Legion TD 2 News

Expected patch release: Monday, December 9 (Pacific Time)

[h3]News[/h3]

• Check out Lisk's Game Dev AMA and Jules' Gameplay & Balance AMA from this past month
  
• The FTCup with a $2500 prize pool starts at 9am PST / 6pm CET on December 7-8. For Division 1, watch aesirpenke on Twitch. For Division 2, watch ToHoCo on Twitch.
  
• Season 2024 ends on January 6th. Last chance to get your ranked rewards! Read more: here!

[h3]Happy Holidays![/h3]

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!

The snow queen promises to lift the "eternal" winter next patch, when Season 2025 starts. You can toggle decorations in Options if your PC is struggling to contain her power.


[h3]Tripled Creator Code Rewards![/h3]
‘Tis the season of giving! From when this patch goes live until next month’s patch on January 6th, entering a creator code when purchasing Premium Essence will give:

• +30% Premium Essence (normally +10%) to the purchaser
  
• 42% revenue in USD (normally 14%) to the content creators whose code you enter

The Legion TD 2 community is the heart of what makes this game special, and this is our way of giving back to everyone who helps make this community amazing.

How do I support Legion TD 2 creators? See a video guide: here! Remember that supporting a creator costs nothing to you. It rewards you with bonus Premium Essence and gives a share of the revenue to the creator.

Want to get paid for creating Legion TD 2 content? Join the Legion TD 2 Partnership Program hosted by Nexus.

[h3]Reminder: Link your Discord Account[/h3]



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.

[h3]New Secret Card: The Katana Kid[/h3]





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

[h3]Mythium Gate (2v2)[/h3]
Improved consistency & responsiveness of when the gate opens

[h3]Masterminds[/h3]

Cash Out
Bonus starting gold: 20 → 21

+1 gold buff, which in the context of Legion, means we’re going from C tier to A.

Champion
Attack speed and damage reduction: 9.5% → 10%

Champion's been one of the worst-performing masterminds for the past year, and we regret that. Here's a much-needed buff.


[h3]King[/h3]
- Base attack and flat Lightning Hammer damage increased by 15%
- Giant Slayer: Percent health damage: 2.5% → 1.8%
- Lightning Hammer: Percent health damage: 2.5% → 1.8%

Weaker against boss waves. Stronger otherwise.

[h3]Fighters[/h3]

Peewee / Veteran
Booster / Stimpack: Attack speed bonus: Additive → Multiplicative

Attack speed buffs now behave more expectedly.

Fire Archer
Attack speed: 0.99 → 1.01

Fire Archer has been a historically underutilized unit. We can’t buff it too much because the Bone Warrior line is already strong.

Dark Mage
Attack range: 400 → 600

Dark Mage often died too early with its short range.

Bone Crusher
Health: 1110 → 1090

Slightly high pick rate and win rate.

Masked Spirit / False Maiden
Attack speed: 1.06 → 1.09

Low pick rate and win rate.

Hell Raiser
- Attack speed: 1.06 → 1.09
- Tantrum: Attack speed bonus: Additive → Multiplicative

Attack speed buffs now behave more expectedly.

Gargoyle
- Health: 330 → 320
- Attack speed: 0.9 → 0.885

High pick rate and slightly high win rate. This unit singlehandedly allows some openings to get an extra worker by wave 3.

Orchid
Shuriken Cyclone: Attack speed bonus: Additive → Multiplicative

Attack speed buffs now behave more expectedly.

Alpha Male
- Health: 2650 → 2700
- Damage: 101 → 103

Now more alpha. Low win rate.

Warp Wing / Void Manta
- Damage increased by 5%
- Plasma Decay: Damage reduction: 4 → 3

High win rate and particularly oppressive in the early game.

Deathcap
Damage: 30 + 0.06% max health → 31 + 0.07% max health

With the introduction of Honeybear, Deathcap was indirectly nerfed. Low win rate.

Millennium / Doomsday Machine
Attack speed: 0.606 → 0.595

High win rate.

Lord of Death
Mana regeneration increased by 5%

Low win rate.

Hades
- Conjure Thanatos: Mana cost: 60 → 55
- Mana regeneration increased by 5%
- Necromancy: Mana gain: 3 → 2
- Necromancy: No longer excludes Froggos

Let the summoner war begin.

[h3]Mercenaries[/h3]

Brute
- Maul: Attack speed reduction against the king: 1% → 0.5%

Brute’s attack speed reduction made it too strong against the king, particularly in the late game.

