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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 · 596 distinct matches · 119 players · 79% of Cortex Air games · team won 48% of 668 · 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 596 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 1:13 · 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 · 29 steps
    1. Wind
    2. WhirlwindWhirlwind
    3. Solar ×3
    4. FinchFinch
    5. Wind
    6. FinchFinchfor Beach sea
    7. Wind ×2
    8. FinchFinch
    9. Wind
    10. HerculesLight transportfor Beach sea
    11. ValiantValiant
    12. Mex
    13. ValiantValiant
    14. Wind ×2
    15. ValiantValiant
    16. Wind ×3
    17. ValiantValiant
    18. Wind
    19. ValiantValiant
    20. Energy storage
    21. Con turret
    22. HerculesLight transport
    23. ValiantValiant
    24. Con turret
    25. ValiantValiant
    26. Con turret
    27. HerculesLight transportfor Tech
    28. ValiantValiant ×2
    29. Converter
  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 · 120 steps
    1. ValiantValiant
    2. Converter
    3. ValiantValiant
    4. Wind
    5. ValiantValiant
    6. Wind ×2
    7. ValiantValiant
    8. Wind ×3
    9. ValiantValiant
    10. Wind ×3
    11. Converter ×2
    12. Wind ×8
    13. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:07 · typical 6:48
    14. Wind
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    16. Wind
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    18. Con turret ×2
    19. Wind ×10
    20. Converter ×2
    21. Wind
    22. Energy storage
    23. Wind
    24. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 8:45
    25. Wind
    26. FinchFinch
    27. Wind
    28. FinchFinch
    29. Wind
    30. ValiantValiant ×2
    31. Wind
    32. ValiantValiant ×2
    33. Wind
    34. ValiantValiant
    35. Wind
    36. ValiantValiant ×15
    37. WhirlwindWhirlwind ×6
    38. Wind
    39. WhirlwindWhirlwind ×2
    40. Wind
    41. WhirlwindWhirlwind
    42. Wind
    43. WhirlwindWhirlwind
    44. Wind
    45. WhirlwindWhirlwind
    46. Wind
    47. WhirlwindWhirlwind ×3
    48. Con turret ×2
    49. ValiantValiant
    50. Con turret
    51. ValiantValiant ×4
    52. Wind
    53. ValiantValiant ×4
    54. Wind
    55. ValiantValiant
    56. Wind
    57. ValiantValiant
    58. Wind
    59. ValiantValiant ×2
    60. Wind
    61. ValiantValiant
    62. Wind
    63. ValiantValiant
    64. FinchFinch ×2
    65. Wind ×6
    66. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 12:45 · typical 10:55
    67. Wind
    68. Converter
    69. ValiantValiant
    70. Wind
    71. Converter ×2
    72. ValiantValiant ×2
    73. Converter
    74. Wind
    75. ValiantValiant
    76. Converter
    77. ValiantValiant ×2
    78. Converter
    79. ValiantValiant ×2
    80. Converter
    81. ValiantValiant ×2
    82. Wind
    83. Converter
    84. ValiantValiant
    85. Converter
    86. FinchFinch
    87. ValiantValiant
    88. Converter
    89. ValiantValiant
    90. Converter
    91. ValiantValiant ×2
    92. Converter
    93. ShurikenShuriken
    94. Wind
    95. ShurikenShuriken ×4
    96. Converter
    97. ShurikenShuriken ×4
    98. Converter
    99. ShurikenShuriken
    100. ValiantValiant ×2
    101. Wind
    102. ValiantValiant ×3
    103. Fusion ReactorFusion
    104. ValiantValiant
    105. Converter
    106. ValiantValiant
    107. Wind
    108. Converter
    109. ValiantValiant
    110. Converter ×4
    111. Wind
    112. Converter
    113. ValiantValiant
    114. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    115. Converter
    116. ValiantValiant ×2
    117. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 14:58
    118. ValiantValiant
    119. Converter
    120. ValiantValiant

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Immort's (54 OS, 04/10/2026); 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 74% 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 2:19 · 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

668 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039300
2:0092500
3:00145900
4:002056051
5:00276673116
6:003766125171
7:005147190224
8:007024235292
9:009353263343
10:0011863338467
11:0014420442639
12:0017138603956
13:00199509331278
14:002270214261818
15:002560320832705
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

54.1 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
235 metal received · 64528 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=668
Advanced Metal Extractor6:48Middle 50%: 6:22–7:25 · n=642
Fusion Reactor10:55Middle 50%: 9:55–12:14 · n=411

Played most by

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