Legion TD 2 News

Congratulations to the winners of last month's Nova Cup!
- D1: XCrash (XGod37 & Ashton Butcher)
- D2: King's Gambit (Valas & Turnixtheus)
- D3: Last Second Thx Schn3rd (BoSen & Doofusmcdiv3face)
- D4: Hohenfelder (leuvter & Beriab123)
- D5: Unicorn stompers (Crunkey Drunkey & Bazookatooth)

Missed the action? Check the brackets, team lists, & VODs for all divisions on the Legion TD 2 eSports portal!



The upcoming April Nova Cup takes place April 26 - 27.

$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.


- 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!




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

• Sign-ups are open from NOW until April 26 5pm 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.
  
• Both players must join the Legion TD 2 Official Tournament Discord. Make sure to set your server nickname to match your in-game name.

• 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.


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Saturday, April 26

• Check-in window: 5:45pm - 6:15pm CEST
  
• Games: 7pm - 10:30pm CEST
  
  • Round of 16 (Best of 3)
    
  • Quarter-finals (Best of 3)

Sunday, April 27

• Check-in window: 6pm - 6:30pm CEST
  
• Games: 7pm - 10:30pm CEST
  
  • Semi-finals (Best of 3)
    
  • Final (Best of 5)

Check-in

• Teams must check in via the Legion TD 2 Official Tournament Discord. Waitlisted teams should also check in.
  
• Any team that fails to check in will be disqualified. The next team on the waitlist that checked in will earn a spot.

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)



For a full list of rules, prizes, and other details, visit the following link:
Nova Cup Rules & FAQ

For questions & support, please join the Legion TD 2 Official Tournament Discord.

See you on April 26! 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

This post will be updated with April hotfixes, with the most recent at the top.

(April 16)

Improvements
- Visual indicators when your teammates use Stash
- Showing when someone used Stash in the post game. (Only for games played after this hotfix)



**Balance**
- Looter health 90 --> 80

**Fixes**
- Some UI fixes

Expected patch release: Monday, April 14

[h3]News[/h3]

• Check out Lisk's Game Dev AMA and Jules' Gameplay & Balance AMA from this past month
  
• Next Nova Cup is April 26-27! Join the Tournament Discord to participate and receive tournament notifications. View all past Nova Cups here: Legion TD 2 Esports Portal.

[h3]New Mastermind: Stash[/h3]

• Start with a piggybank with 19 gold. Each wave, it gains gold. Break it open once to collect the gold.
  
• Gold gain per wave scales exponentially from 1 on wave 1 to 200 on wave 21, doubled if you leak.
  

Stash is a versatile Mastermind that rewards players who are flexible and adaptive. Break open your piggybank early for a quick boost, let it grow and scale into the late game, or save it for an important gold threshold or emergency. Because the stash growth is higher when you leak, it rewards risky play, but don't go leaking every wave - it ain't no Fiesta!



[h3]New Skins: Refractions[/h3]

• Introducing Refractions, recolored skins that let your favorite units shine in a new light! In addition to unique color palettes, some Refractions also have special VFX.
  
• Compared to other skins, Refractions are available at a reduced price point, and they are the only skins that can be acquired for non-premium essence!
  
• This patch's refractions include Frozen Nightmare, Bubble Gum Slime Larva / Slime Siren, Dryad Priestess of the Abyss / Azeria, Sanguine Lord of Death, and Nebula Hades

[h3]Monthly In-Game Reward Code[/h3]

• This month’s ultra-secret code is “workwork” 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.

Here’s how to enter a code in-game:




Read more about our design philosophy on game balance, and use Drachbot to see mastermind, unit, and spell win rates and pick rates!

[h3]Masterminds[/h3]

Lock-In
Randomming bonus gold: 8 --> 7

Slightly high pick rate and win rate and currently overshadowing Yolo.

[h3]Legion Spells[/h3]

All Out Assault
Mythium: 120 → 115

Slightly high pick rate and high win rate.

Magician
Mana regeneration: 0.5 → 0.48

High pick rate and slightly high win rate.

Robo Squad
Mythium: 50 → 45

High win rate.

Sorcerer
Bonus ability damage: 55% → 58%

Low pick rate and win rate.

Titan
Health: 1300 → 1350

Low pick rate and win rate.

[h3]Fighters[/h3]

Slime Larva
Attack speed decreased by 3.8%

Slightly high pick rate and win rate.

Dwarf Banker / Big Wig
Health and damage increased by 3.6%

Very low pick rate and slightly low win rate.

