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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 · 79% 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 ×4
    3. Legion Drone PlantLegion Drone Plantdone 1:17 · 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 · 37 steps
    1. NoctuaNoctuafor Beach sea
    2. AeolusAeolusfor Beach sea
    3. NoctuaNoctua ×2for Geo sea
    4. AeolusAeolusfor Geo sea
    5. NoctuaNoctua ×5
    6. Legion Construction AircraftLegion Construction Aircraftfor Beach sea
    7. NoctuaNoctua
    8. Con turret
    9. Wind
    10. NoctuaNoctua
    11. Wind ×2
    12. NoctuaNoctua
    13. Wind
    14. Energy storage
    15. NoctuaNoctua
    16. Mex
    17. AeolusAeolusfor Geo
    18. Wind
    19. AeolusAeolusfor Tech
    20. NoctuaNoctua
    21. AeolusAeolusfor Tech
    22. Wind
    23. NoctuaNoctua
    24. Wind
    25. NoctuaNoctua
    26. Wind
    27. Wind
    28. NoctuaNoctua
    29. Wind
    30. NoctuaNoctua
    31. Wind
    32. Wind
    33. NoctuaNoctua
    34. Wind
    35. NoctuaNoctua
    36. Wind
    37. Wind
  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 · 204 steps
    1. Wind
    2. NoctuaNoctua
    3. Wind
    4. Wind
    5. NoctuaNoctua
    6. Wind
    7. NoctuaNoctua
    8. Wind
    9. Wind
    10. NoctuaNoctua
    11. Wind
    12. NoctuaNoctua
    13. Wind
    14. NoctuaNoctua ×3
    15. Legion Bot LabLegion Bot Labnot finished by 15:00
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:03 · typical 7:03
    18. NoctuaNoctua
    19. Legion Bot LabEat Legion Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    20. NoctuaNoctua
    21. Wind
    22. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    23. Wind
    24. NoctuaNoctua
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    26. AeolusAeolus
    27. NoctuaNoctua
    28. Wind
    29. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    31. Wind
    32. NoctuaNoctua ×3
    33. Wind
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. NoctuaNoctua ×3
    36. Wind
    37. Legion Bot LabLegion Bot Labdone 8:57
    38. NoctuaNoctua ×3
    39. Wind
    40. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    41. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    42. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    43. NoctuaNoctua
    44. Wind
    45. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    46. NoctuaNoctua
    47. Wind
    48. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    49. NoctuaNoctua
    50. Wind
    51. NoctuaNoctua
    52. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    53. Wind
    54. NoctuaNoctua
    55. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    56. NoctuaNoctua
    57. Wind
    58. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    59. NoctuaNoctua
    60. Wind
    61. Wind
    62. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    63. NoctuaNoctua
    64. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    65. NoctuaNoctua
    66. Wind
    67. Wind
    68. Converter
    69. NoctuaNoctua
    70. Wind ×2
    71. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    72. NoctuaNoctua
    73. Wind
    74. Wind
    75. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    76. NoctuaNoctua
    77. Converter
    78. Wind
    79. Converter
    80. NoctuaNoctua
    81. Wind
    82. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    83. Wind
    84. Wind
    85. NoctuaNoctua
    86. Wind
    87. ZagreusZagreus
    88. NoctuaNoctua
    89. Wind
    90. Wind
    91. Converter ×2
    92. NoctuaNoctua
    93. Wind
    94. Legion Construction AircraftLegion Construction Aircraft
    95. Wind
    96. Metal storage
    97. Wind ×3
    98. Wind
    99. Converter ×2
    100. Con turret
    101. NoctuaNoctua
    102. Wind ×3
    103. Wind
    104. Wind ×2
    105. NoctuaNoctua
    106. Converter ×2
    107. Wind ×2
    108. Wind
    109. Con turret
    110. Wind
    111. NoctuaNoctua
    112. Wind ×2
    113. Converter ×2
    114. Wind
    115. Con turret
    116. Wind ×3
    117. NoctuaNoctua
    118. Wind
    119. Con turret
    120. Wind
    121. Con turret
    122. Legion Bot LabEat Legion Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    123. Converter
    124. Wind ×2
    125. Converter
    126. Legion Advanced Aircraft PlantLegion Advanced Aircraft Plantdone 12:15
    127. Wind
    128. NoctuaNoctua
    129. Wind
    130. Wind ×4
    131. NoctuaNoctua
    132. Wind
    133. Converter ×2
    134. Wind
    135. PhoenixPhoenixdone 12:38
    136. NoctuaNoctua
    137. Wind ×2
    138. Wind
    139. Wind ×3
    140. Converter ×2
    141. NoctuaNoctua
    142. Wind
    143. Wind
    144. PhoenixPhoenix
    145. NoctuaNoctua
    146. Wind ×3
    147. Wind
    148. Converter ×2
    149. Wind ×2
    150. NoctuaNoctua
    151. Wind ×2
    152. Wind
    153. PhoenixPhoenix
    154. NoctuaNoctua
    155. Wind ×2
    156. Converter ×2
    157. Wind
    158. Wind
    159. Wind
    160. NoctuaNoctua
    161. Wind ×3
    162. Wind
    163. PhoenixPhoenix
    164. Converter
    165. NoctuaNoctua
    166. Converter
    167. Wind ×4
    168. NoctuaNoctua
    169. Wind
    170. Con turret
    171. Wind
    172. Converter ×2
    173. Wind
    174. Con turret
    175. NoctuaNoctua
    176. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00 · typical 10:29
    177. PhoenixPhoenix
    178. Wind ×3
    179. NoctuaNoctua
    180. Wind
    181. Converter
    182. Legion Construction AircraftLegion Construction Aircraft
    183. Converter
    184. Wind ×3
    185. PhoenixPhoenix
    186. NoctuaNoctua
    187. Wind ×2
    188. Converter
    189. Wind
    190. Converter
    191. Wind
    192. NoctuaNoctua
    193. Wind ×2
    194. Legion Drone PlantEat Legion Drone Plantreclaimed for its metal
    195. PhoenixPhoenix
    196. Converter
    197. Wind ×2
    198. Converter
    199. Wind ×2
    200. AjaxAjax
    201. VenatorVenator
    202. Wind ×3
    203. AjaxAjax
    204. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Crd]Atlas's (31 OS, 05/09/2026); 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

[Crd]Atlas

31.0 OS · 05/09/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
153 metal received · 53549 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

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