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Standard air

Cortex Air build order · Supreme Isthmus

The usual Cortex air game: Aircraft Plant just after the start, Advanced Metal Extractor around 7 minutes and Fusion Reactor around 11 minutes, making transports and fighters for the team while scaling economy normally.

Usually transports first (72%)

#eco #team support #air · 555 distinct matches · 116 players · 79% of Cortex Air games · team won 47% of 624 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Aircraft Plant by 1:23

  1. Take 3 mex and open straight into Aircraft Plant.
  2. Finish Aircraft Plant, start pumping Valiant for escort duty.
  3. Get T2 constructor going to scale eco alongside air production.
  4. Add Advanced Metal Extractor to keep pace with team's economy.
  5. Bring Fusion Reactor online, keep making Hercules and Finch for allies.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 555 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
    Order
    1. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plant after 3 mex, 4 winddone ~1:22, middle half 1:13–1:35

    Some games also: energy storage (38%)

    By 1:03 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 7 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Solar
    3. Mex
    4. Wind
    5. Energy storage
    6. Wind
    7. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 1:56 · typical 1:22
  2. 2

    Aircraft Plant to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine9Wind
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Construction Aircraft1 Con aircraft
    Army
    • Valiant5 Valiant
    • Finch2 Finch for allies
    • Hercules2 Light transport for allies
    • Hephaestus1 Heavy transport for allies
    • Shuriken1 Shuriken

    Some games also: energy storage (45%) · light transport (44%) · converter (39%) · con turret (33%)

    By 5:00 in all: 3 mex · 1 mex · 13 wind · 3 wind · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 23 steps
    1. Solar
    2. ShurikenShuriken
    3. Solar
    4. FinchFinchfor Geo sea
    5. HerculesLight transportfor Geo sea
    6. FinchFinchfor Beach sea
    7. Wind ×2
    8. HephaestusHeavy transportfor Beach sea
    9. ValiantValiant ×2
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Con turret
    12. Wind ×3
    13. Con turret
    14. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    15. Con turret ×2
    16. Wind
    17. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    18. Wind
    19. ValiantValiant
    20. Wind
    21. ValiantValiant
    22. Wind
    23. ValiantValiant
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine20Wind
    • Wind Turbine5Wind
    • Energy Converter6Converter
    Order
    1. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plant after 18 wind, 17 wind, 6 converterin 58% of games
    Builders
    • Construction Turret4 Con turret
    Army
    • Valiant9 Valiant
    • Shuriken1 Shuriken

