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Legend of Defenders equipment, stats and the Blacksmith
Legend of Defenders gear comes from Rift Raid bosses, is class-bound, and helps only the hero wearing it. Put damage stats on your main damage dealers and survival or cooldown stats on supports, then enhance, enchant and reroll at the Blacksmith.
Quick answer
- A gear main attribute boosts only its wearer.
- Damage reduction caps near 50%.
- Dismantle and sell from the Warehouse.
- 1.0 adds Ascendant and Mythic gear.
How does equipment work in Legend of Defenders?
- Each hero has two gear slots. Gear is class-bound: bows, swords, wands and accessories each fit their own heroes.AboboKnows 26:31
- A main attribute such as "Thunder damage +20%" applies only to the hero wearing it, not to every Thunder hero.
- Gear can carry an equipment skill. The store screenshot shows an Epic Maul with Frozen Spikes: a 1% chance to Freeze when an Ice wearer attacks, and a guaranteed crit on the first hit against a Frozen target.
- There are more than 90 pieces of equipment. Version 1.0 adds the Ascendant and Mythic tiers above legendary.
- Gear drops from Rift Raid bosses; once you can beat the Goblin boss there, the developer says you get "more and more legendary equipment".
Which stats should I keep or reroll?
Split by role. The developer's own advice: main damage dealers take damage stats; supports take survival, such as percent HP (legendary only) and healing on basic attack, because the castle has HP to protect.
| Role | Stats players push |
|---|---|
| Main damage, early | Attack, attack speed, crit, damage |
| Support, early | Gold gain, HP/MP restore, cooldown |
| Late game, all | ATK %, HP %, attack speed %, restore on crit, HP/MP %, damage % |
| Summon builds | Cooldown, +1 summon on weapon, summon damage and HP |
Those role lists come from one experienced player, so treat them as a starting point. Until you can farm Rift bosses freely, use what you have.
Do turret hits trigger "basic attack" effects? One player reports that turret and cannon attacks count as basic attacks for effects such as "basic attack restores HP". Whether repeated hero buffs stack has been asked but not answered by any source yet.
How does damage reduction stack?
Additively, with diminishing returns, ending at about 50%. For the exact rule, hover damage reduction in the Castle attribute panel; the developer points there for how melee and ranged reduction combine.
What does the Blacksmith do?
It opens once you own 5 pieces of equipment.Nerfed Reflexes 9:40 There you enhance, enchant and reroll affixes until the stats fit your team. The full game adds auto enchant and auto reroll, so you don't have to click through every attempt.
Where do I dismantle or sell gear?
In the Warehouse. Dismantling lives there, with filters, even though the Blacksmith tooltip mentions it. Selling is there too: click Batch Manage. The developers plan to add a dismantle option to the Blacksmith in the next big version.
How do gems work?
Gems drop from recruiting, go in their own slots and give team-wide bonuses: names seen on launch day include Weapon, Vitality, Arcane, Thunder, Toxin, Gold, Experience and Summoning, and one Weapon Gem gave +25% Physical damage.AboboKnows 3:15 There are 16 gems. Gem slots open through quests up to wave 350. The Mining Gem now boosts gold mining only.
Legend of Defenders equipment questions
Does a "Thunder damage +20%" weapon boost my whole Thunder team?
No. The developer says a gear main attribute applies only to the hero wearing it, not to every Thunder hero.
Is there a cap on damage reduction?
Yes. The developer describes damage reduction as additive with diminishing returns, ending at about 50%. Hover the stat in the Castle attribute panel to see the exact rule.
Where do I dismantle gear?
In the Warehouse, not the Blacksmith. Dismantling there supports filters. Selling is in the Warehouse too, through Batch Manage.
What stats should I put on gear?
For main damage dealers, damage: Attack, attack speed, crit and damage %. For supports, survival and utility such as HP %, healing on basic attack and cooldown. Late-game players add restore on crit and HP/MP %.
How do I get legendary gear?
From Rift Raid bosses. The developer says that once you can beat the Goblin boss in the Rift, legendary drops become common.
Related: Rift Raid bosses · team comps · stuck on a wave