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Standard air

Cortex Air build order · Supreme Isthmus

The role's baseline: Aircraft Plant immediately, transports and scouts for the team first, Advanced Metal Extractor and Fusion Reactor on a normal timeline, transitioning into Valiant fighter coverage over the game.

Usually transports first (72%)

#eco #team support #air · 583 distinct matches · 119 players · 79% of Cortex Air games · team won 47% of 655 · 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 583 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 ~1:24, middle half 1:13–1:35

    Some games also: energy storage (39%)

    By 1:03 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 1:14 · typical 1:24
  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 · 22 steps
    1. Wind
    2. FinchFinch
    3. Wind ×2
    4. FinchFinchfor Beach sea
    5. Wind ×2
    6. ValiantValiant
    7. HerculesLight transport ×2for Beach sea
    8. ValiantValiant
    9. FinchFinchfor Geo sea
    10. ValiantValiant ×5
    11. FinchFinch
    12. Wind ×2
    13. HerculesLight transportfor Tech
    14. HerculesLight transport
    15. Mex
    16. ValiantValiant ×3
    17. Energy storage ×2
    18. Con turret
    19. Wind
    20. ValiantValiant ×2
    21. Con turret
    22. Converter ×3
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine20Wind
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    • Energy Converter6Converter
    Order
    1. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plant after 18 wind, 17 wind, 6 converterin 57% of games
    Builders
    • Construction Turret4 Con turret
    Army
    • Valiant9 Valiant
    • Shuriken1 Shuriken

