Air / Legion / Economy first / OBSERVED BUILD

Standard air

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 (84%)

#eco #air #team support · 54 distinct matches · 32 players · 78% of Legion Air games · team won 59% of 61 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Legion Drone Plant by 1:21

0:03Take mex and wind while queuing the drone plant early.
1:03Get the drone plant up before 1:33 to start the economy base.
7:08Add an advanced mex to keep scaling economy for the team.
9:27Bring a fusion reactor online to support later tech.
onwardSupply allies with Noctua, Aeolus and Hippotes while building Noctua bombers.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 54 GAMES

10:00
21:02
35:00

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
Up to the Legion Drone Plant
0:00 – 1:02
Economy
- 3Mex
- 4Wind
Order
1. Legion Drone Plant ~1:02after 3 mex, 4 winddone ~1:24, middle half 1:16–1:35
Some games also: energy storage (31%)
By 1:02 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind
The example game in this phase · 3 steps
1. 0:03Mex ×3
2. 0:37Wind ×2
3. 0:50Legion Drone Plantdone 1:11 · typical 1:24
2
Legion Drone Plant to 5:00
1:02 – 5:00
Economy
- 1Mex
- 11Wind
- 3Wind
- 1Energy storage
Builders
- 2 Con turret
- 1 Legion Construction Aircraft
Army
- 12 Noctua
- 2 Noctua for allies
- 2 Aeolus for allies
- 1 Hippotes for allies
Some games also: converter (36%) · mex (34%)
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 · 39 steps
1. 1:11Noctuafor Geo sea
2. 1:12Wind ×2
3. 1:25Aeolusfor Geo sea
4. 1:25Wind
5. 1:34Noctuafor Beach sea
6. 1:41Wind
7. 1:45Aeolus
8. 1:56Wind
9. 1:56Legion Construction Aircraft
10. 2:03Wind
11. 2:12Noctua
12. 2:13Wind
13. 2:14Con turret
14. 2:25Noctua
15. 2:33Con turret
16. 2:40Noctua ×4
17. 3:10Mex
18. 3:16Noctua
19. 3:17Converter
20. 3:23Noctua ×2
21. 3:38Wind
22. 3:41Noctua ×2
23. 3:54Converter
24. 4:00Wind
25. 4:03Noctua
26. 4:07Wind
27. 4:12Noctua
28. 4:16Wind
29. 4:23Noctua
30. 4:23Wind
31. 4:24Legion Construction Aircraft
32. 4:30Converter
33. 4:31Wind ×2
34. 4:41Con turret
35. 4:42Converter
36. 4:44Wind ×2
37. 4:51Aeolusfor Tech
38. 4:54Converter
39. 4:58Wind
3
5:00 to 10:00
5:00 – 10:00
Economy
- 18Wind
- 4Wind
- 8Converter
Order
1. Eat Legion Drone Plant ~6:23in 75% of games
Builders
- 3 Con turret
Army
- 21 Noctua
Some games also: Legion Drone Plant (48%) · fusion (39%) · aeolus (36%) · mosquito (34%) · Legion Construction Aircraft (34%)
By 10:00 in all: 3 mex · 1 mex · 24 wind · 20 wind · 9 converter · 1 energy storage
The example game in this phase · 242 steps
1. 5:04Converter
2. 5:04Con turret
3. 5:04Wind
4. 5:07Pharos
5. 5:11Wind
6. 5:15Converter
7. 5:17Wind
8. 5:19Legion Construction Aircraft
9. 5:20Con turret
10. 5:24Wind
11. 5:26Converter
12. 5:30Wind
13. 5:36Aeolus
14. 5:36Converter
15. 5:37Wind ×2
16. 5:46Converter
17. 5:50Wind
18. 5:55Converter
19. 5:56Wind
20. 5:58Pharos
21. 6:03Wind
22. 6:07Converter
23. 6:09Wind
24. 6:15Aeolusfor Geo
25. 6:16Wind
26. 6:17Converter
27. 6:23Wind ×2
28. 6:27Converter
29. 6:27Noctua
30. 6:32Wind
31. 6:34Pharos
32. 6:36Noctua
33. 6:36Con turret
34. 6:36Wind ×2
35. 6:45Converter
36. 6:46Wind ×2
37. 6:52Mex
38. 6:54Con turret
39. 6:55Wind
40. 6:56Mexfor Beach sea
41. 6:59Noctua
42. 7:00Wind
43. 7:01Converter
44. 7:05Wind ×2
45. 7:11Noctua
46. 7:12Converter
47. 7:15Wind
48. 7:16Noctua
49. 7:20Wind
50. 7:21Noctua ×2
51. 7:25Wind
52. 7:26Converter
53. 7:31Wind
54. 7:31Hippotesfor Geo
55. 7:37Converter
56. 7:40Wind
57. 7:46Converter
58. 7:46Wind
59. 7:47Noctua
60. 7:51Wind
