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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 · 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
    • 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 · 20 steps
    1. AeolusAeolusfor Beach sea
    2. NoctuaNoctuafor Beach sea
    3. NoctuaNoctua ×5
    4. Wind ×2
    5. NoctuaNoctua
    6. Wind ×2
    7. NoctuaNoctua
    8. Wind ×2
    9. NoctuaNoctua ×4
    10. Energy storage
    11. NoctuaNoctua
    12. Mex
    13. Wind
    14. NoctuaNoctua
    15. Wind ×2
    16. NoctuaNoctua
    17. AeolusAeolusfor Tech
    18. Wind ×2
    19. Con turret
    20. NoctuaNoctua
  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 · 183 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. NoctuaNoctua
    3. Wind ×2
    4. NoctuaNoctua
    5. Wind
    6. NoctuaNoctua
    7. Wind ×4
    8. NoctuaNoctua
    9. Wind
    10. NoctuaNoctua
    11. Converter
    12. Wind ×2
    13. AeolusAeolusfor Beach sea
    14. Converter
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Converter
    17. NoctuaNoctua
    18. Wind ×2
    19. Converter
    20. Wind
    21. NoctuaNoctua
    22. Wind
    23. Converter
    24. Wind ×2
    25. Converter
    26. NoctuaNoctua
    27. Wind ×3
    28. NoctuaNoctua
    29. Con turret
    30. NoctuaNoctua
    31. Con turret
    32. NoctuaNoctua ×4
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:54
    34. NoctuaNoctua
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Legion Drone PlantEat Legion Drone Plantreclaimed for its metal
    37. Wind ×3
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. Wind ×3
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. Wind
    42. Legion Drone PlantLegion Drone Plantdone 8:51
    43. Wind ×2
    44. NoctuaNoctua
    45. Wind
    46. NoctuaNoctua ×3
    47. Legion Construction AircraftLegion Construction Aircraft
    48. Con turret
    49. Wind
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. Wind ×2
    52. Legion Construction AircraftLegion Construction Aircraft
    53. Wind
    54. Legion Construction AircraftLegion Construction Aircraft
    55. Wind
    56. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    57. Wind
    58. NoctuaNoctua
    59. Wind ×2
    60. NoctuaNoctua
    61. Wind
    62. Converter
    63. NoctuaNoctua
    64. Converter
    65. Wind
    66. Converter
    67. NoctuaNoctua
    68. Converter
    69. Wind
    70. NoctuaNoctua
    71. Wind
    72. Converter
    73. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 11:23
    74. NoctuaNoctua
    75. Wind ×2
    76. Converter
    77. NoctuaNoctua
    78. Converter
    79. Wind
    80. Converter
    81. Con turret
    82. NoctuaNoctua
    83. Converter
    84. NoctuaNoctua
    85. Converter
    86. NoctuaNoctua
    87. Con turret ×2
    88. NoctuaNoctua
    89. Converter
    90. AegisAegisnot finished by 15:00
    91. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    92. Con turret
    93. Converter
    94. NoctuaNoctua
    95. Con turret
    96. NoctuaNoctua ×3
    97. Converter
    98. NoctuaNoctua ×3
    99. Wind
    100. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    101. Wind
    102. Converter
    103. NoctuaNoctua
    104. Wind
    105. NoctuaNoctua
    106. Wind
    107. NoctuaNoctua
    108. Wind
    109. NoctuaNoctua
    110. Wind
    111. NoctuaNoctua
    112. Wind
    113. NoctuaNoctua
    114. Wind
    115. NoctuaNoctua
    116. Wind
    117. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    118. Converter
    119. Wind
    120. NoctuaNoctua ×3
    121. Wind
    122. Converter
    123. NoctuaNoctua ×3
    124. Converter
    125. NoctuaNoctua ×3
    126. Converter
    127. NoctuaNoctua ×3
    128. Wind
    129. NoctuaNoctua
    130. Converter
    131. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    132. Wind
    133. NoctuaNoctua
    134. Wind
    135. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    136. Wind
    137. NoctuaNoctua
    138. Converter
    139. NoctuaNoctua ×3
    140. Wind
    141. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    142. Converter
    143. Wind
    144. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    145. Wind
    146. NoctuaNoctua ×3
    147. Converter
    148. NoctuaNoctua ×3
    149. Wind
    150. NoctuaNoctua ×3
    151. Converter
    152. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    153. Wind
    154. NoctuaNoctua ×3
    155. Converter
    156. NoctuaNoctua
    157. Wind
    158. NoctuaNoctua ×12
    159. Con turret ×2
    160. NoctuaNoctua
    161. Wind
    162. Con turret
    163. NoctuaNoctua
    164. Legion Drone PlantLegion Drone Plantdone 14:01
    165. Con turret ×3
    166. NoctuaNoctua
    167. Con turret
    168. NoctuaNoctua
    169. Con turret
    170. NoctuaNoctua
    171. Con turret
    172. Wind
    173. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    174. Con turret
    175. NoctuaNoctua ×11
    176. Wind
    177. NoctuaNoctua ×6
    178. Wind
    179. NoctuaNoctua ×6
    180. Wind
    181. NoctuaNoctua ×8
    182. Wind
    183. NoctuaNoctua ×6

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 1:50 · 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

Hunfore

32.0 OS · 09/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
669 metal received · 59722 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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