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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 (66%)

#eco #air #team support · 61 distinct matches · 31 players · 67% of Armada Air games · team won 42% of 62 · 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 61 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 · 11 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:27
    5. Wind
    6. LazarusLazarus ×2
    7. Wind
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    11. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 2:44 · 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 (39%) · banshee (37%) · light transport (37%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 21 steps
    1. FalconFighter
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Mex
    4. FalconFighter
    5. Wind ×2
    6. FalconFighter
    7. Wind ×2
    8. FalconFighter
    9. Wind
    10. FalconFighter
    11. Wind ×2
    12. FalconFighter
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Con turret
    15. Wind ×2
    16. FalconFighter
    17. Wind ×4
    18. FalconFighter
    19. Wind ×3
    20. FalconFighter
    21. Wind ×2
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine31Wind
    • Energy Converter9Converter
    Order
    1. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plant after 39 wind, 6 converter, 5 con turretin 61% of games
    Builders
    • Construction Turret4 Con turret
    Army
    • Falcon9 Fighter

    Some games also: con aircraft (45%) · fusion (37%) · 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 · 241 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. FalconFighter
    3. Wind ×8
    4. Con turret
    5. Wind ×5
    6. Con turret
    7. Wind ×4
    8. Bot LabBot Labdone 6:50
    9. Converter
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Converter ×2
    12. Wind
    13. Converter
    14. Wind
    15. Converter ×3
    16. Wind
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. Converter ×2
    19. Wind
    20. Converter ×2
    21. Wind
    22. Converter
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. Converter
    25. Wind ×2
    26. Converter
    27. Wind ×2
    28. Converter
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Wind ×2
    31. Converter
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Construction BotCon bot
    34. Wind ×3
    35. Converter
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. Wind ×2
    38. Converter ×2
    39. Wind ×2
    40. Converter
    41. Construction BotCon bot
    42. Wind ×2
    43. Converter ×2
    44. Construction BotCon bot
    45. Wind ×2
    46. Converter
    47. Wind ×2
    48. Construction BotCon bot
    49. Converter
    50. Wind ×3
    51. Converter
    52. Construction BotCon bot
    53. Wind ×3
    54. Converter
    55. Wind ×4
    56. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 9:15
    57. Wind ×3
    58. FalconFighter
    59. Wind ×4
    60. FalconFighter
    61. Wind
    62. Converter
    63. Wind ×2
    64. FalconFighter
    65. Wind ×2
    66. Converter
    67. Wind ×2
    68. FalconFighter
    69. Wind ×3
    70. Converter
    71. Wind
    72. FalconFighter
    73. Wind ×4
    74. FalconFighter
    75. Converter
    76. OspreyHeavy transport
    77. Wind ×4
    78. Converter
    79. Wind
    80. Converter
    81. Wind ×3
    82. Converter
    83. Wind ×3
    84. Con turret
    85. Wind ×6
    86. Con turret
    87. Converter
    88. Wind ×3
    89. FalconFighter
    90. Wind
    91. Converter ×2
    92. FalconFighter
    93. Wind ×4
    94. FalconFighter
    95. Wind ×2
    96. Converter
    97. Wind
    98. FalconFighter
    99. Converter
    100. Wind ×2
    101. FalconFighter
    102. Wind ×3
    103. FalconFighter
    104. Converter
    105. Con turret
    106. Wind ×5
    107. FalconFighter
    108. Wind
    109. Converter ×2
    110. FalconFighter
    111. Wind ×3
    112. FalconFighter
    113. Wind
    114. FalconFighter
    115. Converter
    116. Wind ×3
    117. FalconFighter
    118. Wind
    119. Converter
    120. FalconFighter
    121. Wind ×3
    122. Converter ×2
    123. Wind
    124. FalconFighter
    125. StormbringerBomber
    126. Wind ×3
    127. Converter ×2
    128. StormbringerBomber
    129. Wind ×4
    130. Con turret
    131. Wind ×2
    132. Converter
    133. Wind
    134. Converter
    135. Wind
    136. StormbringerBomber
    137. Wind ×2
    138. Converter ×2
    139. Wind ×4
    140. StormbringerBomber
    141. Converter
    142. Con turret
    143. Wind ×2
    144. Converter
    145. Wind ×3
    146. StormbringerBomber
    147. Wind
    148. Converter
    149. Wind ×2
    150. StormbringerBomber
    151. Converter
    152. Wind ×6
    153. StormbringerBomber
    154. Wind ×4
    155. Converter
    156. StormbringerBomber
    157. Wind ×4
    158. StormbringerBomber
    159. Wind ×3
    160. Converter
    161. Wind
    162. StormbringerBomber
    163. Wind ×2
    164. StormbringerBomber
    165. Wind ×4
    166. StormbringerBomber
    167. Converter
    168. Wind
    169. StormbringerBomber
    170. Wind ×3
    171. StormbringerBomber
    172. Wind ×4
    173. StormbringerBomber
    174. Wind ×2
    175. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    176. Wind
    177. FalconFighter
    178. Wind
    179. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    180. Wind
    181. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    182. FalconFighter
    183. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    184. Wind
    185. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    186. Wind
    187. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    188. Wind
    189. FalconFighter
    190. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    191. Wind ×2
    192. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    193. FalconFighter
    194. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    195. Wind ×2
    196. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    197. Wind
    198. FalconFighter
    199. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    200. Wind
    201. BlinkScout plane
    202. Wind
    203. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    204. Wind
    205. BlinkScout plane
    206. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    207. Wind ×2
    208. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    209. BlinkScout plane
    210. Wind ×2
    211. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    212. BlinkScout plane
    213. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    214. Wind ×2
    215. FalconFighter
    216. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    217. Wind
    218. FalconFighter
    219. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    220. Wind
    221. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    222. FalconFighter
    223. Wind ×2
    224. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    225. FalconFighter
    226. Wind
    227. BeamerBeamer
    228. SentrySentry
    229. FalconFighter
    230. Wind ×2
    231. FalconFighter
    232. Wind
    233. FalconFighter
    234. Wind
    235. SentrySentry
    236. Wind
    237. FalconFighter
    238. Wind
    239. BeamerBeamer
    240. SentrySentry
    241. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Viltrum's (43 OS, 27/08/2026); 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 82% of games
  • Stork3 Light transport to Tech or Geo sea or Geofirst at 2:12 · in 87% of games
  • Osprey1 Heavy transport to Beach sea or Pond or Techfirst at 2:28 · in 68% of games

You get

  • Wind Turbine3 Wind from Beach sea or Geo seafirst at 1:27 · in 34% of games
  • Wind Turbine3 Wind from Beach sea or Geo seafirst at 1:31 · in 53% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot from Techfirst at 2:29 · in 66% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 5:59 · in 85% 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

62 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039000
2:0092100
3:00145500
4:0020435151
5:002794102125
6:003628226190
7:005139296284
8:006970382307
9:009036386344
10:0011472469428
11:0013958606500
12:0017010946709
13:001983416421116
14:002237718621690
15:002559419012435
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

Viltrum

42.5 OS · 27/08/2026

Open source match ↗

0 received units
17 metal received · 1651 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=60
Advanced Metal Extractor6:50Middle 50%: 6:30–7:35 · n=56
Fusion Reactor10:31Middle 50%: 9:25–12:05 · n=37

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