Expected patch release: January 6

News & Updates
- If you missed it, check out my (Lisk's) Reddit AMA from November!


Get ready for the second full season since Legion TD 2's official release!

• January 5: Season ends at 8am PDT / 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.

Allies 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, +2 EP each game, so play as much as you can to climb.
  
• Rewards: 2x rewards compared to last year! Gotta keep up with inflation.
  
  • Top 10 finish: 25,000 Essence
    
  • Top 100 finish: 10,000 Essence
    
  • Top 1,000 finish: 3,000 Essence
    
  • Reach 150 EP at any point: 1,000 Essence

• 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 Pack Leader of the Horde skin, which won’t be offered in the shop until next year (January 2024).

Every game you play, you gain Mastery Points (MP) for the fighter you opened with. The fighter you opened with is the fighter type that makes up the most of your value on Wave 1. After earning enough MP for a fighter, you unlock higher mastery levels. Each mastery level grants a new mastery symbol and Bonus Essence.



Your mastery level will be flexed on Wave 1 in a new "versus" popup that reveals everyone's openings.



Visit your Profile --> Masteries to view mastery level progress for all fighters as well as collect rewards.



At the end of each game, you'll earn MP based on the numbers below.



+50 MP per game*
+25 MP if you win the game
+25 MP if you're the MVP
+25 MP if you beat higher rated opponents
+3 MP per equipped Monument matching your opening fighter

*Ranked and Classic always count. For Play vs. AI and Campaign, it must be wave 6 or later for it to count.




Needler

• Cost: 360 mythium
  
• Role: DPS
  
• Ranged / Pierce / Fortified
  
• HP: 3700
  
• DPS: 128 x 3

Needle Spray
Fires 2 additional needles at enemies near its attack target. Multiple needles can hit the same target. Ability damage. Also, gains 1 mana when it kills a unit.


Rapid Fire
Gains 50% attack speed for 5 seconds. Stacks with itself.




Shadow Dancer

• Tier 6 (Cost: 270g)
  
• Role: Versatile
  
• Melee / Pierce + Magic / Fortified
  
• HP: 1600
  
• DPS: 86

Shadowbreeder
Has a 15% chance with every attack to create a clone of itself that deals 25% damage as Magic damage and spawns with 25% health. Clones cannot clone themselves.



Dread Knight

• Tier 6 Upgrade (Upgrade Cost: 415g)
  
• Role: Versatile
  
• Melee / Pierce + Magic / Fortified
  
• HP: 3520
  
• DPS: 189

Hatebreeder
Has a 20% chance with every attack to create a clone of itself that deals 25% damage as Magic damage and spawns with 25% health. Clones cannot clone themselves.


Improvements

• Client Backgrounds: Added a "Randomize on Startup" option to allow you to randomize your client background every time you start up the game.
  
• Audio: Improved various cases where some sounds would be muted when there were a lot of sounds playing at once. Big battles should sound more alive, now.
  
• Damage Taken Tracker: Now takes into account damage reduction & evasion. This should more accurately display which tanks are doing most of the work, as well as make Battle Scars more reliable to use.
  
• Spectator Mode: Improved win probability formula. It continues to evolve.
  
• Classic: Rating badge thresholds have been tweaked to better reflect the Classic elo distribution. [Learn more]
  
• Client UI: Friends list should now be displayed in-game even if your Steam profile is set to private.
  
• Client UI: Added a new option: "Hide from Friends List" which allows you to toggle your visibility to your friends' in-game friends lists, even if you are invisible on Steam. The setting can be found in Options > Social.

Fixes

• Client UI: Fixed some cases where displayed rating would be not fully up-to-date after finishing a game
  
• Graphics: Fixed a bug where some missile impact VFX weren't showing up properly
  
• Level Up: Fixed some rare cases where an AFK player would mistakenly earned XP/currency when they weren't supposed to
  
• Game Coach: Fixed a rare case where Game Coach would mistakenly warn you about missing income, when you didn't miss income. This happened in some cases when you used Pack Rats.
  
