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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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 1:32 · 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 · 34 steps
    1. BlinkScout plane ×2for Beach sea
    2. StorkLight transportfor Geo sea
    3. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    4. Con turret ×2
    5. FalconFighter
    6. Wind
    7. FalconFighter
    8. Mex
    9. Wind
    10. FalconFighter
    11. Wind
    12. FalconFighter
    13. Wind ×3
    14. FalconFighter
    15. Wind ×6
    16. Converter
    17. Wind ×3
    18. Converter
    19. Wind
    20. StorkLight transportfor Tech
    21. Wind
    22. Converter ×2
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    25. Wind
    26. Converter
    27. Wind ×2
    28. Converter
    29. Wind
    30. Con turret
    31. Converter
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Converter
    34. Wind ×4
  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 · 248 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Converter
    3. Wind ×3
    4. Converter
    5. Wind ×5
    6. Converter
    7. Wind ×10
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:01 · typical 7:03
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3
    11. Bot LabBot Labdone 7:24
    12. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    13. Wind
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Con turret
    16. Wind
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. Wind ×2
    19. Con turret
    20. Wind
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. Wind ×4
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. Wind ×2
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. Wind ×3
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. Wind ×3
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Wind ×4
    31. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 8:37
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    34. Wind ×5
    35. FalconFighter
    36. Wind ×3
    37. FalconFighter
    38. Wind ×3
    39. FalconFighter ×2
    40. Wind ×3
    41. FalconFighter
    42. Con turret
    43. Wind ×2
    44. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    45. Wind ×5
    46. FalconFighter
    47. Wind ×3
    48. Con turret
    49. FalconFighter
    50. Wind
    51. Con turret
    52. Wind
    53. Con turret
    54. Wind ×3
    55. StorkLight transport
    56. Wind ×4
    57. FalconFighter
    58. Wind
    59. FalconFighter
    60. Wind ×2
    61. FalconFighter ×2
    62. Wind
    63. Con turret
    64. Wind ×2
    65. FalconFighter
    66. T2 converter
    67. Wind ×2
    68. FalconFighter
    69. Wind ×15
    70. FalconFighter
    71. Wind ×6
    72. T2 converter
    73. FalconFighter
    74. Wind ×16
    75. FalconFighter
    76. Wind ×6
    77. FalconFighter
    78. Wind ×2
    79. FalconFighter
    80. Wind ×2
    81. FalconFighter ×2
    82. Wind ×4
    83. FalconFighter
    84. Wind ×4
    85. FalconFighter
    86. Wind
    87. FalconFighter
    88. Wind ×3
    89. FalconFighter
    90. Wind
    91. FalconFighter
    92. Wind ×2
    93. FalconFighter
    94. Wind ×3
    95. FalconFighter
    96. Wind ×4
    97. FalconFighter
    98. Wind ×4
    99. BlinkScout plane
    100. Wind ×3
    101. BlinkScout plane
    102. Wind
    103. BlinkScout plane
    104. Wind ×2
    105. BlinkScout plane
    106. Wind ×4
    107. BlinkScout plane
    108. Wind
    109. FalconFighter
    110. Wind ×7
    111. FalconFighter
    112. Wind ×3
    113. FalconFighter
    114. Wind ×3
    115. FalconFighter
    116. Wind ×3
    117. FalconFighter
    118. Wind ×2
    119. FalconFighter
    120. Wind ×6
    121. FalconFighter
    122. Wind ×2
    123. FalconFighter
    124. Wind
    125. StorkLight transport
    126. Wind ×5
    127. FalconFighter
    128. Wind ×2
    129. FalconFighter
    130. Wind ×4
    131. FalconFighter
    132. Wind ×6
    133. FalconFighter
    134. Wind ×3
    135. FalconFighter
    136. Wind ×4
    137. FalconFighter
    138. Wind ×2
    139. FalconFighter
    140. Wind ×3
    141. FalconFighter
    142. Wind ×3
    143. FalconFighter
    144. Wind ×7
    145. FalconFighter
    146. Wind ×2
    147. FalconFighter
    148. Wind ×3
    149. FalconFighter
    150. Wind ×3
    151. FalconFighter
    152. Wind
    153. T2 converter
    154. Wind ×3
    155. FalconFighter
    156. Wind ×8
    157. FalconFighter
    158. Wind ×2
    159. FalconFighter
    160. Wind ×4
    161. FalconFighter
    162. Wind
    163. FalconFighter
    164. Wind
    165. Con turret
    166. Wind ×3
    167. FalconFighter
    168. Con turret
    169. Wind ×4
    170. Con turret
    171. FalconFighter
    172. Wind ×3
    173. Con turret
    174. Wind ×2
    175. FalconFighter
    176. Wind
    177. T2 converter
    178. Wind
    179. FalconFighter
    180. Wind ×2
    181. FalconFighter
    182. Wind ×2
    183. Con turret
    184. Wind ×2
    185. Con turret
    186. FalconFighter
    187. Wind ×2
    188. FalconFighter
    189. Wind ×6
    190. FalconFighter
    191. Wind ×5
    192. FalconFighter
    193. Wind
    194. Con turret
    195. FalconFighter
    196. Wind ×2
    197. Con turret
    198. Wind
    199. FalconFighter
    200. Wind ×3
    201. Con turret ×2
    202. Wind
    203. FalconFighter
    204. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 14:13
    205. Wind ×4
    206. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    207. Wind
    208. ValiantValiant ×2
    209. Wind
    210. ShurikenShuriken
    211. Wind
    212. ShurikenShuriken
    213. Wind
    214. ShurikenShuriken
    215. Wind ×3
    216. ShurikenShuriken ×4
    217. Wind
    218. ShurikenShuriken
    219. Con turret
    220. ShurikenShuriken
    221. Con turret
    222. Wind
    223. ShurikenShuriken
    224. Wind ×2
    225. ShurikenShuriken
    226. Con turret
    227. T2 converter
    228. ShurikenShuriken
    229. Con turret ×2
    230. Wind
    231. ShurikenShuriken
    232. Con turret
    233. Wind ×2
    234. Con turret
    235. Wind
    236. Con turret
    237. Wind
    238. ShurikenShuriken
    239. Wind
    240. T2 converter
    241. ValiantValiant
    242. Wind
    243. ValiantValiant
    244. Wind
    245. ShurikenShuriken ×4
    246. Wind
    247. ShurikenShuriken ×3
    248. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Herbiderpi's (33 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

Herbiderpi

32.6 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
577 metal received · 68935 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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