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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 · 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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×7
    3. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 1:34 · 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 · 24 steps
    1. BlinkScout planefor Beach sea
    2. Construction AircraftCon aircraftfor Geo sea
    3. Wind ×3
    4. FalconFighter
    5. Con turret
    6. BansheeBanshee ×2
    7. FalconFighter ×2
    8. Mex
    9. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    10. FalconFighter
    11. StorkLight transportfor Tech
    12. FalconFighter
    13. Wind
    14. OspreyHeavy transportfor Tech
    15. FalconFighter
    16. Wind
    17. FalconFighter ×2
    18. Wind ×2
    19. Con turret
    20. FalconFighter
    21. StorkLight transportfor Geo
    22. Wind
    23. FalconFighter
    24. Wind ×4
  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 · 121 steps
    1. Wind
    2. FalconFighter
    3. Wind ×2
    4. FalconFighter
    5. Wind
    6. FalconFighter
    7. Wind ×2
    8. FalconFighter
    9. Wind ×2
    10. FalconFighter
    11. Wind
    12. FalconFighter
    13. Wind ×4
    14. FalconFighter ×2
    15. Wind
    16. Con turret
    17. FalconFighter
    18. Converter
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:30 · typical 7:03
    20. Wind ×4
    21. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    22. Wind
    23. Converter
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    25. Wind
    26. Converter
    27. Wind
    28. Converter
    29. Wind ×7
    30. Con turret
    31. Wind ×2
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    33. Wind
    34. Energy storage
    35. Wind ×4
    36. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 10:57 · typical 11:07
    37. Wind ×2
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 10:09
    40. Wind
    41. Con turret
    42. StorkLight transportfor Front
    43. Wind
    44. StorkLight transport ×2for Front
    45. FalconFighter
    46. Wind
    47. FalconFighter
    48. Wind
    49. FalconFighter
    50. Wind
    51. Converter
    52. FalconFighter
    53. Wind
    54. FalconFighter ×3
    55. Converter
    56. FalconFighter ×2
    57. Converter
    58. Wind
    59. FalconFighter ×2
    60. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    61. Converter
    62. FalconFighter
    63. Con turret ×2
    64. Wind
    65. FalconFighter
    66. Con turret
    67. FalconFighter
    68. Con turret
    69. BlinkScout plane
    70. FalconFighter
    71. Converter
    72. Wind
    73. FalconFighter
    74. Fusion ReactorFusion
    75. FalconFighter
    76. Wind
    77. FalconFighter
    78. Wind
    79. FalconFighter
    80. Wind
    81. FalconFighter
    82. Wind
    83. Converter
    84. Con turret
    85. FalconFighter
    86. Converter
    87. FalconFighter
    88. Converter
    89. Wind
    90. FalconFighter
    91. Converter ×2
    92. FalconFighter
    93. Converter ×2
    94. FalconFighter
    95. Converter
    96. FalconFighter
    97. Converter
    98. FalconFighter
    99. Converter ×6
    100. FalconFighter
    101. Converter
    102. FalconFighter
    103. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    104. Converter
    105. FalconFighter ×3
    106. Con turret
    107. T2 converter
    108. Converter
    109. Con turret
    110. FalconFighter
    111. Converter
    112. FalconFighter
    113. Con turret
    114. Converter
    115. FalconFighter ×2
    116. Converter
    117. FalconFighter ×2
    118. Converter ×2
    119. T2 converter
    120. Advanced Aircraft PlantAdvanced Aircraft Plantdone 14:56
    121. LicheLichenot finished by 15:00

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is arcsiz's (36 OS, 03/10/2026); 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

arcsiz

36.0 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
344 metal received · 86292 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

Played most by

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