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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 (84%)

#eco #air #team support · 55 distinct matches · 32 players · 78% of Legion Air games · team won 60% of 62 · 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 55 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 (31%)

    By 1:02 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 1:33 · typical 1:24
  2. 2

    Legion Drone Plant to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine11Wind
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    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: energy storage (50%) · converter (37%) · mex (35%)

    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 · 33 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. NoctuaNoctuafor Geo sea
    3. Wind
    4. AeolusAeolusfor Geo sea
    5. Wind ×2
    6. NoctuaNoctuafor Beach sea
    7. AeolusAeolusfor Beach sea
    8. Wind
    9. NoctuaNoctua
    10. Wind
    11. AeolusAeolusfor Geo sea
    12. Mex
    13. MosquitoMosquito
    14. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    15. Wind ×2
    16. NoctuaNoctua
    17. Wind ×2
    18. Con turret
    19. NoctuaNoctua
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Legion Construction AircraftLegion Construction Aircraft
    22. NoctuaNoctua
    23. AeolusAeolusfor Tech
    24. Wind
    25. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    26. Legion Bot LabLegion Bot Labdone 4:38
    27. NoctuaNoctua
    28. AeolusAeolus
    29. NoctuaNoctua
    30. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    31. NoctuaNoctua
    32. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot ×2
    33. NoctuaNoctua
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine18Wind
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    • Energy Converter8Converter
    Order
    1. Legion Drone PlantEat Legion Drone Plant in 74% of games
    Builders
    • Construction Turret3 Con turret
    Army
    • Noctua22 Noctua

    Some games also: Legion Drone Plant (47%) · fusion (39%) · Legion Construction Aircraft (35%) · aeolus (35%) · mosquito (34%)

    By 10:00 in all: 3 mex · 1 mex · 23 wind · 20 wind · 9 converter · 1 energy storage

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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Bats]Eclipse's (31 OS, 21/09/2026); 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 2:16 · in 100% of games
  • Hippotes1 Hippotes to Beach seafirst at 2:36 · in 60% 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 42% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot from Techfirst at 2:24 · in 74% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 6:05 · in 82% 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

62 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039000
2:0091500
3:00145100
4:0020243640
5:0027106080
6:003524123120
7:004754196148
8:006356255200
9:008463360223
10:0010948413360
11:0013492521426
12:0016089674735
13:00190628571270
14:002240812951573
15:002560222141949
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

[Bats]Eclipse

31.4 OS · 21/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
683 metal received · 10399 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=62
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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