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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 · 598 distinct matches · 119 players · 79% of Cortex Air games · team won 47% of 671 · 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 598 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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 1:28 · 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 · 35 steps
    1. Solar
    2. Wind
    3. FinchFinch
    4. Energy storage
    5. Wind
    6. FinchFinchfor Beach sea
    7. Wind ×2
    8. HephaestusHeavy transportfor Beach sea
    9. HerculesLight transportfor Tech
    10. Wind
    11. ValiantValiant
    12. Wind
    13. ValiantValiant
    14. Mex
    15. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    16. ValiantValiant
    17. Wind
    18. Con turret
    19. Wind
    20. Wind
    21. Con turret
    22. ValiantValiant
    23. Wind ×3
    24. Wind
    25. ValiantValiant
    26. Con turret
    27. Converter
    28. HerculesLight transportfor Tech
    29. Converter
    30. Wind
    31. Converter
    32. Con turret
    33. HerculesLight transport
    34. Converter
    35. Wind
  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 58% of games
    Builders
    • Construction Turret4 Con turret
    Army
    • Valiant9 Valiant
    • Shuriken1 Shuriken

    Some games also: con aircraft (35%) · fusion (35%) · 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 · 158 steps
    1. ValiantValiant
    2. Converter
    3. Wind
    4. ValiantValiant
    5. Converter
    6. Wind ×3
    7. Converter
    8. FinchFinch
    9. Wind
    10. Converter
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Converter
    13. Wind ×5
    14. Wind ×4
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×4done 6:48 · typical 6:48
    16. Wind
    17. Solar ×3
    18. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 9:20 · typical 10:55
    19. Solar ×2
    20. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 9:30
    21. Con turret
    22. ValiantValiant
    23. Con turret
    24. ValiantValiant
    25. Converter
    26. Con turret
    27. ValiantValiant
    28. Con turret
    29. Converter
    30. ValiantValiant
    31. Con turret
    32. FinchFinch
    33. Converter
    34. Con turret
    35. FinchFinch
    36. Con turret
    37. FinchFinch
    38. Con turret
    39. Converter
    40. ValiantValiant
    41. Con turret
    42. ValiantValiant
    43. Con turret
    44. Converter
    45. Con turret
    46. ValiantValiant
    47. Converter
    48. ValiantValiant
    49. Con turret
    50. ValiantValiant
    51. Converter
    52. ValiantValiant
    53. Wind
    54. ValiantValiant ×3
    55. Wind
    56. Converter
    57. ValiantValiant ×2
    58. Wind
    59. ValiantValiant ×2
    60. Wind
    61. Converter
    62. ValiantValiant
    63. Wind
    64. ValiantValiant ×2
    65. Wind
    66. ValiantValiant
    67. Converter
    68. ValiantValiant
    69. Wind
    70. ValiantValiant ×3
    71. Wind
    72. ValiantValiant ×2
    73. Wind
    74. Converter
    75. ValiantValiant ×2
    76. Wind
    77. ValiantValiant
    78. Wind
    79. ValiantValiant ×2
    80. Converter
    81. ValiantValiant
    82. Wind
    83. ValiantValiant ×2
    84. Converter
    85. FinchFinch ×2
    86. Wind
    87. FinchFinch
    88. ValiantValiant
    89. Converter
    90. Wind
    91. ValiantValiant ×2
    92. Converter
    93. Wind
    94. ValiantValiant
    95. ShurikenShuriken ×3
    96. Wind
    97. ShurikenShuriken
    98. Converter
    99. ShurikenShuriken ×2
    100. Wind
    101. ShurikenShuriken ×2
    102. Converter
    103. Wind
    104. ShurikenShuriken ×3
    105. Converter
    106. Wind
    107. ShurikenShuriken ×4
    108. Wind
    109. ShurikenShuriken
    110. Converter
    111. ShurikenShuriken
    112. ValiantValiant
    113. Wind
    114. ValiantValiant
    115. Converter
    116. ValiantValiant
    117. Wind
    118. ValiantValiant ×2
    119. Converter
    120. Wind
    121. ValiantValiant ×2
    122. Wind
    123. Converter
    124. ShurikenShuriken ×2
    125. Wind
    126. ShurikenShuriken
    127. Converter
    128. ShurikenShuriken
    129. Wind
    130. ShurikenShuriken ×2
    131. Converter
    132. Wind
    133. ShurikenShuriken
    134. ValiantValiant
    135. Wind
    136. ValiantValiant ×2
    137. Wind
    138. Fusion ReactorFusion
    139. Converter
    140. ValiantValiant
    141. Converter
    142. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 14:13
    143. Converter ×8
    144. ValiantValiant ×2
    145. Converter
    146. Con turret
    147. ValiantValiant ×7
    148. Converter
    149. ValiantValiant ×4
    150. Con turret
    151. ValiantValiant ×3
    152. Converter
    153. ValiantValiant ×3
    154. Converter
    155. ValiantValiant ×5
    156. Con turret
    157. Converter
    158. ValiantValiant ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Lexosis's (39 OS, 03/10/2026); 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 2:20 · 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

671 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039300
2:0092500
3:00145900
4:002054051
5:00276673116
6:003772125167
7:005147190224
8:007026240292
9:009354263343
10:0011850338467
11:0014411439631
12:0017116585949
13:00199489191276
14:002269914241819
15:002558820892709
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

Lexosis

39.1 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
227 metal received · 18104 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=671
Advanced Metal Extractor6:48Middle 50%: 6:22–7:25 · n=645
Fusion Reactor10:55Middle 50%: 9:53–12:11 · n=413

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