Merfolk - Revision history

Oment at 17:47, 23 July 2026

2026-07-23T17:47:50Z

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	The lack of demand for boats and zero ore cost on all units frees up a lot of space offering a large variety of strategies. As explorers, it is a great chance to execute a high Diamond Mine + Masonry strategy. Merfolks can be played as very fast attackers (mostly concentrating on mod-buildings and Barracks) or slow attackers (using high Diamond Mines). The inefficient OP troops, however, force you to focus on 75% hits rather than training scary OP in order to keep others home. This is also the reason why they make poor converters. The amount of OP troops that you need to make your first attack after conversion usually kills your economy unless you manage to stay ahead of everyone else and make use of your speed.		The lack of demand for boats and zero ore cost on all units frees up a lot of space offering a large variety of strategies. As explorers, it is a great chance to execute a high Diamond Mine + Masonry strategy. Merfolks can be played as very fast attackers (mostly concentrating on mod-buildings and Barracks) or slow attackers (using high Diamond Mines). The inefficient OP troops, however, force you to focus on 75% hits rather than training scary OP in order to keep others home. This is also the reason why they make poor converters. The amount of OP troops that you need to make your first attack after conversion usually kills your economy unless you manage to stay ahead of everyone else and make use of your speed.

			A niche converter strategy, first popularised in [[Round 21]] by JC, is to go massive Diamond Mines into Masons, including rebuilding a heap of Diamond Mines and try to snowball at just the right time. Whether this can work depends on the speed of the meta and the state of Improvements in the rules.

	== Racial Bonuses ==		== Racial Bonuses ==

Oment at 17:45, 23 July 2026

2026-07-23T17:45:14Z

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	'''Merfolk''' is a good race of Dominion. It is suitable for all players and almost all playing styles~~. Most veterans agree on an all-elite DP strategy combined with a mix of spec and elite OP (check Fast attacking)~~.		'''Merfolk''' is a good race of Dominion. It is suitable for all players and almost all playing styles.

	Merfolks can not only be great explorers with their efficient DP, but also decently quick attackers with their cheap OP.		Merfolks can not only be great explorers with their efficient DP, but also decently quick attackers with their cheap OP.
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	=== Racial Spell ===		=== Racial Spell ===

	'''Erosion''': 20% of captured land automatically re-zoned into water.		'''Erosion''': 25% of captured land automatically re-zoned into water.

	The spell is not often used. But if you can spare the mana, it saves some rezoning costs if you want to build [[homes]].		The spell is not often used. But if you can spare the mana, it saves some rezoning costs if you want to build [[homes]].
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	* High demand of weak OP elites kills your population, therefore makes them poor converters.		* High demand of weak OP elites kills your population, therefore makes them poor converters.
	* Unless on top they slow down late-round		* Unless on top they slow down late-round
	* Spell ~~is rather useless (unless used late-round when rezone costs are high)~~		* Spell has limited use

ODWikiBot: Update Merfolk factual race data from Round 50 source

2026-07-01T20:42:47Z

Update Merfolk factual race data from Round 50 source

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	* Food Production: +5%		* Food Production: +5%
	* Offensive Power: +7.5%		* Offensive Power: +7.5%
	* Gem Production: -10%

	== Military Units ==		== Military Units ==
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	{{Race_units		{{Race_units

	\| spec1_name = ~~Mermen~~		\| spec1_name = Merman
	\| spec1_op = 3		\| spec1_op = 3
	\| spec1_dp = 0		\| spec1_dp = 0
	\| spec1_plat = ~~285~~		\| spec1_plat = 300
	\| spec1_ore = 0		\| spec1_ore = 0
	\| spec1_special = No boats needed		\| spec1_special = No boats needed.

	\| spec2_name = ~~Sirens~~		\| spec2_name = Siren
	\| spec2_op = 0		\| spec2_op = 0
	\| spec2_dp = 3		\| spec2_dp = 3
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	\| elite1_plat = 1350		\| elite1_plat = 1350
	\| elite1_ore = 0		\| elite1_ore = 0
	\| elite1_special = Sinks boats ~~when defending~~		\| elite1_special = Sinks boats on defense.

