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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×5
    3. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 1:24 · 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 · 22 steps
    1. BlinkScout planefor Beach sea
    2. FalconFighter
    3. Wind ×4
    4. BansheeBanshee ×2
    5. Wind
    6. FalconFighter ×2
    7. OspreyHeavy transportfor Beach sea
    8. Mex
    9. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    10. FalconFighter
    11. Con turret
    12. FalconFighter
    13. Wind ×3
    14. FalconFighter
    15. Wind ×3
    16. FalconFighter
    17. Wind
    18. Con turret
    19. Wind
    20. FalconFighter
    21. Wind
    22. Con turret
  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 · 144 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. Wind
    3. Con turret
    4. StorkLight transportfor Tech
    5. Wind
    6. StorkLight transport
    7. OspreyHeavy transportfor Tech
    8. Wind
    9. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:06 · typical 6:50
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Energy storage
    12. Wind ×7
    13. Converter
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Converter
    16. Wind
    17. Converter
    18. Wind
    19. Converter
    20. Wind
    21. Converter ×2
    22. Wind ×2
    23. Converter
    24. Wind
    25. Converter
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. Wind
    29. Converter
    30. Wind
    31. Converter
    32. Wind ×7
    33. Converter
    34. Wind
    35. Metal storage
    36. Converter
    37. Wind
    38. Converter
    39. Wind
    40. Converter
    41. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:11
    42. Wind ×3
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. Wind
    45. Converter
    46. Construction BotCon bot
    47. Wind ×2
    48. Naval Construction Turret
    49. Wind ×2
    50. Converter
    51. Construction BotCon bot
    52. Wind ×2
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. Construction BotCon bot
    55. Wind
    56. Converter
    57. Wind
    58. Construction BotCon bot
    59. Wind
    60. Converter
    61. Wind
    62. Converter
    63. Wind
    64. Construction BotCon bot
    65. Converter
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Construction BotCon bot
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. Wind ×2
    70. Construction BotCon bot
    71. Con turret ×2
    72. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 12:00 · typical 10:23
    73. Con turret
    74. Wind ×2
    75. Naval Construction Turret
    76. Wind
    77. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 12:14
    78. Wind ×2
    79. FalconFighter
    80. Wind ×2
    81. FalconFighter
    82. Wind
    83. Seaplane PlatformSeaplane Platformdone 13:26
    84. FalconFighter
    85. Wind ×2
    86. FalconFighter
    87. Con turret
    88. Wind ×2
    89. FalconFighter
    90. Wind
    91. Con turret
    92. Wind
    93. FalconFighter
    94. Converter
    95. Wind
    96. FalconFighter
    97. Converter
    98. Wind
    99. FalconFighter
    100. Con turret
    101. Fusion ReactorFusion
    102. FalconFighter
    103. Converter
    104. Wind
    105. FalconFighter
    106. Converter ×10
    107. Wind
    108. Converter ×2
    109. Wind ×2
    110. Converter ×2
    111. Wind
    112. Dam BusterSeaplane bomber
    113. Converter ×2
    114. Wind
    115. Converter ×2
    116. Wind
    117. Converter
    118. Dam BusterSeaplane bomber
    119. Converter
    120. Wind
    121. Converter
    122. Wind
    123. Construction SeaplaneConstruction Seaplane
    124. Wind
    125. Converter
    126. Wind ×2
    127. Converter
    128. Wind ×3
    129. Converter
    130. Wind
    131. Converter
    132. Fusion ReactorFusion
    133. Dam BusterSeaplane bomber
    134. Converter ×6
    135. Dam BusterSeaplane bomber
    136. Converter ×3
    137. Wind
    138. Converter
    139. Wind ×2
    140. SentrySentry
    141. Dam BusterSeaplane bomber
    142. Converter
    143. Wind
    144. Converter ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is arcsiz's (36 OS, 26/08/2026); 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

arcsiz

36.3 OS · 26/08/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
113 metal received · 33277 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

Played most by

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