Congratulations to the winners of last month's Nova Cup! - D1: abrasiert (Kingdanzz & Widderson) - D2: worse poles (TheFakeone & pakistanrqs) - D3: LozSil_Darth Mole (LozSil & Darth Mole) - D4: Hohenfelder (leuvter & Beriab123) - D5: Kalemegdan (Lavinuke & MadArchangel)
Missed the action? Check the brackets, team lists, & VODs for all divisions on the Legion TD 2 eSports portal!
This Month
The upcoming March Nova Cup takes place March 22 - 23.
$875 in prizes and sign-up is free - first come first served! There are up to five skill divisions, so no matter what your rating is, you have a chance to win. Participation prize: Every participant who plays all of their matches will receive a FREE random card. If you haven't played a tournament yet, this is a great time to join.
Requirements
- Everyone that is level 3 or higher can join for free! First come, first served. So even if you recently joined the game, feel free to participate!
Twitch Drops
When you watch Nova Cups on the official channel, aside from enjoying shoutcasted top-tier Legion gameplay, you'll also receive in-game rewards based on how long you watch!
Watch the official Legion TD 2 Twitch stream during a Nova Cup to earn the following rewards: - Watch for 60 minutes: 2,000 essence - Watch for an additional 90 minutes: 4,000 additional essence - Watch for an additional 120 minutes: Random card
In other words, if you watch the Nova Cup both days, you'll earn 6,000 total essence and a random card!
IMPORTANT: You'll need to link your Twitch account to your Legion TD 2 account in order to earn the rewards. Link Your Twitch Account
Team Sign-up Instructions
Sign-ups are open from NOW until March 22 9am PDT / 6pm CEST.
To sign up, find a teammate and form a party. After you're both in the party, have one player type "/signup [team name]" (e.g. /signup Snail Kings) in chat. You should see a confirmation message that your sign-up went through. For those who participated in previous Nova Cups, you no longer need to do /join to signup.
The first 16 teams to sign up in each division can participate. For division 1 and 2 the top 8 teams are drafted per division. Other teams are waitlisted. There are usually no-shows, so waitlisted teams are encouraged to be present in the Discord and ready to play. View the team list to see your sign-up position and division.
If there are more than 32 teams checked in, there will be an additional best-of-1 qualifying round to allow more teams to participate. It is a best-of-1, rather than a best-of-3, to keep the event from running overly long.
You may sign-up as a solo with a suggested team name using the "/signup [team name]" command. Solo teams will be added to the Public Teams list, then be formed into teams on the day of the tournament. Solo teams will be randomly assigned a team name from either of its members.
If there is a waitlist, team sign-ups will always take priority over solo sign-ups
If you sign up as a solo, but then you find a teammate, you can re-sign up as a team any time before check-ins start. Just use the /signup command again with the new teammate. The tournament organizer will void your old solo signup after they process your new team signup.
After check-ins are over, all checked-in solo players will be randomly formed into teams by the tournament organizer. You cannot request a specific teammate at this point; if you want to play with a specific person, you should have signed up as a team instead.
It is still strongly recommended to sign-up as a team to guarantee your spot in the tournament and to give you time to practice with your teammate beforehand.
Any team that fails to check in will be disqualified. The next team on the waitlist that checked in will earn a spot.
Game Format
The custom game room creator should enable Tournament Mode in the room. This will ensure the following settings:
2v2
Mastermind only
Hybrid disabled
Division 1 & 2 Only - Conquest rules apply. (Once you win with a Mastermind playstyle, you and your ally can't use that playstyle again for that series)
Final Remarks
For a full list of rules, prizes, and other details, visit the following link: Nova Cup Rules & FAQ
See you on March 22nd! The Nova Cup will be casted and streamed at twitch.tv/ltd2. Check the Tournament Discord on the event day for links to the other casts.
Sincerely, Your Legion TD 2 Tournament Staff
v12.02 Hotfixes
This post will be updated with March hotfixes, with the most recent at the top.
Hotfix 1 (v12.02.1)
(March 11)
Fixes - Dwarf Banker/ Big Wig now gain the correct amount of gold - A little bigger Ping Wheel, to help reduce miss-pings - Various tooltip fixes - Some adjustments to help with Classic crashes
Please welcome Adrien from France to the team! He will be helping with art and creative work. Adrien did the concept art and icons for the new units this patch, as well as other units you already know and love! You can check out some of his previous work here.
Some of his favorite games include WoW, TF2, LoL, Souls, Sc2, Dota 2, Monster Hunter, and Overwatch. Outside of gaming, he enjoys cooking, art and media, health and neurosciences, taking care of his cat and building places for her to parkour and as he puts it, touching grass. He also played rugby for 10 years, plays the guitar, and is a huge Warhammer40k nerd as an Ork player.
New Unit: Pulsebot
Tier 5 (Cost: 185g)
Role: Balanced, off-tank
Melee / Impact / Fortified
EMP Every attack splits its damage equally among enemies near the target. Deals 10% more damage for each enemy hit. Also applies a debuff to enemies hit, which reduces defenses by 1% for 3 seconds (stacking up to 15 times).