Centaur
- Damage: 86 → 88

Low usage rate and win rate.

[h3]Waves[/h3]

Wave 6: Rockos
- Impale: Damage amplification against king: 2% → 4%
- Impale: Max stacks against king: 10 → 4

The king now takes more damage against small leaks and less damage against large leaks on wave 6.

[h3]Classic[/h3]

Dual Building
Attack speed bonus to waves removed, and buff renamed from Haste to AOE Damage Reduction

While our goal isn't for dual building to become meta, it could use a buff to increase its viability.


[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:
- Kingsguard

[h3]Minor Updates[/h3]
- Big Play Announcements: Not Even Close is more responsive now. Also, if triggering Not Even Close and Power Play/Game Changer at about the same time, it will show both back to back.
- New Emoji: wirklich_zornig
- MVP Score: Various improvements
- Gold Remaining: Fixed a bug where if your Dwarf Banker/Big Wig was your last unit remaining, it didn’t update the correct estimated gold value
- 4K: Fixed a bug where certain game popups were uncloseable when using the UI Scaling setting
- Pathing: Fixed some rare cases of units being stuck
- Campaign Menu: Fixed some cases where the Play button was mistakenly hidden in certain languages
- Big Play Announcements: Fixed a false positive case for Not Even Close
- Double Down: Fixed a rare case where two stacks were consumed instead of one
- Campaigns: Nerfed Mama Mayra and Fabulous Freddy slightly



[h3]FTCup with $2500 Prize Pool[/h3]
The FTCup starts at 9am PST / 6pm CET on December 7-8. For Division 1, watch aesirpenke on Twitch. For Division 2, watch ToHoCo on Twitch. Thank you to ftq for sponsoring and Shadowings for organizing!

[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 is relatively light, as we prepare for our big upcoming Season 2025 patch, but there's still a lot to be excited about! It'll be great to have Cash Out and Champion as more viable masterminds.

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

The 2024 season is ending, and a new season is coming!

Below is the calendar for January 2025:

• January 3 (Friday): Season 2025 (v12.00) patch notes are posted
  
• 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.

We've got a ton of exciting changes coming in Season 2025 (v12.00). Details to come in January's 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.



Ladder Points (LP) are a measure of your overall presence on the ladder throughout the course of the year.

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

3 years ago we celebrated the Top 10 Players of Early Access. Followed by the Top 10 Players of the 2022 Nova Cup Season. Now introducing the Top 10 players of ALL TIME!

18 voters, consisting of developers, moderators, casters, and streamers, submitted their top 10 lists. A Borda count (10 points for a first place vote, 9 points for a second place vote, etc.) was then used to determine the final rankings. While not perfectly scientific, it's a common ranking system used in sports, including the AP Poll for the past 90 years. Plus, it allows you to roast the voters you disagree with

The maximum number of points a player can receive is 180. Without further ado, here are the final rankings... in reverse order for maximum suspense!

From the King of Division 2 to the King of Division 1. fine dominated the lower league of the Nova Cup for years before eventually climbing his way into the top league and winning multiple Nova Cups in Division 1. A clear case of practice makes perfect. He is the 5th-highest rated ladder player of all time. Trust in fine, and everything will be fine.

• 25 points
  
• 44% of top-10 votes
  
• 1st in 7 Nova Cups, including Division 2

The fastest climb in Legion history. After being ranked Silver in his first season, XGod had a meteoric rise to the top. Initially known for spamming Lock-In Proton, XGod proved he was more than a 1-trick by dominating both the ladder and tournaments with his high-income, carry playstyle. XGod and his duo Ashton Butcher were the only players to go toe-to-toe with Kingdanzz and Widderson in Season 2022.

• 34 points
  
• 56% of top-10 votes
  
• 1st in 6 Nova Cups

Your favorite clown and caster. The only thing preventing him from winning tournaments is casting them. Penny and his duo BerntDasBROT both claim the other holds them back. He's proof that being a boomer doesn't mean you can't be good at video games. Penny has been a top player for the past 4 years, in addition to being a pillar of the community.

• 48 points
  
• 50% of top-10 votes
  
• 1st in most tournaments casted

The most consistently strong player of all time. adames is a wizard of the game and has been one of the best players for the past 7 years. One of the only players to be able to compete with Kingdanzz and Ashton Butcher during Early Access. Earlier in his career, adames was known for his Bounty Hunter opening, and more recently, his signature masterminds are Chaos and Redraw.