• Sovereign: Fixed a bug where using the Sovereign of Death skin wouldn't play sound effects upon reaching max mana
  
• Client UI: Added a warning for players who sell/donate secret cards, to warn them that they lose the Monument slot that was unlocked by that card
  
• Client UI: Fixed a bug where player avatars would be incorrect in Global Chat
  
• Profile: Fixed a bug where Challenger trophies didn't show up
  
• Gameplay: Fixed another case where takeover bots in Classic were always sending every wave, even if all allies saved
  
• HUD: Fixed some rare cases with shift-building where the HUD would glitch and lock a unit to your cursor
  
• HUD: Fixed some rare cases where building fighters would become unresponsive
  
• HUD: Fixed a bug where chat messages from a previous game were occasionally displayed by mistake in the current game
  
• Campaign: Fixed a bug where restarting on Wave 10 would prevent you from picking a Legion Spell
  
• Stability: Fixed a rare case where the game was unplayable if the computer was unable to write debug logs to the system
  
• Stability: Fixed various other rare cases of instability

New Player Experience

• Improved new player Classic matchmaking/rating progression
  
• UI now warns low-level players against playing Classic and recommends to play Ranked instead for fairer matches

Localization & API

• Localization: New Feature! Translation previewer is now live at: https://developer.legiontd2.com/translate. This should be helpful with previewing markup to make sure there are no syntax errors.
  
• Localization: New Feature! Added a Last Updated column for translation fields. We will keep this updated from now on with any fields that have significantly changed and need a retranslation.
  
• Localization: Updated many more translations, especially for the Desert Ridge Campaign
  
• Localization: Added translation fields for Twitch integration
  
• If you are natively fluent in another language, we'd love to have your help improving Legion TD 2 translations. Please visit https://legiontd2.com/translate
  
• 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 fancy new app that automatically generates guides from player data.

Immediately unlock the Pack Leader of the Horde skin for free if you achieve any 2 season goals. Otherwise, you can unlock it via the shop when it's offered next year.



The seasonal skin from 2022 is now available for sale!




Congratulations to those who made it into the Top 100 Ladder Points leaderboard from Season 2022!

For Season 2023, the Ladder Points (LP) system has been reworked to the following:
- Gain 10-50 LP per win, maxing out at 7 wins/week. The higher your rating is, the more points you gain.
- The week resets at 12:00 midnight UTC (same time as Weekly Challenge reset).
- No more weekly LP gain (no passive LP gained).

Together, this encourages activity/discourages camping, without overly rewarding people who have more time to grind. This also makes LP available for everyone, not just the top ladder players.



Gold Rebalance
- After each wave, all players gain 1-400 gold depending on the wave. (WaveNumber^2 gold)
- Mercenaries and king upgrades give slightly reduced income.
- Mythium gather rate is now higher than when we ran the previous Gold Rush event

The goal of these changes is to make Classic queue feel a bit more casual, prevent players from falling too behind late game, and differentiate Classic from Ranked. We’ll keep a close eye on these changes and adjust them as needed.

We ran a similar Gold Rush style event last year. While most players liked it, it had some issues with too many games going to wave 21. We gathered a lot of feedback from a variety of Classic players, and this new iteration should be much improved.

Dual Building
- Fighters now wait 8 seconds before beginning to regenerate mana, making it comparable to solo laning
- Wave and mercenary AOE damage reduction: 37.5% --> 40%

These nerfs primarily hit AOE and dual builds that abused mana regeneration.



King
- Health decreased by ~35%
- Damage increased by ~100%
- Attack speed increased by 13%
- Giant Slayer: 24% → 20%
- Now has Tenacity: Gains 1.5% damage reduction per 1% damage taken this wave (Tenacity expires after the wave ends)
- Only uses Lightning Hammer now. Immolation, Chain Frost, and Judgment spells removed.
- Lightning Hammer projectile speed doubled to better handle mass units like Froggos
- Lightning Hammer damage decreased by ~30%
- Upgrade Attack: +19% → 11%
- Upgrade Spell: +7% → 9%

The king is now less susceptible to being 100-0’d in one wave. We now have a direct lever to tune this, rather than having to change AOE damage or Giant Slayer, which had other unintended effects.



Battle Scars
- Damage reduced by damage reduction and evasion now counts in the Damage Taken tracker.

This change means Battle Scars is more likely to be applied to units with damage reduction and evasion, which is a buff.


Divine Blessing
- Health: 2400 → 2350
- Attack speed: 18% → 17%

High win rate.



