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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 (67%)

#eco #air #team support · 62 distinct matches · 32 players · 69% of Armada Air games · team won 41% of 63 · 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 62 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 Turbine4Wind
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plant after 3 mex, 5 wind, 1 energy storagedone ~1:32, middle half 1:15–1:44

    By 1:14 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 7 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Wind
    5. Solar
    6. Wind ×3
    7. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 2:13 · typical 1:32
  2. 2

    Aircraft Plant to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine12Wind
    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 (41%) · banshee (38%) · light transport (37%) · energy storage (30%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 18 steps
    1. OspreyHeavy transportfor Beach sea
    2. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    3. FalconFighter
    4. Wind
    5. Con turret
    6. Mex
    7. Wind
    8. StorkLight transport
    9. Wind ×2
    10. FalconFighter
    11. BlinkScout plane ×2
    12. Wind
    13. FalconFighter ×4
    14. Wind
    15. Con turret
    16. StorkLight transportfor Tech
    17. Con turret
    18. StorkLight transportfor Geo
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine32Wind
    • Energy Converter9Converter
    Order
    1. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plant after 39 wind, 6 converter, 5 con turretin 60% of games
    Builders
    • Construction Turret4 Con turret
    Army
    • Falcon8 Fighter

    Some games also: con aircraft (46%) · fusion (38%) · energy storage (32%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 49 wind · 10 converter · 1 energy storage · 6 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 64 steps
    1. FalconFighter ×5
    2. Wind ×2
    3. FalconFighter
    4. Wind ×2
    5. FalconFighter
    6. Wind ×2
    7. FalconFighter
    8. Wind
    9. FalconFighter ×4
    10. Wind
    11. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    12. Bot LabBot Labdone 6:53
    13. Wind ×4
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Wind
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. Wind ×2
    18. Con turret
    19. Wind
    20. Con turret
    21. Wind
    22. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantnot finished by 15:00
    23. Converter
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:26 · typical 6:50
    25. Converter ×3
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. Wind
    29. Converter
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    31. Converter
    32. Wind
    33. Converter
    34. Wind
    35. Converter ×4
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. Converter
    38. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 10:45 · typical 10:23
    39. Con turret
    40. Converter
    41. Solar
    42. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 11:00
    43. Converter
    44. Con turret
    45. FalconFighter ×2
    46. Con turret
    47. Converter
    48. FalconFighter
    49. Fusion ReactorFusion
    50. FalconFighter ×9
    51. Con turret
    52. FalconFighter
    53. Con turret
    54. BeamerBeamer
    55. SentrySentry ×3
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 13:20
    58. Converter ×3
    59. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 13:56
    60. Converter
    61. FalconFighter
    62. PlatypusPlatypus ×3
    63. CitadelAnti-nukedone 14:47
    64. PlatypusPlatypus ×5

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Grump]Glorp_TTV's (58 OS, 26/09/2026); 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 83% of games
  • Stork3 Light transport to Tech or Geo sea or Geofirst at 2:13 · in 87% of games
  • Osprey1 Heavy transport to Beach sea or Pond or Techfirst at 2:28 · in 68% of games

You get

  • Wind Turbine2–3 Wind from Beach sea or Geo seafirst at 1:27 · in 35% of games
  • Wind Turbine3 Wind from Beach sea or Geo seafirst at 1:31 · in 52% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot from Techfirst at 2:29 · in 63% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 5:56 · in 83% 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

63 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039000
2:0092100
3:00145400
4:002043500
5:002793102125
6:003623203177
7:005137284271
8:006909371302
9:009014385344
10:0011449438417
11:0013876613482
12:0016908940709
13:001978616311125
14:002237118511711
15:002522218722482
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

[Grump]Glorp_TTV

57.6 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
1480 metal received · 86069 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Aircraft Plant1:32Middle 50%: 1:15–1:44 · n=62
Advanced Metal Extractor6:50Middle 50%: 6:30–7:31 · n=56
Fusion Reactor10:23Middle 50%: 9:23–12:04 · n=38

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