61. 7:52Noctua ×2
62. 7:58Converter
63. 7:58Wind
64. 7:59Noctua ×4
65. 8:12Converter
66. 8:13Wind
67. 8:15Noctua
68. 8:19Wind
69. 8:20Noctua
70. 8:21Wind
71. 8:23Converter
72. 8:23Wind
73. 8:24Noctua
74. 8:26Bramble
75. 8:28Wind
76. 8:29Noctua ×2
77. 8:35Converter
78. 8:38Noctua ×2
79. 8:46Converter
80. 8:48Wind
81. 8:49Wind
82. 8:50Noctua ×2
83. 8:56Wind
84. 8:57Converter
85. 9:00Noctua
86. 9:04Wind
87. 9:05Noctua
88. 9:05Wind
89. 9:08Wind
90. 9:09Converter
91. 9:09Noctua ×2
92. 9:13Wind
93. 9:15Noctua
94. 9:15Wind
95. 9:18Noctua
96. 9:19Wind
97. 9:21Noctua
98. 9:21Wind
99. 9:22Converter
100. 9:23Wind
101. 9:24Noctua ×2
102. 9:28Wind
103. 9:31Noctua
104. 9:32Converter
105. 9:33Wind
106. 9:34Wind
107. 9:37Wind ×2
108. 9:44Wind
109. 9:45Converter
110. 9:45Wind ×2
111. 9:51Wind
112. 9:54Converter
113. 9:55Wind
114. 9:59Wind
115. 9:59Wind
116. 9:59Con turret
117. 10:03Wind
118. 10:04Converter
119. 10:06Wind
120. 10:06T2 mexdone 10:28 · typical 7:04
121. 10:09Wind
122. 10:14Wind
123. 10:14Wind
124. 10:16Converter
125. 10:16T2 mex
126. 10:19Wind
127. 10:22Wind
128. 10:25Eat Legion Drone Plantreclaimed for its metal
129. 10:29Converter
130. 10:35Dragon's Teeth
131. 10:39Converter
132. 10:40Wind
133. 10:41T2 mex
134. 10:41Dragon's Teeth ×2
135. 10:50Converter
136. 10:54Dragon's Teeth
137. 10:54Con turret
138. 10:55T2 mex
139. 10:59Dragon's Teeth
140. 11:00Converter
141. 11:00Wind
142. 11:04Con turret
143. 11:06Wind
144. 11:06Dragon's Teeth
145. 11:09Converter
146. 11:10Wind
147. 11:12Dragon's Teeth ×2
148. 11:19Converter
149. 11:19Dragon's Teeth ×2
150. 11:23Advanced Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
151. 11:24Dragon's Teeth ×4
152. 11:31Wind
153. 11:32Converter
154. 11:33Dragon's Teeth ×8
155. 11:51Wind
156. 11:52Dragon's Teeth ×6
157. 12:04Wind
158. 12:05Con turret
159. 12:06Dragon's Teeth ×3
160. 12:11Wind
161. 12:12Dragon's Teeth
162. 12:13Wind
163. 12:14Dragon's Teeth ×3
164. 12:19Wind
165. 12:19Wind
166. 12:21Dragon's Teeth ×3
167. 12:27Wind
168. 12:28Con turret
169. 12:28Dragon's Teeth ×3
170. 12:34Wind
171. 12:36Dragon's Teeth ×3
172. 12:40Legion Drone Plantdone 12:53
173. 12:40Wind
174. 12:42Wind
175. 12:43Dragon's Teeth ×3
176. 12:51Wind
177. 12:53Dragon's Teeth
178. 12:53Noctua
179. 12:56Dragon's Teeth
180. 12:57Noctua
181. 12:59Dragon's Teeth
182. 13:00Noctua
183. 13:00Wind
184. 13:01Wind
185. 13:01Dragon's Teeth
186. 13:03Noctua
187. 13:04Dragon's Teeth
188. 13:06Noctua
189. 13:08Dragon's Teeth
190. 13:08Wind
191. 13:10Pharos
192. 13:10Noctua
193. 13:12Dragon's Teeth ×2
194. 13:16Pharos
195. 13:16Noctua
196. 13:18Wind
197. 13:19Dragon's Teeth
198. 13:22Pharos
199. 13:22Dragon's Teeth
200. 13:22Wind
201. 13:22Noctua
202. 13:27Wind
203. 13:28Noctua ×3
204. 13:46Wind
205. 13:48Noctua ×2
206. 13:54Wind
207. 13:54Wind
208. 13:55Noctua
209. 13:59Dragon's Teeth
210. 13:59Noctua
211. 14:00Dragon's Teeth
212. 14:01Wind
213. 14:02Dragon's Teeth
214. 14:02Noctua
215. 14:04Dragon's Teeth
216. 14:06Noctua
217. 14:06Dragon's Teeth ×2
218. 14:08Wind
219. 14:09Noctua
220. 14:10Dragon's Teeth ×2
221. 14:13Noctua
222. 14:15Dragon's Teeth
223. 14:16Wind
224. 14:16Legion Construction Aircraft
225. 14:18Dragon's Teeth ×3
226. 14:24Noctua
227. 14:26Dragon's Teeth
228. 14:27Con turret
229. 14:27Noctua
230. 14:28Dragon's Teeth ×2
231. 14:31Noctua
232. 14:33Dragon's Teeth
233. 14:34Noctua
234. 14:36Dragon's Teeth
235. 14:38Noctua
236. 14:38Dragon's Teeth
237. 14:40Wind
238. 14:42Noctua ×2
239. 14:53Dragon's Teeth ×2
240. 14:55Noctua
241. 14:57Dragon's Teeth ×2
242. 14:59Noctua

