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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 1:28 · 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 · 33 steps
    1. BlinkScout planefor Geo sea
    2. Wind ×3
    3. BlinkScout planefor Beach sea
    4. Wind
    5. OspreyHeavy transportfor Beach sea
    6. StorkLight transportfor Geo sea
    7. Construction AircraftCon aircraftfor Beach sea
    8. Con turret ×3
    9. Mex
    10. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    11. Energy storage
    12. Wind ×4
    13. Converter
    14. FalconFighter
    15. Wind ×4
    16. FalconFighter
    17. Wind
    18. FalconFighter
    19. Wind
    20. Converter
    21. StorkLight transportfor Tech
    22. Converter
    23. StorkLight transport
    24. Wind
    25. Converter
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. Wind
    29. Converter
    30. Wind
    31. Converter ×2
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Converter
  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 · 170 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Converter ×2
    3. Wind ×5
    4. Converter
    5. Wind
    6. Converter
    7. Wind ×3
    8. Converter
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Converter
    11. Wind
    12. Converter
    13. Wind
    14. Converter ×2
    15. Wind
    16. Con turret
    17. Converter
    18. Con turret
    19. Wind ×12
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×4done 7:05
    21. Wind ×8
    22. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 8:24
    23. Con turret
    24. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    25. Con turret ×3
    26. Wind ×5
    27. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    28. Wind ×4
    29. Con turret
    30. FalconFighter
    31. Con turret ×2
    32. Wind
    33. Con turret ×2
    34. Wind
    35. FalconFighter
    36. Wind ×2
    37. Con turret
    38. Wind
    39. FalconFighter
    40. Wind
    41. FalconFighter
    42. Wind
    43. FalconFighter ×3
    44. Con turret
    45. FalconFighter
    46. Con turret
    47. FalconFighter ×2
    48. Con turret
    49. FalconFighter
    50. Con turret
    51. FalconFighter
    52. Con turret
    53. FalconFighter ×2
    54. Con turret
    55. FalconFighter
    56. Wind
    57. FalconFighter
    58. Wind
    59. FalconFighter
    60. Wind
    61. FalconFighter ×2
    62. Wind ×2
    63. FalconFighter
    64. Wind ×3
    65. FalconFighter
    66. Wind ×2
    67. FalconFighter
    68. Wind ×2
    69. FalconFighter
    70. Wind ×3
    71. FalconFighter
    72. Wind ×3
    73. FalconFighter
    74. Wind ×29
    75. Converter ×2
    76. Wind ×2
    77. Converter ×2
    78. Wind ×2
    79. Converter ×2
    80. Wind ×2
    81. Converter
    82. Wind ×2
    83. Converter ×2
    84. Wind ×2
    85. Converter
    86. Wind
    87. Converter
    88. Wind
    89. Converter ×2
    90. Wind
    91. Converter
    92. Wind
    93. Converter
    94. Wind
    95. Converter
    96. Wind ×2
    97. Converter
    98. Wind ×3
    99. Converter
    100. Wind ×2
    101. Converter
    102. Wind
    103. Converter
    104. Wind
    105. Con turret
    106. Converter
    107. Wind
    108. Converter
    109. Wind
    110. Converter
    111. Wind
    112. Con turret
    113. Converter
    114. Wind
    115. Converter ×2
    116. Wind
    117. Con turret
    118. Converter ×2
    119. Wind
    120. Converter
    121. Con turret
    122. Wind
    123. Converter
    124. Wind
    125. Converter
    126. Wind
    127. Converter
    128. Advanced Fusion ReactorAdvanced Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    129. Wind
    130. Converter
    131. Wind ×4
    132. Converter
    133. Wind ×6
    134. Converter
    135. Wind ×6
    136. Converter
    137. Wind
    138. Con turret
    139. Wind ×5
    140. Converter
    141. Con turret
    142. Wind ×3
    143. Con turret
    144. Wind ×2
    145. Con turret
    146. Wind
    147. Converter
    148. Wind ×4
    149. Con turret
    150. Wind ×12
    151. Con turret
    152. Wind ×13
    153. Con turret
    154. Wind ×10
    155. Converter
    156. Wind ×2
    157. Converter
    158. Wind ×3
    159. Converter
    160. Wind ×2
    161. Converter
    162. Wind
    163. Converter
    164. Wind ×3
    165. Converter
    166. Wind
    167. Converter
    168. Wind ×3
    169. Converter
    170. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Dad_The_Speedrunner's (37 OS, 19/09/2026); 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

Dad_The_Speedrunner

36.6 OS · 19/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
313 metal received · 49217 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

Played most by

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