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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 (64%)

#eco #air #team support · 63 distinct matches · 31 players · 74% of Armada Air games · team won 42% of 64 · 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 63 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 1:15–1:44

    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 1:32 · typical 1:30
  2. 2

    Aircraft Plant to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine13Wind
    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 (44%) · banshee (39%) · light transport (39%) · energy storage (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. BlinkScout planefor Geo sea
    2. StorkLight transportfor Geo sea
    3. OspreyHeavy transportfor Beach sea
    4. StorkLight transportfor Geo sea
    5. Wind
    6. FalconFighter
    7. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    8. FalconFighter
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Con turret
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Mex
    13. BansheeBanshee
    14. Wind
    15. Con turret
    16. Wind ×2
    17. BansheeBanshee ×2
    18. Wind
    19. FalconFighter
    20. Wind
    21. FalconFighter
    22. StorkLight transportfor Tech
    23. Wind
    24. FalconFighter
    25. Wind
    26. FalconFighter
    27. Wind
    28. FalconFighter
    29. Wind ×3
    30. FalconFighter
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine30Wind
    • Energy Converter9Converter
    Order
    1. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plant after 33 wind, 6 converter, 5 con turretin 63% of games
    Builders
    • Construction Turret4 Con turret
    Army
    • Falcon8 Fighter

    Some games also: con aircraft (45%) · fusion (42%) · energy storage (33%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 47 wind · 10 converter · 1 energy storage · 6 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 123 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Converter
    3. OspreyHeavy transportfor Tech
    4. Wind
    5. Converter
    6. Wind
    7. Converter
    8. Wind
    9. Converter
    10. Wind
    11. Converter
    12. Wind ×7
    13. FalconFighter
    14. Energy storage
    15. Wind ×2
    16. FalconFighter ×2
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:48 · typical 6:48
    18. Wind
    19. FalconFighter ×2
    20. Con turret
    21. Wind ×9
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    23. Wind
    24. Con turret
    25. Wind
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    27. Converter
    28. Wind
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    30. Wind ×6
    31. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 9:17
    32. FalconFighter
    33. Con turret
    34. Wind
    35. FalconFighter ×2
    36. BansheeBanshee ×2
    37. Con turret
    38. Wind
    39. BansheeBanshee
    40. Wind
    41. BansheeBanshee
    42. FalconFighter
    43. Wind
    44. FalconFighter ×2
    45. Wind
    46. FalconFighter ×2
    47. ArbalestArbalest
    48. FalconFighter ×2
    49. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    50. Wind
    51. Con turret
    52. FalconFighter
    53. Con turret
    54. FalconFighter
    55. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 12:05 · typical 9:55
    56. FalconFighter
    57. Con turret ×2
    58. Wind
    59. FalconFighter ×2
    60. Con turret
    61. FalconFighter ×3
    62. Wind
    63. FalconFighter
    64. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    65. FalconFighter
    66. Construction AircraftCon aircraftfor Beach sea
    67. FalconFighter
    68. Wind
    69. FalconFighter ×2
    70. Con turretfor Beach sea
    71. FalconFighter ×2
    72. Wind
    73. FalconFighter ×3
    74. Wind
    75. FalconFighter ×5
    76. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    77. FalconFighter ×2
    78. Con turret
    79. Con turretfor Beach sea
    80. Con turret
    81. FalconFighter
    82. Wind
    83. FalconFighter
    84. Converter
    85. FalconFighter ×2
    86. Converter
    87. FalconFighter
    88. Converter
    89. FalconFighter ×3
    90. Converter
    91. FalconFighter
    92. Converter
    93. FalconFighter ×2
    94. Wind
    95. Converter
    96. FalconFighter ×2
    97. Converter
    98. FalconFighter ×2
    99. Converter ×2
    100. Advanced Aircraft PlantAdvanced Aircraft Plantdone 13:57
    101. Converter
    102. Wind ×2
    103. Converter
    104. LicheLichenot finished by 15:00
    105. Wind
    106. Converter ×4
    107. HighwindHighwind
    108. Wind
    109. HighwindHighwind
    110. Converter ×2
    111. HighwindHighwind
    112. Wind
    113. Converter
    114. HighwindHighwind
    115. Wind
    116. Converter
    117. HighwindHighwind
    118. Converter
    119. HighwindHighwind
    120. Wind
    121. HighwindHighwind
    122. Converter ×2
    123. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is arcsiz's (36 OS, 28/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Blink2 Scout plane to Geo sea or Beach seafirst at 1:56 · in 86% of games
  • Stork3 Light transport to Tech or Geo seafirst at 2:13 · in 89% of games
  • Osprey1 Heavy transport to Beach sea or Pond or Techfirst at 2:28 · in 67% of games

You get

  • Wind Turbine2–3 Wind from Beach sea or Geo seafirst at 1:27 · in 38% of games
  • Wind Turbine3 Wind from Beach sea or Geo seafirst at 1:30 · in 53% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot from Techfirst at 2:28 · in 66% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 5:53 · in 84% 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

64 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039100
2:0092100
3:00145400
4:0020405151
5:002788102125
6:003621211190
7:005139288263
8:006970367292
9:009134375318
10:0011575421352
11:0014215606460
12:0017193984755
13:001991516421165
14:002254619011852
15:002598022902764
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

arcsiz

36.3 OS · 28/08/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
1070 metal received · 57096 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Aircraft Plant1:30Middle 50%: 1:15–1:44 · n=64
Advanced Metal Extractor6:48Middle 50%: 6:30–7:14 · n=57
Fusion Reactor9:55Middle 50%: 9:14–11:54 · n=40

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