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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 · 53 distinct matches · 31 players · 78% of Legion Air games · team won 60% of 60 · 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 53 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 1:02 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×6
    3. Legion Drone PlantLegion Drone Plantdone 1:32 · 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
    • Noctua12 Noctua
    • Noctua2 Noctua for allies
    • Aeolus2 Aeolus for allies
    • Hippotes1 Hippotes for allies

    Some games also: converter (37%) · mex (33%) · con turret (30%)

    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. AeolusAeolusfor Geo sea
    2. NoctuaNoctuafor Beach sea
    3. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    4. HippotesHippotesfor Beach sea
    5. NoctuaNoctua
    6. Wind ×3
    7. NoctuaNoctua
    8. Wind
    9. Energy storage
    10. NoctuaNoctua
    11. Mex
    12. Wind
    13. NoctuaNoctua
    14. Wind
    15. NoctuaNoctua
    16. Wind ×2
    17. NoctuaNoctua
    18. Wind
    19. Con turret
    20. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    21. Con turret
    22. AeolusAeolusfor Tech
    23. Wind
    24. Wind
    25. Wind
    26. HippotesHippotesfor Tech
    27. Wind
    28. Wind
    29. Wind ×2
    30. Wind
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine18Wind
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    • Energy Converter8Converter
    Order
    1. Legion Drone PlantEat Legion Drone Plant in 75% of games
    Builders
    • Construction Turret3 Con turret
    Army
    • Noctua22 Noctua

    Some games also: Legion Drone Plant (47%) · fusion (40%) · aeolus (37%) · Legion Construction Aircraft (35%) · mosquito (33%)

