Expected release: Monday, October 12
1v1 Featured Event
Teammates holding you back? It's your time to shine in our 1v1 event lasting October 16-18!
Twitch Drops
To celebrate the new patch, we will be having twitch drops for every live channel from October 12-18!
Nova Cup
Monthly 2v2 tournament with an $875 prize pool and 4 divisions
The next Nova Cup will be in October 24-25th. Join the Tournament Discord to participate and receive tournament notifications. View all past Nova Cups here: Legion TD 2 Esports Portal
Major Updates
New Wave 11 Legion Spell: Buzzinator
Buzzinator
Every 6 attacks (10 for ranged), this fighter spawns a Buzz. Also, +7% attack speed.
Buzzinator go bzzz 
New Fighter Skins: Corrupted Gateguard and Harbinger
Game Balance
Read more about our design philosophy on game balance, and use Drachbot to see mastermind, unit, and spell win rates and pick rates!
Masterminds
Saboteur 
Starting gold: 4 → 3
High win rate.
Swarm
Starting resources: 3 income → 2 income + 3 gold
Very high pick rate and slightly high win rate.
Legion Spells
Giant Snail
HP and attack speed decreased by 3.5%
High pick rate and slightly high win rate.
Prosperity 
Gold gained: 160 → 155
Gold gained when wave 12 spawns → when wave 11 ends
This better differentiates Prosperity from Venture.
Sniper
Attack speed bonus: 45% → 50%
Low win rate.
Sorcerer
Mana regeneration decreased by 2%
Slightly high pick rate and win rate.
Vampire
Lifesteal and spell vamp: 30% → 32%
Low win rate.
Wolverine
Regeneration increased by 5%
Slightly low pick rate and win rate.
King
King
Attack speed increased by 4%
Upgrade Regeneration increased by 9%
King buffs and Swarm nerf will make the early game meta in high MMR less starvey. Nothing too drastic, since marginal changes can meaningfully shift optimal play.
Fighters
Fighter balance changes are light this patch because Swarm’s dominance is warping the meta and skewing data.
Kingpin
HP decreased by 1%
Base damage decreased by 2%
High win rate.
Honeyflower / Deathcap
Attack speed increased by 2%
Low pick rate and win rate.
Crab Warlock / Crabomancer
Summoner damage increased by 2%
Low pick rate and win rate.
Tips against Crab Warlock / Crabomancer builds:
Send Pack Leader and other DPS mercs: Brute, Imps, Ogre, Witch, or Centaur, depending on the rest of their frontline
Generally avoid tank mercenaries, Hermit, Safety Mole, Four Eyes, Mimic, and Needler
Send on impact and magic waves, notably waves 10, 13, 14, 16, and 20
When in doubt, save mythium for one wave longer. It’s important to overwhelm them with a big send and not let the Crab Warlocks hit critical mass
Banana Bunk / Banana Haven
Attack speed decreased by 3.5%
High win rate.
Mercenaries
Safety Mole
Damage decreased by 1.6%
Health decreased by 1.7%
High win rate.
Mimic
Attack speed decreased by 1.7%
Health decreased by 1.7%
High win rate.
Pack Leader
Leadership Aura: Damage taken penalty: 18.5% → 18%
Low win rate.
Classic / PvE
Dual building only: Pulsebot and Skybot damage decreased by 20%
Balance Watchlist
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:
Strong: Evolution
Weak: Chaos, Overwork
Improvements
Increase Guild Wars time by 6 hours (now Saturdays 1am to 9pm PST)
Enabled Halloween map for this patch
Added an "Auto double down" checkmark in the main menu
Added the option to select your country flag, or completely hide it from everywhere (settings -> social)
Fixed wave 1 pathing inconsistencies
Fixed PvE mistakenly granting too much income when it does king upgrades
Fixed cases of the kings being invisible sometimes
Fixed spectator UI bug with overwork
Fixed estimated mythium being wrong while the wave is changing
Fixed -lockwave not working with giga mimic
Added new quests for masterminds and T6 units that didn’t have one, and for giga mimic
Improved mastermind/legion icon visibility in the bottom left
Some client performance improvements
Enabled hotkey for the Evolve ability
Fixed the reconnect pop up mistakenly not showing up sometimes
Fixed Hypercarry not gaining any stacks sometimes with multiple legion spells (4v4)
Fixed the wave 1 afk detection not working in the PvE queue
Fixed Stash usage not showing up correctly to allies / spectators sometimes
Added "aatrocityLetsGo" emote
Fixed cases of the Tab scoreboard not showing legion spell / ability icons correctly
Estimated gold doesn't assume that you full cover anymore in 2v2
Active abilities like Mudman's harden or Orchid's shuriken now show up in the in-games match history builds
Game Translations
If you'd like to contribute to improving the game's translations further, visit the following link: Help Translate Legion TD 2
HUGE thank you to everyone who has helped up to this point! 
Reward for Boosting Discord
Anyone who Boosts the Legion TD 2 Discord will receive 
500 Premium Essence each month the Boost is active. Here's how it works:
When you Boost the Legion TD 2 Discord, you'll get a DM from Safety Mole with a code
The code can be redeemed by clicking the book icon at the bottom of the main menu and selecting Redeem Coupon Code
Players who keep their Boost active will receive a new code every month
Codes expire when the Booster receives a new code or if the old one wasn't used
Thank you to everyone for contributing to the community!
Monthly In-Game Reward Code
This month’s ultra-secret code is mebigfish to unlock some free Essence in-game!
Each month, a new code will be revealed right here in the patch notes. Codes are only valid the month they are announced and the following month.
Here’s how to enter a code in-game:
Closing Remarks
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.
Sincerely,
The Legion TD 2 Team