Crab Warlock / Crabomancer
Summoner damage increased by 6%

Low pick rate and win rate.

Warp Wing
Damage increased by 2.3%

Slightly low pick rate and win rate.

Yozora
Wintry Touch: Attack speed reduction: 0.75% → 1%

Arctaire
Frozen Veil: Attack speed reduction: 2.1% → 2.9%

This buff, intended for last patch, didn’t get properly applied.

Disciple
Autoattack damage decreased by 4.2%

Very high win rate.

Antler
Attack speed decreased by 1.9%

Whitemane
Damage decreased by 1.8%

Slightly high pick rate and win rate.

Pulsebot / Skybot
Damage increased by 4%

Slightly low pick rate and low win rate.

Holy Avenger / Sovereign
Attack speed decreased by 2.2%

High pick rate and win rate.

Hades
Mana regeneration decreased by 4%

High win rate.

[h3]Mercenaries[/h3]

Robo
Attack speed increased by 1.1%

A little nudge to encourage Robos on early waves.

Imp
Attack speed decreased by 2.1%

Currently the best-performing mercenary.

Pack Leader
Damage decreased by 2.7%

Pack Leader is highly versatile and rarely a bad send.

Honey Bear
Damage: 110 → 113

We're happy with Honey Bear's design after the changes in February's Update, but it's slightly underperforming.

Ogre
Attack speed increased by 1.7%

Not bad, but isn't rewarding enough to save for when you can access Brute, Imps, and Mimic for cheaper.

Centaur
Damage: 88 → 90

Overshadowed both by cheaper mercenaries and more expensive mercenaries.

Needler
Damage increased by 1.5%

A small nudge to bring it on par with Witch and Shaman.

[h3]Waves[/h3]

Wave 10: Granddaddy
Attack speed increased by 0.9%

Wave 11: Quill Shooters
Attack speed increased by 0.9%

Wave 12: Mantises
Attack speed decreased by 1.4%

Shifting power from wave 12 to 10 and 11.

Wave 15: Quadrapuses
Attack speed decreased by 1.5%

Wave 16: Cardinals
Health increased by 1%

Shifting power from wave 15 to 16.

Classic
Decreased the frequency of Eggsack, Seedling, and Dwarf Banker being rolled. These units are especially strong in Classic where 95% of games go to waves 21+.


[h3]Balance Watchlist[/h3]
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:

• Castle - Slightly underperforming, but average game length has also been trending up, which indirectly buffs Castle
  
• Full eco / "sui" / all-in strategies in the early games - We like that unorthodox strategies are viable, but want to make sure they aren't too common or strong

[h3]Improvements[/h3]



Quest Rerolls
Every week, you now get 3 quest rerolls

Thanks Alexfrog and D2R from Discord.

Optional Classic Ranks

• You can now toggle on or off visible ranks in Classic
  
• This is default off for players currently ranked silver or below in Classic and all new players. Default on for everyone else

We ran a poll on this, and most players want to keep visible classic ranks but there are also a lot of players who want to hide them. We believe this solution is the best way to make both groups happy and make Classic a bit less sweaty.

Minor Improvements

• Ping Wheel scale slider is now available in Interface settings
  
• Legacy Ping Wheel setting is now available
  
• Show more than 1 wave ability in the Wave Guide (Thanks to kidk from Discord)
  
• Great Boar and Wandering Catapult can now be sold for 90% in Hybrid (Thanks to Early Gas or GG from Discord)
  
• Queued mercs and AUTO now show in spectator UI
  
• Fixed `Not Even Close` showing up when your king died from a ranged attack
  
• Fixed a visual bug with PE after making a purchase
  
• Fixed an abuse case with Sea Serpent and Deepcoiler
  
• Show teammates gold gained from Bankers, Pixie etc. in the bottom left
  
• Added Hybrid gold gain/loss to the bottom left

[h3]Game Translations[/h3]


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:

Help Translate Legion TD 2

HUGE thank you to everyone who has helped up to this point!



This patch introduces Stash, which we expect will be a pretty high skill cap—and fun—mastermind! We also hope you enjoy using Refractions.

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

It's the first of April, and we're back with another blog post!

One of our toughest jobs as devs is dealing with the "bad apples" of the community. We're talking players who AUTO n chill, players who pick Fiesta, or players whose opinions we simply don't like.

For years, some of you have speculated that we manipulate things like your matchmaking queue times, card drop luck, unit targeting, and how often you run into smurfs. That’s ridiculous. We don’t do that. AI does it for us.