Nekomata
- Attack speed: 0.909 → 0.922

Low win rate.


Rogue Wave
- Delusion: Spell damage increase: 14% (7% against bosses) → 16% (8% against bosses)

Low pick rate. Giving players more reason to pick Aqua Spirit with spell damage-heavy comps.


Kingpin
- Health: 4700 → 4150
- Damage: 195 → 230
- Elite Fisherman: Bonus stats per mana: 2 damage → 15 health and 1 damage

Now grows bigger the more stacks of Elite Fisherman he has.


Sea Serpent
- Health: 640 → 660


Deepcoiler
- Health: 1950 → 2010

Low win rate and pick rate.


Gateguard
- Health: 600 → 570
- Chaos Hound no longer degenerates health


Harbinger
- Health: 1730 → 1640
- Cerberus no longer degenerates health

The doggos now survive longer and don't get quickly focused.


Elite Archer / Trinity Archer
- Now flying and can be buffed by Leviathan’s Aerial Command


Lost Chieftain
- Fixed a bug where it would sometimes mistakenly buff a summoned unit if the summoner was placed at the very front of the lane


Grarl
- Attack speed: 0.85 → 0.83

#1 highest pick rate. Recent buffs to Eggsack and King Claw, and the Ocean Templar rework have made Grarl too versatile of a pick, offering opening options, low risk shifting, a solid off-tank, anti-magic defense, and strong healing synergies.


Cursed Casket
- Health: 1580 → 1560


Cage of Pain
- Health: 2760 → 2740


Iron Maiden
- Health: 3930 → 3920
- Blade Storm: Damage: 45x3 → 43x3

High win rate and pick rate.


Starcaller
- Damage: 185 → 180

High win rate and pick rate.


Priestess of the Abyss
- Attack speed 0.99 → 0.97


Azeria
- Attack speed 0.99 → 0.97
- Reduced synergy with mana gain by 17%

High win rate and pick rate.


Radiant Halo / Arc of Justice
- Attack speed: 1.13 --> 1.15
- Solar Flare: Stacks up to 5 times → 3
- Reduced synergy with mana gain by 15%

This synergy was too strong, especially late game with multiple stacks.


Sand Badger
- Health: 2500 → 2530
- Damage: 75 --> 76


Iron Scales
- Health: 6730 → 6800
- Damage: 202 --> 204

Low win rate and pick rate.


Gatling Gun / Vulcan Cannon
- Attack speed: 2.08 → 2.13

Very low pick rate.


Great Boar
- Health: 3200 --> 3230
- Damage: 63 --> 64


Red Eyes
- Health: 8000 → 8170
- Damage: 157 → 162

Very low win rate and low pick rate.


Holy Avenger
- Aegis: Health gain per stack: 100 → 80
- Now gains main ~15% faster


Sovereign
- Final Judgment: Health gain per stack: 250 → 200
- Now gains main ~15% faster

More frequently pops off, which is more fun.


Millennium
- Attack speed: 0.595 → 0.606


Doomsday Machine
- Damage: 600 → 610

Low win rate.


Lord of Death
- Damage: 63 → 59
- Undead Dragon
— No longer degenerates health
— No longer gains health on kill
— Now procs Intellect (+15% mana) on Lord of Death


Hades
- Damage: 158 → 148
- Thanatos
— No longer degenerates health
— No longer gains health on kill
— Now procs Intellect (+15% mana) on Hades

Dragons now no longer steal kills from the summoners, which means more more mana and more dragons.



Brute
- Damage: 57 → 58

Outshined by high income mercenaries early game and other power mercenaries mid and late game.


Centaur
- Attack speed 2.17 → 2.08

Still the #1 performing mercenary in the game with a high win rate and usage rate. Too oppressive against certain builds.


Ogre
- Attack speed: 1.43 → 1.41

High win rate and usage rate.


Kraken
- Ancient Power: Damage and damage reduction per wave: 0.85% → 0.9%

Low usage rate.



If you haven't already, be sure to check out the Desert Ridge Campaign! Like the first campaign included in the base game, Desert Ridge is playable with 1-4 players. It consists of 7 unique opponents, each increasing in difficulty. Among others, you'll face off against PennyTV - a British streamer who forces you to play T1-only builds, Bonny Flay - a salty chef who gives "balance advice" to the devs, and receives some "hotfixes" as a result, and Crashton - a high-octane goblin who pushes too many workers, but always seems to get away with it.

