Legion TD 2 News

Congratulations to our division winners!
D1 F-C Lu-cy :drach; :drach; - :drach; :drach; :drach; (Kidk & GreenSpirit)
D2 Geegee (GehPennen & fine)
D3 Brute Force (Ecaptor & Hinterwaeldler)
D4 Team Lux (zzPestilenceX & iKaBiNk)

See below for the full recap of the tournament! Credit for this recap goes to nattodog.


A year of Nova Cup has come and gone! November was a great tournament, and the last of this year. We’ll be skipping December this year for the holidays and regroup in January 2023 for a new season of Nova Cup tournaments. But enough about that, we’re here to talk about November:

Signup stats
Total signups (teams): 116
Total signups (solos): 68
Total teams in final brackets: 97

Thank you to all who entered and who were able to participate in the final bracket. If you missed this one, join the January cup next year! Get a free card in-game for your trouble, possibly win some prizes, and make some new friends. This month we had great coverage across our talented casting team. I would like to give special mention to Shadowings for covering Division 4 this month– the mashup of high analytical knowledge delivered in very easy terms was awesome to watch. I recommend checking it out, as well as all the other archived footage, here: https://beta.legiontd2.com/esports/#panelTournaments.

Division 4 (Team Rank Spread 748-1559)

• First game of the day, Peppa Pig vs Team Kinky (not shown in bracket above) started off with a bang. A very even game with both teams at 78% king HP on wave 11. Both teams used a large amount of upgraded T1 spam, and final wave came down to 18 where Peppa Pig secured the win https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1660658187?t=39m11s
• Day 2 Team Lux vs Ciamajdy was not an easy win, with both teams trading games. Final game ended on wave 19 where Team Lux made a play to resend after a big send on 18 that caught Ciamajdy off guard https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1660658724?t=82m22s
• Day 2 finals Team Lux vs Painies was looking like a potential 3-0 for Lux, until game 3 where Painies was able to make a big comeback play on 17 for a game win. Team Lux took the set, but well played! https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1660658724?t=166m11s

Division 3 (Team Rank Spread 1564-1845)

• Day 1 game 2 between Team Kiwi and Megadmega, a big send from Team Kiwi on 12 gets eaten up by Ocean Templar + Protector aura Banana Haven. A big wave 15 send from Megadmega brought Kiwi king HP down to 11% but not a kill, and then both teams trade king damage on 16 dropping Kiwi to 2%(!) giving them one last chance for a comeback. The 17 send proved too much and Megadmega moves on. Well played to both teams! https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1666090864?t=148m27s
• Day 2 game 1 of Tigerpants vs Megadmega, Megadmega was in a hurry for game 2 and ended game 1 on wave 7 where both teams traded big hits https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1666090545?t=17m51s
• Day 2 finals Brute Force vs Megadmega, both teams traded games back and forth for the first 3 games, with very aggressive plays ending around midgame (wave 11-15). Game 4 was no different with many big king hits up to wave 11, where Brute Force was able to take their 3rd win to secure 1st place in D3 by sending Ghost Knights on 11 vs Megadmega. Well played to both teams! https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1666090545?t=178m03s

Division 2 (Team Rank Spread 1838-2346)

• Day 1 Twobruteoneoneleak vs TheSwarm game 2, Twobrute went all in on a Kingpin build. You might be able to guess what wave the game ended on https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1666001388?t=111m03s
• Day 1 the set between Geegee and Blobhound Gang was a very fun watch. Game 1 was a win for Blobhound, game 2 came down to a clutch Glacial Touch carry that got Geegee the win, and the final game a brawl on 15. Actually, all 3 of those games ended on 15! https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1666001388?t=158m49s
• Day 2 finals between Geegee and Pyroblem went to the last possible game, with a big clash on 16 (with Immolation) from Pyroblem that didn’t do enough damage to win, and a countersend from Geegee on 18 that sealed the deal. Ggs! https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1666000954?t=201m41s

Division 1 (Team Rank Spread 2502-3201)

The first full season after the game's launch is ending, and a new season is coming!

