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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is EpicTyrannus's (38 OS, 07/09/2026); 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 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

EpicTyrannus

38.5 OS · 07/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
156 metal received · 39200 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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