Merchantmen efficiency?

[Mr. Boris]

How many merchantmen should I use on water maps like Spice Islands? They generate around 200 per round each and I can't put banks on Spice Islands. Should I just spam them and create the xx5 upgrade for Buccaneer?

Also, what upgrades are worth buying for sub and damage path of buccaneer?

[Shiroe (cortana)]

merchantmen is very good on any map that have access to water.
Also not super expensive and you also get a money generating tower that can deal dmg at the same time, unlike banana farms.

I tend to do 20 023 buccaneer whenever i can then slowly upgrading them to 024 and lastly 1 of them to t5..
Simply bcoz a 023 or even a 022 buccaneer is good against most kind off bloons, they get camo detection and they get lead popping power..
Ofc you do want some other towers for extra moab dmg after 50+

Along with those 023/024 bucc, i also get about two 230 subs and three 204 subs..
That keeps me alive for a very long time on water maps ^^up to around wave 63'ish, then you want more or better towers.. But by the time you reach 63 and managed to place out some bucc and subs, you should have more than enough money to get other and better towers.

But also if you smart, a 003 or 004 banana farm, i dont remember which but i do think it was 003, they generate extra money for merchantmen aswell :)
So if you can, use a potoon, or whatever thats called, a "power" you can use that lets you put land based towers on water, or you use the potoon and use a 041 ice money to extend "land" area..
As i have understand it, many dont know that you can use a ice monkey to be able to place land towers on water..



Well short story, do 023 or 024 bucc if you want, or make use of ice monkeys and place farms around them :), if you absolutely want some money generating towers.

[Ykario]

Also, adding a 5/2/0 Bucaneer in range of a Village is a really, realllllyyy good idea in Water Maps, as it boost the Attack Speed of every other Water Tower. ( Subs, Bucaneer, SUN TEMPLE, etc.)

[Sollorex]

In case you didn't know, I think I should mention that a middle tree Ice Monkey's aura(0-3-0, 0-4-0, 0-5-0) feezes the water around it, allowing you to place land towers on the frozen water.

[Ykario]

Originally posted by Sollorex-3:

In case you didn't know, I think I should mention that a middle tree Ice Monkey's aura(0-3-0, 0-4-0, 0-5-0) feezes the water around it, allowing you to place land towers on the frozen water.

Yeah, that's well known, but sadly, they don't count as "water" tower, just the Temple does. And Pat, but he's a water tower anyway