• January 3: New season patch notes are posted (v10.00)
  
• January 5: Current season ends at 8am PST / 5pm CET. Ranked disabled.
  
• January 5-10: 1v1 featured event is live
  
• January 6: New season patch is live (v10.00)
  
• January 7-10: Ranked rewards are given out. Player ratings are soft-reset.
  
• January 10: New season begins at 8am PST / 5pm CET. Ranked re-enabled.
  

More details to come in the upcoming Season 2023 patch notes.



Ranked badges and loading screen borders are based on your peak rating this season. You are not penalized for dropping below a tier you already achieved. Eligibility for each tier requires 10 ranked games and a peak rating this season of:

• Bronze: 1000
  
• Silver: 1200
  
• Gold: 1400
  
• Platinum: 1600
  
• Diamond: 1800
  
• Expert: 2000
  
• Master: 2200
  
• Senior Master: 2400
  
• Grandmaster: 2600
  
• Legend: 2800
  

Best of luck in the final weeks of the season! Remember you cannot drop ranked rewards by playing. Rewards are based on your peak rank this season.



The Ladder Points (LP) formula will be reworked for the 2023 season; details to come in the upcoming Season 2023 Patch Notes in early January.

A special badge is given to the Top 100 LP earners at the end of the 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

I have important news to share: my wife and I are expecting our first child in December! From December through January, I will be reducing the amount of time I spend working on Legion TD 2 in order to spend time with the newly implemented BabyLisk.



I'll still be doing all the work involved with launching the new Season & major v10.00 patch, which is on-schedule for January 2023. Additionally, even while I'm gone, balance tweaks and hotfixes will also happen as usual: they'll just be coming mostly from Dani & Jules.

However, bug fixes, QoL improvements, and new units/features will mostly wait until I'm back to work full-time in February/March. I'll also be stepping back from Discord/reddit until then, too. I'll still be in touch with the moderation team in case of emergencies.

Thank you for continuing to play the game and supporting our team! And I'm looking forward to returning back to full development next year!

-Lisk

P.S. Wish me luck, trying to hit 2600 before the baby comes.

Quick hotfix patch for some v9.10 issues.

Map
- Reduced some brightness in some areas, especially on 4v4 map
- Improved building grid visibility

Alpha Male
- Health: 2800 --> 2680 (bug fix)

Ocean Templar
- Damage: 130 --> 125

Honeyflower
- Attack speed: 1.015 → 1.005

The recent change allowed Honeyflower to clear wave 2 solo with specific positioning, which was too strong.

Deathcap
- Health: 4160 → 4190
- Attack speed: 1.02 → 1.025

Shifting some power into Deathcap.

Expected patch release: November 14

News & Updates
- Sign-ups are open for the November Nova Cup which will take place on Nov 19-20.
- If you missed it, check out my (Lisk's) Reddit AMA from last month! I've been doing these every major patch, so keep an eye out next week for the next one.



A treacherous snow queen has cast a spell over the world of Legion, and it's all frozen over! But fear not...she's actually not treacherous. She just wanted everyone to get in the holiday spirit! On top of the snow-covered landscape, you'll find Christmas trees, presents, colored lights, snowmen, stockings, candy canes, and more goodies around the map. Enjoy the fresh look for Legion TD 2 while you eat Christmas cookies and hopefully spam some games over the holidays!

New Christmas Map: Both 2v2 & 4v4 maps packed with Christmas decor!
New Skin: Christmas Poinsettia Hermit
New Skin: Head Santa (Head Chef)
New Skin: Candypixie (Chloropixie)
New Skin: Christmas Ornament Seedling

These skins will be on a special sale: 25-50% OFF through the end of the year!

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Screenshots


The snow queen promises to lift the "eternal" winter by Spring 2023. You can toggle decorations in Options if your PC is struggling to contain her power.



If that wasn't enough to ring in the new season, we're also introducing Twitch Drops! Earn free essence simply by watching Twitch streams!



