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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 · 31 steps
    1. HerculesLight transportfor Beach sea
    2. ShurikenShurikenfor Beach sea
    3. HerculesLight transportfor Geo sea
    4. FinchFinchfor Geo sea
    5. ValiantValiant ×2
    6. FinchFinch
    7. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    8. Con turret
    9. Wind
    10. HerculesLight transportfor Pond
    11. Con turret
    12. Wind
    13. Con turret ×2
    14. HerculesLight transportfor Tech
    15. Wind ×2
    16. HerculesLight transportfor Tech
    17. Wind
    18. ValiantValiant
    19. Wind
    20. ValiantValiant
    21. HerculesLight transport
    22. Wind
    23. ValiantValiant ×2
    24. Wind
    25. ValiantValiant
    26. HerculesLight transport
    27. Wind
    28. ValiantValiant ×2
    29. Wind ×2
    30. Converter
    31. Wind
  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 · 323 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Converter
    3. Wind
    4. Con turret
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Converter ×2
    7. Wind
    8. Converter
    9. Wind
    10. Energy storage
    11. Converter
    12. Wind ×3
    13. ValiantValiant
    14. Wind
    15. ValiantValiant
    16. Wind
    17. ValiantValiant
    18. HerculesLight transport
    19. Wind
    20. ValiantValiant
    21. Wind ×5
    22. Metal storage
    23. Converter
    24. Wind
    25. Converter
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Converter
    28. Wind
    29. Converter
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×4done 7:31 · typical 6:50
    31. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:16
    32. Construction BotCon bot ×8
    33. Wind
    34. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    35. Wind ×3
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. Wind ×6
    38. Construction BotCon bot
    39. Wind ×5
    40. Construction BotCon bot
    41. Wind ×3
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. Wind ×4
    44. Construction BotCon bot
    45. Wind ×10
    46. Con turret
    47. Wind ×8
    48. Con turret
    49. Wind ×5
    50. Con turret
    51. Wind ×9
    52. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 10:07
    53. Wind ×2
    54. Converter
    55. Wind
    56. ValiantValiant
    57. Wind ×5
    58. Converter
    59. ValiantValiant
    60. Wind ×4
    61. ValiantValiant
    62. Converter
    63. Wind ×4
    64. Converter
    65. ValiantValiant
    66. Wind ×4
    67. Converter
    68. Wind ×2
    69. ValiantValiant
    70. Wind ×2
    71. Converter
    72. Wind ×3
    73. FinchFinch
    74. Converter
    75. Wind ×5
    76. Converter
    77. Wind
    78. FinchFinch
    79. Wind ×2
    80. Converter
    81. FinchFinch
    82. Wind ×3
    83. Converter
    84. Wind
    85. ValiantValiant
    86. Wind
    87. Converter
    88. ValiantValiant
    89. Wind ×4
    90. ValiantValiant
    91. Wind
    92. Converter
    93. Wind ×3
    94. Converter
    95. ValiantValiant
    96. Con turret
    97. Wind ×4
    98. Converter
    99. Wind ×3
    100. Converter
    101. Con turret
    102. Wind ×4
    103. Converter
    104. Wind ×2
    105. ValiantValiant
    106. Wind
    107. Converter
    108. Wind ×4
    109. ValiantValiant
    110. Converter
    111. Wind ×2
    112. ValiantValiant
    113. Wind
    114. Converter
    115. Wind ×3
    116. Converter
    117. ValiantValiant
    118. Wind
    119. Converter
    120. Wind ×4
    121. Converter
    122. ValiantValiant
    123. Wind ×2
    124. Converter
    125. Wind ×4
    126. Converter
    127. ValiantValiant
    128. Wind ×4
    129. Converter
    130. Wind
    131. Converter
    132. Wind ×2
    133. ValiantValiant
    134. Converter
    135. Wind ×5
    136. ValiantValiant
    137. Converter
    138. Wind ×4
    139. ValiantValiant
    140. Wind ×2
    141. Converter