New Unit: Skybot
Tier 5 (Upgrade Cost: 355g)
Role: Balanced, off-tank
Melee / Impact / Fortified
EMP Every attack splits its damage equally among enemies near the target. Deals 10% more damage for each enemy hit. Also applies 3 stacks of a debuff to enemies hit, which reduces defenses by 1% for 3 seconds (stacking up to 15 times).
Monthly In-Game Reward Code
This month’s ultra-secret code is “babyleakfam” to unlock some free Essence in-game!
Each month, a new code will be revealed right here in the patch notes. Codes are only valid during the month they are announced.
Low pick rate. Last patch's nerf went a bit too far.
Fighters
Proton
Damage increased by 33%
Attack speed increased by 1.8%
Ionic Force removed
Proton was sometimes a pain point because it would siphon mana from Sacred Steed.
Atom Attack speed increased by 1.8%
Low win rate.
Seedling Attack speed decreased by 4.3%
Sakura Health and damage increased by 0.9%
Shifting power from Seedling to Sakura.
Howler / Sunfang Attack speed decreased by 1.9%
High win rate.
Slime Larva Attack speed decreased by 2.3%
Slightly high pick rate and win rate.
Sea Serpent / Deepcoilier Attack speed decreased by 1.6%
High win rate.
Banker
Health decreased by 8.3%
No longer has mana. Now, if it survives, earn 2-8 gold based on wave number.
New ability: Short Sell: Gains 10% attack speed that wave but you do not earn gold.
Big Wig
Health decreased by 9.1%
No longer has mana. Now, if it survives, gain 6-24 gold based on wave number.
Reworked ability: Short Sell: Gains 10% attack speed that wave but you do not earn gold.
Keeping Banker's gold-gaining fantasy, while removing the compounding effect and reducing snowballiness. Overall, they will be more versatile and less extreme and won't so heavily reward overbuilding. Also, more skill expression with the new Short Sell.
Warg / Lioness / Alpha Male Attack speed decreased by 1.1%
Slightly high pick rate and win rate.
Cursed Casket / Cage of Pain / Iron Maiden Health decreased by 1.5%
Slightly high pick rate and win rate.
Elite Archer / Trinity Archer Attack speed increased by 1.1%
Asteroid: Damage: 500 + 1% max health → 1200 + 2% max health
Asteroid: Mana cost: 10 → 23
Mana regeneration increased by 114%
Intellect (mana gain on kill) removed
Intellect helped Disciple be semi-viable as an opening, but it was RNG and weakened its identity as a burst mage. We’re removing Intellect and shifting more power into Starcaller’s Asteroid ability.
Tier 6 Fighters
Tier 6 can be powerful but are often not worth taking because they aren’t helpful in the early game. We’re buffing some of them to make them worth the investment.
Eggsack Eggsplotion: Area of effect: 150 → 250
Small buff that mainly applies in FeelsBad circumstances where the wave was aggroed just outside of range of the Eggsplotion.
Shadow Dancer
Health and damage increased by 8.9%
Clone health and damage: 15% → 10%
Dread Knight
Health and damage increased by 17.9%
Clone health and damage: 15% → 10%
Stronger on their own, but less infinite clear potential.
Lord of Death / Hades Mana regeneration increased by 29% and 64%, respectively Intellect (mana gain on kill) removed
This change simplifies their design, removes RNG, and reduces battle snowballing.
Fire Lord / Fenix Attack speed increased by 2.1%
Crawling Catapult / Wandering Trebuchet Damage increased by 2.6%
Great Boar / Red Eyes Charge damage increased by 4%
Millennium / Doomsday Machine Damage increased by 2.2%
Mercenaries
Imp Attack speed decreased by 1.1%
Needler Damage increased by 1.5%
Waves
Wave 11: Quill Shooters
Attack speed increased by 1.7%
Range: 550 → 400
Quill Shooters are now consistent with other ranged waves, making it easier to manipulate aggro and keep ranged mercs alive.
Wave 12: Mantises Attack speed decreased by 1.4%
Wave 13: Drill Golems Health increased by 1.5%
Shifting power from wave 12 to 13.
Balance Watchlist
The dev team is constantly monitoring game balance, between looking at data and listening to community feedback. If anything is being more closely monitored than usual, it will be listed in this Balance Watchlist section. For this patch, the following are on the watchlist:
Pack Rat
Fiesta
Early game workers
Classic
Now permanently has Giga Mercs enabled on waves 21+ to reduce lag and crashing
Dual Building: AOE reduction decreased from 47.5% → 45%
Giga Mercs: Shaman's Blood Rush now has reduced, non-linear scaling
Minor Updates
Damage Tracker
Shows breakdown of Attack/Ability damage when clicking the arrow on a unit row. (Arrow only appears when a unit dealt any ability damage)
You can right click a unit row in the tracker to ping it, it will show the damage dealt and ability damage% in the chat.
Ping Wheel
2 more slots (8 → 10)
Push Workers! ping
1 more wave in advance ping
Clear/Leak Timer
Shows the time it took for someone to Clear/Leak a wave in the regular Clear/Leak message
Turned off by default (Interface -> Enable Clear/Leak Time Message)
Fixes
Bonus income now works properly in Mini & Wumbo
New SFX for mana legion spells
Fixed card collection lag
Fixed cases where fighters with mana get stuck at full mana when the target they are trying to auto attack dies
Fixed a bug where you couldn't undo Harden after upgrading a Hardened Mudman
Fixed estimated gold on waves 22+
Updated some outdated descriptions
Game Translations
Legion TD 2's translations continue to be improved, thanks to major contributions from community members! If you'd like to contribute to improving the game's texts further, visit the following link:
HUGE thank you to everyone who has helped up to this point!
