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Standard air

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 (77%)

#eco #air #team support · 20 distinct matches · 15 players · 88% of Legion Air games · team won 50% of 22 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Advanced Metal Extractor by 7:11

  1. Take mex and wind, then drop a Legion Drone Plant by 1:22.
  2. Pump Noctua for scouting, escort duty, and shooting down leaks.
  3. Upgrade a mex to Advanced Metal Extractor to scale eco.
  4. Keep Noctua majority in the army; sprinkle in Mosquito and Martyr.
  5. Transition into fus if the game runs long, T2 factory optional.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 20 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 ~1:22, middle half 1:13–1:35

    Some games also: energy storage (36%)

    By 1:01 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×4
    2. Energy storage
    3. Legion Drone PlantLegion Drone Plantdone 1:35 · typical 1:22
  2. 2

    Legion Drone Plant to 5:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine9Wind
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Legion Construction Aircraft1 Legion Construction Aircraft
    Army
    • Noctua10 Noctua
    • Noctua2 Noctua for allies
    • Aeolus2 Aeolus for allies
    • Hippotes1 Hippotes for allies

    Some games also: energy storage (50%) · aeolus (50%) · mex (50%) · mex (36%) · martyr (32%)

    By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 13 wind · 3 wind · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 36 steps
    1. NoctuaNoctuafor Beach sea
    2. Wind ×2
    3. AeolusAeolusfor Geo sea
    4. Wind
    5. NoctuaNoctuafor Geo sea
    6. Wind
    7. HippotesHippotesfor Beach sea
    8. Legion Construction AircraftLegion Construction Aircraft
    9. Wind
    10. AeolusAeolusfor Tech
    11. Legion Construction AircraftLegion Construction Aircraft
    12. Wind ×2
    13. Wind
    14. Wind
    15. Con turret
    16. Wind
    17. Con turret
    18. AeolusAeolus
    19. Wind
    20. AeolusAeolus
    21. Wind ×2
    22. AeolusAeolusfor Tech
    23. Wind
    24. Con turret
    25. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    26. Wind
    27. NoctuaNoctua
    28. Wind
    29. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    30. Wind ×2
    31. NoctuaNoctua
    32. Con turret
    33. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    34. Con turret
    35. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    36. AeolusAeolus
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine24Wind
    • Energy Converter9Converter
    Builders
    • Construction Turret3 Con turret
    Army
    • Noctua14 Noctua