More info: Legion TD 2 - Desert Ridge Campaign


With this new patch, we are excited to kick off the new year with tons of content to go along with the new ranked season!

It's been a long time since we had a new mercenary, so it'll feel good to see how the Needler affects the meta. As always, we'll keep a close eye on balance and release hotfixes ASAP whenever needed. Even more new mercenaries and units are already in the works, so it's going to be an awesome year for Legion.

Thank you again for playing Legion TD 2! We hope you continue to enjoy the game, as well as enjoy the wintry scenery for another month or two.

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

We hope you're hyped for the new season, Season 2023, coming in just a couple weeks! In the meantime, we want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

To celebrate the holiday season, a Twitch Drops Celebration will be run from December 24th-28th!

From December 24th-28th, watch any Legion TD 2 Twitch streamer with Twitch Drops enabled to earn the following rewards:
- Watch for 60 minutes: 2,000 Essence
- Watch for an additional 60 minutes: 4,000 Additional Essence
- Watch for an additional 120 minutes: Random Card
In other words, simply watch 240 minutes (4 hours) of Twitch, and you'll earn 6,000 Essence and a Random Card in total.

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

As Season 2022 draws to a close, it's time to congratulate the top 10 tournament players over the course of the whole season!

Note: if you're new to the Legion TD 2 tournament scene, visit the following link to learn more:
Nova Cup FAQ


The Nova Point (NP) system is used to rank tournament performance. It uses the following point system:

• 1st place finish: +3 NP
  
• 2nd place finish: +2 NP
  
• 3rd/4th place finish: +1 NP

Congratulations to the top 10 tournament players of the 2022 Nova Cup season! Each player will receive an in-game badge with their tournament rank, based on total NP over the course of the year.


1. Kingdanzz
The most decorated Legion TD 2 player of all time. Widely considered the GOAT. So good, he's also the final boss of the Crystal Coast campaign.

• 20 NP
  
• Peak Rating: 3273 (Division 1) - #1 all time
  
• 1st place finishes: 4
  
• 2nd place finishes: 3
  
• 3rd place finishes: 2
  
• Notable playstyle: Everything but Castle

1. Widderson
One of the best Legion players of all time, proven by consistently dominant results in every tournament. Pioneer of Priestess of the Abyss opening.

• 20 NP
  
• Peak Rating: 3230 (Division 1) - #3 all time
  
• 1st place finishes: 4
  
• 2nd place finishes: 3
  
• 3rd place finishes: 2
  
• Notable playstyle: Castle

3. XGod37
Originally known for being a Proton Lock-in player, XGod had one of the fastest climbs in Legion history. Silver in his first season to Legend next season. Finishes 2022 with the most 1st place Nova Cup wins.

• 17 NP
  
• Peak Rating: 3155 (Division 1) - #5 all time
  
• 1st place finishes: 5
  
• 3rd place finishes: 2
  
• Notable playstyle: Cash Out

4. fine
The most dominant player in Division 2. Who wants to see them compete in Division 1 next season? Picks Grarl when available in literally 100% of his games.

• 16 NP
  
• Peak Rating: 2408 (Division 2)
  
• 1st place finishes: 4
  
• 2nd place finishes: 2
  
• Notable playstyle: Fiesta

5. GehPennen
The second-most dominant player in Division 2. Also picks Grarl when available in literally 100% of his games. Coincidence or conspiracy?

• 13 NP
  
• Peak Rating: 2400 (Division 2)
  
• 1st place finishes: 3
  
• 2nd place finishes: 2
  
• Notable playstyle: Fiesta

6. Ashton Butcher
Infamous for his high-income carry playstyle and 90%+ economist score. Sent Cannoneers instead of Brutes before it was cool. Won 3 of the first 4 Nova Cups.

• 10 NP
  
• Peak Rating: 3077 (Division 1) - #6 all time
  
• 1st place finishes: 3
  
• 3rd place finishes: 1
  
• Notable playstyle: Yolo

7. Aviator
One of the best Legion players of all time, proven by consistently being on top of the ladder and strong tournament results. Mastered the art of Pack Rat Treasure Hunt before it was considered strong.

