Tier list, dated 5 Nov 2026
There is no shared damage table. Two guides do not publish the same order, and the studio never posted a tier list. A letter grade from me would be a costume on top of missing numbers. This page groups names by evidence instead. The groups will move when a patch says so. The date in the title is the read date, not a season.
| Group | Who | Why they are here | Status |
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| Described by the studio | Cryomancer, Fire Tree, Solar Turret, Mag Ranger, Ice Captain, Thunder Demon Lord, Poison Demon Lord | Named in news posts, not just in a roster scrape | Steam news |
| On the screenshot roster | Mag Ranger panel, plus the five tabs | You can see the UI. Stats on that panel are one save. | Steam screenshot |
| Named by two guides | The 22 heroes, 6 captains, 9 turrets, 3 cannons on the tables | Both public guides, or a guide plus a video. Conflicts stay on the row. | 2 sources where the row says so |
| One guide only | Frost Bone, Glacier, Zap Dancer, Automancer, Bloom, Trial Master, Ice Turret, a Solar captain | Spelled on one site. Not given a rank. | 1 source, omitted from the main tables |
Compare heroes, captains and turrets
Filter each table by name or element. Select a column heading to sort its rows. The status column records the evidence count and source conflicts; this is an evidence comparison, not a damage ranking.
Heroes
| Mag Ranger | lightning | DPS / multiple skills | Supporter Pack starting hero; also described as a tavern recruit | Three lightning-themed skills; one screenshot shows level 20.2K and five stars (star rank, not rarity) | 4 sources; element conflict: .com says lightning, .wiki says iceRow sources
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| Cryomancer | ice | Damage / resistance reduction | Tavern recruitment with diamonds | Deals ice damage and reduces enemy ice and fire resistance; the studio recommends pairing with Fire Tree | 2 sources: studio announcement and fan guideRow sources
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| Bog Demon | poison | DoT summons | Tavern recruitment with diamonds | Summons three copies, deals poison damage and applies Poisoned | 2 sources: studio announcement and fan guideRow sources
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| Pyromaniac | fire | Critical-damage support | Tavern recruitment with diamonds | Raises team critical damage and also deals damage | 2 sourcesRow sources
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| Flame Aide | fire | Summoning / support | Tavern recruitment with diamonds | Summons and strengthens fire elementals | 3 sources: announcement, Steam screenshot and fan guideRow sources
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| Time Bard | Cooldown support | Tavern recruitment with diamonds | Described as reducing the team's cooldowns | 2 sources; element absent from the checked sourcesRow sources
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| Drum Cats | Attack-speed support | Tavern recruitment with diamonds | Described as increasing the team's attack speed | 2 sources; element absent from the checked sourcesRow sources
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| Toxmaster | poison | Resistance reduction / DoT | Tavern recruitment with diamonds | Reduces all enemies' poison and fire resistance | 3 sourcesRow sources
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| Ember Mage | fire | Area damage | Tavern recruitment with diamonds | Skills can hit air units after the 17 Oct 2026 update | 2 sourcesRow sources
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| Shaman | Healing | Tavern recruitment with diamonds | Healing; nine-star passive provides a minimum heal | 2 sourcesRow sources
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| Red Rose | Poison DPS | Tavern recruitment with diamonds | Uses Hornet Venom and Queen Bee Venom; the checked public sources do not provide their values | 2 sourcesRow sources
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| Moon Blade | physical | Single-target DPS | Tavern recruitment with diamonds | Physical single-target DPS; a video shows it leading damage in one fire-and-ice run | 2 sources: fan guide and video; no official attributesRow sources
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| Ice Angel | ice | DPS / crowd control | Tavern recruitment with diamonds | Described as a high-rarity ice hero | 2 sources; SSR appears only in a fan guideRow sources
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| Frost Gun | DPS | Tavern recruitment with diamonds | Name appears in the hero roster | 2 sources: screenshot roster and fan guide; no published official attributesRow sources
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| Flame Gun | fire | Starting DPS | Tutorial reward | First hero; basic fire damage, also described in later fire teams | 2 sourcesRow sources
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| Dragon Mom | ice | Summoning | Tavern recruitment with diamonds | Skill summons a large ice dragon | 2 sourcesRow sources
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| Hen Gen | DPS | Tavern recruitment with diamonds | Name appears in the hero roster | 2 sources: screenshot roster and fan guide; no published official attributesRow sources