    Some games also: con aircraft (36%) · fusion (33%) · light transport (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 3 mex · 1 mex · 24 wind · 20 wind · 8 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 331 steps
    1. Wind
    2. ValiantValiant
    3. Wind
    4. ValiantValiant
    5. Wind
    6. HerculesLight transportfor Tech
    7. Wind ×3
    8. HerculesLight transport
    9. Wind
    10. HerculesLight transport
    11. Wind
    12. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    13. ValiantValiant
    14. Wind
    15. ValiantValiant
    16. Converter
    17. Wind ×2
    18. ValiantValiant
    19. HephaestusHeavy transportfor Beach sea
    20. Wind ×4
    21. Converter ×2
    22. Wind
    23. Converter
    24. Wind ×2
    25. Converter ×2
    26. ValiantValiant
    27. Converter
    28. ValiantValiant
    29. Converter
    30. ValiantValiant
    31. Con turret
    32. Metal storage
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:28 · typical 6:50
    34. Converter
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3
    36. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:37
    37. Construction BotCon bot ×8
    38. Wind
    39. Construction BotCon bot
    40. Wind ×2
    41. Construction BotCon bot
    42. Wind ×3
    43. Construction BotCon bot
    44. Wind ×3
    45. Construction BotCon bot
    46. Wind ×4
    47. Construction BotCon bot
    48. Wind ×2
    49. Construction BotCon bot
    50. Wind ×3
    51. Construction BotCon bot
    52. Wind ×9
    53. Con turret
    54. Wind ×12
    55. Con turret
    56. Wind ×4
    57. Con turret
    58. Wind ×2
    59. Converter
    60. Wind ×6
    61. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 10:23
    62. Wind
    63. Converter
    64. Wind ×4
    65. Converter
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Converter
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Con turret
    70. Wind ×3
    71. Converter
    72. ValiantValiant
    73. Wind
    74. Converter
    75. Wind ×4
    76. Converter
    77. Con turret
    78. Wind ×5
    79. Converter
    80. Wind
    81. ValiantValiant
    82. Wind
    83. Converter
    84. Wind ×2
    85. FinchFinch
    86. Wind ×2
    87. Converter
    88. Wind ×2
    89. FinchFinch
    90. Wind ×2
    91. FinchFinch
    92. Wind
    93. Converter
    94. Wind
    95. ValiantValiant
    96. Wind ×3
    97. Con turret
    98. Converter
    99. Wind ×3
    100. Converter
    101. Wind
    102. Con turret
    103. Wind
    104. ValiantValiant
    105. Wind ×4
    106. Converter
    107. Wind ×3
    108. ValiantValiant
    109. Wind
    110. Converter
    111. Wind ×2
    112. ValiantValiant
    113. Wind ×2
    114. Converter
    115. Wind ×2
    116. ValiantValiant
    117. Wind
    118. Converter
    119. Wind ×2
    120. ValiantValiant
    121. Wind
    122. Converter
    123. Wind
    124. ValiantValiant
    125. Wind ×4
    126. ValiantValiant
    127. Wind
    128. Converter
    129. Wind
    130. Converter
    131. Wind ×5
    132. Converter
    133. ValiantValiant
    134. Wind ×3
    135. Converter
    136. Wind ×2
    137. ValiantValiant
    138. Converter
    139. Wind ×3
    140. ValiantValiant
    141. Wind ×2
    142. Converter
    143. Wind
    144. ValiantValiant
    145. Wind
    146. Converter
    147. Wind ×3
    148. Converter
    149. Wind
    150. ShurikenShuriken
    151. Wind ×3
    152. ShurikenShuriken
    153. Converter
    154. Wind
    155. ShurikenShuriken
    156. Wind ×2
    157. Converter
    158. Wind
    159. ValiantValiant
    160. Wind ×3
    161. ValiantValiant
    162. Wind
    163. Converter
    164. Wind ×4
    165. ValiantValiant
    166. Converter
    167. Wind ×3
    168. ValiantValiant
    169. Wind
    170. Converter
    171. Wind ×2
    172. Converter
    173. Wind
    174. ValiantValiant
    175. Wind ×2
    176. Converter
    177. Wind ×2
    178. Converter
    179. Wind ×4
    180. ValiantValiant
    181. Wind ×2
    182. Converter
    183. Wind
    184. Converter
    185. Wind ×2
    186. ValiantValiant
    187. Wind ×4
    188. Converter
    189. Wind ×2
    190. ValiantValiant
    191. Converter
    192. Wind ×2
    193. ValiantValiant
    194. Wind ×2
    195. Converter
    196. Wind
    197. ValiantValiant
    198. Wind ×2
    199. Converter
    200. Wind ×2
    201. ValiantValiant
    202. Converter
    203. Wind ×3
    204. ValiantValiant
    205. Wind
    206. Converter
    207. ValiantValiant
    208. Wind ×4
    209. ValiantValiant
    210. Converter
    211. Wind ×2
    212. ValiantValiant
    213. Wind
    214. Converter
    215. Wind ×3
    216. ValiantValiant
    217. Wind ×2
    218. Converter
    219. ValiantValiant
    220. Wind
    221. ValiantValiant
    222. Converter
    223. Wind ×2
    224. ValiantValiant
    225. Wind ×2
    226. Converter
    227. ValiantValiant
    228. Wind ×2
    229. ValiantValiant
    230. Wind ×2
    231. ValiantValiant
    232. Wind ×2
    233. ValiantValiant
    234. Wind ×3
    235. ValiantValiant
    236. Wind ×2
    237. ShurikenShuriken ×2
    238. Wind
    239. ShurikenShuriken
    240. Wind
    241. Converter
    242. ShurikenShuriken
    243. Wind ×2
    244. ShurikenShuriken
    245. Wind
    246. ShurikenShuriken
    247. Wind ×2
    248. Converter
    249. ShurikenShuriken ×2
    250. Con turret
    251. Wind ×3
    252. Converter
    253. Con turret
    254. ShurikenShuriken
    255. Wind ×2
    256. Con turret
    257. Wind
    258. Converter
    259. ValiantValiant
    260. Wind ×2
    261. Con turret
    262. Wind ×2
    263. ValiantValiant
    264. Converter
    265. Wind
    266. ValiantValiant
    267. Wind ×2
    268. ValiantValiant
    269. Wind
    270. ValiantValiant
    271. Converter
    272. Wind
    273. ValiantValiant
    274. Wind ×2
    275. ValiantValiant
    276. Wind
    277. Converter
    278. ValiantValiant
    279. Wind ×2
    280. ValiantValiant
    281. Converter
    282. Wind
    283. ValiantValiant
    284. Wind
    285. ValiantValiant
    286. Wind
    287. Converter
    288. Wind
    289. ValiantValiant
    290. Wind
    291. ValiantValiant
    292. Wind
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    294. Wind
    295. ValiantValiant
    296. Wind
    297. Converter
    298. Wind
    299. ValiantValiant
    300. Wind
    301. ValiantValiant
    302. Wind
    303. ShurikenShuriken
    304. Converter
    305. Wind ×2
    306. ShurikenShuriken
    307. Wind
    308. Converter
    309. ShurikenShuriken
    310. Wind
    311. ShurikenShuriken ×2
    312. Wind ×3
    313. Converter
    314. ShurikenShuriken
    315. Wind ×2
    316. Converter
    317. ShurikenShuriken
    318. Wind
    319. Converter
    320. Wind ×2
    321. ShurikenShuriken
    322. Wind
    323. Converter
    324. Wind
    325. ShurikenShuriken
    326. Wind
    327. ShurikenShuriken
    328. Wind ×2
    329. Converter
    330. ValiantValiant
    331. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Crazydogg's (38 OS, 14/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Finch2 Finch to Geo sea or Beach seafirst at 1:51 · in 96% of games
  • Hercules3 Light transport to Tech or Geo sea or Geofirst at 2:06 · in 99% of games
  • Hephaestus1 Heavy transport to Beach sea or Pond or Techfirst at 2:26 · in 74% of games

