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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 · 29 steps
    1. OspreyHeavy transportfor Beach sea
    2. BlinkScout planefor Beach sea
    3. StorkLight transportfor Geo sea
    4. BlinkScout planefor Geo sea
    5. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    6. Energy storage
    7. Mex
    8. Energy storage
    9. FalconFighter
    10. Con turret
    11. BlinkScout plane
    12. Con turret
    13. Wind ×2
    14. StorkLight transportfor Tech
    15. Wind
    16. Con turret
    17. Wind
    18. Converter
    19. Wind
    20. Converter
    21. Con turret
    22. Converter ×2
    23. Wind
    24. Converter
    25. Wind ×2
    26. Converter
    27. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    28. Wind
    29. Con turret
  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 · 133 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Wind ×6
    3. Converter
    4. Wind ×4
    5. Converter
    6. Wind ×3
    7. Converter
    8. Wind
    9. StorkLight transport
    10. Wind
    11. Converter
    12. FalconFighter
    13. Wind
    14. Converter
    15. Wind
    16. Converter
    17. Wind
    18. Converter
    19. Wind ×2
    20. Converter
    21. Wind ×3
    22. Converter
    23. Wind
    24. Converter
    25. Wind ×3
    26. Converter
    27. Wind ×3
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×4done 6:54 · typical 6:48
    29. Wind ×14
    30. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 9:03 · typical 9:55
    31. Converter ×5
    32. Advanced Aircraft PlantAdvanced Aircraft Plantdone 9:44
    33. LicheLichedone 10:28
    34. OracleOracle
    35. Con turret ×2
    36. HighwindHighwind
    37. Con turret
    38. HighwindHighwind
    39. Con turret
    40. HighwindHighwind ×2
    41. Converter
    42. Wind
    43. HighwindHighwind ×2
    44. Con turret
    45. HighwindHighwind
    46. Con turret
    47. HighwindHighwind ×6
    48. Advanced Construction AircraftT2 con aircraftfor Tech
    49. HighwindHighwind
    50. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 12:09
    51. HighwindHighwind
    52. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    53. HighwindHighwind
    54. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    55. HighwindHighwind
    56. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    57. HighwindHighwind
    58. Con turret ×2
    59. HighwindHighwind
    60. Con turret ×2
    61. HighwindHighwind
    62. Wind
    63. Converter
    64. HighwindHighwind
    65. Wind
    66. Converter
    67. HighwindHighwind
    68. Wind
    69. HighwindHighwind
    70. Converter
    71. HighwindHighwind ×2
    72. Wind
    73. Converter
    74. HighwindHighwind
    75. Wind
    76. Converter
    77. HighwindHighwind ×2
    78. Converter ×2
    79. HighwindHighwind
    80. Converter
    81. HighwindHighwind
    82. Converter ×2
    83. HighwindHighwind
    84. Converter
    85. HighwindHighwind
    86. Wind
    87. HighwindHighwind
    88. Con turret
    89. Wind
    90. Con turret
    91. HighwindHighwind
    92. Con turret
    93. Wind
    94. Con turret ×2
    95. HighwindHighwind
    96. Wind ×2
    97. HighwindHighwind
    98. Wind
    99. HighwindHighwind
    100. Converter
    101. Wind ×2
    102. HighwindHighwind
    103. Wind
    104. Converter
    105. Wind
    106. HighwindHighwind
    107. Wind
    108. Converter
    109. HighwindHighwind
    110. Wind
    111. HighwindHighwind
    112. Converter
    113. Wind
    114. Converter
    115. OracleOracle
    116. Converter ×2
    117. HighwindHighwind ×2
    118. Converter
    119. HighwindHighwind
    120. Converter
    121. Wind
    122. HighwindHighwind
    123. Converter
    124. HighwindHighwind
    125. Converter
    126. Wind
    127. HighwindHighwind
    128. Converter
    129. HighwindHighwind
    130. Converter
    131. HighwindHighwind
    132. Converter
    133. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Dad_The_Speedrunner's (36 OS, 14/09/2026); 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

36.1 OS · 14/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
60 metal received · 171042 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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