• 9 NP
  
• Peak Rating: 3187 (Division 1) - #4 all time
  
• 1st place finishes: 1
  
• 2nd place finishes: 3
  
• Notable playstyle: Greed

8. Drachir
The best of the new blood and one of the front-runners in Ladder Points, in a tight 3-way race with Kingdanzz and Aviator. Will he end Season 2022 with the coveted GOAT badge?

• 8 NP
  
• Peak Rating: 3259 (Division 1) - #2 all time
  
• 2nd place finishes: 3
  
• 3rd place finishes: 2
  
• Notable playstyle: Greed

8. FC Lucy
One of the strongest players to enter the Legion scene recently. Excels at finding creative avenues to win games. Secretly carries her duo mate, Drachir.

• 8 NP
  
• Peak Rating: 3034 (Division 1) - #10 all time
  
• 2nd place finishes: 3
  
• 3rd place finishes: 2
  
• Notable playstyle: Greed

10. resito
Plays with their duo mate SebAx. Classic-only player. Proof that you don't need to play ranked to win Nova Cups.

• 7 NP
  
• Rank #162 all time in classic (Division 2)
  
• 1st place finishes: 2
  
• 2nd place finishes: 1
  
• Notable playstyle: Greed

10. SebAx
Plays with their duo mate resito. Classic-only player. Proof that you don't need to play ranked to win Nova Cups.

• 7 NP
  
• Rank #503 all time in classic (Division 2)
  
• 1st place finishes: 2
  
• 2nd place finishes: 1
  
• Notable playstyle: Yolo

10. Shea
Long-time player who only recently became one of the top players. Community leader and streamer. #1 most-picked unit: Seedling. #1 highest win rate unit: also Seedling

• 7 NP
  
• Peak Rating: 2977 (Division 1) - #17 all time, #7 all time Classic
  
• 1st place finishes: 2
  
• 2nd place finishes: 0
  
• 3rd place finishes: 1
  
• Notable playstyle: Everything but Fiesta

10. GreenSpirit
Recently saw a rapid ascent up the ladder and tournament scene. Unbeatable when soloing, but held back by his duo mates. Top performing units are the fish boys: Angler, Bounty Hunter, and Kingpin.

• 7 NP
  
• Peak Rating: 3045 (Division 1) - #8 all time
  
• 1st place finishes: 1
  
• 2nd place finishes: 1
  
• 3rd place finishes: 2
  
• Notable playstyle: Greed

To see the full list of winners for each tournament, visit the following:
Nova Cup League Points - Full Results


Thank you to everyone who participated in this year's Nova Cup. It has been a blast seeing all the plays, comebacks, and throws each month as players compete for prize money and bragging rights.

We look forward to the upcoming Season 2023 as the Nova Cup continues next season.

If you're interested in joining (it's free and open to all!), be sure to join the Legion TD 2 Official Tournament Discord. All tournament updates are posted in that Discord. In addition, keep an eye out for in-game news updates, as those will also announce tournament details each month.

See you in the new season!

Sincerely,
Your Legion TD 2 Tournament Staff

The long-awaited second singleplayer/co-op campaign is out now!


Play against all new opponents: Ember, Juju, PennyTV, Bonny Flay, Sven, Crashton, and Victra.

Get it here:
Legion TD 2 | Desert Ridge Campaign

To celebrate the launch of the campaign, a Twitch Drops Celebration will be run from December 1st-5th!

From December 1st to 5th, watch any Legion TD 2 Twitch streamer with Twitch Drops enabled to earn the following rewards:
- Watch for 60 minutes: 2,000 Essence
- Watch for an additional 60 minutes: 4,000 Additional Essence
- Watch for an additional 120 minutes: Random Card
In other words, simply watch 240 minutes (4 hours) of Twitch, and you'll earn 6,000 Essence and a Random Card in total.

