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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 1:06 · 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 · 30 steps
    1. BlinkScout plane
    2. Wind ×2
    3. StorkLight transportfor Geo sea
    4. Wind
    5. BlinkScout planefor Geo sea
    6. Wind
    7. BlinkScout planefor Beach sea
    8. Wind
    9. OspreyHeavy transportfor Beach sea
    10. FalconFighter ×2
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Solar
    13. FalconFighter
    14. Wind
    15. FalconFighter
    16. Wind
    17. FalconFighter
    18. Wind
    19. StorkLight transportfor Tech
    20. Wind
    21. Mex
    22. BlinkScout plane
    23. Wind
    24. FalconFighter ×2
    25. Con turret
    26. FalconFighter
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:29 · typical 6:50
    28. OspreyHeavy transportfor Pond
    29. FalconFighter
    30. Wind
  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 · 202 steps
    1. Wind ×4
    2. Con turret
    3. FalconFighter
    4. Wind
    5. StorkLight transportfor Geo sea
    6. FalconFighter
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Energy storage
    9. Con turret
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    11. Solar ×4
    12. Wind ×4
    13. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    14. Wind ×5
    15. Con turret ×2
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    17. Wind ×2
    18. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 8:28
    19. Wind
    20. FalconFighter
    21. Wind
    22. FalconFighter
    23. Wind
    24. FalconFighter ×4
    25. Wind
    26. FalconFighter
    27. NettleNettle
    28. FalconFighter
    29. Wind
    30. FalconFighter
    31. Wind ×2
    32. FalconFighter
    33. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 10:36 · typical 10:23
    34. Wind ×3
    35. FalconFighter
    36. BlinkScout plane
    37. Wind ×3
    38. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    39. Wind ×5
    40. Con turret
    41. Wind ×4
    42. Con turret
    43. Wind
    44. Con turret
    45. Wind ×2
    46. Con turret ×2
    47. Wind ×2
    48. Converter
    49. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 11:19
    50. Wind
    51. FalconFighter
    52. Wind
    53. FalconFighter
    54. Wind
    55. FalconFighter
    56. Wind
    57. Converter
    58. FalconFighter
    59. Converter
    60. FalconFighter
    61. Converter
    62. Wind
    63. FalconFighter
    64. Converter
    65. FalconFighter
    66. Converter
    67. Wind
    68. FalconFighter
    69. Converter
    70. FalconFighter
    71. Converter
    72. FalconFighter
    73. Wind
    74. Converter
    75. Wind
    76. FalconFighter ×2
    77. Wind
    78. Converter
    79. FalconFighter
    80. BlinkScout plane
    81. Converter
    82. Wind
    83. BlinkScout plane ×2
    84. Wind
    85. Con turret
    86. BlinkScout plane
    87. Con turret
    88. Wind
    89. BlinkScout plane
    90. FalconFighter
    91. Con turret
    92. Wind ×2
    93. FalconFighter
    94. Converter
    95. Wind
    96. FalconFighter
    97. Wind
    98. FalconFighter
    99. Wind
    100. FalconFighter
    101. Wind
    102. Converter
    103. Wind
    104. FalconFighter ×2
    105. Converter
    106. Wind
    107. FalconFighter
    108. Wind
    109. Converter
    110. Wind
    111. FalconFighter ×2
    112. Converter
    113. Wind ×2
    114. FalconFighter ×2
    115. Wind
    116. FalconFighter
    117. Wind
    118. FalconFighter ×2
    119. Wind
    120. FalconFighter
    121. Wind
    122. FalconFighter
    123. Wind
    124. FalconFighter ×2
    125. Wind
    126. FalconFighter
    127. Con turret
    128. FalconFighter
    129. Converter
    130. FalconFighter
    131. Wind ×2
    132. FalconFighter
    133. Wind
    134. FalconFighter
    135. Wind
    136. Converter
    137. FalconFighter ×2
    138. Wind
    139. FalconFighter
    140. Converter
    141. Wind
    142. FalconFighter
    143. Converter
    144. FalconFighter
    145. Wind
    146. Converter
    147. FalconFighter
    148. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    149. Converter
    150. FalconFighter
    151. Converter
    152. Wind ×2
    153. Con turret
    154. FalconFighter
    155. Con turret
    156. Converter
    157. FalconFighter ×2
    158. Wind
    159. FalconFighter
    160. Con turret
    161. FalconFighter ×2
    162. Wind
    163. FalconFighter ×2
    164. Wind
    165. FalconFighter
    166. Wind
    167. BlinkScout plane
    168. Con turret
    169. BlinkScout plane ×2
    170. Wind
    171. StormbringerBomber
    172. Con turret
    173. StormbringerBomber ×2
    174. Wind
    175. Con turret
    176. StormbringerBomber ×2
    177. Wind
    178. StormbringerBomber
    179. Con turret
    180. Wind
    181. StormbringerBomber ×2
    182. Wind
    183. StormbringerBomber
    184. Converter
    185. StormbringerBomber ×2
    186. Wind
    187. StormbringerBomber
    188. Converter
    189. StormbringerBomber
    190. Wind
    191. Converter
    192. StormbringerBomber
    193. Wind
    194. StormbringerBomber
    195. Converter
    196. StormbringerBomber
    197. Wind ×2
    198. Converter
    199. StormbringerBomber ×2
    200. Converter
    201. Wind ×2
    202. StormbringerBomber

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Immort's (54 OS, 20/09/2026); 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

Immort

54.4 OS · 20/09/2026

Open source match ↗

60 received units · includes a constructor
426 metal received · 86421 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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