    Some games also: wind (45%) · Legion Drone Plant (41%) · aeolus (36%) · mosquito (32%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 27 wind · 17 wind · 10 converter · 1 energy storage · 5 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 332 steps
    1. Legion Construction AircraftLegion Construction Aircraft
    2. NoctuaNoctua ×4
    3. Wind
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Wind
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Wind
    8. Wind
    9. Wind
    10. Wind
    11. Wind
    12. HippotesHippotesfor Beach sea
    13. Wind
    14. Wind
    15. Wind
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Wind
    18. Wind
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:31 · typical 7:11
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    22. Converter ×7
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    24. Converter ×3
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    26. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:29
    27. Construction BotCon bot ×4
    28. Wind
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Wind
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. Wind
    33. Construction BotCon bot
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Construction BotCon bot
    36. Wind ×3
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. Wind ×3
    39. Construction BotCon bot
    40. Wind ×3
    41. Construction BotCon bot
    42. Wind ×4
    43. Construction BotCon bot
    44. Wind ×3
    45. Construction BotCon bot
    46. Wind ×2
    47. Construction BotCon bot
    48. Wind ×6
    49. Legion Drone PlantLegion Drone Plantdone 9:54
    50. Wind ×7
    51. NoctuaNoctua
    52. Wind ×3
    53. Energy storage
    54. Wind
    55. NoctuaNoctua
    56. Wind ×3
    57. Converter ×2
    58. Wind
    59. NoctuaNoctua
    60. Wind ×4
    61. NoctuaNoctua
    62. Wind
    63. Con turret
    64. Converter
    65. NoctuaNoctua
    66. Wind ×4
    67. NoctuaNoctua
    68. Wind ×3
    69. MartyrMartyr
    70. Converter ×2
    71. MartyrMartyr
    72. Wind ×3
    73. MartyrMartyr
    74. Wind ×3
    75. Converter
    76. Wind
    77. MartyrMartyr
    78. Wind
    79. MartyrMartyr
    80. Wind
    81. Converter
    82. Wind
    83. NoctuaNoctua
    84. Wind
    85. Con turret
    86. Wind ×3
    87. MartyrMartyr
    88. Wind ×2
    89. NoctuaNoctua
    90. Wind
    91. Converter
    92. MartyrMartyr
    93. Wind ×2
    94. NoctuaNoctua
    95. Wind ×3
    96. Converter
    97. MartyrMartyr
    98. NoctuaNoctua
    99. Converter
    100. Wind ×3
    101. MartyrMartyr
    102. Converter
    103. Wind ×2
    104. NoctuaNoctua
    105. Wind ×3
    106. Converter
    107. MartyrMartyr
    108. Wind ×2
    109. NoctuaNoctua
    110. Converter
    111. Wind
    112. Con turret
    113. MartyrMartyr
    114. Wind ×5
    115. NoctuaNoctua
    116. MartyrMartyr
    117. Converter
    118. Wind
    119. NoctuaNoctua
    120. Wind ×2
    121. MartyrMartyr
    122. Converter
    123. Wind ×3
    124. NoctuaNoctua
    125. Wind ×2
    126. MartyrMartyr
    127. Converter
    128. NoctuaNoctua
    129. Wind ×2
    130. Converter
    131. MartyrMartyr
    132. Wind ×2
    133. NoctuaNoctua
    134. Wind
    135. Converter
    136. VisionVision ×2
    137. Wind
    138. MartyrMartyr
    139. VisionVision ×4
    140. Wind
    141. VisionVision
    142. Wind
    143. NoctuaNoctua
    144. Converter
    145. Wind
    146. MartyrMartyr
    147. Wind
    148. NoctuaNoctua
    149. Wind ×2
    150. MartyrMartyr
    151. Converter
    152. Con turret
    153. Wind ×3
    154. NoctuaNoctua
    155. Wind
    156. MartyrMartyr
    157. Converter ×2
    158. Wind ×3
    159. NoctuaNoctua
    160. Wind
    161. MartyrMartyr
    162. Converter
    163. Wind
    164. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    165. Wind
    166. Converter
    167. NoctuaNoctua
    168. Wind
    169. NoctuaNoctua
    170. Wind ×3
    171. NoctuaNoctua
    172. Wind
    173. Converter
    174. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    175. Wind ×2
    176. NoctuaNoctua
    177. Converter
    178. Wind
    179. NoctuaNoctua
    180. Wind
    181. NoctuaNoctua
    182. Wind ×3
    183. NoctuaNoctua
    184. Converter ×2
    185. NoctuaNoctua
    186. Wind
    187. NoctuaNoctua
    188. Wind ×3
    189. NoctuaNoctua
    190. Converter
    191. NoctuaNoctua
    192. Wind
    193. NoctuaNoctua
    194. Converter
    195. Wind ×2
    196. Legion Construction AircraftLegion Construction Aircraft
    197. Wind ×2
    198. Converter
    199. Wind ×2
    200. NoctuaNoctua
    201. Converter
    202. NoctuaNoctua
    203. Wind ×2
    204. Converter
    205. Wind
    206. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    207. Wind ×2
    208. NoctuaNoctua
    209. Wind
    210. Converter
    211. NoctuaNoctua
    212. Wind
    213. Converter
    214. NoctuaNoctua
    215. Wind
    216. NoctuaNoctua
    217. Wind
    218. NoctuaNoctua
    219. Wind
    220. Converter
    221. NoctuaNoctua
    222. Wind
    223. VisionVision ×8
    224. Wind
    225. NoctuaNoctua
    226. Wind
    227. Converter
    228. NoctuaNoctua
    229. Converter
    230. Wind
    231. NoctuaNoctua
    232. Wind ×3
    233. NoctuaNoctua
    234. Converter
    235. Wind
    236. NoctuaNoctua
    237. Con turret
    238. NoctuaNoctua
    239. Wind ×2
    240. Converter
    241. Wind ×2
    242. NoctuaNoctua
    243. Converter
    244. Wind
    245. Con turret
    246. Wind
    247. NoctuaNoctua
    248. Con turret
    249. Wind
    250. Converter
    251. Wind ×2
    252. NoctuaNoctua
    253. Wind ×5
    254. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    255. Wind ×2
    256. NoctuaNoctua
    257. Wind
    258. NoctuaNoctua ×3
    259. Wind
    260. NoctuaNoctua
    261. Wind ×2
    262. NoctuaNoctua
    263. Wind
    264. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    265. Con turret
    266. Wind ×3
    267. Con turret
    268. NoctuaNoctua
    269. Con turret
    270. Wind
    271. NoctuaNoctua
    272. Con turret
    273. Wind ×3
    274. NoctuaNoctua
    275. Wind
    276. NoctuaNoctua
    277. Wind ×2
    278. NoctuaNoctua ×4
    279. Wind
    280. NoctuaNoctua
    281. Wind ×2
    282. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    283. Wind
    284. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    285. Wind
    286. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    287. Wind ×2
    288. NoctuaNoctua ×3
    289. Wind
    290. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    291. Wind ×2
    292. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    293. Wind
    294. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    295. Wind
    296. NoctuaNoctua
    297. Wind ×2
    298. NoctuaNoctua ×4
    299. Wind
    300. NoctuaNoctua
    301. Wind ×2
    302. NoctuaNoctua ×3
    303. Wind
    304. NoctuaNoctua
    305. Wind
    306. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    307. Wind ×2
    308. NoctuaNoctua
    309. MartyrMartyr ×2
    310. Wind
    311. MartyrMartyr
    312. NoctuaNoctua
    313. Wind
    314. MartyrMartyr ×2
    315. Wind ×2
    316. NoctuaNoctua
    317. Wind
    318. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    319. Wind
    320. NoctuaNoctua
    321. Wind
    322. NoctuaNoctua ×3
    323. Wind
    324. NoctuaNoctua ×3
    325. Wind
    326. NoctuaNoctua
    327. Wind
    328. NoctuaNoctua
    329. Wind ×2
    330. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    331. Wind ×2
    332. NoctuaNoctua ×5

