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Standard air

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 (73%)

#eco #team support #air · 525 distinct matches · 115 players · 79% of Cortex Air games · team won 47% of 590 · 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 525 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 ~1:21, middle half 1:13–1:34

    Some games also: energy storage (37%)

    By 1:02 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 0:48 · typical 1:21
  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
    • Shuriken1 Shuriken
    • Hephaestus1 Heavy transport for allies

    Some games also: energy storage (46%) · 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 · 42 steps
    1. HerculesLight transportfor Beach sea
    2. Solar
    3. Wind
    4. FinchFinchfor Beach sea
    5. Solar
    6. HephaestusHeavy transportfor Beach sea
    7. Solar
    8. Wind ×2
    9. FinchFinch
    10. ShurikenShuriken
    11. FinchFinch
    12. Wind ×3
    13. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    14. Con turret
    15. ValiantValiant
    16. Wind ×2
    17. ValiantValiant
    18. Wind
    19. Mex
    20. Wind
    21. ValiantValiant
    22. Energy storage
    23. ValiantValiant ×2
    24. HerculesLight transportfor unknown
    25. ValiantValiant
    26. Con turret
    27. ShurikenShuriken
    28. Wind
    29. ShurikenShuriken
    30. Wind ×3
    31. ShurikenShuriken
    32. Wind
    33. ShurikenShuriken
    34. Wind
    35. ShurikenShuriken
    36. HerculesLight transportfor Beach sea
    37. Wind
    38. ShurikenShuriken
    39. Wind
    40. ShurikenShuriken
    41. Wind ×2
    42. ShurikenShuriken
  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 (32%) · 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 · 202 steps
    1. ShurikenShuriken
    2. Wind
    3. ShurikenShuriken
    4. Wind
    5. ShurikenShuriken
    6. Wind
    7. ValiantValiant
    8. Wind
    9. ValiantValiant
    10. Wind ×7
    11. Converter
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:38 · typical 6:50
    13. Converter
    14. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    15. Converter ×2
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    17. Converter
    18. Con turret ×3
    19. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 7:55
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    21. ValiantValiant
    22. Wind
    23. ValiantValiant
    24. Wind
    25. ValiantValiant
    26. Wind
    27. ValiantValiant ×2
    28. Wind
    29. ValiantValiant
    30. Wind
    31. ValiantValiant ×2
    32. Wind
    33. ValiantValiant
    34. Wind
    35. ValiantValiant
    36. Wind
    37. ValiantValiant
    38. Wind
    39. ValiantValiant
    40. Wind
    41. ValiantValiant
    42. Con turret ×2
    43. Wind
    44. ValiantValiant
    45. Wind
    46. ValiantValiant
    47. Wind
    48. ValiantValiant
    49. Wind
    50. ValiantValiant
    51. Wind
    52. ValiantValiant ×3
    53. Converter
    54. FinchFinch ×2
    55. Converter
    56. ValiantValiant
    57. Wind
    58. ValiantValiant
    59. Converter
    60. Wind
    61. ValiantValiant
    62. Wind
    63. ValiantValiant
    64. Wind
    65. Converter
    66. ValiantValiant
    67. WhirlwindWhirlwind
    68. Wind
    69. Converter
    70. WhirlwindWhirlwind
    71. Wind
    72. Converter
    73. WhirlwindWhirlwind ×2
    74. Wind
    75. WhirlwindWhirlwind
    76. Converter
    77. Wind
    78. WhirlwindWhirlwind ×2
    79. Converter
    80. Wind
    81. WhirlwindWhirlwind
    82. Con turret
    83. WhirlwindWhirlwind
    84. Con turret
    85. Converter
    86. WhirlwindWhirlwind
    87. Wind
    88. WhirlwindWhirlwind
    89. Converter
    90. WhirlwindWhirlwind
    91. Wind
    92. WhirlwindWhirlwind
    93. ValiantValiant
    94. Wind
    95. ValiantValiant ×2
    96. Wind
    97. ValiantValiant
    98. Wind
    99. ValiantValiant ×3
    100. Wind
    101. ValiantValiant ×2
    102. Wind
    103. ValiantValiant ×3
    104. Wind
    105. ValiantValiant ×3
    106. Wind
    107. ValiantValiant ×2
    108. Wind
    109. ValiantValiant ×2
    110. Wind
    111. ValiantValiant ×3
    112. Wind
    113. ValiantValiant ×3
    114. Wind
    115. ValiantValiant ×2
    116. Wind
    117. ValiantValiant ×3
    118. Wind
    119. ValiantValiant ×2
    120. Wind
    121. ValiantValiant ×3
    122. Wind
    123. ValiantValiant
    124. GuardGuard
    125. ValiantValiant
    126. Wind
    127. ValiantValiant ×3
    128. GuardGuard
    129. ValiantValiant
    130. WhirlwindWhirlwind ×3
    131. Con turret
    132. GuardGuard
    133. WhirlwindWhirlwind
    134. Con turret
    135. HerculesLight transportfor Beach sea
    136. Con turret ×2
    137. GuardGuard
    138. WhirlwindWhirlwind ×4
    139. Con turret ×2
    140. GuardGuard
    141. WhirlwindWhirlwind
    142. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    143. WhirlwindWhirlwind ×4
    144. Wind
    145. GuardGuard
    146. WhirlwindWhirlwind
    147. Wind
    148. WhirlwindWhirlwind
    149. Wind
    150. WhirlwindWhirlwind
    151. Wind
    152. Converter
    153. WhirlwindWhirlwind
    154. Converter
    155. Wind
    156. GuardGuard
    157. WhirlwindWhirlwind
    158. Converter
    159. Wind
    160. Wind
    161. FinchFinch ×2
    162. Wind
    163. Converter
    164. FinchFinch
    165. Wind
    166. ValiantValiant
    167. Wind
    168. Converter
    169. ValiantValiant
    170. Converter
    171. ValiantValiant
    172. Wind
    173. ValiantValiant
    174. Wind
    175. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    176. Converter
    177. ValiantValiant ×2
    178. Converter
    179. ValiantValiant
    180. Converter
    181. Wind
    182. ValiantValiant
    183. Converter
    184. ValiantValiant ×2
    185. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:50 · typical 10:55
    186. Converter
    187. ValiantValiant ×2
    188. Energy storage
    189. ValiantValiant ×2
    190. GuardGuard
    191. Converter
    192. Wind
    193. ValiantValiant ×2
    194. GuardGuard
    195. Wind
    196. ValiantValiant
    197. Wind
    198. Converter
    199. ValiantValiant
    200. Converter
    201. ValiantValiant
    202. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Immort's (57 OS, 27/09/2026); 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 2:05 · 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 66% 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 84% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 6:04 · 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

590 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039300
2:0092400
3:00145800
4:002050051
5:00276373102
6:003766125150
7:005129176219
8:007014219285
9:009298248341
10:0011788315470
11:0014397439639
12:0017105603950
13:00199438701236
14:002263713511806
15:002549320022670
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

57.1 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
5594 metal received · 111867 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Aircraft Plant1:21Middle 50%: 1:13–1:34 · n=590
Advanced Metal Extractor6:50Middle 50%: 6:22–7:27 · n=566
Fusion Reactor10:55Middle 50%: 10:03–12:16 · n=355

Played most by

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