We're proud to showcase our proprietary tech: Data-Oriented Game Enforcer, abbreviated as DOGE.



[h3]Principles[/h3]
1. Get that juicy D (Data)
Every time you play, DOGE collects and analyzes everything. Your build order, your positioning, your roll luck, how quickly you hit “play again” after a win versus a loss—it’s all in the system. Think we don't know you started to type "fk the devs" but then erased it before hitting send? Think again.

2. Snoop around. Privacy is a fallacy.
As powerful as DOGE is, it can't peek into your Steam messages or eavesdrop on your Discord rants. For those, we rely on our eyes and ears in the community. Our dedicated staff sniff out bad actors, many before they even type a single message. Sometimes, just the seeing that "is typing..." flicker on and off before a wall of text is enough to know it's not gonna be good. Give them a mute, knock off a few likeability points, and move on.

3. Calculate LikeabilityScore™ and adjust game accordingly
Our proprietary GPT-4.5-based model runs 24/7, calculating a univariate weighted sum (LikeabilityScore™) that combines all your behavior data points into a number between 0 and 100. Roughly (the model is always evolving), this maps to something like:

• 100 = You rock. We will name a Campaign boss after you. The odds will always feel in your favor, until you decide to throw.
  
• 75-99 = You're a good person. Your game will almost never crash, reconnecting actually fully works properly, and cards will come with regularly.
  
• 50-74 = Most players land here. You probably roll Pota+Mask more than you should, but otherwise pretty vanilla
  
• 25-49 = You're on our watchlist. 60% of the time, your units will lose focus every time. You will tend to match against smurfs, and good luck finding a card. Your game is also more likely to crash/lag.
  
• 0-24 = We won’t even read your bug reports. All above de-optimizations and many more, like a tendency to match with teammates from a country you don't like.

Additionally, if your LikeabilityScore hits 0, you may receive a message prompting you to provide five bullet points on why you should still be allowed to play the game. Failure to respond could result in your game uninstalling itself.

[h3]Takeaways[/h3]
Found yourself in an unfair match? It really has nothing to do with the amount of players in your rating bracket currently queuing. Rather, consider that your LikeabilityScore may have recently nosedived. Reflect upon your recent behavior, and consider being a better person instead of blaming a perfect system.

Got 700+ Pity Points? Wondering why your units just focused the full HP Siege Ram instead of the 10% HP wave? You know the answer now.

[h3]Closing Thoughts[/h3]
DOGE is still learning, adapting, and evolving. By ~summer, we estimate it'll be able to dynamically tweak your connection quality, split aggro consistency, and even how often you match with teammates who will listen to your pings. Hopefully with this post, you now know why the game and its community are just so perfect.

Fellow game devs, we hope to license this tech to external parties starting in Q3. Reach out to learn more.

-The AutoAttack Games Team

Congratulations on making it this far. Happy April Fools everyone!

• 2024 April Fools - World's first-ever game to support next-gen NVIDYA Visage™
• 2023 April Fools - We're rebranding as Aye-Aye-Attack Games!
• 2022 April Fools - 1v1 Event & Balance Changes

P.S. If you didn't zoom into the screenshot to find the URL, here's a direct link: Legion TD 2: DOGE Admin Panel. Check this Screenshot for a hint on what to do next.

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!



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.


- 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!




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

• 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.
  
• Both players must join the Legion TD 2 Official Tournament Discord. Make sure to set your server nickname to match your in-game name.

• 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.


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Saturday, March 22

• Check-in window: 8:45 - 9:15am PDT / 5:45 - 6:15pm CEST
  
• Games: 10am - 1:30pm PDT / 7 - 10:30pm CEST
  
  • Round of 16 (Best of 3)
    
  • Quarter-finals (Best of 3)

Sunday, March 23

• Check-in window: 9 - 9:30am PDT / 6 - 6:30pm CEST
  
• Games: 10am - 1:30pm PDT / 7 - 10:30pm CEST
  
  • Semi-finals (Best of 3)
    
  • Final (Best of 5)

Check-in

• Teams must check in via the Legion TD 2 Official Tournament Discord. Waitlisted teams should also check in.
  
• Any team that fails to check in will be disqualified. The next team on the waitlist that checked in will earn a spot.

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)



For a full list of rules, prizes, and other details, visit the following link:
Nova Cup Rules & FAQ

For questions & support, please join the Legion TD 2 Official Tournament Discord.

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