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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 (70%)

#eco #air #team support · 150 distinct matches · 68 players · 66% of Armada Air games · team won 42% of 153 · 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 150 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 ×5
    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: light transport (33%) · banshee (33%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 22 steps
    1. BlinkScout planefor Geo sea
    2. StorkLight transportfor Geo sea
    3. BlinkScout planefor Beach sea
    4. Wind ×2
    5. BansheeBanshee
    6. Wind
    7. OspreyHeavy transportfor Beach sea
    8. BlinkScout plane ×3
    9. Wind
    10. FalconFighter
    11. Wind ×3
    12. FalconFighter
    13. Wind ×3
    14. FalconFighter
    15. Wind
    16. StorkLight transportfor Tech
    17. Mex
    18. FalconFighter ×3
    19. Wind ×2
    20. Con turret
    21. Wind ×2
    22. FalconFighter
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine34Wind
    • Energy Converter8Converter
    Order
    1. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plant in 80% of games
    Builders
    • Construction Turret4 Con turret
    Army
    • Falcon10 Fighter

    Some games also: Aircraft Plant (48%) · con aircraft (48%) · 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 · 133 steps
    1. Wind ×4
    2. FalconFighter
    3. StorkLight transportfor Geo sea
    4. Wind ×2
    5. FalconFighter
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:38 · typical 7:03
    7. Con turret
    8. FalconFighter ×2
    9. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    10. Bot LabBot Labdone 6:48
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    14. Wind
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    16. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    17. Wind ×2
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. Wind ×6
    20. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    21. Wind ×2
    22. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 8:26
    23. Wind
    24. Con turret
    25. Wind ×2
    26. Con turret
    27. Wind
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    29. Wind ×11
    30. FalconFighter
    31. Wind
    32. FalconFighter
    33. Wind
    34. FalconFighter
    35. Energy storage
    36. Wind
    37. FalconFighter
    38. Wind
    39. FalconFighter
    40. Wind
    41. FalconFighter
    42. Wind
    43. FalconFighter
    44. Wind
    45. FalconFighter
    46. Wind ×2
    47. FalconFighter
    48. Con turret
    49. Wind
    50. Con turret
    51. FalconFighter
    52. Wind ×2
    53. Con turret
    54. T2 converter
    55. FalconFighter ×2
    56. Wind
    57. FalconFighter
    58. Wind
    59. FalconFighter ×3
    60. Wind
    61. FalconFighter
    62. Wind ×2
    63. FalconFighter
    64. BlinkScout plane
    65. Wind
    66. BlinkScout plane
    67. Wind
    68. FalconFighter ×2
    69. Wind
    70. FalconFighter ×5
    71. Wind
    72. FalconFighter
    73. Wind
    74. FalconFighter ×2
    75. Wind
    76. FalconFighter
    77. Con turret
    78. Wind
    79. FalconFighter
    80. Con turret
    81. Wind
    82. BlinkScout plane
    83. FalconFighter
    84. Wind
    85. FalconFighter ×2
    86. Wind
    87. StormbringerBomber
    88. Wind
    89. StormbringerBomber ×6
    90. Wind
    91. StormbringerBomber ×3
    92. Wind
    93. StormbringerBomber
    94. Wind
    95. StormbringerBomber
    96. FalconFighter ×2
    97. Wind ×7
    98. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 12:45
    99. Wind ×6
    100. Con turret
    101. Wind ×4
    102. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    103. Con turret
    104. Wind ×2
    105. Con turret
    106. Wind ×2
    107. Con turret
    108. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    109. Wind ×2
    110. Con turret
    111. Wind
    112. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    113. Con turret
    114. Wind
    115. Advanced Aircraft PlantAdvanced Aircraft Plantdone 14:29
    116. Con turret
    117. Wind
    118. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    119. Wind ×2
    120. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    121. Wind ×2
    122. Con turret
    123. Wind
    124. Advanced Construction AircraftT2 con aircraft
    125. Con turret
    126. Wind ×2
    127. Con turret
    128. Wind
    129. Con turret
    130. Wind
    131. Con turret
    132. Wind ×2
    133. FalconFighter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Sewer_Rat's (31 OS, 03/10/2026); 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 1:33 · in 52% of games
  • Wind Turbine3 Wind from Beach sea or Geo sea or Techfirst at 1:40 · in 39% 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

01k2k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

01k2k3k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

153 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039000
2:0091900
3:00145400
4:002060500
5:0027837473
6:003578148146
7:004959241250
8:006685337302
9:008662391365
10:0011009451489
11:0013467619584
12:0016151838708
13:00190351234935
14:002181516071450
15:002484619852270
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

Sewer_Rat

30.9 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
777 metal received · 18254 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=148
Advanced Metal Extractor7:03Middle 50%: 6:36–7:38 · n=144
Fusion Reactor11:07Middle 50%: 10:01–12:25 · n=87

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