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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 1:35 · 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 · 22 steps
    1. MosquitoMosquito
    2. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    3. Wind ×4
    4. NoctuaNoctua
    5. Wind
    6. NoctuaNoctua ×7
    7. Wind ×2
    8. NoctuaNoctua
    9. Wind ×2
    10. NoctuaNoctua
    11. Wind
    12. Mex
    13. Wind
    14. NoctuaNoctua
    15. Wind ×2
    16. NoctuaNoctua
    17. Energy storage
    18. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    19. Con turret
    20. AeolusAeolusfor Geo sea
    21. Con turret
    22. 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 · 229 steps
    1. AeolusAeolusfor Tech
    2. Wind
    3. Legion Construction AircraftLegion Construction Aircraft
    4. Converter
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Converter
    7. NoctuaNoctua
    8. Wind
    9. Converter
    10. Wind
    11. NoctuaNoctua
    12. Converter
    13. Wind
    14. Converter
    15. Wind
    16. NoctuaNoctua
    17. Converter
    18. Wind ×2
    19. NoctuaNoctua
    20. Wind
    21. NoctuaNoctua
    22. Wind
    23. NoctuaNoctua
    24. Wind
    25. NoctuaNoctua
    26. Wind
    27. NoctuaNoctua
    28. Wind
    29. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    30. Wind
    31. NoctuaNoctua
    32. Wind ×2
    33. NoctuaNoctua
    34. Mex
    35. Wind
    36. NoctuaNoctua
    37. Con turret
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:24 · typical 7:04
    39. NoctuaNoctua
    40. Con turret
    41. Mex
    42. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    43. Wind
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. Wind
    46. Legion Drone PlantEat Legion Drone Plantreclaimed for its metal
    47. Wind
    48. BrambleBramble
    49. Wind ×2
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. Wind
    52. Legion Drone PlantLegion Drone Plantdone 8:20
    53. NoctuaNoctua
    54. Wind
    55. NoctuaNoctua
    56. Wind
    57. NoctuaNoctua
    58. Wind
    59. NoctuaNoctua
    60. Wind
    61. BrambleBramble
    62. Legion Construction AircraftLegion Construction Aircraft
    63. Wind
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. Legion Construction AircraftLegion Construction Aircraft
    66. Wind
    67. Legion Construction AircraftLegion Construction Aircraft
    68. NoctuaNoctua
    69. Legion Construction AircraftLegion Construction Aircraft
    70. Converter
    71. NoctuaNoctua
    72. Con turret
    73. NoctuaNoctua
    74. Wind
    75. Converter
    76. NoctuaNoctua
    77. PharosPharos
    78. Converter
    79. Wind
    80. NoctuaNoctua
    81. Converter
    82. Wind
    83. NoctuaNoctua
    84. Converter
    85. Wind
    86. NoctuaNoctua
    87. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 10:23 · typical 10:29
    88. Wind ×3
    89. Converter
    90. Wind
    91. NoctuaNoctua
    92. Wind
    93. Converter
    94. PharosPharos
    95. NoctuaNoctua
    96. Wind ×3
    97. Converter
    98. Wind
    99. NoctuaNoctua
    100. Wind ×2
    101. Converter
    102. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    103. Converter
    104. NoctuaNoctua
    105. Con turret
    106. PharosPharos
    107. NoctuaNoctua
    108. Con turret
    109. Converter
    110. CitadelAnti-nukedone 13:38
    111. NoctuaNoctua
    112. Con turret
    113. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    114. Con turret
    115. Converter
    116. NoctuaNoctua
    117. Con turret
    118. NoctuaNoctua
    119. Converter
    120. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    121. Converter
    122. Wind
    123. NoctuaNoctua
    124. Wind
    125. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    126. Wind
    127. Converter
    128. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    129. Wind
    130. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    131. Wind
    132. Converter
    133. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    134. Wind
    135. NoctuaNoctua
    136. PharosPharos
    137. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    138. Wind
    139. NoctuaNoctua
    140. Converter
    141. NoctuaNoctua
    142. Wind
    143. NoctuaNoctua
    144. Wind
    145. NoctuaNoctua
    146. Wind
    147. NoctuaNoctua
    148. Wind
    149. NoctuaNoctua
    150. Wind
    151. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    152. Wind
    153. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    154. Wind
    155. NoctuaNoctua
    156. Converter
    157. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    158. Wind
    159. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    160. Converter
    161. NoctuaNoctua ×4
    162. Wind
    163. NoctuaNoctua
    164. Legion Drone PlantLegion Drone Plantdone 11:59
    165. NoctuaNoctua ×3
    166. Wind
    167. NoctuaNoctua
    168. PharosPharos
    169. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    170. Converter
    171. NoctuaNoctua ×6
    172. Wind
    173. NoctuaNoctua ×10
    174. Converter
    175. Wind
    176. NoctuaNoctua ×7
    177. Wind
    178. NoctuaNoctua ×3
    179. Wind
    180. NoctuaNoctua ×4
    181. Converter
    182. Wind
    183. NoctuaNoctua ×6
    184. Wind
    185. Converter
    186. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    187. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    188. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    189. MartyrMartyr ×5
    190. Converter
    191. MartyrMartyr ×12
    192. Wind
    193. MartyrMartyr ×3
    194. NoctuaNoctua
    195. Con turret
    196. NoctuaNoctua
    197. Con turret
    198. NoctuaNoctua
    199. Con turret
    200. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    201. Wind
    202. Con turret ×2
    203. NoctuaNoctua
    204. Con turret
    205. NoctuaNoctua
    206. Con turret
    207. Wind
    208. Con turret
    209. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    210. Con turret ×2
    211. T2 converter
    212. NoctuaNoctua ×5
    213. VisionVision
    214. NoctuaNoctua
    215. VisionVision ×3
    216. NoctuaNoctua
    217. VisionVision ×4
    218. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    219. VisionVision
    220. Wind
    221. VisionVision ×4
    222. NoctuaNoctua ×27
    223. Wind
    224. NoctuaNoctua
    225. Legion Drone PlantEat Legion Drone Plantreclaimed for its metal
    226. NoctuaNoctua
    227. Legion Drone PlantEat Legion Drone Plantreclaimed for its metal
    228. Legion Advanced Aircraft PlantLegion Advanced Aircraft Plantnot finished by 15:00
    229. Wind

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 ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
359 metal received · 142737 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
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