“A small melee fighter who won't stop until he's been defeated...again”
The Skeleton is a troop able to be spawned by Witch and Skeleton King, belonging to the 
Undead trait. It is a single-target melee troop with low hitpoints, damage, and moderate attack speed. The Skeleton takes the appearance of a small undead creature with a skull that lacks a lower jaw and wields a short sword.
Strategy[]
- It is important to increase the merge level of the Skeleton-spawning troop in order for the spawned Skeletons to get stronger.
- Skeleton King, when supported correctly, will create a lot of strong and leveled Skeletons for an extra layer of attack.
- Witch will generate very weak Skeletons per se, as her health and damage are low, but due to the amount of Skeletons spawned by her (especially when her merge level is 3-Star or above) will be able to outnumber the enemy troops.
- Despite being helpful, the Skeletons have no special traits. They can be taken out by any troop with ease, if they're not weakened enough.
- Against Skeleton King, the player can utilize high-health troops or
Juggernaut to stop him from creating Skeletons easily. - Against Witch, the player can negate the overwhelming amount of Skeletons with splash damage troops, especially Executioner, due to his piercing attack, Baby Dragon, due to his large splash radius, and Princess, due to targeting the furthest away troops, easily targeting Witch and any Skeletons nearby. Assassin troops can also jump to her and take her down before she can spawn any Skeletons.
- Against Skeleton King, the player can utilize high-health troops or
Statistics
Attack Period
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Speed
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Range
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Critical Chance
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1.43 seconds | Medium | 1 | 15% |
Witch Skeleton Attributes
Skeleton Hitpoints
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Skeleton Damage
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|---|---|
| 50% of Witch's Hitpoints | 50% of Witch's Damage |
Skeleton King Skeleton Attributes
Level
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Hitpoints (★)
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Damage (★)
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Damage Per Second (★)
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Hitpoints (★★)
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Damage (★★)
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Damage Per Second (★★)
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Hitpoints (★★★)
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Damage (★★★)
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Damage Per Second (★★★)
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Hitpoints (★★★★)
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Damage (★★★★)
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Damage Per Second (★★★★)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 600 | 72 | 50 | 1,200 | 108 | 75 | 2,400 | 164 | 114 | 4,800 | 242 | 169 |
| 12 | 610 | 73 | 51 | 1,220 | 109 | 76 | 2,440 | 167 | 116 | 4,880 | 246 | 172 |
| 13 | 620 | 74 | 51 | 1,240 | 111 | 77 | 2,480 | 169 | 118 | 4,960 | 250 | 174 |
| 14 | 630 | 75 | 52 | 1,260 | 113 | 79 | 2,520 | 172 | 120 | 5,040 | 254 | 177 |
| 15 | 640 | 76 | 53 | 1,280 | 115 | 80 | 2,560 | 175 | 122 | 5,120 | 258 | 180 |
History[]
2025
- The Skeleton troop was added with Merge Tactics' launch in the 2025 Quarter 2 Update on 30/6/2025, spawned by Skeleton King's special ability.
- On 29/9/2025, the 2025 Quarter 3 Update decreased Skeleton King's Skeleton Damage by 1.37% and its Hitpoints by 1.64%. It also made Skeleton spawnable by Witch and added Skeleton to Undead.
Gallery[]
Skeleton 1.
Skeleton 2.
Trivia[]
- The word "Skeleton" comes from the Greek "σκελετός" ("skeletós"), meaning "dried up or withered".
- The Skeleton is 1 of 6 Merge Tactics troops associated with Skeletons, with the others being Bomber, Skeleton Dragons, Giant Skeleton, Witch, and the Skeleton King.
- The Skeleton is tied with Knight, Goblin, Barbarian, Valkyrie, P.E.K.K.A., Prince, Giant Skeleton, Electro Giant, Mega Knight, Royal Ghost, Bandit, Goblin Machine, Golden Knight, and the Skeleton King for the shortest range of all Merge Tactics troops, with a range of 1 hex.
- If a round ends with only Skeletons remaining, the player will only deal 1 damage to the opposing Ruler.
- The Skeleton is the only Merge Tactics troop in the game that isn't available as a card.
- Despite being an Undead troop, the Skeleton cannot benefit from it, nor does he count for the amount of Undead troops present on the field, likely because he can only appear there after the round starts.
