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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 · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Wind ×3
    5. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 1:52 · 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 · 28 steps
    1. BlinkScout planefor Beach sea
    2. BlinkScout plane
    3. OspreyHeavy transportfor Beach sea
    4. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    5. Con turret
    6. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    7. Mex
    8. FalconFighter
    9. Wind ×2
    10. FalconFighter
    11. Wind ×8
    12. FalconFighter
    13. Wind ×4
    14. FalconFighter
    15. StorkLight transportfor Tech
    16. Wind
    17. FalconFighter
    18. Wind
    19. FalconFighter
    20. Wind
    21. StorkLight transport
    22. Wind
    23. Converter
    24. StorkLight transport
    25. Converter
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. Con turret
  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 · 176 steps
    1. Converter
    2. FalconFighter
    3. Wind
    4. FalconFighter ×2
    5. Wind
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:57 · typical 6:50
    7. Wind
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Con turret ×5
    11. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 8:17 · typical 10:31
    12. Wind ×3
    13. T2 converter
    14. Fusion ReactorFusion
    15. Wind ×5
    16. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 9:40
    17. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    18. Wind
    19. Construction AircraftCon aircraft ×2
    20. Wind
    21. FalconFighter ×3
    22. Wind
    23. Con turret
    24. FalconFighter ×4
    25. Con turret
    26. FalconFighter ×3
    27. Wind
    28. FalconFighter
    29. Wind
    30. FalconFighter
    31. Wind ×2
    32. FalconFighter
    33. Wind
    34. FalconFighter
    35. Wind ×2
    36. FalconFighter
    37. Wind
    38. FalconFighter
    39. Wind ×2
    40. FalconFighter
    41. Wind
    42. FalconFighter ×2
    43. Wind ×2
    44. FalconFighter
    45. Wind
    46. FalconFighter
    47. Wind ×2
    48. FalconFighter
    49. Wind
    50. FalconFighter
    51. Wind
    52. FalconFighter
    53. Wind
    54. Con turret
    55. Wind ×3
    56. Con turret
    57. Wind
    58. FalconFighter
    59. Con turret
    60. Wind
    61. StormbringerBomber
    62. Wind ×3
    63. StormbringerBomber
    64. Wind
    65. StormbringerBomber
    66. Wind
    67. StormbringerBomber
    68. Wind ×2
    69. StormbringerBomber
    70. Wind
    71. StormbringerBomber
    72. Wind
    73. StormbringerBomber
    74. Wind ×2
    75. StormbringerBomber ×2
    76. Wind ×3
    77. StormbringerBomber ×2
    78. Wind ×2
    79. StormbringerBomber
    80. Wind ×2
    81. StormbringerBomber
    82. Wind
    83. StormbringerBomber
    84. Wind
    85. StormbringerBomber
    86. Wind
    87. Con turret
    88. FalconFighter ×2
    89. Wind
    90. FalconFighter ×2
    91. Wind
    92. FalconFighter
    93. Con turret
    94. FalconFighter
    95. Wind
    96. FalconFighter ×2
    97. Wind
    98. FalconFighter
    99. Wind
    100. FalconFighter
    101. Wind
    102. FalconFighter
    103. Wind
    104. FalconFighter
    105. Wind ×2
    106. FalconFighter
    107. Wind
    108. FalconFighter
    109. Wind ×2
    110. FalconFighter
    111. Wind ×2
    112. FalconFighter
    113. Wind
    114. FalconFighter
    115. Wind
    116. BlinkScout plane
    117. Wind
    118. FalconFighter
    119. Wind
    120. FalconFighter
    121. Wind ×2
    122. FalconFighter
    123. Wind
    124. FalconFighter
    125. Wind ×2
    126. FalconFighter ×2
    127. Converter
    128. Wind
    129. FalconFighter
    130. Wind
    131. FalconFighter
    132. Converter
    133. FalconFighter
    134. Wind
    135. FalconFighter
    136. Converter
    137. Wind
    138. FalconFighter
    139. Wind
    140. FalconFighter
    141. Converter
    142. Wind
    143. FalconFighter
    144. Wind
    145. FalconFighter
    146. Converter
    147. Wind
    148. FalconFighter ×2
    149. Wind
    150. FalconFighter
    151. Converter
    152. FalconFighter
    153. Wind
    154. FalconFighter
    155. Converter
    156. FalconFighter
    157. Wind
    158. FalconFighter
    159. Wind
    160. Converter
    161. FalconFighter
    162. Wind
    163. FalconFighter
    164. Wind
    165. FalconFighter
    166. Converter
    167. Wind ×2
    168. Converter
    169. Wind ×2
    170. Converter
    171. Wind ×2
    172. Converter
    173. Wind
    174. Converter
    175. FalconFighter ×13
    176. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [GerBoyz]Stinkfisch's (39 OS, 23/09/2026); 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 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

[GerBoyz]Stinkfisch

39.0 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
323 metal received · 60681 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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