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Legion Air build order · Supreme Isthmus

Legion air player opens with Drone Plant and builds up economy with an Advanced Metal Extractor around 7 minutes, mostly holding off aircraft production early while supporting the team with transports and later Noctua bombers or other…

Usually no aircraft (83%)

#eco #air #team support · 52 distinct matches · 31 players · 78% of Legion Air games · team won 61% of 59 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Legion Drone Plant by 1:21

  1. Take mex and wind while queuing the drone plant early.
  2. Get the drone plant up before 1:33 to start the economy base.
  3. Add an advanced mex to keep scaling economy for the team.
  4. Bring a fusion reactor online to support later tech.
  5. Supply allies with Noctua, Aeolus and Hippotes while building Noctua bombers.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 52 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 Legion Drone Plant

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor3Mex
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    Order
    1. Legion Drone PlantLegion Drone Plant after 3 mex, 4 winddone ~1:24, middle half 1:16–1:35

    Some games also: energy storage (32%)

    By 1:03 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Solar
    3. Wind ×3
    4. Legion Drone PlantLegion Drone Plantdone 1:21 · typical 1:24
  2. 2

    Legion Drone Plant to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine11Wind
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Legion Construction Aircraft1 Legion Construction Aircraft
    Army
    • Noctua11 Noctua
    • Noctua2 Noctua for allies
    • Aeolus2 Aeolus for allies
    • Hippotes1 Hippotes for allies

    Some games also: converter (36%) · mex (32%) · con turret (31%)

    By 5:00 in all: 3 mex · 1 mex · 15 wind · 3 wind · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 30 steps
    1. NoctuaNoctua
    2. Wind ×3
    3. BlindfoldBlindfold
    4. Wind ×5
    5. NoctuaNoctua
    6. NoctuaNoctuafor Beach sea
    7. Wind
    8. NoctuaNoctuafor Geo sea
    9. AeolusAeolus ×2for Geo sea
    10. HippotesHippotesfor Beach sea
    11. AeolusAeolusfor Tech
    12. Mex
    13. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    14. Legion Construction AircraftLegion Construction Aircraft
    15. AeolusAeolus
    16. NoctuaNoctua
    17. Wind
    18. NoctuaNoctua
    19. Con turret
    20. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    21. Wind
    22. Wind
    23. NoctuaNoctua ×3
    24. Wind
    25. NoctuaNoctua
    26. Wind
    27. NoctuaNoctua
    28. Energy storage
    29. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    30. Wind
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine18Wind
    • Wind Turbine2Wind
    • Energy Converter7Converter
    Order
    1. Legion Drone PlantEat Legion Drone Plant in 75% of games
    Builders
    • Construction Turret3 Con turret
    Army
    • Noctua21 Noctua

    Some games also: Legion Drone Plant (47%) · fusion (41%) · aeolus (36%) · mosquito (34%) · Legion Construction Aircraft (34%)