• 48 points
  
• 67% of top-10 votes
  
• 1st in 1 Nova Cup
  
• 1st in 2 LIHL seasons

The most clutch tournament player. Widderson is one of the all-time greats. While he's plenty good on the ladder, he's best known for dominating the tournament scene. Crushed the LIHL with his duo adames and, more recently, Nova Cups with Kingdanzz. One of his super powers is learning the meta mid-tournament. Never bet against him.

• 73 points
  
• 72% of top-10 votes
  
• 1st in 2 LIHL seasons
  
• 1st in 10 Nova Cups

The Queen of Legion TD 2. One of the best, both on the ladder and in tournaments. Lucy and her duo Drachir are known for storming onto the Legion scene after full release and being the only players to put an end to the dominance of Kingdanzz and Widderson. Even on her own, Lucy is a force to be reckoned with and sits atop the ladder.

• 76 points
  
• 72% of top-10 votes
  
• Current rank 1 in ladder points in 2024
  
• 1st in 7 Nova Cups

The best ladder player of all time. Aviator is the inverse of Widderson. While clearly being a competitive tournament player and taking his fair share of wins in Nova Cups, Aviator is top dog of the ladder. With a peak rating of 3585, the matchmaker gives him a 98.92% expected win rate against a 2800-rated Legend player. Aviator doesn't follow the meta, he creates it.

• 109 points
  
• 1 first-place vote
  
• 83% of top-10 votes
  
• Highest peak rating of all time
  
• First in 2 Nova Cups

Pioneer of "income, carry, win" and the best ladder player of Early Access. When playing with Ashton, get in his backpack and enjoy the ride. In addition to dominating the ladder, Ashton has historically been one of the best tournament players of all time. Ashton is the Karpov to Kingdanzz's Kasparov. Undoubtedly one of the best, and the only real competition to Kingdanzz during Early Access.

• 125 points
  
• 2 first-place votes
  
• 94% of top-10 votes
  
• First player to hit 3000 Elo
  
• 1st in 5 Nova Cups
  
• 1st in 4 Masters Cups

The top two players in our ranking were the only players on every single voter's top 10 list. Drumroll please...

The best player since full release. It's difficult to overstate how much Drachir has dominated both the ladder and tournament scene for the past two years. Him being this close to overtaking Kingdanzz in the vote is testament to how quickly and monumentally Drachir has become the best player in the game. He's so good that the final boss of the Floating Isles campaign is named after him. His opinions on game balance carry the weight of 10 other Legend players. The only thing that carries more weight is his own creation Drachbot.

• 148 points
  
• 4 first-place votes
  
• 100% of top-10 votes
  
• Rank 1 in ladder points in 2023
  
• 1st in 9 Nova Cups

The GOAT. See his name for proof. Kingdanzz is the greatest Legion player of all time—so good that the final boss of the Crystal Coast campaign is named after him. Even when he's taking a hiatus from Legion to hit rank 1 in other games, Kingdanzz is never considered an underdog. Kingdanzz on a 2-month break vs. the current rank 1 Legion player? Bet on Kingdanzz. During Early Access, Kingdanzz dominated the ladder, often being 300 rating above the rank 2 player. He also dominated every tournament—to the point where even taking a game off him in a best-of-5 was considered an accomplishment. After full release, he found some much-needed competition, but continues to be the GOAT.

• 162 points
  
• 11 first-place votes
  
• 100% of top-10 votes
  
• Rank 1 in ladder points in 2022
  
• 1st player to hit Grandmaster
  
• 1st player to hit Legend
  
• 1st in 10 Nova Cups
  
• 1st in 7 Masters Cups
  
• 1st in 1 LIHL season

Others receiving votes: Tjuvis (21), BerntDasBROT (17), Bonny (16), Shadowings (12), Doofusmcdooface (11), johnyc (11), Jules (9), Boone (7), Saiya (7), MrSLICKINS (5), Isolde (4), Toikan (4), Aatrocity (3), Bear. (3), Greenspirit (3), Archaikum (2), Egekaer (1), Lisk (1), Maxim (1), Paweded (1), robie (1), Shea (1), Skovtrold (1). Honorable mentions: Pzig42, LForward

[h3]Voter Consensus[/h3]

