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Standard air

Armada Air build order · Supreme Isthmus

Economy-first air play: Aircraft Plant at 1:30, Advanced Metal Extractor around 7:00, Fusion Reactor just after 11:00, with transports and scouts made for allies before settling into Falcon fighters for the rest of the game.

Usually transports first (69%)

#air #team support · 155 distinct matches · 70 players · 66% of Armada Air games · team won 41% of 158 · 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 155 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 1:21 · 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 · 27 steps
    1. BlinkScout planefor Geo sea
    2. Wind
    3. BlinkScout planefor Beach sea
    4. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    5. FalconFighter
    6. Wind
    7. FalconFighter
    8. Mex
    9. FalconFighter ×3
    10. StorkLight transport
    11. Wind
    12. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    13. Con turret
    14. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    15. Wind
    16. FalconFighter ×2
    17. Wind
    18. FalconFighter ×2
    19. StorkLight transportfor Tech
    20. Wind
    21. StorkLight transportfor Tech
    22. Wind ×3
    23. Converter
    24. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    25. Wind ×3
    26. Converter
    27. Energy storage
  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 (49%) · 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 · 236 steps
    1. Wind ×5
    2. Con turret
    3. Converter
    4. Wind
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:26 · typical 7:03
    6. Wind
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    8. Con turret
    9. Wind
    10. Solar ×2
    11. Wind ×3
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    13. Wind ×3
    14. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    15. Wind ×3
    16. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:14
    17. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    18. Wind
    19. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. Wind ×3
    23. Con turret
    24. Wind ×3
    25. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    26. Con turret
    27. Wind ×2
    28. Converter
    29. Wind
    30. Con turret ×3
    31. Wind ×4
    32. Con turret
    33. Wind ×3
    34. Con turret
    35. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 9:42
    36. Converter
    37. Wind ×3
    38. FalconFighter
    39. Wind ×2
    40. FalconFighter
    41. Wind ×2
    42. FalconFighter
    43. Wind
    44. Converter
    45. Wind
    46. FalconFighter
    47. Wind ×2
    48. FalconFighter
    49. Wind ×2
    50. FalconFighter
    51. Wind ×3
    52. FalconFighter
    53. Converter
    54. FalconFighter
    55. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:01 · typical 11:07
    56. Wind
    57. FalconFighter
    58. Wind
    59. FalconFighter
    60. Wind ×3
    61. FalconFighter
    62. Converter
    63. FalconFighter
    64. Wind ×3
    65. OspreyHeavy transport
    66. Wind ×4
    67. FalconFighter
    68. Converter
    69. FalconFighter
    70. Wind ×2
    71. BansheeBanshee
    72. Wind
    73. BansheeBanshee
    74. Wind ×3
    75. BansheeBanshee
    76. Wind ×2
    77. Converter
    78. BansheeBanshee
    79. Wind ×2
    80. BansheeBanshee
    81. Wind ×2
    82. BansheeBanshee
    83. Wind ×3
    84. FalconFighter
    85. Wind
    86. Converter
    87. Wind
    88. FalconFighter
    89. Wind ×3
    90. FalconFighter
    91. Wind
    92. Converter
    93. FalconFighter
    94. Wind ×2
    95. FalconFighter
    96. Wind ×2
    97. FalconFighter
    98. Wind
    99. Converter
    100. Wind
    101. FalconFighter
    102. Wind ×2
    103. FalconFighter
    104. Wind
    105. Converter
    106. Wind
    107. FalconFighter
    108. Wind ×2
    109. FalconFighter
    110. Wind
    111. Converter
    112. Wind ×2
    113. FalconFighter
    114. Wind
    115. FalconFighter
    116. Wind
    117. Converter
    118. FalconFighter
    119. Wind ×3
    120. FalconFighter
    121. Wind
    122. FalconFighter
    123. Converter
    124. Wind ×2
    125. FalconFighter
    126. Wind
    127. FalconFighter
    128. Wind
    129. Converter
    130. FalconFighter
    131. Converter
    132. FalconFighter
    133. Wind
    134. FalconFighter
    135. Converter
    136. FalconFighter
    137. Converter
    138. Wind ×2
    139. FalconFighter ×2
    140. Converter ×2
    141. FalconFighter
    142. Wind
    143. FalconFighter
    144. Converter
    145. Wind
    146. Converter
    147. FalconFighter
    148. Wind
    149. Con turret
    150. Wind
    151. FalconFighter
    152. Converter ×2
    153. Wind
    154. Converter
    155. Wind ×2
    156. Converter ×2
    157. Wind ×4
    158. Converter
    159. Wind ×2
    160. Converter
    161. Wind ×2
    162. FalconFighter
    163. Wind ×2
    164. Converter
    165. Wind
    166. FalconFighter
    167. Wind ×3
    168. Converter
    169. Wind ×4
    170. Converter
    171. Wind ×2
    172. FalconFighter
    173. Wind ×2
    174. Converter
    175. Wind ×4
    176. Converter
    177. Wind ×4
    178. FalconFighter
    179. Wind
    180. Converter
    181. Wind ×2
    182. FalconFighter
    183. Converter
    184. Wind ×3
    185. FalconFighter
    186. Wind
    187. Converter
    188. Wind
    189. FalconFighter
    190. Wind ×2
    191. FalconFighter
    192. Wind
    193. Converter
    194. FalconFighter
    195. Wind ×2
    196. FalconFighter ×2
    197. Wind
    198. Converter
    199. FalconFighter
    200. Wind ×2
    201. FalconFighter
    202. Wind ×2
    203. FalconFighter
    204. Converter
    205. FalconFighter
    206. Wind
    207. FalconFighter
    208. Wind ×2
    209. FalconFighter
    210. Converter
    211. Wind
    212. FalconFighter
    213. Wind
    214. FalconFighter
    215. Wind
    216. FalconFighter
    217. Converter
    218. FalconFighter
    219. Wind ×2
    220. StorkLight transportfor Geo
    221. Wind
    222. FalconFighter
    223. Converter
    224. Wind
    225. FalconFighter ×2
    226. Wind ×2
    227. FalconFighter
    228. Converter
    229. FalconFighter
    230. Fusion ReactorFusion
    231. FalconFighter
    232. Wind
    233. FalconFighter
    234. Converter
    235. Wind ×2
    236. FalconFighter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is duoinvasion's (30 OS, 06/09/2026); 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 87% 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 64% of games

You get

  • Wind Turbine3 Wind from Beach sea or Geo seafirst at 1:35 · in 52% of games
  • Wind Turbine3 Wind from Beach sea or Geo sea or Techfirst at 1:40 · in 37% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot from Techfirst at 2:27 · in 69% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 6:03 · 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

158 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039000
2:0092000
3:00145500
4:002055510
5:0027837473
6:003588151146
7:004967241235
8:006709320301
9:008719382365
10:0011017447460
11:0013505610568
12:0016214794708
13:00191851233911
14:002188515911437
15:002501219602255
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

duoinvasion

30.1 OS · 06/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
74 metal received · 74338 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=153
Advanced Metal Extractor7:03Middle 50%: 6:35–7:36 · n=149
Fusion Reactor11:07Middle 50%: 9:59–12:32 · n=91

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