From November 14th to 18th, watch any Legion TD 2 Twitch streamer with Twitch Drops enabled to earn the following rewards:
- Watch for 30 minutes: 1,000 Essence
- Watch for an additional 60 minutes: 3,000 Additional Essence
- Watch for an additional 120 minutes: 5,000 Additional Essence
In other words, simply watch 210 minutes (3.5 hours) of Twitch, and you'll earn 9,000 Essence in total.

Full instructions for both streamers & viewers here:
Legion TD 2 x Twitch Drops




- See how much damage your mercenaries deal to your opponent!

This was something popularly requested on the subreddit. Should be useful for helping evaluate if you did a good send or not.


- You can now unlock any card with card fragments, not just cards that are currently in rotation that day!
- To access this menu, click your card fragments in the Card Trader tab.

Also by popular request! Now you no longer have to hoard your card fragments for weeks until the secret card you wanted comes along.



Improvements

• HUD: Queued mercenaries now appear as semi-transparent icons to help you plan around your allies’ queued sends
  

Fixes

• HUD: Fixed a bug where Undo Harden/Boost/etc. buttons didn’t refresh on the HUD until you reselected the unit
  
• Profile: Fixed a bug where some upgraded fighters in Game Stats wrongly displayed pick rates of 0%
  
• Achievements: Fixed a bug where some Campaign achievements weren't being awarded when they were supposed to
  
• Gameplay: Takeover bots are now a bit smarter about toggling autosend
  
• Gameplay: Fixed a bug with Sakura in Weekly Challenge
  
• Postgame: Fixed a bug with post-game Game Coach quotes showing only the default win message instead of achievement-based messages
  
• HUD: Fixed a bug where restoring default options didn't also reset HUD element positions
  
• HUD: Fixed some selection circle heights with flying units
  
• Performance: Improved some performance on High/Very High/Ultra graphics (reduced AA sampling slightly)
  
• Performance: Continued debugging of some intermittent lag issues
  

Localization & API

• Localization: Translation sheets now contain the new Desert Ridge Campaign texts
  
• Localization: Desert Ridge Campaign is now fully translated into Polish! Plus, Spanish translation is making good progress.
  
• Join the Legion TD 2 Contributors Discord to stay up-to-date with Localization & API development! Even if you're not a dev, you can join to check out in-development projects such as paintsniffer's LTDMeta.app, a successor to LTDDB that automatically generates guides (!!) by listing builds that hold particular waves & sends.
  

King
- Now deals 8% more AOE damage on wave 16 (still does slightly reduced damage on wave 16)

[h3]Mastermind Playstyles[/h3]

Fiesta
- Gain 14-52 gold → 14-50 gold

As players learn and optimize Fiesta openings and strategies, it has become too strong. This change nerfs Fiesta by 1 gold on waves 6-9 and 2 gold on waves 10-21, which is a 3.5% nerf on average.

[h3]Legion Spells[/h3]

Battle Scars
- Attack speed: 3% → 3.5%

Low win rate and pick rate.

Lizard Army
- Mythium: 45 → 50
- Now properly increases recommended fighter value for the opponent

It was previously unintuitive and misleading how Lizard Army didn't affect your opponent's recommended value. The small percent of players that knew this were at a big advantage when Lizard Army was in the game. It’s now harder to fake Lizard Army, but the spell will be better with increased clarity and a buff. Plus, it’s still viable to do a small fake on wave 11, discouraging your opponent from training workers during wave 11.

Magician
- Mana regeneration: 0.55 → 0.57

Low win rate and pick rate.

Protector
- Health regeneration: 1% → 0.9%

High win rate and pick rate, and indirectly buffed by damage reduction changes to units.

Titan
- Bonus health: 1400 → 1350

High win rate and indirectly buffed by damage reduction changes to units. Reverting the previous buff.

Vampire
- Life steal: 23% → 24%

Low win rate and pick rate.

[h3]Fighters[/h3]

Sakura
- Attack speed: 1.143 → 1.149
- Fixed a bug where Superbloom wasn’t adding an extra 15 value for extra stacks after Wave 11+

Green Devil
- Health 1040 → 1050

Low win rate.

