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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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 1:39 · 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 · 30 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    3. Wind ×2
    4. BlinkScout planefor Geo sea
    5. Mex
    6. StorkLight transportfor Tech
    7. BlinkScout planefor Beach sea
    8. OspreyHeavy transportfor Geo sea
    9. Wind
    10. OspreyHeavy transportfor Beach sea
    11. FalconFighter
    12. Con turret
    13. FalconFighter
    14. Con turret
    15. FalconFighter
    16. Wind ×8
    17. FalconFighter
    18. Wind ×3
    19. Converter
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Converter
    22. Wind
    23. FalconFighter
    24. Wind
    25. Converter
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Converter
    28. Wind
    29. BansheeBanshee
    30. Wind
  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 · 123 steps
    1. BansheeBanshee
    2. Wind
    3. FalconFighter
    4. Wind
    5. FalconFighter
    6. Energy storage
    7. Con turret
    8. FalconFighter
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    11. Wind ×3
    12. Con turret
    13. Wind ×5
    14. Converter ×9
    15. Wind ×8
    16. Bot LabBot Labdone 7:33
    17. Construction BotCon bot ×4
    18. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    19. Energy storage ×2
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×4done 8:29
    22. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:32
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. Wind
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. Wind
    27. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    28. Wind ×2
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Wind
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. Wind ×4
    33. Con turret
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    36. Wind ×2
    37. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 10:23
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Con turret
    40. FalconFighter
    41. Wind ×3
    42. Con turret
    43. StorkLight transport
    44. Wind ×2
    45. Con turret
    46. Wind
    47. FalconFighter
    48. Wind ×2
    49. FalconFighter
    50. Wind ×2
    51. FalconFighter
    52. Wind
    53. FalconFighter
    54. Wind
    55. FalconFighter
    56. Wind ×3
    57. FalconFighter
    58. Wind ×3
    59. FalconFighter
    60. Wind ×2
    61. PrevailerPrevailerdone 12:04
    62. FalconFighter
    63. Wind ×4
    64. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    65. Wind ×5
    66. FalconFighter
    67. Wind ×4
    68. FalconFighter
    69. Wind ×7
    70. StorkLight transportfor Geo sea
    71. FalconFighter
    72. Wind ×2
    73. FalconFighter
    74. Wind ×4
    75. BansheeBanshee
    76. PersecutorPersecutordone 13:50
    77. Wind ×9
    78. FalconFighter
    79. Wind ×2
    80. BansheeBanshee
    81. Wind
    82. StorkLight transport
    83. Wind ×3
    84. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    85. Wind ×3
    86. FalconFighter
    87. Wind ×3
    88. BansheeBanshee
    89. Wind ×13
    90. FalconFighter
    91. Wind ×6
    92. FalconFighter
    93. Wind ×10
    94. FalconFighter
    95. Converter
    96. Wind ×7
    97. FalconFighter
    98. Converter
    99. Wind ×5
    100. FalconFighter
    101. Wind ×2
    102. Converter
    103. Wind ×3
    104. ScorpionScorpion
    105. Wind
    106. FalconFighter ×2
    107. Converter
    108. Wind ×4
    109. FalconFighter
    110. Wind ×2
    111. FalconFighter
    112. Wind
    113. FalconFighter
    114. Wind
    115. FalconFighter
    116. Wind ×4
    117. FalconFighter
    118. Wind ×2
    119. FalconFighter ×2
    120. Wind ×2
    121. FalconFighter
    122. Wind ×2
    123. FalconFighter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Spongeb0b's (34 OS, 03/08/2026); 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

Spongeb0b

34.3 OS · 03/08/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
199 metal received · 63081 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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