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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 (66%)

#eco #air #team support · 61 distinct matches · 31 players · 67% of Armada Air games · team won 42% of 62 · 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 61 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 Turbine4Wind
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plant after 3 mex, 5 wind, 1 energy storagedone ~1:32, middle half 1:15–1:44

    By 1:14 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Solar ×2
    3. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 1:07 · typical 1:32
  2. 2

    Aircraft Plant to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine12Wind
    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 (39%) · banshee (37%) · light transport (37%)

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

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

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine31Wind
    • Energy Converter9Converter
    Order
    1. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plant after 39 wind, 6 converter, 5 con turretin 61% of games
    Builders
    • Construction Turret4 Con turret
    Army
    • Falcon9 Fighter

    Some games also: con aircraft (45%) · fusion (37%) · energy storage (32%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 49 wind · 10 converter · 1 energy storage · 6 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 139 steps
    1. FalconFighter ×2
    2. Wind
    3. FalconFighter
    4. BansheeBanshee ×2
    5. Con turret
    6. BansheeBanshee
    7. Wind
    8. Converter
    9. FalconFighter
    10. Converter
    11. Wind
    12. FalconFighter
    13. Converter
    14. Wind
    15. Converter ×3
    16. FalconFighter
    17. Wind ×2
    18. FalconFighter
    19. Wind ×2
    20. FalconFighter
    21. Wind
    22. FalconFighter
    23. Wind ×2
    24. FalconFighter
    25. Wind ×2
    26. FalconFighter ×2
    27. Wind
    28. FalconFighter ×2
    29. Wind
    30. FalconFighter
    31. Wind
    32. FalconFighter ×2
    33. Construction AircraftCon aircraft ×2
    34. Converter
    35. Wind
    36. Con turret
    37. Converter
    38. Con turret
    39. FalconFighter
    40. Converter
    41. FalconFighter
    42. Wind
    43. Converter
    44. FalconFighter ×2
    45. Wind ×2
    46. FalconFighter
    47. Wind ×2
    48. FalconFighter
    49. Wind
    50. NettleNettle
    51. Wind
    52. NettleNettle
    53. Wind
    54. FalconFighter
    55. Wind ×2
    56. NettleNettle
    57. FalconFighter
    58. Wind ×2
    59. SentrySentry
    60. FalconFighter
    61. Wind
    62. SentrySentry
    63. Wind
    64. FalconFighter
    65. Wind ×2
    66. SentrySentry
    67. FalconFighter
    68. Wind ×3
    69. FalconFighter
    70. SentrySentry
    71. Con turret
    72. Wind ×5
    73. Converter
    74. Wind
    75. FalconFighter
    76. Wind
    77. Con turret
    78. Converter
    79. FalconFighter
    80. Converter
    81. FalconFighter
    82. Wind
    83. FalconFighter
    84. Wind
    85. Converter
    86. Wind ×2
    87. FalconFighter
    88. Wind ×2
    89. FalconFighter
    90. Converter
    91. Wind ×2
    92. FalconFighter
    93. Wind ×2
    94. FalconFighter
    95. Wind
    96. FalconFighter
    97. Wind
    98. FalconFighter
    99. Wind
    100. Converter
    101. FalconFighter
    102. Wind ×3
    103. FalconFighter
    104. BansheeBanshee
    105. Converter
    106. Wind
    107. SentrySentry
    108. Wind ×2
    109. BansheeBanshee
    110. Wind ×2
    111. Converter
    112. Wind
    113. BansheeBanshee
    114. Wind ×4
    115. FalconFighter
    116. Wind ×2
    117. FalconFighter
    118. Wind
    119. FalconFighter
    120. Wind ×2
    121. Converter
    122. FalconFighter
    123. Wind ×3
    124. FalconFighter
    125. BansheeBanshee
    126. Wind ×3
    127. BansheeBanshee
    128. Wind ×3
    129. BansheeBanshee
    130. Wind ×3
    131. BansheeBanshee
    132. Wind ×4
    133. BansheeBanshee
    134. Wind ×3
    135. FalconFighter
    136. Wind ×3
    137. FalconFighter
    138. Wind ×2
    139. FalconFighter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is yubiyubi's (40 OS, 27/08/2026); 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 82% of games
  • Stork3 Light transport to Tech or Geo sea or Geofirst at 2:12 · in 87% of games
  • Osprey1 Heavy transport to Beach sea or Pond or Techfirst at 2:28 · in 68% of games

You get

  • Wind Turbine3 Wind from Beach sea or Geo seafirst at 1:27 · in 34% of games
  • Wind Turbine3 Wind from Beach sea or Geo seafirst at 1:31 · in 53% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot from Techfirst at 2:29 · in 66% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 5:59 · in 85% 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

62 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039000
2:0092100
3:00145500
4:0020435151
5:002794102125
6:003628226190
7:005139296284
8:006970382307
9:009036386344
10:0011472469428
11:0013958606500
12:0017010946709
13:001983416421116
14:002237718621690
15:002559419012435
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

yubiyubi

40.2 OS · 27/08/2026

Open source match ↗

0 received units
28 metal received · 5915 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Aircraft Plant1:32Middle 50%: 1:15–1:44 · n=60
Advanced Metal Extractor6:50Middle 50%: 6:30–7:35 · n=56
Fusion Reactor10:31Middle 50%: 9:25–12:05 · n=37

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