    142. Wind
    143. ValiantValiant
    144. Wind
    145. Converter
    146. Wind ×3
    147. ValiantValiant
    148. Converter
    149. Wind ×2
    150. ValiantValiant
    151. Wind ×3
    152. Converter
    153. ValiantValiant
    154. Wind
    155. Converter
    156. Wind ×2
    157. ValiantValiant
    158. Converter
    159. Wind ×3
    160. ValiantValiant
    161. Converter
    162. Wind ×4
    163. ValiantValiant
    164. Converter
    165. Wind ×3
    166. Converter
    167. ValiantValiant
    168. Wind ×3
    169. Converter
    170. Wind
    171. ValiantValiant
    172. Con turret
    173. Wind ×2
    174. Converter
    175. Wind ×4
    176. Converter
    177. Wind
    178. Con turret
    179. Wind
    180. Converter
    181. Wind ×3
    182. Converter
    183. Wind ×2
    184. Con turret
    185. Wind
    186. Converter
    187. Wind
    188. ValiantValiant
    189. Wind ×4
    190. Con turret
    191. Wind
    192. Converter
    193. Wind ×3
    194. Converter
    195. Wind ×2
    196. ShurikenShuriken
    197. Wind ×2
    198. ShurikenShuriken
    199. Wind ×2
    200. ShurikenShuriken
    201. Converter
    202. Wind ×2
    203. ShurikenShuriken
    204. Converter
    205. Wind ×2
    206. ShurikenShuriken
    207. Wind ×2
    208. ShurikenShuriken
    209. Wind
    210. Converter
    211. Wind
    212. ShurikenShuriken
    213. Wind ×2
    214. ShurikenShuriken
    215. Wind ×2
    216. Con turret
    217. Wind ×2
    218. Con turret
    219. Wind ×2
    220. ShurikenShuriken
    221. Wind ×4
    222. Con turret
    223. ShurikenShuriken
    224. Wind ×4
    225. Con turret
    226. ShurikenShuriken
    227. Wind ×3
    228. Converter
    229. Wind ×2
    230. ShurikenShuriken ×2
    231. Wind ×4
    232. ShurikenShuriken
    233. Wind
    234. ShurikenShuriken
    235. Converter
    236. ValiantValiant
    237. Wind ×2
    238. ValiantValiant ×2
    239. Wind ×2
    240. Converter
    241. Wind
    242. ValiantValiant ×2
    243. Wind
    244. ValiantValiant
    245. Wind ×2
    246. Converter
    247. Wind
    248. ValiantValiant ×2
    249. Wind
    250. ValiantValiant
    251. Wind
    252. Converter
    253. ValiantValiant
    254. Wind
    255. ValiantValiant
    256. Wind
    257. ValiantValiant
    258. Converter
    259. ValiantValiant
    260. Wind
    261. ValiantValiant
    262. Wind
    263. Converter
    264. ValiantValiant
    265. Wind
    266. ValiantValiant
    267. Converter
    268. ValiantValiant
    269. Converter
    270. Wind
    271. ValiantValiant
    272. Wind ×2
    273. ValiantValiant ×2
    274. Converter
    275. Wind ×2
    276. ValiantValiant
    277. Wind
    278. ValiantValiant
    279. Wind
    280. Converter
    281. Wind
    282. ValiantValiant
    283. Con turret
    284. ValiantValiant
    285. Wind
    286. Converter
    287. Wind ×2
    288. Con turret ×2
    289. Wind
    290. Converter
    291. Wind ×2
    292. ValiantValiant
    293. Wind ×2
    294. ValiantValiant
    295. Wind ×2
    296. ValiantValiant
    297. Converter
    298. ValiantValiant
    299. Wind
    300. ValiantValiant ×2
    301. Wind ×4
    302. ValiantValiant
    303. Wind
    304. Converter
    305. ValiantValiant
    306. Wind
    307. ValiantValiant
    308. Wind ×2
    309. ValiantValiant
    310. Wind
    311. ValiantValiant
    312. Wind
    313. Converter
    314. ValiantValiant
    315. Wind ×2
    316. ValiantValiant
    317. Wind
    318. ValiantValiant
    319. Converter
    320. ValiantValiant
    321. Wind ×3
    322. ValiantValiant
    323. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Crazydogg's (38 OS, 17/09/2026); 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

37.5 OS · 17/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
95 metal received · 34234 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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