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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 ×3
    3. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 1:07 · 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 · 29 steps
    1. BlinkScout planefor Beach sea
    2. Wind
    3. StorkLight transportfor Geo sea
    4. Wind
    5. BlinkScout planefor Geo sea
    6. Wind
    7. FalconFighter
    8. Wind ×3
    9. FalconFighter
    10. Wind ×2
    11. FalconFighter
    12. Wind
    13. FalconFighter
    14. StorkLight transportfor Geo
    15. FalconFighter
    16. Wind
    17. FalconFighter
    18. BlinkScout plane
    19. StorkLight transportfor Tech
    20. Mex
    21. StorkLight transportfor Pond
    22. Energy storage
    23. FalconFighter ×2
    24. Con turret
    25. FalconFighter
    26. Con turret
    27. FalconFighter
    28. Con turret
    29. 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 · 184 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    4. Converter
    5. Wind
    6. Converter
    7. Wind
    8. Converter
    9. Wind
    10. Converter
    11. Wind
    12. Converter ×2
    13. Wind ×7
    14. Converter
    15. Wind
    16. Converter
    17. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 6:19
    18. BansheeBanshee
    19. Wind
    20. BansheeBanshee ×2
    21. Converter
    22. BansheeBanshee
    23. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    24. Converter
    25. Con turret
    26. Wind ×3
    27. Converter
    28. Wind ×6
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3done 7:35 · typical 7:03
    30. Wind ×2
    31. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 8:28
    32. Wind
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. FalconFighter ×2
    35. Wind
    36. FalconFighter ×2
    37. Wind
    38. FalconFighter
    39. Wind
    40. FalconFighter
    41. Wind ×3
    42. FalconFighter
    43. Wind ×2
    44. FalconFighter
    45. StorkLight transport
    46. Con turret
    47. Wind ×2
    48. FalconFighter
    49. Wind
    50. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    51. Wind ×2
    52. FalconFighter
    53. Wind ×2
    54. FalconFighter
    55. Con turret
    56. Wind
    57. Con turret
    58. Wind ×5
    59. FalconFighter
    60. Con turret
    61. Wind ×4
    62. Con turret
    63. Wind
    64. FalconFighter
    65. Wind ×2
    66. FalconFighter
    67. Wind
    68. FalconFighter
    69. Con turret
    70. FalconFighter ×2
    71. Wind
    72. FalconFighter ×2
    73. Wind
    74. FalconFighter ×2
    75. Wind
    76. Con turret
    77. Wind ×2
    78. FalconFighter
    79. Wind ×3
    80. FalconFighter ×2
    81. Wind
    82. FalconFighter
    83. Wind ×2
    84. FalconFighter
    85. Wind ×2
    86. FalconFighter
    87. Wind ×2
    88. FalconFighter ×2
    89. Wind
    90. FalconFighter
    91. Wind ×3
    92. FalconFighter
    93. Wind ×3
    94. FalconFighter
    95. Wind
    96. FalconFighter
    97. Wind ×3
    98. FalconFighter
    99. Wind ×2
    100. FalconFighter
    101. Wind
    102. FalconFighter
    103. Wind ×2
    104. FalconFighter
    105. Wind
    106. FalconFighter
    107. Wind
    108. FalconFighter
    109. Wind ×2
    110. FalconFighter ×2
    111. Wind
    112. FalconFighter
    113. Wind ×2
    114. FalconFighter
    115. Wind
    116. FalconFighter
    117. Wind
    118. FalconFighter
    119. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    120. Wind
    121. FalconFighter ×2
    122. Wind
    123. FalconFighter
    124. Converter
    125. Wind
    126. FalconFighter ×2
    127. Wind
    128. FalconFighter
    129. Converter
    130. Wind
    131. FalconFighter
    132. Wind
    133. FalconFighter
    134. Converter
    135. Wind ×2
    136. BlinkScout plane
    137. Wind
    138. Converter
    139. BlinkScout plane
    140. Wind
    141. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    142. Wind
    143. FalconFighter
    144. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    145. Wind
    146. Advanced Aircraft PlantAdvanced Aircraft Plantdone 13:27
    147. Converter
    148. Wind ×10
    149. HighwindHighwind
    150. Converter
    151. Wind ×3
    152. HighwindHighwind
    153. Wind ×2
    154. HighwindHighwind
    155. Wind ×3
    156. HighwindHighwind ×2
    157. Wind ×3
    158. Converter
    159. HighwindHighwind
    160. Wind ×2
    161. LicheLichedone 14:24
    162. Wind
    163. Converter
    164. Wind ×3
    165. Energy storage ×2
    166. Wind ×5
    167. OracleOracle
    168. Wind
    169. Energy storage
    170. Wind
    171. HighwindHighwind
    172. Converter
    173. Wind ×3
    174. HighwindHighwind
    175. Wind ×2
    176. HighwindHighwind
    177. Advanced Fusion ReactorAdvanced Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    178. Wind ×3
    179. Converter
    180. HighwindHighwind
    181. Wind
    182. Converter
    183. Wind ×2
    184. HighwindHighwind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Immort's (54 OS, 06/10/2026); 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

Immort

53.8 OS · 06/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
2364 metal received · 46810 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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