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

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)

• Day 1 started off with some serious early game brawling in round 1 DarkPooPoo vs Split Tank With The King. In game 1, a 480 mythium send from Split Tank on 9 was huge king damage https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1658910690?t=20m44s
  
• Day 2 Ask Chat IDK vs F-C Lu-cy :drach; :drach; - :drach; :drach; :drach; game 1 saw HUGE king damage on wave 10 to Ask Chat’s team, and were not able to recover. Game 2 was a clutch reversal with a lower worker Mr Buzz playing cartel Kingpin being able to recover in the midgame. Game 3 did not go as cleanly for Ask Chat with Peini not being able to recover as well from Cartel after wave 10, with a game winning send from F-C Lu-cy on 16. Well played! https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1658911162?t=54m17s
  
• F-C Lu-cy in the finals did not relent with a 3-0 victory. In game 1 of the set GreenSpirit of F-C Lu-cy did a clutch 12 hold with Azeria with -400 value https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1658911162?t=110m31s
  
  Closing Thoughts
  
  With this season of Nova Cup concluded, congratulations to our top 10 players in League Points https://beta.legiontd2.com/esports/#panelPlayers this year, who will receive exclusive in-game badges, numbered 1-10 based on ranking.
  
  Thank you as always to Nova Cup Staff:
  Schn3rd
  AmerikanHunay
  Pennywise
  
  And to our commentators/casters this month:
  D1: LTD2 - Pennywise & Ofma & SSP & Widderson
  D2: Seederers & ToHoe
  D3: Milkstevens & Devious
  D4: Shadowings
  
  Hopefully you were able to grab your very own real Safety Mole Plush and the new campaign early! If not, it is out for everyone very soon. Thank you again from all of the staff running Nova Cup, and we look forward to seeing you all again in January 2023!
  
  -nattodog, on behalf of the whole Legion TD 2 Tournament Team!.
  
  P.S. We'll be making a separate post congratulating the top players of this Nova Cup season, so keep an eye out for that.

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!



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 https://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)



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.



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.



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.



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,



(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



If you haven't already, check out the Limited Edition Safety Mole Plushie!

It's a high quality, custom-designed plushie and every purchase includes the new Desert Ridge singleplayer/co-op campaign, a 200 IQ Mole secret card, and 2800 Premium Essence!

Safety Mole Plushie Store Page


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. {LINK REMOVED}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 https://twitch.tv/ltd2. Check the Tournament Discord on the event day for links to the other casts.

Sincerely,
Your Legion TD 2 Tournament Staff

P.S. If you haven't already checked out the Limited Edition Safety Mole Plushie... check it before it's too late! It's going to be GONE FOREVER in just two weeks (November 25th).


Buy it here: Limited Edition Safety Mole Plushie by Makeship

Congratulations to our division winners!
- D1: Abrasiert (Widderson & Kingdanzz)
- D2: Doghow (Schweppes & Oteoteote)
- D3: Nephyzdepioute (Bouobou & Plebus)
- D4: Calvesslayer (Nephyz & LaMiiiicr)

See below for the full recap of the tournament! Main credit for this recap goes to nattodog, with help from Lisk.


October Nova Cup has wrapped! Last Saturday and Sunday, competitors from a large spread of competitive ranges put their skills to the test to see who can take the winning title.

First, some signup stats.
- Total signups: 364 (140 teams + 84 solos)
- Total teams in final brackets: 101

The turnout for October was huge! Thank you so much to everyone that participated and signed up to compete.

For this month, we had some gaps in commentary coverage for Division 3 and 4, so there are no recordings this month for the two divisions. If you have any interest in doing commentary for future Nova Cups– it's available to anyone! All you need is a Twitch account, and contact me through Discord at nattodog#3290 and we can get you set up.

If you missed any of the action and would like to deep dive into it yourself, please check out the links to all tournament footage from all divisions: https://beta.legiontd2.com/esports/#panelTournaments

Otherwise, onto the highlights:

Division 4 (Team Rank Spread 954- 1547)

• Top seed Schnitzelpolizei had a strong start but fell to Wikileaks in the Semifinals– 13th seed!
  
• Team Cnn10/CzarMango as a solo sign-up team took the win from The Harbingers of Doom in Round 2.
  
• Calvasslayer at 10th seed kept up the good play from beginning to end, but didn’t win Finals unchallenged by Wikileaks with a 3-1 victory.

Division 3 (Team Rank Spread 1559-1837)

• Unrivaled Rivals in Round 2 at 26th seed took a win over 10th seed(!) Tigerpants. Their tournament run ended in Round 3 against 2nd seed Twobruteoneleak.
  
