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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 (64%)

#eco #air #team support · 63 distinct matches · 31 players · 74% of Armada Air games · team won 42% of 64 · 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 63 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 1:15–1:44

    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 ×6
    3. Energy storage
    4. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 1:48 · typical 1:30
  2. 2

    Aircraft Plant to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine13Wind
    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 (44%) · banshee (39%) · light transport (39%) · energy storage (34%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 15 steps
    1. BlinkScout planefor Geo sea
    2. StorkLight transportfor Geo sea
    3. BansheeBanshee
    4. Solar
    5. BansheeBanshee
    6. FalconFighter
    7. StorkLight transport
    8. FalconFighter ×3for Geo
    9. StorkLight transport
    10. Mex
    11. StorkLight transportfor Tech
    12. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    13. Wind
    14. OspreyHeavy transportfor Beach sea
    15. Wind
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine30Wind
    • Energy Converter9Converter
    Order
    1. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plant after 33 wind, 6 converter, 5 con turretin 63% of games
    Builders
    • Construction Turret4 Con turret
    Army
    • Falcon8 Fighter

    Some games also: con aircraft (45%) · fusion (42%) · energy storage (33%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 47 wind · 10 converter · 1 energy storage · 6 con turret

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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Rysica's (39 OS, 12/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Blink2 Scout plane to Geo sea or Beach seafirst at 1:56 · in 86% of games
  • Stork3 Light transport to Tech or Geo seafirst at 2:13 · in 89% of games
  • Osprey1 Heavy transport to Beach sea or Pond or Techfirst at 2:28 · in 67% of games

You get

  • Wind Turbine2–3 Wind from Beach sea or Geo seafirst at 1:27 · in 38% of games
  • Wind Turbine3 Wind from Beach sea or Geo seafirst at 1:30 · in 53% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot from Techfirst at 2:28 · in 66% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 5:53 · in 84% 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

64 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039100
2:0092100
3:00145400
4:0020405151
5:002788102125
6:003621211190
7:005139288263
8:006970367292
9:009134375318
10:0011575421352
11:0014215606460
12:0017193984755
13:001991516421165
14:002254619011852
15:002598022902764
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

Rysica

38.5 OS · 12/09/2026

Open source match ↗

29 received units · includes a constructor
646 metal received · 39968 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Aircraft Plant1:30Middle 50%: 1:15–1:44 · n=64
Advanced Metal Extractor6:48Middle 50%: 6:30–7:14 · n=57
Fusion Reactor9:55Middle 50%: 9:14–11:54 · n=40

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