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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is OsamaBinClappin's (30 OS, 24/09/2026); 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

OsamaBinClappin

30.3 OS · 24/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
53 metal received · 54073 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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