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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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Solar
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 1:13 · 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 · 29 steps
    1. BlinkScout plane
    2. Wind ×3
    3. BlinkScout planefor Beach sea
    4. Wind ×2
    5. BlinkScout planefor Geo sea
    6. StorkLight transport ×2for Geo sea
    7. OspreyHeavy transportfor Beach sea
    8. Energy storage
    9. Wind
    10. FalconFighter
    11. Mex
    12. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    13. Solar
    14. Con turret
    15. FalconFighter
    16. Wind ×4
    17. FalconFighter
    18. Wind ×4
    19. FalconFighter
    20. Converter
    21. Wind
    22. StorkLight transportfor Tech
    23. Wind ×2
    24. StorkLight transportfor Beach sea
    25. Con turret
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Converter
    28. Wind
    29. FalconFighter
  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 · 257 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Converter
    3. FalconFighter
    4. Wind
    5. Converter
    6. Wind
    7. Con turret
    8. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    9. Wind
    10. Con turret
    11. Wind
    12. Con turret ×2
    13. Wind ×11
    14. NettleNettle
    15. Wind ×3
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 7:08 · typical 7:03
    17. Wind
    18. Converter
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    20. Wind
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    22. Wind
    23. Converter
    24. Wind
    25. Converter
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    29. Wind ×3
    30. NettleNettle
    31. Converter
    32. Wind ×4
    33. Converter
    34. Wind ×7
    35. Advanced solar
    36. Wind ×3
    37. Advanced solar
    38. Wind ×5
    39. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 9:19
    40. Wind ×2
    41. BlinkScout plane
    42. Wind
    43. Con turret
    44. Wind
    45. FalconFighter
    46. Con turret
    47. Wind
    48. FalconFighter ×2
    49. Wind
    50. Con turret
    51. FalconFighter
    52. Wind
    53. FalconFighter
    54. Wind
    55. FalconFighter
    56. Wind
    57. FalconFighter
    58. Wind ×2
    59. FalconFighter
    60. Wind
    61. FalconFighter
    62. Wind
    63. FalconFighter
    64. Wind
    65. FalconFighter
    66. Wind
    67. FalconFighter
    68. Wind
    69. FalconFighter
    70. Con turret
    71. FalconFighter
    72. Wind
    73. FalconFighter
    74. Wind
    75. FalconFighter ×2
    76. Wind
    77. FalconFighter ×3
    78. Wind
    79. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    80. StorkLight transport ×2
    81. Wind ×2
    82. Construction AircraftCon aircraft ×2
    83. Wind ×3
    84. Construction AircraftCon aircraft ×2
    85. Wind ×2
    86. BlinkScout plane
    87. Wind
    88. FalconFighter
    89. Wind ×2
    90. FalconFighter
    91. Wind
    92. FalconFighter
    93. Wind
    94. FalconFighter
    95. Con turret
    96. Wind
    97. Con turret
    98. FalconFighter ×2
    99. Wind
    100. FalconFighter
    101. Wind ×2
    102. FalconFighter
    103. Wind
    104. FalconFighter
    105. Converter
    106. FalconFighter
    107. Wind
    108. FalconFighter
    109. Converter
    110. Wind ×2
    111. Con turret
    112. FalconFighter
    113. Wind ×4
    114. FalconFighter
    115. Converter
    116. Wind
    117. FalconFighter
    118. Wind ×2
    119. FalconFighter
    120. Wind ×3
    121. FalconFighter
    122. Wind ×2
    123. FalconFighter
    124. Wind ×2
    125. Converter
    126. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    127. Wind ×3
    128. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    129. Wind ×2
    130. FalconFighter
    131. Converter
    132. FalconFighter
    133. Wind ×4
    134. FalconFighter
    135. BlinkScout plane
    136. Wind
    137. Converter
    138. Con turret
    139. Wind
    140. Con turret
    141. FalconFighter
    142. Wind ×4
    143. FalconFighter
    144. Wind
    145. FalconFighter
    146. Wind
    147. Converter
    148. Wind
    149. FalconFighter ×2
    150. Wind
    151. FalconFighter
    152. Wind ×3
    153. FalconFighter
    154. Converter
    155. FalconFighter
    156. T2 converter
    157. Wind ×3
    158. FalconFighter
    159. Wind ×2
    160. FalconFighter
    161. Wind ×4
    162. Converter
    163. FalconFighter
    164. Wind
    165. FalconFighter
    166. Wind ×3
    167. FalconFighter
    168. Wind
    169. Converter
    170. Wind ×2
    171. FalconFighter
    172. Con turret
    173. Wind ×4
    174. Converter
    175. FalconFighter
    176. Wind
    177. FalconFighter
    178. Wind ×2
    179. FalconFighter ×2
    180. Wind
    181. FalconFighter
    182. Wind ×3
    183. Converter
    184. FalconFighter
    185. Wind ×2
    186. BansheeBanshee ×2
    187. Wind ×3
    188. Converter
    189. BansheeBanshee
    190. Wind ×2
    191. BansheeBanshee
    192. Wind ×2
    193. BansheeBanshee
    194. Converter
    195. Wind ×2
    196. BansheeBanshee
    197. Wind ×3
    198. BansheeBanshee
    199. Converter
    200. Wind
    201. BansheeBanshee
    202. Wind ×2
    203. BansheeBanshee
    204. Wind ×2
    205. BansheeBanshee
    206. Converter
    207. Wind ×2
    208. BansheeBanshee
    209. Wind
    210. BansheeBanshee
    211. Wind ×2
    212. BansheeBanshee
    213. Wind
    214. Converter
    215. BansheeBanshee
    216. Wind ×3
    217. BansheeBanshee
    218. BlinkScout plane
    219. Wind ×2
    220. FalconFighter
    221. Con turret
    222. Converter
    223. Wind
    224. FalconFighter
    225. Wind ×3
    226. FalconFighter
    227. Wind
    228. FalconFighter
    229. Wind
    230. FalconFighter
    231. Converter
    232. FalconFighter
    233. Wind
    234. FalconFighter
    235. Wind ×2
    236. FalconFighter
    237. Wind
    238. FalconFighter
    239. Wind
    240. FalconFighter
    241. Wind ×3
    242. Converter
    243. Wind
    244. FalconFighter ×2
    245. Wind
    246. FalconFighter ×2
    247. Wind ×4
    248. FalconFighter ×2
    249. Converter
    250. FalconFighter
    251. Wind ×3
    252. FalconFighter
    253. Wind
    254. FalconFighter ×2
    255. Wind
    256. BlinkScout plane
    257. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TheGeneraI's (31 OS, 05/10/2026); 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

TheGeneraI

31.2 OS · 05/10/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
2980 metal received · 13746 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

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