    By 10:00 in all: 3 mex · 1 mex · 24 wind · 20 wind · 9 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 270 steps
    1. NoctuaNoctua
    2. Wind
    3. NoctuaNoctua
    4. Converter ×2
    5. Wind
    6. Converter
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:11 · typical 7:04
    8. Converter
    9. NoctuaNoctua
    10. Wind
    11. Converter
    12. Wind
    13. NoctuaNoctua
    14. Converter
    15. Wind ×2
    16. NoctuaNoctua
    17. Wind ×5
    18. NoctuaNoctua
    19. Wind ×2
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    21. NoctuaNoctua
    22. Wind ×2
    23. NoctuaNoctua
    24. Con turret
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    26. NoctuaNoctua
    27. Con turret
    28. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    29. Wind ×2
    30. NoctuaNoctua
    31. Wind
    32. NoctuaNoctua
    33. Wind ×2
    34. NoctuaNoctua
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. Wind
    37. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    38. Wind
    39. NoctuaNoctua
    40. Wind
    41. NoctuaNoctua
    42. Wind
    43. NoctuaNoctua
    44. Wind
    45. NoctuaNoctua
    46. Wind
    47. NoctuaNoctua
    48. Wind
    49. NoctuaNoctua ×4
    50. Legion Construction AircraftLegion Construction Aircraft
    51. Con turret
    52. Wind
    53. Legion Construction AircraftLegion Construction Aircraft
    54. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 10:15 · typical 10:29
    55. Legion Construction AircraftLegion Construction Aircraft
    56. Wind
    57. NoctuaNoctua
    58. Wind
    59. NoctuaNoctua
    60. Converter
    61. Wind
    62. NoctuaNoctua
    63. Converter
    64. NoctuaNoctua
    65. Converter
    66. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    67. Converter
    68. Wind
    69. NoctuaNoctua
    70. Wind ×2
    71. NoctuaNoctua
    72. Wind
    73. Converter
    74. NoctuaNoctua
    75. Wind ×2
    76. NoctuaNoctua
    77. Wind ×2
    78. NoctuaNoctua
    79. Wind
    80. Converter
    81. NoctuaNoctua
    82. Wind
    83. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    84. Converter
    85. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    86. Wind
    87. NoctuaNoctua
    88. Converter
    89. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    90. Converter
    91. NoctuaNoctua
    92. CitadelAnti-nukedone 11:54
    93. NoctuaNoctua
    94. Converter
    95. NoctuaNoctua
    96. Con turret
    97. NoctuaNoctua
    98. Con turret
    99. NoctuaNoctua
    100. Converter
    101. Con turret
    102. NoctuaNoctua
    103. Con turret
    104. NoctuaNoctua
    105. Con turret
    106. Converter
    107. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    108. Wind
    109. Converter
    110. NoctuaNoctua
    111. Wind
    112. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    113. Wind
    114. NoctuaNoctua
    115. Converter
    116. NoctuaNoctua
    117. Wind
    118. NoctuaNoctua
    119. Converter
    120. NoctuaNoctua
    121. Wind
    122. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    123. Converter
    124. NoctuaNoctua
    125. Wind
    126. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    127. Converter
    128. NoctuaNoctua ×3
    129. Wind
    130. Converter
    131. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    132. Wind
    133. NoctuaNoctua
    134. Wind
    135. NoctuaNoctua
    136. Legion Drone PlantLegion Drone Plantdone 11:38
    137. Wind
    138. NoctuaNoctua
    139. Wind
    140. NoctuaNoctua
    141. Wind ×2
    142. NoctuaNoctua
    143. Wind
    144. NoctuaNoctua
    145. Converter
    146. MartyrMartyr
    147. NoctuaNoctua
    148. Wind
    149. MartyrMartyr
    150. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    151. MartyrMartyr
    152. NoctuaNoctua
    153. MartyrMartyr
    154. NoctuaNoctua
    155. Wind
    156. MartyrMartyr
    157. NoctuaNoctua
    158. MartyrMartyr
    159. Converter
    160. NoctuaNoctua
    161. MartyrMartyr
    162. NoctuaNoctua
    163. MartyrMartyr
    164. NoctuaNoctua
    165. MartyrMartyr
    166. NoctuaNoctua
    167. MartyrMartyr
    168. NoctuaNoctua
    169. MartyrMartyr
    170. NoctuaNoctua
    171. Wind
    172. Converter
    173. NoctuaNoctua
    174. MartyrMartyr
    175. NoctuaNoctua
    176. MartyrMartyr
    177. NoctuaNoctua
    178. MartyrMartyr
    179. NoctuaNoctua
    180. Wind
    181. MartyrMartyr
    182. NoctuaNoctua
    183. Converter
    184. MartyrMartyr
    185. NoctuaNoctua
    186. MartyrMartyr
    187. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    188. MartyrMartyr
    189. NoctuaNoctua
    190. Wind
    191. NoctuaNoctua
    192. MartyrMartyr
    193. NoctuaNoctua
    194. MartyrMartyr
    195. NoctuaNoctua
    196. Wind
    197. MartyrMartyr
    198. Converter
    199. NoctuaNoctua
    200. MartyrMartyr
    201. NoctuaNoctua
    202. Wind
    203. MartyrMartyr
    204. NoctuaNoctua
    205. VisionVision ×3
    206. MartyrMartyr
    207. VisionVision
    208. NoctuaNoctua
    209. VisionVision
    210. Wind
    211. VisionVision ×2
    212. NoctuaNoctua
    213. VisionVision
    214. MartyrMartyr
    215. VisionVision
    216. NoctuaNoctua
    217. MartyrMartyr
    218. NoctuaNoctua
    219. VisionVision
    220. NoctuaNoctua
    221. Converter
    222. MartyrMartyr
    223. NoctuaNoctua
    224. MartyrMartyr
    225. NoctuaNoctua
    226. Wind
    227. MartyrMartyr
    228. NoctuaNoctua
    229. MartyrMartyr
    230. NoctuaNoctua
    231. MartyrMartyr
    232. NoctuaNoctua
    233. MartyrMartyr
    234. NoctuaNoctua
    235. MartyrMartyr
    236. NoctuaNoctua
    237. MartyrMartyr
    238. NoctuaNoctua
    239. MartyrMartyr
    240. NoctuaNoctua
    241. Con turret
    242. MartyrMartyr
    243. Con turret
    244. NoctuaNoctua
    245. MartyrMartyr
    246. Con turret
    247. NoctuaNoctua
    248. Con turret
    249. MartyrMartyr
    250. Wind
    251. Con turret
    252. MartyrMartyr
    253. VisionVision ×9
    254. Con turret
    255. MartyrMartyr
    256. Con turret
    257. NoctuaNoctua
    258. MartyrMartyr
    259. Legion Drone PlantEat Legion Drone Plantreclaimed for its metal
    260. Con turret
    261. Wind
    262. Legion Drone PlantEat Legion Drone Plantreclaimed for its metal
    263. Con turret ×2
    264. Legion Advanced Aircraft PlantLegion Advanced Aircraft Plantdone 14:27
    265. Wind
    266. T2 converter
    267. Wind ×2
    268. VenatorVenator ×2
    269. WhisperWhisper
    270. VenatorVenator ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Hunfore's (32 OS, 09/09/2026); 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 1:49 · in 92% of games
  • Aeolus3 Aeolus to Tech or Geo sea or Beach seafirst at 2:17 · in 100% of games
  • Hippotes1 Hippotes to Beach seafirst at 2:36 · in 62% of games

You get

  • Wind Turbine3 Wind from Beach sea or Geo seafirst at 1:28 · in 38% of games
  • Wind Turbine2 Wind from Geo sea or Beach seafirst at 1:30 · in 42% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot from Techfirst at 2:24 · in 77% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 6:05 · 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

01k2k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

60 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039100
2:0091500
3:00145100
4:0020213640
5:0027086080
6:003512135120
7:004698207148
8:006273260200
9:008553360223
10:0011029425360
11:0013529572426
12:0016204702735
13:00189188851270
14:002228913371580
15:002551422141996
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

Hunfore

32.0 OS · 09/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
1296 metal received · 82262 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=60
Advanced Metal Extractor7:04Middle 50%: 6:26–7:37 · n=52
Fusion Reactor10:29Middle 50%: 9:47–11:41 · n=33

Played most by

Hunfore6games of this buildBoozha5games of this buildTheGeneraI5games of this buildXuunnY5games of this buildAlexspeed3games of this build