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v12.09 Major Update

[p]Expected patch release: Wednesday, October 15[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Shoutout to the top 10 Legion streamers of the past month[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]1v1 Featured Event[/p][p]Teammates holding you back? It's your time to shine in our 1v1 event lasting from October 17-19. Starts Friday, October 17 at 3:00 am PT / 12:00 CEST.[/p]
  • [p]Skill-based matchmaking: Play with and against players near your skill level.[/p]
  • [p]Visible ratings: Used for matchmaking and bragging rights.[/p]
  • [p]Event Points (EP) leaderboard: Gain EP by playing games. Harder opponents earn you more EP. You cannot lose EP, so play as much as you can to climb![/p]
  • [p]Rewards:[/p]
    • [p]Top 10 finish: 25,000 Essence[/p]
    • [p]Top 100 finish: 15,000 Essence[/p]
    • [p]Top 1,000 finish: 10,000 Essence[/p]
    • [p]Reach 400 EP: 5,000 Essence[/p]
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[p][/p][p]Nova Cup[/p]
  • [p]Monthly 2v2 tournament with an $875 prize pool and 4 divisions [/p]
  • [p]Next Nova Cup is October 25-26! Join the Tournament Discord to participate and receive tournament notifications. View all past Nova Cups here: Legion TD 2 Esports Portal[/p]
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Major Updates
[p][/p][h3]New Mastermind: Aristocrat[/h3][p][/p][p]+5 income. Can't roll tier 1 fighters. Gain income for building and upgrading tier 6 fighters.[/p]
  • [p]You cannot roll or reroll T1s (
  • [p]Building a T6 (>=260g) increases your income by 3[/p]
  • [p]Upgrading a T6 increases your income by 15[/p]
  • [p]Your roll always includes at least one T2 (35-60g) and at least two T6[/p]
[p][/p][p]The Aristocrat fantasy is forgoing cheap units in favor of expensive ones. Tips:[/p]
  • [p]Be careful in the early game - without a T1, you can get stuck with awkward gold values. [/p]
  • [p]Rush an early game T6 for a quick income lead[/p]
  • [p]Pick Pirate Skeleton or Grarl when available and make use of their 90% sell ability to build and upgrade T6s earlier[/p]
  • [p]Increase your propensity to shift gold for an early T6[/p]
[p][/p][p][/p][h3]Rework: Double Down[/h3][p]Old Double Down[/p]
  • [p]Activated on purchase before the match starts[/p]
  • [p]Doubles your rating gain and loss[/p]
[p]New Double Down[/p]
  • [p]Optionally activated during the game before wave 1 spawns, allowing for strategic usage[/p]
  • [p]Doubles your rating gain if you win[/p]
  • [p]If you lose, multiplies your rating loss by 2.1-2.4, depending on your rank:[/p]
    • [p]Unranked, Bronze, Silver, Gold: 2.1[/p]
    • [p]Plat, Diamond, Expert: 2.2[/p]
    • [p]Master, Senior Master, Grandmaster: 2.3[/p]
    • [p]Legend: 2.4[/p]
  • [p]Notifies all players in the game after wave 1 spawns for maximum disrespect [/p]
[p]Double Down is now a strategy decision. Because you have access to predictive information before using Double Down, the loss multiplier is >2 to keep it balanced.[/p][p][/p][h3]New Feature: Big Wig Pass[/h3][p][/p][p]Say hello to the Big Wig Pass, our highly-requested, premium pass stacked with all the perks a true Big Wig deserves.[/p][p]For the ultra reasonable, suspiciously cheap, value town price of 1337 premium essence, enjoy the following in-game benefits for 30 days:[/p]
  • [p]💰 Unlocked Account – All skins, masterminds, backgrounds, and game coaches unlocked[/p]
  • [p]📈 Double Down Boost – When you win with Double Down, get a free stack back. Plus, immediately receive 6x Double Down stacks[/p]
  • [p]🎟️ Card Bundle – Immediately receive a random Secret Card and 20 Card Fragments[/p]
  • [p]😏 Bragging Rights – Loading screen flair and colored name in Discord (if Discord account is linked)[/p]
[p]Don't be a regular wig - become a Big Wig and call everyone “old sport!"[/p][p][/p]
Game Balance