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is NotReal's (38 OS, 19/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Noctua2 Noctua to Geo or Geo sea or Techfirst at 1:51 · in 100% of games
  • Aeolus3 Aeolus to Tech or Geo seafirst at 2:07 · in 100% of games
  • Hippotes1 Hippotes to Beach sea or Pondfirst at 2:08 · in 64% of games

You get

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind from Geo sea or Beach seafirst at 1:34 · in 50% of games
  • Wind Turbine3 Wind from Beach sea or Geo seafirst at 1:46 · in 41% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot from Tech or Geo seafirst at 2:24 · in 82% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 6:05 · in 77% 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

22 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038700
2:0091500
3:00145300
4:0020131640
5:00270346113
6:003646117181
7:004939161232
8:006612280290
9:008967375380
10:0011360413405
11:0013719481585
12:00161436231070
13:00189189491633
14:002211116461895
15:002509020552085
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

This is the role's own standard build, sitting at 50% team wins with steady but unspectacular kill/loss ratios by 15 minutes.

  • + Reliable, near-universal T2 con by 6:06 in the sample.
  • − Only 46 enemy metal destroyed by 5:00, very slow early impact.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

NotReal

38.4 OS · 19/08/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
649 metal received · 107219 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Legion Drone Plant1:22Middle 50%: 1:13–1:35 · n=22
Advanced Metal Extractor7:11Middle 50%: 6:46–7:30 · n=18

Played most by

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