspreyHeavy transportfor Beach sea
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    9. Wind
    10. FalconFighter
    11. Wind
    12. Mex
    13. Wind ×3
    14. FalconFighter
    15. Wind
    16. FalconFighter
    17. Con turret
    18. FalconFighter ×2
    19. Con turret ×2
    20. FalconFighter
    21. Wind
    22. FalconFighter
    23. StorkLight transportfor Tech
    24. Wind ×2
    25. StorkLight transport ×2for Beach sea
    26. Wind ×2
    27. 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 (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 · 212 steps
    1. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    2. Wind ×7
    3. Converter
    4. Wind ×3
    5. Converter
    6. Wind ×3
    7. Converter
    8. Wind ×2
    9. Converter
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 7:04 · typical 7:03
    12. Wind
    13. SentrySentry
    14. NettleNettle ×2
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    16. Wind
    17. NettleNettle
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    19. Wind
    20. Con turret ×4
    21. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 9:21 · typical 11:09
    22. Wind ×4
    23. Converter
    24. Wind ×3
    25. Converter
    26. Wind ×3
    27. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:00
    28. Wind
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Wind
    31. Converter
    32. Construction BotCon bot
    33. Converter
    34. Construction BotCon bot
    35. Converter
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. Converter
    38. Construction BotCon bot
    39. Converter
    40. Construction BotCon bot
    41. Converter
    42. Wind ×2
    43. Construction BotCon bot
    44. Converter
    45. Wind
    46. Construction BotCon bot
    47. Converter
    48. Construction BotCon bot
    49. Wind ×2
    50. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    51. Wind
    52. Converter
    53. Construction BotCon bot
    54. Wind ×9
    55. Converter
    56. Wind ×4
    57. Converter
    58. Wind
    59. Converter
    60. Con turret
    61. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 11:26
    62. Wind
    63. Con turret
    64. Wind ×4
    65. Converter
    66. Con turret
    67. FalconFighter
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Con turret
    70. Wind ×2
    71. Converter
    72. Con turret
    73. Wind
    74. Con turret
    75. FalconFighter
    76. Wind
    77. Con turret
    78. Wind ×2
    79. Con turret
    80. Wind
    81. FalconFighter
    82. Converter
    83. Wind
    84. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    85. FalconFighter
    86. Converter
    87. Wind
    88. FalconFighter
    89. Wind ×2
    90. FalconFighter
    91. Converter
    92. FalconFighter
    93. Wind ×2
    94. FalconFighter
    95. Converter
    96. FalconFighter
    97. Wind
    98. FalconFighter
    99. Wind ×2
    100. Converter
    101. FalconFighter
    102. Wind
    103. FalconFighter
    104. Converter
    105. FalconFighter
    106. Converter
    107. FalconFighter
    108. Wind
    109. FalconFighter
    110. Wind
    111. FalconFighter
    112. Wind
    113. FalconFighter
    114. Converter
    115. FalconFighter
    116. Wind
    117. FalconFighter ×2
    118. Converter
    119. FalconFighter
    120. Wind ×3
    121. FalconFighter
    122. Converter
    123. FalconFighter ×2
    124. Wind
    125. Converter
    126. FalconFighter
    127. Wind
    128. FalconFighter
    129. Converter
    130. Wind
    131. FalconFighter
    132. Wind ×2
    133. Converter
    134. FalconFighter ×2
    135. Converter
    136. Wind
    137. FalconFighter ×2
    138. Converter
    139. Wind
    140. FalconFighter
    141. Converter
    142. Wind
    143. Converter
    144. Wind ×2
    145. FalconFighter ×2
    146. Converter
    147. FalconFighter
    148. Wind
    149. FalconFighter
    150. Wind
    151. FalconFighter ×2
    152. Converter
    153. Wind ×2
    154. FalconFighter
    155. Wind
    156. FalconFighter ×3
    157. Wind
    158. FalconFighter
    159. Wind
    160. FalconFighter ×2
    161. Wind
    162. FalconFighter
    163. Wind ×2
    164. FalconFighter ×2
    165. Converter
    166. Wind
    167. FalconFighter
    168. Wind
    169. FalconFighter ×2
    170. Wind ×3
    171. FalconFighter ×2
    172. Converter
    173. Wind ×2
    174. FalconFighter ×2
    175. Wind ×2
    176. FalconFighter
    177. Wind
    178. FalconFighter
    179. Fusion ReactorFusion
    180. Converter
    181. Wind ×2
    182. FalconFighter
    183. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    184. Wind ×5
    185. Converter
    186. Wind ×3
    187. Converter
    188. Wind ×10
    189. Converter
    190. Wind ×4
    191. Converter
    192. Wind ×2
    193. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 14:39
    194. Wind
    195. Converter
    196. Wind ×3
    197. FinchFinch ×3
    198. Wind ×2
    199. FinchFinch
    200. Converter
    201. FinchFinch ×2
    202. Wind ×2
    203. FinchFinch
    204. Wind
    205. FinchFinch ×3
    206. Wind
    207. Converter
    208. ValiantValiant
    209. Wind
    210. ValiantValiant ×2
    211. Wind ×2
    212. ValiantValiant

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is gamercore's (31 OS, 27/09/2026); 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 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

gamercore

31.2 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
384 metal received · 56745 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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