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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 (69%)

#eco #air #team support · 151 distinct matches · 69 players · 65% of Armada Air games · team won 42% of 154 · 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 151 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 ×5
    3. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 1:22 · 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: banshee (34%) · light transport (33%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 24 steps
    1. BlinkScout plane
    2. Wind ×3
    3. BlinkScout plane ×2for Geo sea
    4. StorkLight transportfor Geo sea
    5. OspreyHeavy transportfor Beach sea
    6. StorkLight transport ×3for Beach sea
    7. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    8. Con turret
    9. FalconFighter
    10. Wind
    11. Mex
    12. Wind
    13. FalconFighter
    14. Wind ×2
    15. StorkLight transport
    16. FalconFighter ×2
    17. Wind
    18. FalconFighter
    19. Wind ×3
    20. FalconFighter
    21. Converter
    22. Wind ×3
    23. Converter
    24. Wind
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine34Wind
    • Energy Converter8Converter
    Order
    1. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plant in 79% of games
    Builders
    • Construction Turret4 Con turret
    Army
    • Falcon10 Fighter

    Some games also: Aircraft Plant (47%) · con aircraft (47%) · 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 · 251 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Con turret
    3. Wind
    4. Energy storage
    5. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Con turret ×2
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:22 · typical 7:03
    9. Wind
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    11. Converter
    12. Wind
    13. Converter
    14. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    15. Wind
    16. Converter ×2
    17. Energy storage
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    19. Converter
    20. Wind
    21. Converter
    22. Wind ×2
    23. Converter
    24. Wind
    25. Converter
    26. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 7:55
    27. BlinkScout plane
    28. FalconFighter ×2
    29. Wind
    30. FalconFighter
    31. Wind ×2
    32. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    33. Wind
    34. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    35. Wind ×2
    36. FalconFighter
    37. Con turret
    38. Wind ×3
    39. FalconFighter
    40. Wind ×3
    41. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    42. Wind ×2
    43. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    44. Wind
    45. FalconFighter
    46. Wind
    47. Con turret
    48. Wind ×2
    49. Con turret
    50. FalconFighter
    51. Wind ×3
    52. FalconFighter
    53. Wind
    54. FalconFighter
    55. Wind ×2
    56. FalconFighter
    57. Wind
    58. Con turret
    59. FalconFighter
    60. Wind ×4
    61. Con turret
    62. FalconFighter
    63. Wind
    64. Con turret ×3
    65. FalconFighter
    66. Wind ×2
    67. FalconFighter ×2
    68. Wind ×4
    69. FalconFighter
    70. Wind ×2
    71. StorkLight transport ×2
    72. Wind ×3
    73. FalconFighter
    74. Wind
    75. FalconFighter
    76. Wind
    77. FalconFighter
    78. Wind ×2
    79. FalconFighter
    80. Wind
    81. BlinkScout plane
    82. Wind
    83. FalconFighter
    84. Wind
    85. FalconFighter
    86. Wind
    87. FalconFighter
    88. Wind ×3
    89. FalconFighter
    90. Wind ×2
    91. FalconFighter
    92. Wind ×2
    93. FalconFighter
    94. Wind ×3
    95. FalconFighter
    96. Wind ×3
    97. FalconFighter
    98. Wind
    99. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    100. Wind ×2
    101. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    102. Wind ×4
    103. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    104. Con turret
    105. Wind
    106. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    107. Wind ×3
    108. FalconFighter
    109. Wind
    110. FalconFighter
    111. Wind ×3
    112. FalconFighter
    113. Wind
    114. Converter
    115. Wind
    116. BlinkScout plane
    117. Wind
    118. Con turret
    119. Wind
    120. BlinkScout plane
    121. Con turret
    122. Wind
    123. Converter
    124. Con turret
    125. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    126. Wind ×2
    127. Converter
    128. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    129. Wind
    130. FalconFighter
    131. Converter
    132. Wind
    133. FalconFighter
    134. Wind ×2
    135. Converter
    136. FalconFighter ×2
    137. Wind ×2
    138. FalconFighter
    139. Wind
    140. Converter
    141. FalconFighter
    142. Con turret
    143. Wind
    144. Converter
    145. Wind
    146. FalconFighter
    147. Wind ×2
    148. FalconFighter
    149. Wind
    150. Converter
    151. Wind
    152. FalconFighter
    153. Wind ×2
    154. Converter
    155. BansheeBanshee
    156. Wind ×2
    157. BansheeBanshee
    158. Converter
    159. Wind
    160. T2 converter
    161. BansheeBanshee
    162. Wind ×3
    163. BansheeBanshee
    164. Wind
    165. BansheeBanshee
    166. Wind
    167. BansheeBanshee
    168. Wind
    169. BansheeBanshee
    170. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    171. BansheeBanshee
    172. Wind ×2
    173. BansheeBanshee
    174. Wind
    175. BansheeBanshee
    176. BlinkScout plane
    177. Wind
    178. FalconFighter
    179. Wind
    180. Converter
    181. Wind
    182. FalconFighter ×2
    183. Wind
    184. BansheeBanshee
    185. Wind ×2
    186. NettleNettle
    187. BansheeBanshee
    188. Converter
    189. BansheeBanshee
    190. Wind ×2
    191. BansheeBanshee
    192. Wind
    193. Converter
    194. NettleNettle
    195. FalconFighter ×3
    196. Wind
    197. FalconFighter
    198. Converter
    199. FalconFighter
    200. Wind
    201. FalconFighter
    202. Wind
    203. NettleNettle
    204. FalconFighter
    205. Converter
    206. FalconFighter
    207. Wind ×2
    208. FalconFighter ×2
    209. Wind
    210. Converter
    211. FalconFighter
    212. Wind
    213. Con turret
    214. FalconFighter
    215. NettleNettle
    216. Wind
    217. FalconFighter
    218. NettleNettle
    219. FalconFighter
    220. Converter
    221. Wind
    222. FalconFighter
    223. Wind
    224. FalconFighter ×2
    225. Converter
    226. Wind
    227. BlinkScout plane
    228. FalconFighter
    229. Wind
    230. FalconFighter
    231. Wind
    232. FalconFighter ×3
    233. Wind
    234. Converter
    235. Wind
    236. FalconFighter ×2
    237. Con turret
    238. Wind
    239. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00 · typical 11:07
    240. Converter
    241. Wind
    242. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    243. Wind ×2
    244. Converter ×2
    245. Wind ×2
    246. Converter
    247. NettleNettle
    248. Con turret
    249. Wind
    250. Converter
    251. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TheGeneraI's (32 OS, 25/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Blink2 Scout plane to Geo sea or Beach seafirst at 1:50 · 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 1:35 · in 53% of games
  • Wind Turbine3 Wind from Beach sea or Geo sea or Techfirst at 1:40 · in 38% 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

01k2k3k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

01k2k3k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

154 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039000
2:0091900
3:00145400
4:002058510
5:0027827473
6:003568151146
7:004958241261
8:006660339307
9:008641397365
10:0010953470489
11:0013420624584
12:0016125845709
13:00189671239937
14:002177116241477
15:002481620012269
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

TheGeneraI

31.8 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
35 metal received · 54249 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=149
Advanced Metal Extractor7:03Middle 50%: 6:36–7:41 · n=145
Fusion Reactor11:07Middle 50%: 10:01–12:25 · n=87

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