Before diving into individual ballots, let's judge the extent to which each voter agreed with the consensus. We'll consider two measures: first how many names in their ballot matched those in the final ranking. The second uses the following scoring system: 100 minus 1 point for each placement difference compared to the final ranking. For example, if a voter ranked Kingdanzz as 3rd, they would be penalized 2 points because he was 1st, not 3rd, in the final ranking. If a voter ranked Tjuvis as 5th, they would be penalized 6 points because Tjuvis was not in the final ranking. Anyone outside of the top 10 is considered to be in 11th place for the purposes of this scoring system. The following scores don't mean accuracy, but rather agreement with the consensus:

1. Lisk: 10/10 matching names, consensus score of 90
   
2. Drachir: 9, 91
   
3. Jules: 9, 91
   
4. Ofma: 9, 90
   
5. BerntDasBROT: 9, 85
   
6. Shea: 8, 91
   
7. Pennywise: 8, 89
   
8. Doofusmcdooface: 8, 84
   
9. Schn3rd: 8, 81
   
10. Tjuvis: 8, 79
    
11. Schakara: 7, 77
    
12. Snekkles: 7, 72
    
13. Shadowings: 6, 83
    
14. Danwulfe: 6, 81
    
15. Dani: 6, 79
    
16. Toikan: 5, 78
    
17. Skovtrold: 5, 75
    
18. ToHoCo: 5, 53

[h3]Ballots[/h3]
Some voters chose to give explanations, which can be found by clicking the * next to their name.

Lisk Developer. Playing since 2017.

1. Kingdanzz
   
2. Drachir
   
3. Aviator
   
4. Ashton Butcher
   
5. Widderson
   
6. FC Lucy
   
7. fine
   
8. XGod37
   
9. adames
   
10. Pennywise

Drachir Moderator and top-rated player. Playing since 2021.

1. Kingdanzz
   
2. Drachir
   
3. Aviator
   
4. FC Lucy
   
5. Ashton Butcher
   
6. Widderson
   
7. adames
   
8. johnyc
   
9. fine
   
10. XGod37

Jules * Developer and top-rated player. Playing since 2017.

1. Kingdanzz
   
2. Drachir
   
3. Aviator
   
4. Ashton Butcher
   
5. Widderson
   
6. adames
   
7. FC Lucy
   
8. XGod37
   
9. Pennywise
   
10. BerntDasBROT

Ofma Moderator, caster, and top-rated player. Playing since 2021.

1. Kingdanzz
   
2. Drachir
   
3. Widderson
   
4. Aviator
   
5. FC Lucy
   
6. Ashton Butcher
   
7. XGod37
   
8. adames
   
9. fine
   
10. Greenspirit

BerntDasBROT Moderator, caster, and top-rated player. Playing since 2017.

1. Kingdanzz
   
2. Ashton Butcher
   
3. Aviator
   
4. Drachir
   
5. adames
   
6. FC Lucy
   
7. XGod37
   
8. fine
   
9. Widderson
   
10. Paweded

Shea Top-rated player. Playing since 2017.

1. Kingdanzz
   
2. Drachir
   
3. Ashton Butcher
   
4. Aviator
   
5. XGod37
   
6. FC Lucy
   
7. Widderson
   
8. adames
   
9. Shadowings
   
10. Shea

Pennywise * Moderator, caster, and top-rated player. Playing since 2017.

1. Kingdanzz
   
2. Ashton Butcher
   
3. Drachir
   
4. Aviator
   
5. Adames
   
6. FC Lucy
   
7. Widderson
   
8. Berntdasbrot
   
9. Greenspirit
   
10. fine

Doofusmcdooface Streamer and top-rated player. Playing since 2021.

1. Drachir
   
2. Aviator
   
3. Kingdanzz
   
4. FC Lucy
   
5. Ashton Butcher
   
6. XGod37
   
7. adames
   
8. fine
   
9. Shadowings
   
10. Doofusmcdooface

Schn3rd * Moderator and top-rated player. Playing since 2017.

1. Kingdanzz
   
2. Pennywise
   
3. Drachir
   
4. Widderson
   
5. Ashton Butcher
   
6. FC Lucy
   
7. Bonny
   
8. BerntDasBROT
   
9. XGod37
   
10. adames

Tjuvis Top-rated player. Playing since 2017.

1. Ashton Butcher
   
2. Widderson
   
3. Kingdanzz
   
4. Drachir
   
5. Tjuvis
   
6. Aviator
   
7. FC Lucy
   
8. adames
   
9. XGod37
   
10. BerntdasBROT

Schakara Moderator and top-rated player. Playing since 2018.