Closing Remarks
This patch introduces Pulsebot and Skybot, reworks Banker, Disciple, and Starcaller, and gives some much-needed buffs to tier 6 fighters!
As always, with any major patch, we'll keep a close eye on things and rapidly hotfix as long as needed.
Thank you again for playing Legion TD 2! We hope you continue to enjoy the game.
If you've enjoyed the game, but haven't left a review yet, please consider posting a short (hopefully positive ) review for the game! If the game reaches 90% positive, Steam will give it more visibility = more players = more freelo better matchmaking!
If you enjoy these updates, please give it a Thumbs Up, too!
If you have constructive criticism, let's chat about it. Discord and /r/LegionTD2 on reddit are our main channels of communication, and aside from the development team, there are community helpers who can ensure your feedback is heard, as well as answer pretty much anything you've ever wanted to know about the game. If you want a guaranteed answer from the devs, the monthly AMAs on /r/LegionTD2 are your best bet.
Sincerely, The Legion TD 2 Team
Sign Up for the February Nova Cup!
Last Month Recap
Congratulations to the winners of last month's Nova Cup! - D1: Spontaneous Combustion (Ashton Butcher & InDaHole) - D2: abrasiert (Widder'son & Widderson) - D3: Tea and Tapas (Danwolf & CanaryBro) - D4: I <3 Legion (Chloe Box & AryaFireheart) - D5: H1T (Phurinox & Chief Riley)
Missed the action? Check the brackets, team lists, & VODs for all divisions on the Legion TD 2 eSports portal!
This Month
The upcoming February Nova Cup takes place February 22 - 23.
$875 in prizes and sign-up is free - first come first served! There are up to five skill divisions, so no matter what your rating is, you have a chance to win. Participation prize: Every participant who plays all of their matches will receive a FREE random card. If you haven't played a tournament yet, this is a great time to join.
Requirements
- Everyone that is level 3 or higher can join for free! First come, first served. So even if you recently joined the game, feel free to participate!
Twitch Drops
When you watch Nova Cups on the official channel, aside from enjoying shoutcasted top-tier Legion gameplay, you'll also receive in-game rewards based on how long you watch!
Watch the official Legion TD 2 Twitch stream during a Nova Cup to earn the following rewards: - Watch for 60 minutes: 2,000 essence - Watch for an additional 90 minutes: 4,000 additional essence - Watch for an additional 120 minutes: Random card
In other words, if you watch the Nova Cup both days, you'll earn 6,000 total essence and a random card!
IMPORTANT: You'll need to link your Twitch account to your Legion TD 2 account in order to earn the rewards. Link Your Twitch Account
Team Sign-up Instructions
Sign-ups are open from NOW until February 22 9am PDT / 6pm CEST.
To sign up, find a teammate and form a party. After you're both in the party, have one player type "/signup [team name]" (e.g. /signup Snail Kings) in chat. You should see a confirmation message that your sign-up went through. For those who participated in previous Nova Cups, you no longer need to do /join to signup.
The first 16 teams to sign up in each division can participate. For division 1 and 2 the top 8 teams are drafted per division. Other teams are waitlisted. There are usually no-shows, so waitlisted teams are encouraged to be present in the Discord and ready to play. View the team list to see your sign-up position and division.
If there are more than 32 teams checked in, there will be an additional best-of-1 qualifying round to allow more teams to participate. It is a best-of-1, rather than a best-of-3, to keep the event from running overly long.
You may sign-up as a solo with a suggested team name using the "/signup [team name]" command. Solo teams will be added to the Public Teams list, then be formed into teams on the day of the tournament. Solo teams will be randomly assigned a team name from either of its members.
If there is a waitlist, team sign-ups will always take priority over solo sign-ups
If you sign up as a solo, but then you find a teammate, you can re-sign up as a team any time before check-ins start. Just use the /signup command again with the new teammate. The tournament organizer will void your old solo signup after they process your new team signup.
After check-ins are over, all checked-in solo players will be randomly formed into teams by the tournament organizer. You cannot request a specific teammate at this point; if you want to play with a specific person, you should have signed up as a team instead.
It is still strongly recommended to sign-up as a team to guarantee your spot in the tournament and to give you time to practice with your teammate beforehand.
Any team that fails to check in will be disqualified. The next team on the waitlist that checked in will earn a spot.
Game Format
The custom game room creator should enable Tournament Mode in the room. This will ensure the following settings:
2v2
Mastermind only
Hybrid disabled
Division 1 & 2 Only - Conquest rules apply. (Once you win with a Mastermind playstyle, you and your ally can't use that playstyle again for that series)
Final Remarks
For a full list of rules, prizes, and other details, visit the following link: Nova Cup Rules & FAQ
See you on February 22nd! The Nova Cup will be casted and streamed at twitch.tv/ltd2. Check the Tournament Discord on the event day for links to the other casts.
