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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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 1:30 · 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 · 19 steps
    1. StorkLight transport
    2. BansheeBanshee
    3. StorkLight transportfor Geo sea
    4. BlinkScout plane ×2for Geo sea
    5. Wind ×3
    6. FalconFighter ×2
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Mex
    9. FalconFighter
    10. Wind
    11. BlinkScout planefor Geo
    12. FalconFighter
    13. FalconFighterfor Geo sea
    14. Con turret
    15. StorkLight transportfor Tech
    16. Wind
    17. Con turret
    18. FalconFighter ×4
    19. Wind
  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 · 160 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Wind
    3. Converter
    4. Wind
    5. Converter
    6. Wind
    7. StorkLight transportfor Tech
    8. Converter
    9. Wind
    10. Converter
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Converter
    13. OspreyHeavy transportfor Pond
    14. Wind
    15. StorkLight transportfor Beach sea
    16. FalconFighterfor Geo sea
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:44 · typical 7:03
    18. FalconFighter
    19. Wind
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    21. BlinkScout plane
    22. Wind
    23. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    25. Wind ×2
    26. Converter
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    28. Converter
    29. Wind ×2
    30. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:01
    31. Construction BotCon bot ×6
    32. Wind
    33. Construction BotCon bot
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    36. Wind
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Construction BotCon bot
    40. Wind
    41. Converter
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. Wind ×2
    44. Construction BotCon bot
    45. Wind ×2
    46. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    47. Wind ×2
    48. Converter
    49. Construction BotCon bot
    50. Wind ×2
    51. Construction BotCon bot
    52. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 9:33
    53. Wind ×4
    54. Converter
    55. Wind
    56. FalconFighter
    57. Wind
    58. FalconFighterfor Geo sea
    59. Wind ×2
    60. Converter
    61. Wind ×2
    62. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    63. Wind ×3
    64. Converter
    65. Wind ×2
    66. FalconFighter
    67. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    68. Converter
    69. Wind
    70. Con turret
    71. Wind ×2
    72. FalconFighter
    73. Wind ×3
    74. Converter
    75. Wind
    76. Con turret
    77. FalconFighter
    78. Wind ×3
    79. Converter
    80. Wind ×3
    81. FalconFighter
    82. Wind
    83. Con turret
    84. Wind ×2
    85. Converter
    86. Wind ×3
    87. FalconFighter
    88. Con turret
    89. Wind ×2
    90. Converter
    91. Wind
    92. Con turret
    93. Wind ×4
    94. FalconFighter
    95. Con turret
    96. Converter
    97. Wind ×2
    98. Converter
    99. Wind
    100. FalconFighter
    101. Wind ×3
    102. FalconFighter
    103. Wind
    104. Converter
    105. FalconFighter
    106. Converter
    107. Wind ×2
    108. FalconFighter
    109. Wind
    110. Converter
    111. FalconFighter
    112. Wind
    113. Converter
    114. Wind ×2
    115. Converter
    116. Wind
    117. FalconFighter ×2
    118. Wind ×2
    119. FalconFighter
    120. Wind
    121. Converter ×2
    122. FalconFighter
    123. Wind ×4
    124. FalconFighter
    125. Converter
    126. FalconFighter
    127. Wind
    128. Converter
    129. Wind ×2
    130. FalconFighter
    131. Wind
    132. Converter
    133. Wind ×3
    134. BansheeBanshee
    135. Converter ×2
    136. BansheeBanshee
    137. Wind ×3
    138. BansheeBanshee
    139. Wind ×2
    140. Converter
    141. Wind ×2
    142. BansheeBanshee ×2
    143. Wind ×2
    144. BansheeBanshee
    145. Wind ×2
    146. BansheeBanshee
    147. Converter
    148. Wind ×3
    149. BansheeBanshee
    150. Wind
    151. BansheeBanshee
    152. Wind
    153. Converter
    154. Wind ×2
    155. BansheeBanshee
    156. Wind ×2
    157. BansheeBanshee
    158. Wind
    159. BansheeBanshee
    160. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is BigRowan's (33 OS, 18/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Blink2 Scout plane to Geo sea or Beach seafirst at 1:50 · 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

BigRowan

33.2 OS · 18/08/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
81 metal received · 55335 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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