• Last month’s D4 winners Opulence had a good run to Semifinals, meeting their match vs Nephyzepioute. That’s a quick climb! Will we see them in the Finals soon?
  
• Both finalist teams Nephyzepioute and Doublefiesta made it all the way through bracket uncontested until their Finals match. Nephyzdepioute took the win but not for free! With a 3-1 finish.

Division 2 (Team Rank Spread 1858-2344)

• Day 1 Valas/SuperCheapOtto vs Punktelieferant came down to a very close final game with an end on wave 16 giving a victory to Valas/SuperCheapOtto (Watch Video)
  
• Day 2 finals Geegee vs Dogchow was a very close game up to wave 10 where Dogchow took a large lead from a huge send. The game ended with a clash on 17 with Dogchow coming out of the exchange on top. (Watch Video)
  
• Of note: team Dogchow has played in 7 Nova Cup tournaments, and were finally able to come out with a division win! Well played!

Division 1 (Team Rank Spread 2460-3259)

• Day 1 in round one team Oftq vs Nogreedballzfeed, a very evenly matched game leads to a big 16 push to a game winning 17 send for team Oftq (Watch Video)
  
• ßutterßoys vs Quack Quack Boom had a very interesting match where Quack Quack Boom was seemingly heavily put on the back foot from a huge hit on 12, but managed to return with a game ending 13 hit to the king immediately after (Watch Video)
  
• Day 2 Finals Abraisiert vs pi²/6 game 1, a close game by wave 11 becomes especially stressful when pi²/6 picks All Out Assault. pi²/6 kept their composure and held mythium all the way to 13 where both teams raced for the win, with pi²/6’s send being just enough to secure the win (Watch Video)
  
• Game 3 of Abraisiert vs pi²/6, what was shaping up to be a very one sided game with a big lead for Abraisiert abruptly ended on wave 11 when pi²/6 re-sent with All Out Assault while Abraisiert committed to a push and treasure hunt, giving an comeback game win to pi²/6 (Watch Video)
  
• Final match game 5 Abrasiert vs pi²/6, another close game ends on 16 with an intense race, what a final set this month! (Watch Video)

Last month, the first ever Legion TD 2 Skin Competition concluded, which featured Legion TD 2 community artists (and non-artists ) competing to have the most popular skin concept. The highest voted skin would be added to the game in a future update!

16 skin concepts made it through to the final round, and 958 votes were cast, and below are the top 5 most voted skins!

1. Bone Crusher Red Mask by D4NW0LF - 142 votes


2. Totally Not Poisonous Hermit by LanaDelRabiesLTD2 - 100 votes


3. Beach Party Cannoneer by Drachir - 87 votes


4. Fallen Pegasus by Liktor03 - 86 votes


5. Robo Skeleton Archer by Dyztanz - 83 votes


See all votes here: [[url=https://i.imgur.com/84i0lNR.png]Legion TD 2 Skin Competition Voting Results[/url]]

Congratulations to D4NW0LF on winning first place with their Bone Crusher Red Mask skin!

They have been awarded 10,000 Premium Essence and a new skin based on their design will be added to the game in a future update!

Because the entries were all just so good, an additional 2,500 Premium Essence will also be awarded to 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th. Big thank you to everyone else who participated, too. Many entries will surely inspire future skin designs even if they weren't the top vote getters.

Winners - please message Pennywise#8456 on Discord or reddit with your in-game name to receive your prizes.

Closing Thoughts

Thank you to everyone who participated and signed up for this month's Nova Cup, as well as the Skin Competition! A tremendous thank you to all tournament casters & organizers.

Tournament Organizers:
- Schn3rd
- AmerikanHunay
- Pennywise

Tournament Casters:
- Pennywise
- Shadowings
- Greenspirit
- Ofma
- Tohoe
- soaring.ostrich
- ToxicFury
- SetoKaiba

Skin Competition Organizers:
- Pennywise
- Schn3rd

We could not have an event like this without all of the help and support. Thank you very much and hope to see all of you again next month (and hopefully some new faces as well!).

We hope to see you next month, November 19th-20th for the next Nova Cup!

-nattodog & Lisk, on behalf of the whole Legion TD 2 Tournament Team!