Sincerely, Your Legion TD 2 Tournament Staff
v12.01 Hotfixes
This post will be updated with February hotfixes, with the most recent at the top.
Hotfix 1 (v12.01.1)
(February 12)
Balance
Slime Siren - Attack Speed 1.2 --> 1.16
Fixes - Mini & Wumbo: Fixed a bug where clicking Sorcerer mistakenly gave Guardian Angel - Various tooltip fixes
v12.01 Major Update
Expected patch release: Monday, February 10 (Pacific Time)
Please welcome Trik from Chile to the team! He will be helping with art and creative work. He modeled a number of units you know and love, including Earth King, Metal Dragon, MPS, and Berserker, and more recently, he did the art for Saboteur and Abyssal Templar. You can check out some of his previous work here. Trik's favorite game is Chrono Trigger, and some of his hobbies include D&D, playing drums, and listening to music.
New Team Member: Drachir
Please welcome Drachir from Germany to the team! He will be helping with engineering and design. Many of you will recognize Drachir from watching Nova Cup, reading our Top 10 Players of All Time, or getting beat by him seeing him in game. He's also the creator of Drachbot! His favorite games (other than Legion, of course) include Cyberpunk and the Gothic trilogy, and he's hit top ranks in most of the games he's played.
New Legion Spell: Black Market
Black Market Gain 58 income after Wave 13
The ultimate scaling spell! Also known as the Lose By Wave 13 button
New Secret Card: Send Help Plz
Consider building fighters to defeat the enemy wave.
Monthly In-Game Reward Code
Enter in the ultra-secret code incomeandchill to unlock some free Essence in-game!
Each month, a new code will be revealed right here in the patch notes.
Codes are only valid during the month they are announced.
This is our small way of saying thank you to players who take the time to read patch notes and stay engaged with the community.
Here’s how to enter a code in-game:
Reminder: Link your Discord Account
Link your in-game account to your Discord account to show off your hard-earned ranked badge! Simply type /rank in the Legion TD 2 Discord to begin the linking process. As a reward, you’ll receive 500 Premium Essence the first time you link your account.
Leak Gold Leaking is now ~20% economically less punishing from waves 2-8 by and ~20% more punishing from waves 10-21
These changes encourage workers and risk-taking in the early game and non-lethal undercutting in the late game
Pathing and targeting
Fixed some cases where mercenaries would unexpectedly path in the wrong direction.
Fixed some cases where Sea Serpent and Deepcoiler would unexpectedly be targeted after ranged units that were further away.
Masterminds
Fiesta Gold from leaking reduced by 1 on all waves
This offsets the changes to leak gold, which are an indirect buff to Fiesta.
Kingsguard Attack speed and damage reduction: 11% → 10%
High win rate.
Saboteur 7 income → 6 income and 3 gold
High pick rate and win rate. In addition to being a nerf, this gives us a better lever to balance Saboteur.
Legion Spells
All Out Assault Mythium: 125 → 120
Counterattack Mythium: 65 → 60
Press the Attack Mythium: 85 → 80
High win rates.
Pulverizer Stun duration to non-bosses: 2.2 → 2.5
Very low pick rate and slightly low win rate.
Vampire Lifesteal and spell vamp: 26% → 28%
Low pick rate and win rate.
Creditor / Embargo / Venture Now have more accurate power score adjustments on waves 12 and 13 both to reflect their potential power and to better conceal legion spell selection.
Fighters
Seedling Attack speed: 1 → 0.91
The first balance change Seedling has received since its release almost 3 years ago! Seedling is over-statted, enabling players to do some unreasonable things on waves 1-5.
Chloropixie Damage: 50 → 51
Shifting power from Seedling to Chloropixie.
Sakura
Health: 1350 → 1390
Damage: 98 → 104
Superbloom: Health: 110 → 80
Superbloom: Damage: 8 → 6
Superbloom: Stacks on waves 11+: Doubled → Tripled
Shifting power budget from the opening to later in the game.
Angler / Bounty Hunter Mana values changed to nerf Angler and Bounty Hunter’s synergy with external mana sources (e.g. Steed) by 20%. No other effective changes.
Slime Siren
Attack speed: 1.3 → 1.2
Mana gained when attacking increased by 56%
No longer gains mana when attacked
Max mana: 16 → 15
It’s now easier to reach max mana, particularly in the mid and late game, at the expense of reduced stats.
Ranger Accuracy: Bonus damage to bosses: 5 → 6
Daphne Precision: Bonus damage to bosses: 15 → 18
Low pick rate and win rate.
Tempest / Leviathan Attack speed: 1.053 → 1.026
High win rate. Sorry Lucy!
Pirate Skeleton Attack speed: 0.82 → 0.833
Reverting last patch’s nerf to Pirate Skeleton. Compensation buff because the two strongest Pirate Skeleton openings (Spectral Scallywag and Eggsack) are nerfed.
Spectral Scallywag
Health: 2480 → 2400
Damage: 124 → 120
Attack speed: 0.82 → 0.833
High pick rate and slightly high win rate.
Tree of Knowledge
Mana gained when attacking increased by 25%
No longer gain mana when attacked
Gaining mana when attacked was situationally advantageous, particularly in the early game and against swarm waves, but this wasn’t an interesting point of strategic choice. Power neutral change.