    By 10:00 in all: 3 mex · 1 mex · 24 wind · 20 wind · 8 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 196 steps
    1. Wind
    2. NoctuaNoctua
    3. Wind
    4. Converter
    5. NoctuaNoctua
    6. Wind
    7. NoctuaNoctua
    8. Converter
    9. NoctuaNoctua
    10. MosquitoMosquito
    11. Converter
    12. Wind
    13. MosquitoMosquito
    14. Wind
    15. MosquitoMosquito
    16. Wind
    17. NoctuaNoctua
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:44 · typical 7:03
    19. Wind
    20. NoctuaNoctua
    21. Wind
    22. NoctuaNoctua
    23. Legion Drone PlantEat Legion Drone Plantreclaimed for its metal
    24. Wind
    25. Wind
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    27. Wind
    28. Wind
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    30. Wind
    31. Con turret
    32. Wind
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. Con turret
    35. Wind
    36. Wind
    37. Wind ×4
    38. Legion Drone PlantLegion Drone Plantdone 8:32
    39. Con turret
    40. Wind
    41. Converter
    42. NoctuaNoctua
    43. Converter
    44. NoctuaNoctua
    45. Wind
    46. Converter
    47. NoctuaNoctua
    48. Converter
    49. Legion Construction AircraftLegion Construction Aircraft
    50. Converter
    51. Legion Construction AircraftLegion Construction Aircraft
    52. Converter
    53. Wind
    54. NoctuaNoctua
    55. Wind
    56. Con turret
    57. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    58. Wind
    59. NoctuaNoctua
    60. Converter
    61. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    62. Con turret ×2
    63. NoctuaNoctua
    64. Wind
    65. Con turret
    66. NoctuaNoctua
    67. Wind
    68. NoctuaNoctua ×3
    69. Wind
    70. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    71. NoctuaNoctua
    72. Wind
    73. NoctuaNoctua
    74. Wind
    75. NoctuaNoctua
    76. Con turret
    77. Wind
    78. NoctuaNoctua
    79. Wind
    80. NoctuaNoctua
    81. Wind
    82. Legion Construction AircraftLegion Construction Aircraft
    83. Wind
    84. Legion Construction AircraftLegion Construction Aircraft
    85. Con turret
    86. Wind
    87. MosquitoMosquito
    88. Wind
    89. MosquitoMosquito ×2
    90. Wind
    91. MosquitoMosquito
    92. BrambleBramble
    93. MosquitoMosquito
    94. BlindfoldBlindfold
    95. MosquitoMosquito
    96. Wind
    97. MosquitoMosquito
    98. Wind
    99. MosquitoMosquito ×2
    100. Wind
    101. MosquitoMosquito
    102. Wind
    103. BrambleBramble
    104. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    105. Wind
    106. NoctuaNoctua ×3
    107. Wind
    108. NoctuaNoctua
    109. Wind
    110. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    111. Wind
    112. NoctuaNoctua
    113. Wind
    114. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    115. Wind
    116. NoctuaNoctua
    117. BrambleBramble
    118. NoctuaNoctua
    119. Wind
    120. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    121. Wind
    122. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    123. Wind
    124. NoctuaNoctua ×4
    125. Wind
    126. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    127. Wind
    128. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 12:07 · typical 10:29
    129. NoctuaNoctua
    130. Legion Drone PlantEat Legion Drone Plantreclaimed for its metal
    131. BrambleBramble
    132. Wind ×2
    133. BrambleBramble
    134. Converter
    135. Con turret
    136. Legion Drone PlantLegion Drone Plantdone 12:18
    137. Converter
    138. NoctuaNoctua ×7
    139. Converter
    140. NoctuaNoctua
    141. Converter
    142. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    143. Converter
    144. NoctuaNoctua
    145. BrambleBramble ×2
    146. NoctuaNoctua ×5
    147. Converter
    148. NoctuaNoctua ×7
    149. Converter
    150. NoctuaNoctua ×7
    151. Converter
    152. NoctuaNoctua ×5
    153. BrambleBramble
    154. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    155. Converter
    156. NoctuaNoctua ×5
    157. Converter
    158. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    159. Converter
    160. NoctuaNoctua ×7
    161. Converter
    162. NoctuaNoctua ×5
    163. HippotesHippotesfor Front
    164. Converter
    165. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    166. BrambleBramble
    167. NoctuaNoctua ×5
    168. Legion Drone PlantLegion Drone Plantdone 13:59
    169. Converter
    170. NoctuaNoctua
    171. Converter
    172. Con turret
    173. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    174. Con turret
    175. NoctuaNoctua
    176. Legion Drone PlantLegion Drone Plantdone 14:11
    177. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    178. Converter
    179. Con turret
    180. NoctuaNoctua ×4
    181. Con turret
    182. NoctuaNoctua ×4
    183. Converter
    184. NoctuaNoctua ×8
    185. Converter
    186. NoctuaNoctua ×13
    187. Converter
    188. NoctuaNoctua
    189. BrambleBramble
    190. NoctuaNoctua ×11
    191. Converter
    192. NoctuaNoctua ×12
    193. Converter
    194. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    195. Converter
    196. NoctuaNoctua ×6

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TheGeneraI's (34 OS, 05/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Noctua2 Noctua to Geo or Geo sea or Beach seafirst at 1:50 · in 92% of games
  • Aeolus3 Aeolus to Tech or Geo sea or Beach seafirst at 2:18 · in 100% of games
  • Hippotes1 Hippotes to Beach seafirst at 2:33 · in 61% of games

You get

  • Wind Turbine3 Wind from Beach sea or Geo seafirst at 1:28 · in 39% of games
  • Wind Turbine2 Wind from Geo sea or Beach seafirst at 1:31 · in 41% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot from Techfirst at 2:24 · in 76% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 6:03 · in 85% 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

59 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039100
2:0091500
3:00145000
4:0020234040
5:0027096080
6:003519145120
7:004740212150
8:006308255200
9:008574360206
10:0011072433360
11:0013546609411
12:0016288721720
13:00189829011300
14:002236313291575
15:002559821702023
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

This Legion air baseline wins half its games, with far lower losses and kills than the front-facing roles by 15:00.

  • + Lowest own metal lost among air builds shown, 1850 by 15:00.
  • − Enemy metal destroyed stays low at 2055 by 15:00, little offensive impact.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

TheGeneraI

34.4 OS · 05/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
249 metal received · 61602 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Legion Drone Plant1:24Middle 50%: 1:16–1:35 · n=59
Advanced Metal Extractor7:03Middle 50%: 6:25–7:36 · n=51
Fusion Reactor10:29Middle 50%: 9:47–11:41 · n=33

Played most by

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