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RollingBread's (33 OS, 29/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

2 Noctua to Geo or Geo sea or Beach seafirst at 1:49 · in 92% of games
3 Aeolus to Tech or Geo sea or Beach seafirst at 2:17 · in 100% of games
1 Hippotes to Beach seafirst at 2:36 · in 61% of games

You get

3 Wind from Beach sea or Geo seafirst at 1:28 · in 38% of games
2 Wind from Geo sea or Beach seafirst at 1:31 · in 43% of games
1 Con bot from Techfirst at 2:24 · in 75% of games
1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 6:05 · in 84% 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

61 games.

Show as table

By	Metal produced: This build	Enemy metal destroyed: This build	Own metal lost: This build
1:00	390	0	0
2:00	915	0	0
3:00	1450	0	0
4:00	2023	40	40
5:00	2709	60	80
6:00	3519	125	120
7:00	4740	201	145
8:00	6308	255	200
9:00	8531	360	206
10:00	10985	416	360
11:00	13512	534	411
12:00	16119	683	720
13:00	18982	868	1240
14:00	22363	1329	1575
15:00	25598	2258	1968

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

RollingBread

33.2 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
2089 metal received · 21359 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=61

Advanced Metal Extractor7:04Middle 50%: 6:26–7:37 · n=52

Fusion Reactor10:29Middle 50%: 9:47–11:41 · n=33

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Naval balance tweaks on

Standard air

Phase by phase

Up to the Legion Drone Plant

Legion Drone Plant to 5:00

5:00 to 10:00

Team trades

You hand over

You get

How it plays out

Metal produced

Enemy metal destroyed

Own metal lost

RollingBread

Typical milestones

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