Crab Warlock Now less likely to be rolled in Diamond or lower games. Games above Diamond are unaffected.
Crab Warlock is underperforming in high-rated games, but overperforming in low-rated games. Our general philosophy is to balance for high-rated games, but Crab Warlock has become a point of frustration that we feel is important to address.
Tips to beat Crab Warlocks:
Send big. When in doubt, save mythium for an extra wave.
Send DPS mercenaries, not tanks. Brute, Imps, Pack Leader, Ogre, Witch, and Centaur, depending on the rest of their build.
Any wave can work, but wave 16 is your best friend.
Butcher / Head Chef Attack speed: 0.99 → 1.03
Low pick rate and win rate.
Grarl Health: 1310 → 1340
This brings back the strategy of Grarl on 1 → Grarl on 2 → Delicacy on 3. Compensation buff because the strongest Grarl opening (Eggsack) is nerfed.
Soul Gate / Hell Gate
Spawn health increased by 18%
Spawn DPS decreased by 18%
These changes make Soul Gate and Hell Gate less reliant on tanks.
Eggsack Azurite shell: Damage: 10 → 8
Now easier to break Eggsack on waves 2 and 3. It’s now recommended to “sack” your Eggack (let it die) on wave 2 or 3 if your opponent is saving mythium against you.
Hydra
Health: 1860 → 1920
Damage: 120 → 123
Hydraling: Health: 620 → 640
Hydraling: Damage: 40 → 41
Shifting power budget from the opening to later in the game.
Crawling Catapult Damage: 145 → 150
Wandering Trebuchet Damage: 373 → 386
Very low pick rate.
Holy Avenger / Sovereign
No longer gain mana when attacked (0.09 / 0.162)
Mana gained when attacking increased by 57% (1.6 / 2.88)
Now reaches max mana faster. Slightly low pick rate and win rate.
Firelord / Fenix
Fixed a bug where Molden Shield and Prismatic Shield didn’t block damage from the 1st attack
Fixed a bug where Molten Shield and Prismatic Shield were unintentionally capped (only affected Legion King on waves 21+)
Health decreased by 2% as a compensation nerf for the above fixes
Mercenaries
Brute
Damage: 55 → 52
Maul: Attack speed slow: 4% → 15%
Maul: Stacks 6 times → Does not stack
Brute is now stronger on its own and against big targets, but weaker when spammed and against small targets.
Imp
Health: 750 → 740
Attack speed: 1.07 → 1.06
Slightly high usage rate and win rate.
Honey Bear
Damage: 106 → 110
Base heal: 650 → 850
Heal increase per unit healed: 20% → 5%
Less of a hard-counter to AOE, especially on swarm waves. More versatile and less FeelsBad when you get a DPS bear.
Solidifying Shaman’s identity as a boss-buffer. Stronger on boss waves and with big mercenaries like Needler. Weaker otherwise.
Needler Damage: 129 → 132
Slightly low usage rate and win rate.
Waves
Wave 8: Kobras Attack speed: 1.54 → 1.55
Wave 9: Carapaces Attack speed: 1.53 → 1.5
Wave 10: Granddaddy Attack speed: 3.64 → 3.67
Shifting power from wave 9 to waves 8 and 10.
Balance Watchlist
The dev team is constantly monitoring game balance, between looking at data and listening to community feedback. If anything is being more closely monitored than usual, it will be listed in this Balance Watchlist section. For this patch, the following are on the watchlist:
Potentially strong: Sea Serpent, Aqua Spirit
Potentially weak: Elite Archer, Yozora
Early game all-in strategies
Divine Blessing in Mini & Wumbo
Classic
Mini & Wumbo: Villain replaced with Protector
Mini & Wumbo: You can no longer roll Eggsack in your opening roll
Mini & Wumbo and Superhero: Fixed a bug where stacking multiple Divine Blessings or Hero buffs didn’t properly stack attack speed
Minor Updates
Classic Schedule: Improved UI
Newly Upgraded Fighters: Fixed a bug where upgrading from Masked Spirit → False Maiden → Hell Raiser, or Angler → Bounty Hunter → Kingpin in the same wave didn’t properly allow you to downgrade both upgrades
Guild War: Now starts 2 hours earlier, to better accommodate East Asia and Oceania
Mini & Wumbo: Fixed a bug where mastery points weren’t being earned.
Mini & Wumbo: Fixed a bug where upgrade costs were displaying the total gold value instead of the upgrade cost
HUD: You can now right-click the purple king upgrade button to say “wants to upgrade the king” - this is particularly useful when playing Saboteur or in other situations where king upgrades are disabled
Weekly Quests: Fixed a bug where Play Double Lock-In was mistakenly still given as a quest for some people
Saboteur: Fixed another case where a takeover bot could mistakenly still upgrade king for a player who picked Saboteur/Embargo
Match History/Sandbox: Fixed a bug where using -load to load a build from match history didn’t properly load rolls in sandbox
Game Translations
Legion TD 2's translations continue to be improved, thanks to major contributions from community members! If you'd like to contribute to improving the game's texts further, visit the following link:
HUGE thank you to everyone who has helped up to this point!
Closing Remarks
This patch introduces a new legion spell, addresses some pain points with Angler and Crab Warlock, and shakes up the meta with changes to leak gold!
