v1.0 · Build Nov 4, 2026 · Castle cap 300 · 9 Hero slots + 1 Captain
All 49 Heroes, Captains, Turrets, Cannons, and Bosses Roster
Filter and compare all 49 verified combat entities in Legend of Defenders (Steam v1.0, Build Nov 4, 2026): 22 Castle Wall Heroes, 6 Lane-Patrolling Field Captains, 9 Elemental Turrets & Towers, 3 Heavy Cannons, 7 Rift Gate Raid Bosses, and 2 Recurring Wave Bosses.
Use the element selector and instant search box above to isolate specific elemental cores (Fire, Ice, Poison, Lightning, Physical, or Neutral). Click any Hero or Captain row in the table to slot them into the 10-slot Castle Muster Strip and inspect your squad's elemental resistance shred coverage.
| Name | Category | Element | Tactical Role | Unlock / Source | Core Mechanics & Scaling | Patch v1.0 Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mag Ranger | Hero | Lightning | Lightning DPS | Supporter Pack starter or Tavern Recruit | Marked DPS on the hero sheet; three lightning-themed skills. Starting hero in the Supporter Pack. | Featured in Launch Supporter Pack (Nov 2, 2026). |
| Cryomancer | Hero | Ice | Elemental Debuffer & Ice DPS | Tavern Recruit | Deals Ice damage and lowers enemy Ice and Fire Resistance, which is why the developers pair it with Fire units. | Added Oct 17, 2026; lowers enemy Ice and Fire Resistance. |
| Bog Demon | Hero | Poison | Poison Summoner & DoT | Tavern Recruit | Summons three small copies that fight with it, deals Poison damage and applies [Poisoned]. Built for damage-over-time teams. | Added Oct 17, 2026; summons 3 swamp copies and applies [Poisoned]. |
| Pyromaniac | Hero | Fire | Fire Crit Damage Support | Tavern Recruit | Fire support: raises the whole team’s Crit Damage while still dealing solid damage. | Added Oct 1, 2026 Demo launch; boosts full-team Crit Damage. |
| Flame Aide | Hero | Fire | Fire Elemental Summoner | Tavern Recruit | Mage that summons Fire Elementals and boosts their stats. | Added Oct 1, 2026 Demo launch; summons and buffs Fire Elementals. |
| Time Bard | Hero | Neutral | Cooldown Reduction Support | Tavern Recruit | Support: greatly reduces the whole team’s cooldowns. | Added Oct 1, 2026 Demo launch; reduces full-team skill cooldowns. |
| Drum Cats | Hero | Neutral | Attack Speed Support | Tavern Recruit | Support: a large Attack Speed boost for the whole team. | Added Oct 1, 2026 Demo launch; grants a major team Attack Speed buff. |
| Toxmaster | Hero | Poison | Elemental Resistance Shredder | Tavern Recruit | Lowers all enemies’ Poison and Fire Resistance. | Added Oct 1, 2026 Demo launch; reduces all enemies Poison and Fire Resistance. |
| Ember Mage | Hero | Fire | Anti-Air Fire Mage | Tavern Recruit | Its skills can hit airborne enemies (changed in the October demo update). | Oct 17, 2026 update enabled skills to hit airborne enemies. |
| Shaman | Hero | Neutral | Castle Healer | Tavern Recruit | Healer; the 9-star passive guarantees a minimum amount of healing. | Oct 17, 2026 update added guaranteed minimum healing floor on 9-Star passive. |
| Red Rose | Hero | Poison | Venom DoT Specialist | Tavern Recruit | Uses [Hornet Venom] and [Queen Bee Venom]; their exact values are shown in-game. | Oct 17, 2026 update exposed exact [Hornet Venom] and [Queen Bee Venom] values. |
| Moon Blade | Hero | Physical | High-Burst Physical Carry | Tavern Recruit | Physical damage dealer; topped the DPS meter in a fire-and-ice team even without matching its element. | Launch roster carry; strong single-target and wave DPS. |
| Ice Angel | Hero | Ice | SSR Ice Carry | Tavern Recruit | Top-rarity (SSR) Ice hero. | Top-rarity SSR Ice hero on the launch roster. |
| Frost Gun | Hero | Ice | Ranged Ice Marksman | Tavern Recruit | Shown on the hero roster. | Confirmed on official Steam store hero roster. |
| Flame Gun | Hero | Fire | Starter Fire Marksman | Tutorial First Hero | The first hero the tutorial gives you. A basic Fire damage dealer that stays useful in Fire teams. | Granted during the opening tutorial; core early Fire DPS. |
| Dragon Mom | Hero | Ice | Ice Dragon Summoner | Tavern Recruit | Ice summoner whose skill calls a large ice dragon onto the field. | Summons a large ice dragon onto the defense lane. |
| Hen Gen | Hero | Neutral | Ranged Roster Hero | Tavern Recruit | Shown on the hero roster. | Confirmed on official Steam store hero roster. |
| Markswoman | Hero | Physical | Physical Ranged DPS | Tavern Recruit | Shown on the hero roster. | Confirmed on official Steam store hero roster. |
| Zap Ranger | Hero | Lightning | Lightning Ranged DPS | Tavern Recruit | Shown on the hero roster. | Confirmed on official Steam store hero roster. |
| Mad Doctor | Hero | Poison | Poison Alchemist | Tavern Recruit | Poison-focused hero. | Confirmed on official Steam store hero roster. |
| King Shield | Hero | Physical | Vanguard Support & Crusader Caller | Tavern Recruit | Skills Holy Strike and Call of the Crusaders. | Uses Holy Strike and Call of the Crusaders. |
| Forger | Hero | Fire | Castle Repair & Rend Support | Tavern Recruit | Fire support whose skill restores Castle HP. | Restores Castle HP; Nov 4, 2026 patch fixed Rend and Poison trigger in Turrets. |
| Sun God | Captain | Fire | Field AoE Grappler Captain | Captain Recruit | Top-rarity Fire captain. Walks the battlefield, grabs the enemies around him and explodes. | Oct 17, 2026 update enhanced skill to grab nearby enemies before exploding. |
| Toxic Blood | Captain | Poison | Field Toxin Captain | Captain Recruit | Walks the battlefield and wears enemies down with toxins. | Walks the battlefield applying sustained Poison attrition. |
| Ice Captain | Captain | Ice | Field Crowd-Control Captain | Captain Recruit | Skill: Frost Hammer Shock (its missing description was added in the Day 1 Hotfix). | Nov 2, 2026 Day 1 Hotfix restored localized description for Frost Hammer Shock. |
| Zeus | Captain | Lightning | Top-Rarity Lightning Captain | Captain Recruit | Top-rarity captain, pulled from recruiting. | Nov 3, 2026 patch fixed hidden HP bar during combat. |
| Archangel | Captain | Neutral | High-Rarity Field Captain | Captain Recruit | High-rarity captain, pulled from recruiting. | Nov 4, 2026 patch fixed issue where Captains abnormally stopped attacking. |
| Frost Beast | Captain | Ice | Ice Field Captain | Captain Recruit | Ice captain. | Walks the lane supporting Ice-element defense teams. |
| Solar Turret | Turret | Neutral | Risk-Reward Economy Turret | Turret Deployment | Makes incoming enemies stronger (Attack and HP) in exchange for more coins and EXP. A deliberate risk-for-reward pick. | Buffs enemy ATK/HP for higher Coin & EXP drops; Nov 4 patch increased Diamond output. |
| Fire Tree | Turret | Fire | Team Fire Damage Converter | