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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 · 150 distinct matches · 68 players · 66% of Armada Air games · team won 42% of 153 · 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 150 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 · 6 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Energy storage
    6. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 1:25 · 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 (33%) · banshee (33%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 36 steps
    1. Wind
    2. BlinkScout planefor Beach sea
    3. OspreyHeavy transport
    4. Wind
    5. BlinkScout planefor Geo sea
    6. BlinkScout plane
    7. Wind
    8. OspreyHeavy transportfor Beach sea
    9. Wind
    10. FalconFighter ×2
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    13. FalconFighter
    14. Con turret
    15. Mex
    16. Wind
    17. FalconFighter
    18. Wind
    19. FalconFighter
    20. Converter
    21. Con turret
    22. Converter
    23. FalconFighter
    24. Wind ×2
    25. StorkLight transport
    26. Wind
    27. StorkLight transportfor Tech
    28. Wind ×2
    29. Converter
    30. Wind ×3
    31. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    32. Wind ×3
    33. Converter
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Con turret
    36. Wind
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine34Wind
    • Energy Converter8Converter
    Order
    1. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plant in 80% 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 · 187 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Converter
    3. Wind ×5
    4. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 5:43
    5. Wind
    6. Converter
    7. BansheeBanshee
    8. Wind
    9. Converter ×2
    10. Wind
    11. BansheeBanshee
    12. Converter
    13. FalconFighter ×2
    14. Converter
    15. Wind
    16. FalconFighter
    17. Converter
    18. Wind
    19. FalconFighter
    20. Wind
    21. Converter
    22. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    23. Wind
    24. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    25. Converter
    26. Wind
    27. FalconFighter
    28. Wind
    29. Converter
    30. FalconFighter
    31. Wind
    32. Con turret
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:25 · typical 7:03
    34. Converter
    35. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3
    37. Con turret
    38. Wind ×7
    39. Converter
    40. Wind ×7
    41. Converter
    42. Wind
    43. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 9:09
    44. Wind ×2
    45. Con turret
    46. Converter
    47. Wind
    48. FalconFighter
    49. Wind ×2
    50. FalconFighter
    51. Converter
    52. Wind
    53. FalconFighter
    54. Wind
    55. Con turret
    56. FalconFighter
    57. Converter
    58. Wind ×2
    59. FalconFighter
    60. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    61. Wind ×2
    62. Converter
    63. Con turret
    64. Wind ×2
    65. FalconFighter
    66. Converter
    67. FalconFighter
    68. Wind ×3
    69. FalconFighter
    70. Wind ×2
    71. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    72. Wind
    73. Converter
    74. Wind ×3
    75. FalconFighter
    76. Wind ×3
    77. Converter
    78. Wind
    79. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    80. Wind ×5
    81. FalconFighter
    82. Wind ×2
    83. Converter
    84. FalconFighter
    85. Wind ×4
    86. FalconFighter
    87. Wind ×4
    88. FalconFighter
    89. Wind
    90. Converter
    91. Wind ×2
    92. Con turret
    93. FalconFighter
    94. Wind ×3
    95. Con turret
    96. Wind
    97. Converter
    98. Wind ×3
    99. FalconFighter
    100. Con turret ×2
    101. Wind ×3
    102. Converter
    103. Wind
    104. Con turret
    105. Wind ×2
    106. Con turret
    107. Wind
    108. FalconFighter
    109. Wind ×2
    110. Converter
    111. Wind
    112. FalconFighter
    113. Wind
    114. Con turret
    115. Wind ×2
    116. Con turret
    117. StorkLight transport
    118. Converter
    119. Wind ×2
    120. Con turret
    121. Wind ×3
    122. FalconFighter ×3
    123. Wind ×2
    124. FalconFighter
    125. Converter
    126. FalconFighter
    127. Wind
    128. FalconFighter
    129. Wind
    130. FalconFighter
    131. Converter
    132. FalconFighter
    133. Wind ×2
    134. FalconFighter
    135. Wind
    136. FalconFighter
    137. Wind
    138. BansheeBanshee
    139. Converter
    140. Wind
    141. BansheeBanshee
    142. Wind ×2
    143. BansheeBanshee
    144. Wind
    145. BansheeBanshee
    146. Wind
    147. BansheeBanshee
    148. Wind
    149. BansheeBanshee
    150. Wind ×2
    151. BansheeBanshee
    152. Wind
    153. BansheeBanshee ×2
    154. Converter
    155. Wind ×3
    156. BansheeBanshee ×3
    157. Wind ×2
    158. FalconFighter
    159. Converter
    160. Wind
    161. FalconFighter
    162. Wind
    163. FalconFighter
    164. Wind
    165. FalconFighter ×2
    166. Wind
    167. FalconFighter
    168. Wind ×2
    169. FalconFighter
    170. Converter
    171. FalconFighter
    172. Wind
    173. FalconFighter ×2
    174. Wind ×2
    175. FalconFighter
    176. Wind
    177. FalconFighter
    178. Converter
    179. FalconFighter ×4
    180. Wind
    181. FalconFighter ×2
    182. Converter
    183. FalconFighter ×3
    184. Wind
    185. FalconFighter ×3
    186. Converter
    187. FalconFighter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is gamercore's (30 OS, 12/10/2026); 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 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 1:33 · in 52% of games
  • Wind Turbine3 Wind from Beach sea or Geo sea or Techfirst at 1:40 · in 39% 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

01k2k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

01k2k3k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

153 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039000
2:0091900
3:00145400
4:002060500
5:0027837473
6:003578148146
7:004959241250
8:006685337302
9:008662391365
10:0011009451489
11:0013467619584
12:0016151838708
13:00190351234935
14:002181516071450
15:002484619852270
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

30.2 OS · 12/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
1189 metal received · 38532 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=148
Advanced Metal Extractor7:03Middle 50%: 6:36–7:38 · n=144
Fusion Reactor11:07Middle 50%: 10:01–12:25 · n=87

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