[p]Read more about our design philosophy on game balance, and use Drachbot to see mastermind, unit, and spell win rates and pick rates! Check out Jules' Gameplay & Balance AMA from this past month.[/p][p][/p][h3]Masterminds[/h3][p][/p][p][/p][p]Mastermind Visibility[/p][p]Masterminds are now revealed to all players after wave 1 spawns. This change gives players higher agency and more information to make better strategic decisions, particularly against surprise-factor masterminds like Stash, Scrapper, Chaos, and Redraw. There will still be plenty of surprises, mind games, and potential for outplays, but we're changing the strategic decision from an "unknown unknown" to a "known unknown."[/p][p]For example, consider Stash, one of the most popular and fun masterminds. Stashing on the right wave can be game-winning and feels amazing, but playing against Stash can feel low agency because you not only don't know when they will Stash, you don't even know if they are playing Stash in the first place. There are too many layers of uncertainty. This change removes one of those layers, while preserving the high impact and fun part about Stash.[/p][p]Shoutout to Boone for the idea.[/p][p](reverted in hotfix)[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Scrapper [/p]
  • [p]Scrap: Sell percentage: 90% → 85%[/p]
  • [p]Bonus starting gold: 0 --> 3[/p]
[p]Scrapper is fun but is too strong and can be frustrating to play against. To address this, we're shifting power out of the Scrap ability.[/p][p][/p][h3]Legion Spells[/h3][p][/p][p][/p][p]Black Market [/p][p]Income: 56 → 58[/p][p]Low win rate.[/p][p]
[/p][p]Giant Snail [/p][p]Health increased by 5.6%[/p][p]Low win rate.[/p][p][/p][h3]Fighters[/h3][p][/p][p][/p][p]Peewee / Veteran [/p][p]Booster / Stimpack: Attack speed increase: 125% --> 120%[/p][p]Slightly high pick rate and win rate.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Seraphin [/p][p]Damage increased by 1.9%[/p][p]Low win rate.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Oathbreaker [/p][p]Attack speed decreased by 1.8%[/p][p]Slightly high pick rate and win rate.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Dark Mage [/p][p]Mind Warp targeting is now smarter, taking into account existing damage and attack speed buffs[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Nekomata [/p][p]Attack speed decreased by 1%[/p][p]High win rate.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Wileshroom [/p][p]Attack speed increased by 1.7%[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Canopie [/p][p]Damage increased by 1.3%[/p][p]Low win rate.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Sea Serpent / Deepcoiler [/p][p]Attack speed decreased by 1.5%[/p][p]High win rate.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Gateguard [/p][p]Health increased by 3.6%[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Harbinger [/p][p]Health increased by 4.4%[/p][p]Cerberus: Health increased by 1.2%[/p][p]Slightly low pick rate and low win rate.[/p][p]
[/p][p]Crab Warlock / Crabomancer [/p]
  • [p]Summoner damage increased by 11%[/p]
  • [p]Summon damage decreased by 16%[/p]
  • [p]Adjusted synergy with mana sources to account for the weaker summons[/p]
[p]Shifting power from the summon to the summoner to increase viability in high MMR, without making it overpowered in low MMR.[/p][p]
[/p][p]Pipsqueak [/p][p]DPS decreased by 1.7%[/p]
  • [p]Damage decreased by 11%[/p]
  • [p]Attack speed increased by 11%[/p]
[p]Now has a meaningful weakness on wave 2.[/p][p]
[/p][p]Lumerian [/p][p]Attack speed increased by 2.4%[/p][p]Shifting power from Pipsqueak to Lumerian.[/p][p]
[/p][p]Lost Chieftain [/p][p]Reverted the auto-targeting change to Gaia Shield from a couple patches ago, in response to community feedback[/p][p][/p][p]Current:[/p]
  • [p]Forward-most[/p]
  • [p]If tied, center-most[/p]
  • [p]If tied, right-most[/p]
[p]New[/p]
  • [p]Forward-most[/p]
  • [p]If tied, center-most[/p]
  • [p]If tied, left-most[/p]
[p][/p][p][/p][p]Shadow Dancer / Dread Knight [/p][p]Attack speed decreased by 2.1%[/p][p]High win rate.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Fire Lord / Fenix [/p][p]Attack speed increased by 1.6%[/p][p]Low win rate.[/p][p][/p][h3]Mercenaries[/h3][p][/p][p][/p][p]Honey Bear [/p][p]Pot o’ Honey: Heal: 900 → 1000[/p][p]Low usage rate.[/p][p]