    Some games also: con aircraft (35%) · fusion (34%) · 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 · 263 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:42 · typical 6:48
    3. Con turret ×2
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Con turret ×2
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Con turret
    11. Wind ×3
    12. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 7:28
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    15. Wind ×3
    16. ValiantValiant
    17. Con turret
    18. ValiantValiant
    19. Wind
    20. ValiantValiant
    21. Con turret
    22. Wind
    23. ValiantValiant
    24. Wind
    25. ValiantValiant ×2
    26. Wind
    27. Wind
    28. ValiantValiant
    29. Wind
    30. Wind
    31. Wind
    32. ValiantValiant
    33. Wind
    34. Wind
    35. Wind
    36. ValiantValiant
    37. Wind
    38. Wind
    39. Wind
    40. ValiantValiant
    41. Wind
    42. Wind ×2
    43. ValiantValiant
    44. ShurikenShuriken
    45. Wind
    46. ShurikenShuriken ×2
    47. Wind
    48. ShurikenShuriken ×2
    49. Wind
    50. Wind
    51. ValiantValiant
    52. Wind
    53. ValiantValiant ×2
    54. Wind
    55. ValiantValiant ×3
    56. Wind
    57. Wind
    58. ValiantValiant
    59. Solar ×2
    60. ValiantValiant
    61. Wind
    62. ValiantValiant
    63. Wind
    64. Wind
    65. ValiantValiant
    66. Wind
    67. ValiantValiant
    68. Wind
    69. Wind
    70. ValiantValiant
    71. Wind
    72. Wind
    73. Wind
    74. ValiantValiant
    75. Wind
    76. Wind
    77. ValiantValiant
    78. Wind
    79. Wind
    80. ValiantValiant
    81. Wind
    82. Wind
    83. ValiantValiant
    84. Wind
    85. Wind
    86. ValiantValiant
    87. Wind
    88. Wind
    89. ValiantValiant
    90. Wind
    91. ValiantValiant ×2
    92. Wind
    93. ValiantValiant
    94. Con turret
    95. Wind
    96. Con turret
    97. ValiantValiant
    98. Wind
    99. ValiantValiant ×5
    100. Wind
    101. ValiantValiant ×2
    102. Wind
    103. ValiantValiant ×2
    104. Wind
    105. FinchFinch ×2
    106. Wind
    107. FinchFinch
    108. ShurikenShuriken ×3
    109. Wind
    110. ShurikenShuriken ×2
    111. Wind
    112. ShurikenShuriken ×2
    113. Wind
    114. ShurikenShuriken ×2
    115. Wind
    116. ShurikenShuriken
    117. Wind
    118. ShurikenShuriken
    119. Wind
    120. ShurikenShuriken
    121. Wind
    122. ShurikenShuriken
    123. Wind
    124. ShurikenShuriken ×2
    125. Wind
    126. Converter
    127. ShurikenShuriken ×2
    128. Converter
    129. ShurikenShuriken
    130. Wind
    131. Converter
    132. ShurikenShuriken ×3
    133. Converter
    134. ShurikenShuriken ×2
    135. Converter
    136. ShurikenShuriken ×2
    137. Converter
    138. ValiantValiant
    139. Converter
    140. ValiantValiant ×2
    141. Wind
    142. ValiantValiant
    143. Converter
    144. ValiantValiant ×3
    145. Converter
    146. ValiantValiant ×2
    147. Converter
    148. ValiantValiant ×2
    149. ShurikenShuriken ×2
    150. Converter
    151. Wind
    152. ShurikenShuriken ×2
    153. Converter
    154. ShurikenShuriken ×2
    155. Con turret ×2
    156. Converter
    157. ShurikenShuriken
    158. Con turret
    159. ShurikenShuriken
    160. Converter
    161. ShurikenShuriken ×2
    162. Converter
    163. ShurikenShuriken
    164. Wind
    165. ShurikenShuriken ×3
    166. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 12:30
    167. ShurikenShuriken ×2
    168. Converter
    169. ShurikenShuriken ×2
    170. Converter
    171. ShurikenShuriken ×2
    172. Converter
    173. ValiantValiant ×4
    174. ShurikenShuriken
    175. Converter
    176. ValiantValiant
    177. ShurikenShuriken
    178. Wind
    179. ValiantValiant
    180. ShurikenShuriken
    181. Converter
    182. ShurikenShuriken
    183. ValiantValiant
    184. ShurikenShuriken ×2
    185. Converter
    186. ShurikenShuriken
    187. ValiantValiant
    188. ShurikenShuriken
    189. ValiantValiant
    190. ShurikenShuriken
    191. Con turret
    192. ShurikenShuriken
    193. Converter
    194. ValiantValiant
    195. ShurikenShuriken
    196. Con turret
    197. ShurikenShuriken
    198. Converter
    199. Wind
    200. ShurikenShuriken
    201. ValiantValiant
    202. ShurikenShuriken
    203. ValiantValiant
    204. Converter
    205. ShurikenShuriken
    206. ValiantValiant ×2
    207. Converter
    208. ValiantValiant
    209. Wind
    210. Wind
    211. ValiantValiant ×2
    212. Converter
    213. ValiantValiant
    214. Wind
    215. ValiantValiant
    216. Wind
    217. ValiantValiant ×2
    218. Wind
    219. Converter
    220. ValiantValiant ×3
    221. Wind
    222. Wind
    223. ValiantValiant ×2
    224. Wind
    225. Converter
    226. Wind
    227. ValiantValiant ×2
    228. Wind
    229. ValiantValiant ×2
    230. Converter
    231. Wind
    232. Wind
    233. ValiantValiant ×2
    234. Wind
    235. Converter
    236. Wind
    237. ValiantValiant
    238. Wind
    239. Wind
    240. Converter
    241. ValiantValiant ×2
    242. Wind
    243. Wind
    244. ValiantValiant
    245. Wind
    246. Converter
    247. ValiantValiant
    248. Wind
    249. Wind
    250. ValiantValiant
    251. Wind
    252. Advanced Aircraft PlantAdvanced Aircraft Plantdone 14:37
    253. Wind ×3
    254. Wind
    255. Wind
    256. Wind ×2
    257. Wind
    258. Wind
    259. Wind
    260. Wind
    261. HailstormHailstorm
    262. Wind
    263. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Immort's (55 OS, 02/10/2026); 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 Beach seafirst at 2:06 · in 99% of games
  • Hephaestus1 Heavy transport to Beach sea or Pond or Techfirst at 2:25 · in 75% of games

You get

  • Wind Turbine3 Wind from Beach sea or Geo seafirst at 1:39 · in 65% of games
  • Wind Turbine3 Wind from Beach sea or Geo sea or Pondfirst at 1:44 · in 49% 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

655 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039300
2:0092500
3:00145900
4:002055051
5:00276673116
6:003769125167
7:005146190219
8:007021226290
9:009346260342
10:0011817328467
11:0014409438638
12:0017109605950
13:00199519421277
14:002267214281816
15:002558320892709
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

Immort

54.7 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
642 metal received · 129321 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Aircraft Plant1:24Middle 50%: 1:13–1:35 · n=655
Advanced Metal Extractor6:48Middle 50%: 6:21–7:25 · n=629
Fusion Reactor10:55Middle 50%: 9:56–12:17 · n=401

Played most by

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