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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 (67%)

#eco #air #team support · 62 distinct matches · 32 players · 69% of Armada Air games · team won 41% of 63 · 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 62 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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 1:31 · 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 (41%) · banshee (38%) · light transport (37%) · energy storage (30%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 23 steps
    1. Wind
    2. BlinkScout plane
    3. BlinkScout planefor Geo sea
    4. Solar
    5. StorkLight transportfor Beach sea
    6. Wind
    7. StorkLight transportfor Tech
    8. BlinkScout planefor Beach sea
    9. FalconFighter
    10. Wind
    11. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    12. Mex
    13. FalconFighter
    14. Wind
    15. Con turret ×3
    16. Wind ×2
    17. FalconFighter
    18. Wind
    19. OspreyHeavy transportfor Pond
    20. StorkLight transportfor Geo
    21. Wind ×3
    22. OspreyHeavy transportfor Pond
    23. Wind ×5
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine32Wind
    • Energy Converter9Converter
    Order
    1. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plant after 39 wind, 6 converter, 5 con turretin 60% of games
    Builders
    • Construction Turret4 Con turret
    Army
    • Falcon8 Fighter

    Some games also: con aircraft (46%) · fusion (38%) · 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 · 140 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. StorkLight transport
    3. Wind ×3
    4. StorkLight transport
    5. Wind ×5
    6. FalconFighterfor Geo
    7. Con turret
    8. FalconFighter ×2for Geo
    9. Wind ×2
    10. FalconFighterfor Geo
    11. Wind
    12. FalconFighterfor Geo
    13. Con turret ×2
    14. Converter
    15. Wind
    16. FalconFighterfor Geo
    17. Wind
    18. Converter ×4
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:06 · typical 6:50
    20. FalconFighterfor Geo
    21. Converter ×3
    22. Wind
    23. FalconFighter
    24. Wind
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    26. Converter
    27. Wind
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    29. Wind
    30. Converter ×2
    31. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 8:11
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    33. Wind
    34. BansheeBanshee
    35. FalconFighterfor Geo
    36. Wind
    37. FalconFighterfor Geo
    38. Wind
    39. FalconFighterfor Geo
    40. Wind
    41. FalconFighterfor Geo
    42. Wind
    43. FalconFighterfor Geo
    44. FalconFighter ×2
    45. Con turret
    46. FalconFighter
    47. Construction AircraftCon aircraft ×2
    48. FalconFighter ×3
    49. Wind
    50. FalconFighter
    51. Con turret
    52. FalconFighter
    53. Wind
    54. Con turret
    55. FalconFighter
    56. Wind
    57. FalconFighter
    58. Wind
    59. FalconFighter
    60. Wind
    61. FalconFighter
    62. Wind
    63. FalconFighter
    64. Wind
    65. StormbringerBomber
    66. Wind
    67. StormbringerBomber
    68. Wind ×2
    69. StormbringerBomber
    70. Wind
    71. StormbringerBomber
    72. Wind
    73. StormbringerBomber
    74. Con turret
    75. Wind
    76. Con turret
    77. StormbringerBomber
    78. Wind
    79. StormbringerBomber
    80. Wind ×2
    81. StormbringerBomber
    82. Wind ×2
    83. StormbringerBomber
    84. Wind ×4
    85. StormbringerBomber
    86. Wind ×2
    87. FalconFighter
    88. Wind
    89. FalconFighter
    90. Wind
    91. FalconFighter
    92. StormbringerBomber
    93. Wind
    94. StormbringerBomber
    95. FalconFighter
    96. Wind ×2
    97. BlinkScout plane ×2
    98. Wind
    99. BlinkScout plane
    100. Wind
    101. BlinkScout plane
    102. Wind ×2
    103. FalconFighter
    104. Wind
    105. FalconFighter
    106. Wind
    107. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 12:13 · typical 10:23
    108. Wind ×2
    109. Converter
    110. Wind
    111. Converter ×3
    112. Wind
    113. Converter ×3
    114. Wind
    115. Converter ×3
    116. Wind
    117. Converter ×3
    118. Wind
    119. Converter
    120. Wind ×3
    121. Converter
    122. Wind ×8
    123. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 12:47
    124. FalconFighter ×7
    125. Con turret
    126. FalconFighter ×2
    127. Con turret ×2
    128. FalconFighter ×3
    129. Con turret
    130. FalconFighter
    131. Con turret
    132. FalconFighter ×2
    133. Con turret
    134. FalconFighter
    135. Con turret
    136. FalconFighter ×5
    137. Advanced Aircraft PlantAdvanced Aircraft Plantdone 14:12
    138. HighwindHighwind ×3
    139. ChainsawChainsaw
    140. HighwindHighwind ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TrollHardGoPro's (39 OS, 26/09/2026); 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 83% of games
  • Stork3 Light transport to Tech or Geo sea or Geofirst at 2:13 · in 87% of games
  • Osprey1 Heavy transport to Beach sea or Pond or Techfirst at 2:28 · in 68% of games

You get

  • Wind Turbine2–3 Wind from Beach sea or Geo seafirst at 1:27 · in 35% of games
  • Wind Turbine3 Wind from Beach sea or Geo seafirst at 1:31 · in 52% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot from Techfirst at 2:29 · in 63% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 5:56 · in 83% 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

63 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039000
2:0092100
3:00145400
4:002043500
5:002793102125
6:003623203177
7:005137284271
8:006909371302
9:009014385344
10:0011449438417
11:0013876613482
12:0016908940709
13:001978616311125
14:002237118511711
15:002522218722482
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

TrollHardGoPro

38.8 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

15 received units · includes a constructor
315 metal received · 68506 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=62
Advanced Metal Extractor6:50Middle 50%: 6:30–7:31 · n=56
Fusion Reactor10:23Middle 50%: 9:23–12:04 · n=38

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