Nekomata
- Attack speed: 0.9 → 0.91

Low win rate.

Slime Larva
- Health: 330 → 320
- Damage: 33 → 32

Slime Larva currently outshines all other arcane units with the highest win rate and pick rate.

Slime Siren
- Health: 1140 → 1150
- Attack speed: 1.35 → 1.37

Compensation buff for the Slime Larva nerf to keep Siren a similar power level.

Kingpin
- Health: 4750 --> 4700

High win rate.

Honeyflower
- Attack speed: 1 → 1.015
- Fragrance: 10 + 0.03% max health damage → 10 + 0.02% max health damage

Deathcap
- Attack speed: 1 → 1.02
- Noxious Scent: 30 + 0.1% max health damage → 30 + 0.06% max health damage

Less oppressive late game. Slightly stronger early game, but Hermit is now a bigger threat.

Sky Queen
- Synergy with mana effects increased by 14%

This synergy was previously lackluster.

Sea Serpent
- Health: 620 → 640

Deepcoiler
- Health: 1890 → 1950

Low win rate and pick rate.

Alpha Male
- Health: 3380 → 2680 (effective health = 3350)
- Damage: 103 → 102
- Dominion: Now also grants 20% damage reduction

Alpha Male is now stronger with health gain and healing effects.

Eternal Wanderer
- Health: 770 → 750

Samurai Soul
- Damage: 115 → 120

Shifting power from Eternal Wanderer to Samurai Soul.

Ocean Templar
- Health: 2000 → 3000
- Damage: 160 → 130
- Range: 450 → Melee
- Attack type: Pure → Impact

Now a melee off-tank, which makes it more straightforward to use.

Gatling Gun
- Health: 1350 → 1080 (effective health unchanged)
- Attack speed: 2.04 → 2.08
- Damage reduction from overheating changed:
— No overheat = 0% → +20%
— Maximum overheat = -50% → -20%

Vulcan Cannon
- Health: 3930 → 3030 (effective health slightly lower at no overheat, slightly higher at max overheat)
- Attack speed: 2.04 → 2.08
- Damage reduction from overheating changed:
— No overheat = 0% → +20%
— Maximum overheat = -60% → -20%

Gatling Gun and Vulcan Cannon now no longer have a significant anti-synergy with health gain and healing effects.

Gatling had a low win rate and pick rate, so this is an overall buff.

Priestess of the Abyss
- Attack speed: 1 → 0.985

Highest win rate unit.
Azeria
- Attack speed: 1 → 0.985
- Echostrike: 68 + 0.04% max health → 67 + 0.06% max health

Slightly stronger against very high health units, but an overall nerf.

Banana Bunk
- Damage: 67 → 65

Banana Haven
- Damage: 60x3 → 58x3

Highest pick rate unit.

Hell Gate
- Summon health decreased by 1%
- Summon attack speed decreased by 1.5%

Very high pick rate.

Fenix
- Damage: 295 --> 292

Slight nerf due to consistent community feedback.

Hydra
- Health: 2700 → 1860 (effective health = 2730)
- Damage: 144 → 111 (effective damage = 150)
- Now gains damage and damage reduction for each wave the Eggsack survives, instead of losing damage and damage reduction for hatching early

Hydra is now stronger with health gain and healing effects. It was previously a significant anti-synergy to have a weakened Hydra with healing.

Eggsack had low win rate and pick rate, so this is an overall buff.

Millennium
- DPS: 150.3 → 150.6
— Damage: 245 → 253
— Attack speed: 0.613 → 0.595

Now one-shots Snails again.

[h3]Mercenaries[/h3]

Brute
- Damage: 56 → 57
- Attack speed: 0.922 → 0.926

Brutes used to strike terror into the hearts of new players. Long gone are those days - as players have learned to hold Brute on wave 3 and as other mercenaries have been buffed.