As always, with any major patch, we'll keep a close eye on things and rapidly hotfix as long as needed.
Thank you again for playing Legion TD 2! We hope you continue to enjoy the game.
If you've enjoyed the game, but haven't left a review yet, please consider posting a short (hopefully positive ) review for the game! If the game reaches 90% positive, Steam will give it more visibility = more players = more freelo better matchmaking!
If you enjoy these updates, please give it a Thumbs Up, too!
If you have constructive criticism, let's chat about it. Discord and /r/LegionTD2 on reddit are our main channels of communication, and aside from the development team, there are community helpers who can ensure your feedback is heard, as well as answer pretty much anything you've ever wanted to know about the game. If you want a guaranteed answer from the devs, the monthly AMAs on /r/LegionTD2 are your best bet.
Sincerely, The Legion TD 2 Team
Sign Up for the January Nova Cup!
Last Year Recap
Congratulations to the Top 10 players of last year's Nova Cup:
1. Drachir
18 Nova Points
Peak Rating: 3549
Favorite Mastermind: Megamind
2. fine
16 Nova Points
Peak Rating: 3422
Favorite Mastermind: Yolo
3. FC Lucy
15 Nova Points
Peak Rating: 3408
Favorite Mastermind: Chaos
4. Widderson
13 Nova Points
Peak Rating: 3373
Favorite Mastermind: Megamind / Yolo
4. Kingdanzz
13 Nova Points
Peak Rating: 3418
Favorite Mastermind: Megamind
6. Danwolf
11 Nova Points
Peak Rating: 2644
Favorite Mastermind: Fiesta
7. adames
10 Nova Points
Peak Rating: 3340
Favorite Mastermind: Megamind / Chaos
7. 1m2o
10 Nova Points
Peak Rating: 3204
Favorite Mastermind: Chaos
9. 1nc0.o
9 Nova Points
Peak Rating: 2998
Favorite Mastermind: Greed / Megamind
9. otyka
9 Nova Points
Peak Rating: 3046
Favorite Mastermind: Cashout
9. dryuzaki1229
9 Nova Points
Peak Rating: 2948
Favorite Mastermind: Greed
9. doofusmcdooface
9 Nova Points
Peak Rating: 3026
Favorite Mastermind: Fiesta
9. Paweded
9 Nova Points
Peak Rating: 3628
Favorite Mastermind: Castle
9. Aatrocity
9 Nova Points
Peak Rating: 3416
Favorite Mastermind: Megamind
9. Schakara
9 Nova Points
Peak Rating: 2805
Favorite Mastermind: Kingsguard
9. SetoKaiba
9 Nova Points
Peak Rating: 2816
Favorite Mastermind: Megamind
9. e1detic
9 Nova Points
Peak Rating: 3033
Favorite Mastermind: Cashout / Lock in
Missed the action? Check the brackets, team lists, & VODs for all divisions on the Legion TD 2 eSports portal!
This Month
The upcoming January Nova Cup takes place January 25 - 26.
$875 in prizes and sign-up is free - first come first served! There are up to five skill divisions, so no matter what your rating is, you have a chance to win. Participation prize: Every participant who plays all of their matches will receive a FREE random card. If you haven't played a tournament yet, this is a great time to join.
Requirements
- Everyone that is level 3 or higher can join for free! First come, first served. So even if you recently joined the game, feel free to participate!
Twitch Drops
When you watch Nova Cups on the official channel, aside from enjoying shoutcasted top-tier Legion gameplay, you'll also receive in-game rewards based on how long you watch!
Watch the official Legion TD 2 Twitch stream during a Nova Cup to earn the following rewards: - Watch for 60 minutes: 2,000 essence - Watch for an additional 90 minutes: 4,000 additional essence - Watch for an additional 120 minutes: Random card
In other words, if you watch the Nova Cup both days, you'll earn 6,000 total essence and a random card!
IMPORTANT: You'll need to link your Twitch account to your Legion TD 2 account in order to earn the rewards. Link Your Twitch Account
Team Sign-up Instructions
Sign-ups are open from NOW until January 25 9am PDT / 6pm CET.
To sign up, find a teammate and form a party. After you're both in the party, have one player type "/signup [team name]" (e.g. /signup Snail Kings) in chat. You should see a confirmation message that your sign-up went through. For those who participated in previous Nova Cups, you no longer need to do /join to signup.
The first 16 teams to sign up in each division can participate. For division 1 and 2 the top 8 teams are drafted per division. Other teams are waitlisted. There are usually no-shows, so waitlisted teams are encouraged to be present in the Discord and ready to play. View the team list to see your sign-up position and division.
If there are more than 32 teams checked in, there will be an additional best-of-1 qualifying round to allow more teams to participate. It is a best-of-1, rather than a best-of-3, to keep the event from running overly long.
You may sign-up as a solo with a suggested team name using the "/signup [team name]" command. Solo teams will be added to the Public Teams list, then be formed into teams on the day of the tournament. Solo teams will be randomly assigned a team name from either of its members.
If there is a waitlist, team sign-ups will always take priority over solo sign-ups
If you sign up as a solo, but then you find a teammate, you can re-sign up as a team any time before check-ins start. Just use the /signup command again with the new teammate. The tournament organizer will void your old solo signup after they process your new team signup.
