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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 (69%)

#eco #air #team support · 151 distinct matches · 69 players · 65% of Armada Air games · team won 42% of 154 · 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 151 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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×6
    3. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 1:29 · 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: banshee (34%) · light transport (33%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 23 steps
    1. BansheeBanshee
    2. Energy storage
    3. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    4. FalconFighter ×2
    5. BlinkScout planefor Geo sea
    6. StorkLight transportfor Beach sea
    7. BlinkScout planefor Beach sea
    8. StorkLight transportfor Tech
    9. Mex
    10. OspreyHeavy transportfor Geo sea
    11. Construction AircraftCon aircraft ×2
    12. FalconFighter
    13. Wind
    14. FalconFighter ×2
    15. Wind
    16. FalconFighter ×2
    17. Wind
    18. BlinkScout plane
    19. Con turret
    20. BlinkScout plane
    21. FalconFighter
    22. Wind
    23. FalconFighter
  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 (47%) · con aircraft (47%) · 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 · 146 steps
    1. Wind
    2. FalconFighter
    3. Wind
    4. FalconFighter ×2
    5. Wind
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:06 · typical 7:03
    7. Wind
    8. FalconFighter
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind
    11. FalconFighter
    12. Wind ×3
    13. Con turret
    14. Wind ×2
    15. FalconFighter
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Converter
    18. Wind ×3
    19. Converter
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Converter
    22. Wind
    23. Converter
    24. Wind
    25. Converter ×3
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    29. FalconFighter
    30. Con turret
    31. Wind
    32. FalconFighter ×2
    33. Advanced solar
    34. Wind
    35. FalconFighter
    36. Wind
    37. StorkLight transportfor Tech
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. Wind
    40. Con turret
    41. FalconFighter
    42. Con turret
    43. FalconFighter
    44. Wind ×2
    45. FalconFighter
    46. Wind
    47. FalconFighter
    48. Wind
    49. FalconFighter
    50. Wind
    51. Con turret
    52. FalconFighter
    53. Wind
    54. FalconFighter
    55. Wind
    56. Converter
    57. FalconFighter
    58. Wind
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. FalconFighter
    61. Converter ×2
    62. Wind
    63. Converter ×2
    64. Wind
    65. BansheeBanshee
    66. Converter
    67. Wind
    68. BansheeBanshee
    69. Wind
    70. Converter
    71. Wind
    72. BansheeBanshee
    73. Wind
    74. BansheeBanshee
    75. Wind
    76. Con turret ×2
    77. Wind
    78. Con turret
    79. BansheeBanshee
    80. Wind ×2
    81. BansheeBanshee
    82. Converter
    83. Wind
    84. BansheeBanshee
    85. Wind
    86. Converter
    87. BansheeBanshee
    88. Wind ×2
    89. BansheeBanshee ×2
    90. Converter
    91. Wind
    92. BansheeBanshee
    93. Wind
    94. BansheeBanshee
    95. StorkLight transport
    96. Wind
    97. FalconFighter
    98. Converter
    99. Wind
    100. FalconFighter
    101. Wind
    102. FalconFighter
    103. Converter
    104. Wind
    105. FalconFighter
    106. Wind
    107. FalconFighter
    108. Wind
    109. FalconFighter
    110. Wind
    111. Converter
    112. FalconFighter
    113. Wind ×2
    114. FalconFighter
    115. Wind
    116. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:21 · typical 11:07
    117. FalconFighter
    118. Wind
    119. Converter
    120. FalconFighter
    121. Wind ×4
    122. Fusion ReactorFusion
    123. FalconFighter
    124. Wind
    125. FalconFighter
    126. Wind
    127. FalconFighter ×4
    128. Wind
    129. FalconFighter ×6
    130. Wind
    131. FalconFighter ×5
    132. Con turret
    133. FalconFighter ×2
    134. Wind
    135. FalconFighter ×3
    136. Con turret
    137. FalconFighter
    138. Con turret
    139. Wind
    140. FalconFighter
    141. Con turret
    142. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    143. FalconFighter
    144. Con turret
    145. Wind
    146. FalconFighter ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PongoPygmaeus's (35 OS, 10/10/2026); 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 1:35 · 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 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

01k2k3k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

01k2k3k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

154 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039000
2:0091900
3:00145400
4:002058510
5:0027827473
6:003568151146
7:004958241261
8:006660339307
9:008641397365
10:0010953470489
11:0013420624584
12:0016125845709
13:00189671239937
14:002177116241477
15:002481620012269
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

PongoPygmaeus

35.2 OS · 10/10/2026

Open source match ↗

10 received units · includes a constructor
171 metal received · 59027 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=149
Advanced Metal Extractor7:03Middle 50%: 6:36–7:41 · n=145
Fusion Reactor11:07Middle 50%: 10:01–12:25 · n=87

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