You get

  • Wind Turbine3 Wind from Beach sea or Geo seafirst at 1:40 · in 64% of games
  • Wind Turbine3 Wind from Beach sea or Geo sea or Pondfirst at 1:44 · in 48% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot from Techfirst at 2:20 · in 85% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 6:03 · in 94% 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

624 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039300
2:0092500
3:00145900
4:002053051
5:00276573109
6:003759125167
7:005136190219
8:007017225290
9:009298258342
10:0011788328471
11:0014383440641
12:0017097606958
13:00199439331269
14:002265314171801
15:002554320602701
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

This is the role's standard support job, winning less than half its games while producing little combat impact but reliably feeding transports and scouts to teammates.

  • + Reaches Aircraft Plant almost immediately (1:23), fast T2 constructor by 5:58.
  • + Keeps own losses low (2789 by 15:00) versus other roles.
  • − Destroys only 2027 enemy metal by 15:00, minimal combat contribution.
  • − Fusion Reactor only completes in 57% of games, some games stall on eco.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Crazydogg

37.6 OS · 14/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
515 metal received · 87713 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Aircraft Plant1:22Middle 50%: 1:13–1:35 · n=624
Advanced Metal Extractor6:50Middle 50%: 6:21–7:26 · n=599
Fusion Reactor10:56Middle 50%: 10:03–12:16 · n=383

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