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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 1:33 · 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 · 34 steps
    1. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    2. Wind ×3
    3. NoctuaNoctua
    4. Wind ×2
    5. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    6. Energy storage
    7. NoctuaNoctua
    8. Wind ×2
    9. NoctuaNoctua
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Mex
    12. NoctuaNoctua
    13. Wind ×2
    14. NoctuaNoctua
    15. Wind
    16. NoctuaNoctua
    17. Wind
    18. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    19. AeolusAeolusfor Tech
    20. Con turret
    21. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    22. Con turret
    23. NoctuaNoctua
    24. Wind
    25. NoctuaNoctua
    26. Wind
    27. NoctuaNoctua
    28. Wind
    29. Converter ×2
    30. NoctuaNoctua
    31. Converter ×2
    32. Wind
    33. Converter
    34. NoctuaNoctua
  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 · 196 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Wind
    3. Wind
    4. Wind
    5. NoctuaNoctua
    6. Wind ×2
    7. NoctuaNoctua
    8. Wind
    9. MosquitoMosquito
    10. Wind
    11. NoctuaNoctua
    12. Wind
    13. NoctuaNoctua
    14. Wind ×2
    15. NoctuaNoctua
    16. Wind
    17. NoctuaNoctua
    18. Wind
    19. NoctuaNoctua
    20. Wind
    21. NoctuaNoctua
    22. Wind
    23. NoctuaNoctua
    24. Wind
    25. NoctuaNoctua
    26. Con turret
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:44 · typical 7:04
    28. NoctuaNoctua
    29. Legion Drone PlantEat Legion Drone Plantreclaimed for its metal
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    31. Con turret
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    33. Legion Drone PlantLegion Drone Plantdone 7:24
    34. Wind
    35. NoctuaNoctua
    36. Wind
    37. NoctuaNoctua
    38. Wind
    39. NoctuaNoctua
    40. Wind ×2
    41. NoctuaNoctua
    42. Wind
    43. NoctuaNoctua
    44. Wind ×2
    45. NoctuaNoctua
    46. Wind
    47. NoctuaNoctua
    48. Wind ×2
    49. NoctuaNoctua
    50. Wind
    51. NoctuaNoctua ×4
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. Con turret
    54. Wind
    55. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    56. Wind
    57. NoctuaNoctua
    58. Wind
    59. NoctuaNoctua
    60. Wind ×2
    61. NoctuaNoctua
    62. Wind
    63. NoctuaNoctua
    64. Wind
    65. NoctuaNoctua
    66. Wind
    67. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    68. Wind
    69. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    70. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 11:11 · typical 10:29
    71. NoctuaNoctua
    72. Wind ×2
    73. NoctuaNoctua
    74. Wind ×2
    75. NoctuaNoctua
    76. Wind
    77. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    78. Wind
    79. NoctuaNoctua ×3
    80. Con turret
    81. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    82. Converter ×2
    83. NoctuaNoctua
    84. Converter
    85. NoctuaNoctua ×5
    86. Converter
    87. NoctuaNoctua ×3
    88. Converter
    89. NoctuaNoctua ×5
    90. Converter
    91. Con turret
    92. NoctuaNoctua
    93. Converter ×2
    94. Fusion ReactorFusion
    95. Con turret
    96. Converter
    97. Con turret
    98. Converter
    99. Con turret
    100. Converter
    101. NoctuaNoctua
    102. Converter
    103. NoctuaNoctua
    104. Wind
    105. Converter
    106. NoctuaNoctua
    107. Converter ×2
    108. Wind
    109. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    110. Wind
    111. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    112. Wind
    113. NoctuaNoctua
    114. Converter
    115. NoctuaNoctua
    116. Wind
    117. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    118. Wind
    119. Converter
    120. NoctuaNoctua
    121. Wind
    122. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    123. Wind
    124. Converter
    125. NoctuaNoctua
    126. Wind
    127. NoctuaNoctua
    128. Wind
    129. T2 converter
    130. NoctuaNoctua
    131. Wind
    132. NoctuaNoctua
    133. Wind
    134. NoctuaNoctua
    135. Wind
    136. Converter
    137. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    138. Wind
    139. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    140. Wind
    141. NoctuaNoctua
    142. Converter
    143. NoctuaNoctua ×3
    144. Legion Construction AircraftLegion Construction Aircraft
    145. Converter
    146. Wind
    147. NoctuaNoctua
    148. Legion Construction AircraftLegion Construction Aircraft
    149. NoctuaNoctua
    150. Legion Construction AircraftLegion Construction Aircraft
    151. Converter
    152. NoctuaNoctua
    153. Wind
    154. Legion Construction AircraftLegion Construction Aircraft
    155. Converter
    156. NoctuaNoctua
    157. Wind
    158. Legion Construction AircraftLegion Construction Aircraft
    159. NoctuaNoctua
    160. Legion Construction AircraftLegion Construction Aircraft
    161. Converter
    162. Wind
    163. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    164. Wind
    165. NoctuaNoctua
    166. Wind
    167. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    168. Wind
    169. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    170. Wind
    171. NoctuaNoctua ×5
    172. Wind
    173. NoctuaNoctua
    174. Legion Drone PlantLegion Drone Plantdone 13:53
    175. NoctuaNoctua
    176. Wind
    177. NoctuaNoctua ×4
    178. Wind
    179. NoctuaNoctua ×7
    180. Wind
    181. NoctuaNoctua ×6
    182. Con turret
    183. Wind
    184. NoctuaNoctua
    185. Con turret ×2
    186. NoctuaNoctua
    187. Con turret ×2
    188. NoctuaNoctua
    189. Con turret
    190. NoctuaNoctua
    191. Con turret
    192. NoctuaNoctua ×9
    193. Wind
    194. NoctuaNoctua ×4
    195. Wind
    196. NoctuaNoctua ×19

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Hunfore's (32 OS, 18/09/2026); 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

31.7 OS · 18/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
326 metal received · 34691 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