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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Fakepilot's (34 OS, 22/09/2026); 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

Fakepilot

33.9 OS · 22/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
292 metal received · 31049 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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