After check-ins are over, all checked-in solo players will be randomly formed into teams by the tournament organizer. You cannot request a specific teammate at this point; if you want to play with a specific person, you should have signed up as a team instead.
It is still strongly recommended to sign-up as a team to guarantee your spot in the tournament and to give you time to practice with your teammate beforehand.
Any team that fails to check in will be disqualified. The next team on the waitlist that checked in will earn a spot.
Game Format
The custom game room creator should enable Tournament Mode in the room. This will ensure the following settings:
2v2
Mastermind only
Hybrid disabled
Division 1 & 2 Only - Conquest rules apply. (Once you win with a Mastermind playstyle, you and your ally can't use that playstyle again for that series)
Final Remarks
For a full list of rules, prizes, and other details, visit the following link: Nova Cup Rules & FAQ
See you on January 25th! The Nova Cup will be casted and streamed at twitch.tv/ltd2. Check the Tournament Discord on the event day for links to the other casts.
Sincerely, Your Legion TD 2 Tournament Staff
v12.00 Hotfixes
This post will be updated with November hotfixes, with the most recent at the top.
Hotfix 1 (v12.00.1)
(January 7)
Balance
Crawling Catapult - Health: 2100 --> 1800 - Damage: 132 --> 140 - Projectile speed increased by 20% - Fixed a bug where it wasn't properly classified as a tier 6 unit
Fixes - Mini & Wumbo: Fixed a major bug where reconnecting after the starting wave didn't prompt you to select a Mastermind - Mini & Wumbo: Fixed a bug where gold costs were displaying incorrectly on the starting wave - Mini & Wumbo: Fixed a rare bug where selecting Lock-In during a very small time window resulted in your rolls staying as your original rolls - 1v1: Fixed a bug where you couldn't -ff in the battle phase - 1v1: Fixed a bug where Spread the Wealth mistakenly showed up - 1v1: Fixed a bug where if both players played Chaos, they got the same rolls - Giga Mercs: Fixed a bug where reconnecting mistakenly restricted you to hiring 8x of each mercenary type
Season 2024 Ladder Champions
Now that the 2024 Season has officially ended, we wanted to congratulate the very best players of Legion TD 2. Below is the Top 100 Ladder Points leaderboard:
These are the players who performed consistently well throughout the 2024 Season, dominating their competition and fighting to not only reach the top, but stay at the top all year long.
An extra special shout out to the Top 10 finishers!
Ladder Points (LP) are earned for the first 10 ranked games per week. LP gain per game ranges from 10 to 100; more points are earned the higher rated you are.
Rewards: Every January, at the end of the ranked season, special badges are given to the top 1/10/25/50/100 LP earners based on their final LP rank. Then, everyone's LP is reset back to 0 for the next season.
GOAT: Top 1 LP
Raidboss: Top 2-10 LP
Champion: Top 11-25 LP
Pro: Top 26-50 LP
Elite: Top 51-100 LP
Season Dates
As a reminder, here are the dates for the upcoming 2024 Season:
January 6-10: Ranked rewards are given out. Player ratings are soft-reset.
January 10: New season begins at 9am PST / 6pm CET. Ranked re-enabled.
Season 2025 Major Update
Expected patch release: Monday, January 6 (Pacific Time)
January 6 (Monday): Current season ends at 9am PST / 6pm CET. Ranked disabled. Season 2025 (v12.00) goes live! Rewards are given out over the next few days & ratings are soft-reset.
January 6-10 (Monday-Friday): 1v1 featured event is live
January 10 (Friday): New season begins at 9am PST / 6pm CET. Ranked re-enabled.
1v1 Featured Event
Teammates holding you back? This your chance to shine. It's time for 1v1 action!
Skill-based matchmaking: Play with and against players near your skill level.
Visible ratings: Used for matchmaking and bragging rights.
Event Points (EP) leaderboard: Gain and lose EP by winning and losing games. Additionally, +3 EP each game, so play as much as you can to climb.
Rewards:
Top 10 finish: 25,000 Essence
Top 100 finish: 15,000 Essence
Top 1,000 finish: 10,000 Essence
Reach 150 EP at any point: 5,000 Essence
Season Goals
Achieve up to 3 season goals based on your current rating and previous season's rating. Season goals reward players who play early in the season and keep climbing throughout the year.
Goal 1 must be achieved by April 1. Earn 5,000 Essence.
Goal 2 must be achieved by July 1. Earn 5,000 Additional Essence.
Goal 3 must be achieved by October 1. Earn 5,000 Additional Essence.
If you achieve any 2 goals, you immediately unlock the seasonal Abyssal Templar skin! Or, you can wait until it enters the shop next year (January 2026), but who wants to wait that long?
Major Updates
New Mastermind: Saboteur
Saboteur +7 income You cannot upgrade the king.
Saboteur can be played as either a carry-oriented or supportive mastermind. Scale hard with frequent income sending, or save mythium and send power mercenaries to avoid feeding your opponent.
Additionally, three more Masterminds are coming this year!
Vault (Coming in April)
Aristocrat (Coming in July)
Miner (Coming in October)
New Unit: Crawling Catapult
Crawling Catapult
Tier 6 (Cost: 265g)
Role: DPS
Long-ranged / Impact / Fortified
Artillery Deals up to +100% bonus damage the further away the target is.