	\| elite2_name = Kraken		\| elite2_name = Kraken
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	\| elite2_plat = 600		\| elite2_plat = 600
	\| elite2_ore = 0		\| elite2_ore = 0
	\| elite2_special = No boats needed~~, sinks~~ boats ~~when attacking~~		\| elite2_special = No boats needed. Sinks boats on offense.

	}}		}}

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2024-04-13T02:42:21Z

Military Units

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	\| spec1_op = 3		\| spec1_op = 3
	\| spec1_dp = 0		\| spec1_dp = 0
	\| spec1_plat = ~~275~~		\| spec1_plat = 285
	\| spec1_ore = 0		\| spec1_ore = 0
	\| spec1_special = No boats needed		\| spec1_special = No boats needed

Scruffier at 14:41, 5 April 2024

2024-04-05T14:41:51Z

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	* Lumber Production: -15%		* Lumber Production: -15%
	* Food Production: +5%		* Food Production: +5%
	* Offensive Power: +5%		* Offensive Power: +7.5%
	* ~~Exploration Platinum cost~~: ~~+2.5~~%		* Gem Production: -10%

	== Military Units ==		== Military Units ==

Sharkey: /* Racial Bonuses */

2023-01-16T13:16:16Z

Racial Bonuses

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	* Food Production: +5%		* Food Production: +5%
	* Offensive Power: +5%		* Offensive Power: +5%
	* ~~Explore~~ Platinum cost: +5%		* Exploration Platinum cost: +2.5%

	== Military Units ==		== Military Units ==

Sharkey at 08:53, 10 October 2022

2022-10-10T08:53:54Z

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	\| aliases = Merf		\| aliases = Merf
	\| introduced = [[Round 14]]		\| introduced = [[Round 14]]
	\| round_wins = 1		\| round_wins = 2

	\| attacker = Beginner		\| attacker = Beginner

Jomutta at 19:07, 25 June 2022

2022-06-25T19:07:01Z

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	\| round_wins = 1		\| round_wins = 1

	\| attacker = ~~Intermediate~~		\| attacker = Beginner
	\| converter = Advanced		\| converter = Advanced
	\| explorer = Beginner		\| explorer = Beginner

Oment at 23:54, 10 January 2022

2022-01-10T23:54:41Z

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	\| aliases = Merf		\| aliases = Merf
	\| introduced = [[Round 14]]		\| introduced = [[Round 14]]
	\| round_wins = 0		\| round_wins = 1

	\| attacker = Intermediate		\| attacker = Intermediate
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	* Lumber Production: -15%		* Lumber Production: -15%
	* Food Production: +15%		* Food Production: +5%
	* Offensive Power: +5%		* Offensive Power: +5%
			* Explore Platinum cost: +5%

	== Military Units ==		== Military Units ==

Jmerc13: /* Military Units */

2020-11-29T23:02:51Z

Military Units

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	\| spec2_special =		\| spec2_special =

	\| elite1_name = ~~Kraken~~		\| elite1_name = Leviathan
	\| elite1_op = 4		\| elite1_op = 0
	\| elite1_dp = 2		\| elite1_dp = 7
	\| elite1_plat = ~~600~~		\| elite1_plat = 1350
	\| elite1_ore = 0		\| elite1_ore = 0
	\| elite1_special = ~~No boats needed, sinks~~ boats when ~~attacking~~		\| elite1_special = Sinks boats when defending

	\| elite2_name = ~~Leviathan~~		\| elite2_name = Kraken
	\| elite2_op = 0		\| elite2_op = 4
	\| elite2_dp = 7		\| elite2_dp = 2
	\| elite2_plat = ~~1350~~		\| elite2_plat = 600
	\| elite2_ore = 0		\| elite2_ore = 0
	\| elite2_special = ~~Sinks~~ boats when ~~defending~~		\| elite2_special = No boats needed, sinks boats when attacking

	}}		}}

	== General information ==		== General information ==