1. Lords Of The Rim - Swim as of now, but probably float>sink when faced with stronger opponent/s.
located in 54, they had the easiest start ocean with mra that had 2 wings who they sank quickly and feed on taking few of their players in, continuing to feed mainly in 54. With ghosts sinking quite a few top ghosts players including leaders from ocean 55 joined LoTR meaning they arent focused only on 54 anymore, war with FoodFight started, current score 5:4 in favor of LoTR, with a lot of LoTR cs's killed by FoodFight, so i would say they are holding out great considering how big LoTR and their 2nd wing are when compared to FF, not sure if FF has any ally in this war to help them out with LoTR.
Recent war with House of Pain has started with 0:0 score at this moment, but i think HoP has what it takes to deal some real dmg to LoTR, whether LoTR would sink because of HoP or not remains to be seen, but im confident hop can take a few cities if not more.
2. Destructive Influence - Sink - Wont last long without
@BadMutzzy inside , jokes aside... Float until they defeat Panda coalition or sink failing to do so
located in 45. started strong which scared many alliances near them into forming a coalition of following alliances Pandagoatium , The Chosen( Golden Shimmers merged into Chosen) , PHOENIX (formerly known as T B D merged with some ally) , 2BeChosen, Ghosts, while most of them except Pandas use high walls and lots of dlu slowing DI expansion and war in general, all scores are in favor of DI, however with 50 players against 250 its gonna take some time and work to make the score mean much considering total number of cities of DI and the coalition ( 400 cities vs 1200 )
3. Pandagoatium - Swim while
@BadMutzzy is not in DI to fight them, jokes aside... Float until they deal with Destructive Influence or sink failing to do so
Located on bottom half of ocean 45, in good position to feed on players/alliances that form behind them while using other coalition alliances for extra support to their important sieges and pretty much using coalition as cattle/food to slow DI down until they are confident they can take them on their own, which i doubt will ever happen seeing first hand that only reason siege holding is hard is due to event and their sheer numbers in coalition.
4. House of Pain - Swim as of now
located in 44, these people had a real rocky start against Blood Bath and Chaos who teamed up against them, lost few cities before starting to take Blood Bath apart, BB merged into Chaos and city bleeding continues. Recently LoTR started war against them which will be an interesting one to watch considering some sources confirm they used to have basic nap dividing their oceans.
I see this group swimming for some time unless internal disputes that tend to follow few(one that shall remain anonymous) of their players cause some damage inside but otherwise they should do good
5. The Chosen - Slowly sinking > Rapid sinking after event.
located in 45, dont really need to explain much as to why are the sinking but i might as well do it.. cant expect any ally with strategy to use walls to last long, only things keeping them alive are their coalition numbers and event, which will change in few days.
Even tho they have somewhat clear path towards ocean 35 i dont think this ally will survive much longer for it to matter.
6. Nightblood - Swim until tested against stronger ally.
Fast growing ally located in central 44, trying to stay off radars for as long as they can ( sorry
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Havent fought anyone of note, should try and get some Bloody Chaos cities while HoP is killing them as they are easy right about now, same as pandas, lots of area to fall back on and continue growing towards ocean 43 if need be.
Big question mark with what HoP wants to do after Bloody Chaos gets disbanded as they will share quite a few islands, remains to be seen, so far doing good
7. Bloody Chaos - Sink
located in 44, same story as The Chosen minus the coalition part, wall users, using them and event to slow down HoP but that wont change much, they are sinking for sure, no area to fall back on nor do anything other than.. die...
8. FOODFIGHT - Float
located in 55, really surprised by this ally, really organized a good front against LoTR and are holding it, started taking some cities from LoTR, and might be the guys to watch, they have Cry Havoc ally below then, no cities taken/lost would indicate they have some sort of deal to help each others or ignore each others either way, its working out for FF and if Cry Havoc is their partner against LoTR its a good mutually beneficial relationship for both of them
I am unsure if they will swim as ally or what happens, but at this moment they are holding down top ranking ally while taking ghost cities in ocean 55.
9. Cry Havoc - Swim
Located in central 55, huge area to eat and grow in, no immediate enemies nor wars unless they are assisting FF against LoTR and gettting dbp/abp to help them open slots and grow which would be super smart move, not sure what their plans are but they seem to know what they are doing .
10. UPRISING - Float
Located mostly in 44 and on borders with 43/53, spread out, no notable wars, seems to have some sort of deal with Nightblood or they are simply ignoring each others, expanding to the rim, probably smart idea, ocean 44 is not an easy ocean.
11. Black Widows - Swim as of now
located in 55, expanding towards border with 65, smart move, lots of area to fall back on and grow, might be an ally to watch, arent fighting anyone of note at this moment.
12. PHOENIX - Slowly Sinking - Rapid sinking soon
located mostly in 45, previously known as T B D, merged some players in, renamed ally , dont use walls as much as chosen but still as easy as chosen.
Dont see much future for them.