Stone Legs Moves 80% slower.
New Unit: Wandering Trebuchet
Wandering Trebuchet
Tier 6 (Upgrade Cost: 425g)
Role: DPS
Long-ranged / Impact / Fortified
Artillery Deals up to +100% bonus damage the further away the target is.
Stone Legs Moves 80% slower.
Crawling Catapult's design is a throwback to Gatling Gun's original design where you're rewarded for manipulating the wave to be a certain range away. However, it's more forgiving because it still moves (albeit slowly) and encourages you to maximize, not minimize, distance.
New Legion Spell: Spread The Wealth
Spread the Wealth: +95 gold to your teammate
Time to decide who's the true carry.
In Classic, the gold goes to your lane partner.
4v4/Classic Reworks
4v4 Worker Rework Mythium rate increase per wave after wave 10: +12% --> +8% scaling to +18%
Workers are now weaker in the mid game and stronger in the late game. This disrupts the Classic meta of stopping workers by wave ~17.
Mini & Wumbo Rework
Now starts on wave 3, and players start with 300 gold, 15 income, and 5 workers
After wave 3 spawns, players can choose a mastermind as usual
Now start with your choice of: Divine Blessing, Sorcerer, Villain, Titan, and Magician, instead of Champion
You can now roll Eggsack in your initial roll
These changes reduce deadtime, allow you to play your favorite mastermind, and increase strategic variety.
PvE Rework Mythium rate increase per wave after wave 10: +12% --> +4% scaling to +24%
Workers are now weaker in the mid game and stronger in the late game. This disrupts the PvE meta of stopping workers by wave ~15.
Giga Mercs Rework
Maximum stacks per mercenary: 8 --> 99
All abilities scale linearly, except Safety Mole's Safety Aura (scales to the 0.7 power) and Mimic's Plunder (does not scale).
Giga Lizard doesn't exist. It can't hurt you.
Giga Lizard:
New Skin: Abyssal Templar
Immediately unlock the Abyssal Templar skin for free if you achieve any 2 season goals. Otherwise, you can unlock it via the shop when it's offered next year.
Low win rate. Glacial’s weak at 45 and strong at 50, so somewhere in the middle must be right.
Hero Attack speed and damage reduction: 4% → 3.8%
Very high pick rate.
Pawn Shop Gold: 65 → 70
Low win rate.
Pulverizer Stun duration against non-boss units: 2 → 2.2
Low pick rate.
Fighters
Chained First / Oathbreaker / Oathbreaker Final Form Attack speed: 0.91 → 0.89
Slightly high pick rate and win rate.
Looter Health: 80 → 90
Pack Rat Health: 640 → 660
Slightly low pick rate and low win rate.
Dark Mage Mind Warp: Attack speed: 35% → 30%
Bone Warrior is the most picked unit in the game and has a >50% win rate. Its versatility with 3 unique upgrades makes it strong, and Dark Mage is the biggest offender.
The dev team is constantly monitoring game balance, between looking at data and listening to community feedback. If anything is being more closely monitored than usual, it will be listed in this Balance Watchlist section. For this patch, the following are on the watchlist: - Brute - All Out Assault and offensive legion spells - Solo holder Tree of Life + Canopie/Spectral Scallywag
Minor Updates
Classic Modes: Now rotate every 3.25 hours (from 5.75 hours)
Guild Contribution: Fixed a rare bug where a player wouldn’t gain the correct contribution bonuses if they donated cards to a guild that they hadn’t contributed any GXP to (i.e. never won any games with)
Big Play Announcements: Added an Interface option to toggle them on/off (scroll to the bottom). If toggled off, they will display in chat instead.
Game Translations
Legion TD 2's translations continue to be improved, thanks to major contributions from community members! If you'd like to contribute to improving the game's texts further, visit the following link:
HUGE thank you to everyone who has helped up to this point!
Closing Remarks
New units, new mastermind, new legion spell, and classic reworks... get ready for Season 2025! We hope you're as excited as we are. Any Saboteur mains in the house?
As always, with any major patch, we'll keep a close eye on things and rapidly hotfix as long as needed.
Thank you again for playing Legion TD 2! We hope you continue to enjoy the game.
If you've enjoyed the game, but haven't left a review yet, please consider posting a short (hopefully positive ) review for the game! If the game reaches 90% positive, Steam will give it more visibility = more players = more freelo better matchmaking!
If you enjoy these updates, please give it a Thumbs Up, too!
If you have constructive criticism, let's chat about it. Discord and /r/LegionTD2 on reddit are our main channels of communication, and aside from the development team, there are community helpers who can ensure your feedback is heard, as well as answer pretty much anything you've ever wanted to know about the game. If you want a guaranteed answer from the devs, the monthly AMAs on /r/LegionTD2 are your best bet.
$875 in prizes and sign-up is free - first come first served! 
There are up to five skill divisions, so no matter what your rating is, you have a chance to win. 
Participation prize: Every participant who plays all of their matches will receive a FREE random card. If you haven't played a tournament yet, this is a great time to join.
2,000 essence
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) review for the game! If the game reaches 90% positive, Steam will give it more visibility = more players = 