[/p][p]Ogre [/p][p]Mana regeneration increased by 18%[/p][p]Low usage rate.[/p][p]
[/p][p]Centaur [/p][p]Damage increased by 2.2%[/p][p]Low usage rate.[/p][p]
[/p][p]Needler [/p][p]Damage decreased by 1.5%[/p][p]High win rate.[/p][p]
[/p][p]Kraken [/p]
  • [p]Health decreased by 1.3% [/p]
  • [p]No longer counted as a boss unit[/p]
  • [p]New ability: World Ender: Upon death, implodes, stunning all nearby enemy units for 1 second.[/p]
[p]For the most expensive mercenary in the game, Kraken deserves a cooler ability.[/p][p][/p][h3]Waves[/h3][p][/p][p][/p][p]Wave 6: Rockos [/p][p]Health decreased by 1.2%[/p][p]A bit overtuned compared to nearby waves.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]Balance Watchlist[/h3][p]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:[/p]
  • [p]Strong: Safety Mole, All Out Assault, Counter Attack, Press the Attack, Embargo[/p]
  • [p]Weak: Disciple, Grarl, Sorcerer[/p]
[p][/p][p][/p][h3]Improvements[/h3][p][/p][p]Premium Essence for Legend players[/p][p]Legend players now gain 20% of their Ladder Point gains as premium essence [/p][p]Encouraging activity in very high MMR to keep matchmaking fast and fair.[/p][p][/p][p]Duo Adjustment Formula[/p][p]Duoing in high MMR is now less punishing, depending on your and your teammate's ratings.[/p][p]Encouraging players to play with their friends in high MMR. If this gets abused, we will revert this change.[/p][p][/p][p]Improvements[/p]
  • [p]The monthly patch code can now be entered the month it's announced, as well as the following month[/p]
  • [p]Masterminds now show up in Steam/Epic/Discord rich presence after wave 1 has spawned[/p]
  • [p]Building grid rows now have alternating colors to make it easier to differentiate rows. Thanks to cornandcob for the suggestion in Discord[/p]
  • [p]Fixed visual bug for the sell value of Kingpin[/p]
  • [p]You can now invite friends that appear offline in the friends list to your party. Thanks to Future_Win for the suggestion on Reddit[/p]
  • [p]Fixed ALTGR special character combinations not working on certain keyboard layouts[/p]
  • [p]Added an optional setting to show gold costs of units/upgrades on their icon[/p]
  • [p]You can now ping your teammates roll in the tab screen to suggest a unit that they should build[/p]
[p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]Game Translations[/h3][p]If you'd like to contribute to improving the game's translations further, visit the following link: Help Translate Legion TD 2 [/p][p]HUGE thank you to everyone who has helped up to this point! [/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]Reward for Boosting Discord[/h3][p]Anyone who Boosts the Legion TD 2 Discord will receive 500 Premium Essence each month the Boost is active. Here's how it works: [/p]
  • [p]When you Boost the Legion TD 2 Discord, you'll get a DM from Safety Mole with a code [/p]
  • [p]The code can be redeemed by clicking the book icon at the bottom of the main menu and selecting Redeem Coupon Code[/p]
  • [p]Players who keep their Boost active will receive a new code every month [/p]
  • [p]Codes expire when the Booster receives a new code or if the old one wasn't used[/p]
[p]Thank you to everyone for contributing to the community! [/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]Monthly In-Game Reward Code[/h3]
  • [p]This month’s ultra-secret code is getyerhandsoffmejules to unlock some free Essence in-game! [/p]
  • [p]Each month, a new code will be revealed right here in the patch notes. Codes are only valid the month they are announced and the following month.[/p]
[p]Here’s how to enter a code in-game:[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p]
Closing Remarks
[p]This patch introduces a brand new mastermind, Aristocrat, and exciting features with the Big Wig Pass and reworked Double Down![/p][p]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. [/p][p]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[/p]