1. Aviator
   
2. Kingdanzz
   
3. Drachir
   
4. Ashton Butcher
   
5. fine
   
6. Pennywise
   
7. Isolde
   
8. Aatrocity
   
9. Widderson
   
10. BerntDasBROT

Snekkles Moderator. Playing since 2018.

1. Kingdanzz
   
2. Widderson
   
3. Aviator
   
4. Saiya
   
5. adames
   
6. Ashton Butcher
   
7. XGod37
   
8. Drachir
   
9. BerntDasBROT
   
10. Jules

Shadowings * Caster, streamer, and top-rated player. Playing since 2018.

1. Drachir
   
2. Kingdanzz
   
3. Ashton Butcher
   
4. Pennywise
   
5. Aviator
   
6. adames
   
7. Tjuvis
   
8. BerntDasBROT
   
9. Archaikum
   
10. Egekaer

Danwulfe * Community contributor. Playing since 2018.

1. Kingdanzz
   
2. Aviator
   
3. Ashton Butcher
   
4. Drachir
   
5. Tjuvis
   
6. Widderson
   
7. fine
   
8. Shadowings
   
9. Doofusmcdooface
   
10. robie

Dani Developer. Playing since 2017.

1. Drachir
   
2. Kingdanzz
   
3. Pennywise
   
4. FC Lucy
   
5. Widderson
   
6. Ashton Butcher
   
7. Jules
   
8. BerntDasBrot
   
9. Bonny
   
10. Lisk

Toikan * Top-rated player. Playing since 2017.

1. Ashton Butcher
   
2. Drachir
   
3. Kingdanzz
   
4. Aviator
   
5. Bonny
   
6. Pennywise
   
7. Jules
   
8. Bear.
   
9. Doofusmcdooface
   
10. Maxim

Skovtrold * Caster. Playing since 2017.

1. Kingdanzz
   
2. Ashton Butcher
   
3. johnyc
   
4. FC Lucy
   
5. Drachir
   
6. Tjuvis
   
7. Bonny
   
8. Pennywise
   
9. Shadowings
   
10. Skovtrold

ToHoCo * Streamer and top-rated player. Playing since 2021.

1. Drachir
   
2. FC Lucy
   
3. Pennywise
   
4. Boone
   
5. Doofusmcdooface
   
6. MrSLICKINS
   
7. Toikan
   
8. Shadowings
   
9. Aviator
   
10. Kingdanzz

From now until Monday, November 25 at 10am PT, Legion TD 2 is FREE TO PLAY!

Help us get the word out by sharing on reddit, Discord, Twitch, etc. as we hope to get more people addicted to the game kindly welcome more players into our wonderful community.

We're also celebrating with tons of rewards!

Card Drop Gigaboost
Massively boosts your chances of finding a card in-game for matchmade games. Lasts until you find a card. Log on at least once during the free weekend period to claim this bonus. After you find a card, drop rates remain moderately boosted for the rest of the event.

Twitch Drops
Free rewards for watching Legion TD 2 on Twitch during the event! Details here: Legion TD 2 Twitch Drops

• Watch for 1 hour and earn 5000 Essence!
  
• Watch for 3 hours and earn a random card!
  
• Watch for 6 hours and earn 1000 Premium Essence!
  
• Watch for 10 hours and earn a random
• secret* card!

Essence Boost
200% Essence gains for all matchmade games!

Premium Essence Boost
30% Bonus Premium Essence when you enter a Creator Code! (Normally 10%)

Nova Cup
Last but not least, the next Nova Cup is this Saturday-Sunday (November 23-24). Watch the highest level of competitive tower defense gameplay in the world! Casted by the Legion TD 2 tournament staff. Earn additional Twitch Drops as always for watching!

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

(November 21)

King
Health buffed by 4.5% on all waves
Giant Slayer: 3.75% --> 2.5%

The king is still too strong against high health targets.

Warp Wing
- Damage: 84 --> 80

Void Manta
- Damage: 235 --> 227

Very high win rate.

(November 19)

King
- Giant Slayer: Max health damage: 5% --> 3.75%
- Lightning Hammer: Max health damage: 3% --> 2.5%

The rework to the king made him too strong against bosses and late game waves. Scaling it back.

Wave 18: Wale Chiefs
- Damage: 184 --> 208
- Poison-Tipped Pole: 80 --> 90

Damage fix.