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| Markswoman | physical | Ranged DPS | Tavern recruitment with diamonds | Ranged physical damage | 2 sourcesRow sources
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| Zap Ranger | lightning | DPS | Tavern recruitment with diamonds | Lightning damage | 2 sourcesRow sources
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| Mad Doctor | poison | DoT | Tavern recruitment with diamonds | Poison damage over time | 2 sourcesRow sources
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| King Shield | holy | DPS / support | Tavern recruitment with diamonds | Holy Strike and Call of the Crusaders | 2 sources: fan guide and video; element listed only by the guideRow sources
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| Forger | fire | Castle healing support | Tavern recruitment with diamonds | Fire support; skill restores castle HP | 2 sourcesRow sources
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Captains
| Sun God | fire | Captain / burst damage | Tavern recruitment | Walks onto the field, grabs nearby enemies and explodes; a fan guide describes top rarity | 3 sourcesRow sources
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| Toxic Blood | poison | Captain / poison damage | Tavern recruitment | Walks onto the field and weakens enemies with poison over time | 3 sourcesRow sources
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| Ice Captain | ice | Captain / crowd control | Tavern recruitment | Frost Hammer Shock; localized description added on 2 Nov 2026 | 2 sourcesRow sources
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| Zeus | Captain / DPS | Tavern recruitment | 3 Nov 2026 fix: hidden HP bar; a video describes it as top rarity | 2 sourcesRow sources
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| Archangel | Captain | Tavern recruitment | Fan guides and video describe high rarity; no numeric values in the checked sources | 2 sourcesRow sources
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| Frost Beast | ice | Captain | Tavern recruitment | Ice captain | 2 sourcesRow sources
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Turrets
| Solar Turret | Risk and reward | Unlock / build with gold | Raises enemy attack and HP in exchange for more gold and EXP | 3 sourcesRow sources
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| Fire Tree | fire | Team damage conversion | Unlock / build with gold | Converts team damage to fire | 3 sourcesRow sources
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| Heavy Gun | High single-target damage | Unlock / build with gold | Described as high shot damage with a long attack interval | 2 sourcesRow sources
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| Thunder Demon Lord | Demon Lord Tower | Demon Lord Tower system | Placement fixed in the day-one hotfix | 2 sourcesRow sources
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| Poison Demon Lord | poison | Demon Lord Tower | Demon Lord Tower system | Placement fixed in the day-one hotfix | 2 sourcesRow sources
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| Blaze Tower | fire | Early-game DPS | First tutorial recruitment | Described as a main early-game damage source | 2 sourcesRow sources
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| Sky Hunt | Anti-air | Unlock / build with gold | Missile turret described as effective against airships and other air units | 2 sourcesRow sources
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| Thorn Tower | Single-target DPS | Unlock / build with gold | Single-target damage turret | 1 source: videoRow sources
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| Stinger | DPS | Unlock / build with gold | DPS display fixed on 2 Oct 2026 | 2 sourcesRow sources
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How to use the evidence groups
If you want a build that a developer sentence supports, use Cryomancer and Fire Tree, and decide whether Solar Turret's enemy buff is worth the coins. If you want a name that at least two write-ups share, use the hero and turret tables and sort by the status text. If you want a "best DPS" order, it does not exist in the sources I checked. Creator videos, including Dabble and AboboKnows, show long runs. Their rankings are theirs. I do not copy a number off a video frame into this table.
Balance already moved. The 2 Oct demo note changed monster HP growth after wave 200 and fixed Dragon Gun's damage accounting. The day-one hotfix moved two demon-lord towers and made Demon Lord Tower floor 1 easier. A tier printed on 3 Nov can be wrong by 5 Nov for that reason alone. Filter the hero table by element if you are matching a damage type. The filter works in the browser and the full table is still in the page if scripts are off.
Full hero tableSort and filter the named list.Fire and iceThe one combo with a studio sentence.PatchesWhat changed after the screenshots were taken.
Questions
Who is S tier?
No one, on this page. S tier would pretend the sources agree on a damage order. They do not. The top group is "the studio wrote about them."
When was this list checked?
5 Nov 2026, against the store page, the news list through 4 Nov, and the two public guides.
Sources
- Steam news for app 4740930 — checked 2026-11-05
- Steam store page, Legend of Defenders (app 4740930) — checked 2026-11-05
- legendofdefenders.com heroes list — checked 2026-11-05
- legend-of-defenders.wiki heroes and towers — checked 2026-11-05