Hermit
- Attack speed: 1.02 → 1.06

Hermit is the worst performing power mercenary. Buffing its DPS to make it more versatile, rather than its healing ability, which is already strong.

Centaur
- Attack speed: 2.22 → 2.17

Even after the previous nerf, Centaur is still the #1 performing power mercenary,

[h3]Waves[/h3]

(12) Mantises
- Health: 1250 → 1270

(13) Drill Golems
- Attack speed: 1.575 → 1.55

(14) Killer Slugs
- Health: 2030 --> 2050

(15) Quadrapuses
- Attack speed: 0.719 → 0.74

(17) Metal Dragons
- Attack speed: 1.74 --> 1.71

(19) Dire Toads
- Health: 4300 → 4350

(20) Maccabeus
- Attack projectile is now instant, allowing him to mow through cheap units faster
- Insatiable Hunger: Health gain per kill: 300 → 100
- Health: 60000 → 65000




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We hope you enjoy this patch! Thank you again for playing Legion TD 2.

For now, an early Merry Christmas from the team, and enjoy the wintery scenery!

If you've enjoyed the game, but haven't left a review yet, please consider posting a short review for the game! It really helps get the word out there.

If you enjoy these updates, please give it a Thumbs Up, too!

And as always, if you have constructive criticism, let's chat about it. Discord is our main channel 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. We know there's still much to improve, so let's work together.

Until next time!

Sincerely,
Lisk, on behalf of The AutoAttack Games Team

Last month featured an EPIC 5 game showdown between Abrasiert (Widderson & Kingdanzz) and Pi^2/6 (Aviator & BerntDasBROT), as well as Dogchow (Schweppes & Oteoteote) winning their first cup after participating in 7 of the previous cups, and many more great storylines.

Last month also featured Legion TD 2's first ever Skin Design Competition. Community members submitted skin some crazy ideas, and the top voted skin concept will be used to inspire a new skin that will be added to the game.

Full recap here: October Nova Cup Recap


The upcoming November Nova Cup takes place November 19-20.

$750 in cash prizes and sign-up is free - first come first served!
There are four 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.

Note: this will be the last Nova Cup of the year! The tournament staff is taking a break in December to enjoy the holidays, refresh, and recharge for next year's Nova Cup season which will kick off in January.





Legion TD 2 meets Twitch Drops! Now, when you watch Nova Cups, 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 November 19 at 9am PDT / 7pm CET.
  
• To sign up, find a teammate and log into Legion TD 2. Both players should join a unique chat lobby by typing /join team name (e.g. /join Snail Kings) in Global Chat. After you're both in the lobby, have one player type /signup.
  
• The first 16 teams to sign up in each division can participate. 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.

Like last month, you may now sign up as a solo player!

• You may sign-up as a solo player using the usual /signup command, and you will be added to the public Teams list as usual
  
• 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.



Saturday, November 19

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

Sunday, November 20

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

Check-in

• Teams must check in via the Legion TD 2 Official Tournaments 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.

All Divisions

• Mastermind 2v2 (Tournament Mode)
  
• Hybrid is banned
  
• Single elimination
  
• Best of 3. Best of 5 final

Division 1 Only: Conquest Format
After winning a match using a particular Mastermind option, you can no longer use that Mastermind option for the rest of that series.

• For example, if you win game 1 with Greed, you can't pick Greed the rest of the series.
  
• The restriction applies to players individually; if your ally picks Greed, but you picked Yolo, you can still pick Greed next game, but your ally can't.
  
• The restriction only applies to the winning players. If you lose the game, you can still pick the same options next game.
  
• If you violate this rule and your opponent reports it, the game will be counted as an automatic loss for your team. Because this is a new rule, please show good sportsmanship and remind each other before starting the game.

The goal of the Conquest Format is to force the winning team to be able to win with a variety of playstyles, which leads to more varied matches. It also gives the losing team a little bit of help for the rest of the series. Credits to Pennywise#8456 and Shadowings#1413 for this format!



See the Nova Cup FAQ for prizes and additional rules.

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

See you on November 19th! 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

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