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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 1:12 · 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 · 25 steps
    1. HerculesLight transportfor Tech
    2. FinchFinch
    3. ShurikenShuriken ×2
    4. FinchFinch
    5. Wind ×4
    6. HerculesLight transportfor Tech
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    9. ValiantValiant
    10. Con turret
    11. Mex
    12. Wind
    13. ValiantValiant
    14. Wind
    15. Con turret
    16. Wind
    17. ValiantValiant
    18. Wind
    19. Wind
    20. ValiantValiant
    21. Wind
    22. ValiantValiant
    23. Wind
    24. Wind
    25. 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 (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 · 180 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. HerculesLight transport
    3. Wind
    4. Wind
    5. Wind
    6. Wind
    7. Wind
    8. Wind
    9. Wind
    10. Wind
    11. Energy storage
    12. Wind
    13. Wind
    14. Wind
    15. Wind
    16. Wind
    17. HerculesLight transport
    18. Wind
    19. Wind
    20. Converter
    21. ValiantValiant
    22. Converter
    23. Wind
    24. Wind
    25. Converter
    26. ValiantValiant
    27. Wind
    28. Converter
    29. Wind
    30. Converter
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:59 · typical 6:50
    32. Wind
    33. Wind ×2
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. Wind
    37. Wind
    38. Wind
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. Wind
    41. Wind
    42. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 8:03
    43. Wind
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. Wind
    46. Wind
    47. Wind ×3
    48. Wind
    49. Wind
    50. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    51. Wind
    52. Converter
    53. Con turret
    54. Wind
    55. Con turret
    56. Wind
    57. Con turret
    58. Wind
    59. Con turret
    60. Converter
    61. Wind ×2
    62. Converter
    63. ValiantValiant ×2
    64. Converter
    65. ValiantValiant ×2
    66. Converter
    67. ValiantValiant
    68. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 10:35 · typical 10:55
    69. Converter ×2
    70. Converter
    71. Converter ×2
    72. Converter
    73. Converter
    74. Converter
    75. Fusion ReactorFusion
    76. ValiantValiant
    77. Converter ×2
    78. ValiantValiant
    79. Converter
    80. Converter ×2
    81. ValiantValiant ×2
    82. Con turret
    83. Converter
    84. Con turret
    85. ValiantValiant
    86. Converter
    87. Con turret ×2
    88. Converter
    89. ValiantValiant ×3
    90. Converter
    91. Converter
    92. ValiantValiant ×5
    93. Converter
    94. ValiantValiant ×6
    95. Converter
    96. ValiantValiant
    97. Con turret
    98. Converter
    99. ValiantValiant ×4
    100. Converter
    101. ValiantValiant ×3
    102. ShurikenShuriken
    103. ValiantValiant
    104. Converter
    105. ShurikenShuriken
    106. ValiantValiant
    107. ShurikenShuriken
    108. ValiantValiant
    109. ShurikenShuriken
    110. ValiantValiant
    111. Converter
    112. ShurikenShuriken
    113. ValiantValiant
    114. ShurikenShuriken
    115. ValiantValiant
    116. ShurikenShuriken
    117. ValiantValiant
    118. Converter
    119. ShurikenShuriken
    120. Converter
    121. ValiantValiant
    122. Con turret ×2
    123. ShurikenShuriken
    124. Con turret
    125. Converter
    126. ValiantValiant
    127. ShurikenShuriken
    128. ValiantValiant
    129. ShurikenShuriken
    130. ValiantValiant
    131. ShurikenShuriken
    132. Converter
    133. ValiantValiant
    134. ShurikenShuriken
    135. ValiantValiant
    136. ShurikenShuriken
    137. ValiantValiant
    138. Converter
    139. ShurikenShuriken
    140. ValiantValiant
    141. ShurikenShuriken
    142. ValiantValiant
    143. ShurikenShuriken
    144. ValiantValiant
    145. ShurikenShuriken
    146. ValiantValiant
    147. Converter
    148. ShurikenShuriken
    149. ValiantValiant
    150. ShurikenShuriken
    151. ValiantValiant
    152. ShurikenShuriken
    153. ValiantValiant
    154. ShurikenShuriken
    155. ValiantValiant
    156. ShurikenShuriken
    157. ValiantValiant
    158. Converter
    159. ShurikenShuriken
    160. ValiantValiant
    161. Converter
    162. Fusion ReactorFusion
    163. ShurikenShuriken
    164. ValiantValiant
    165. ShurikenShuriken
    166. ValiantValiant
    167. Converter ×2
    168. ValiantValiant ×3
    169. Converter
    170. ValiantValiant ×7
    171. Converter
    172. ValiantValiant ×5
    173. Converter
    174. ValiantValiant ×4
    175. WhirlwindWhirlwind
    176. Converter
    177. WhirlwindWhirlwind ×3
    178. Converter
    179. Converter
    180. WhirlwindWhirlwind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Adeus's (37 OS, 25/09/2026); 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

Adeus

37.2 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

17 received units · includes a constructor
687 metal received · 43994 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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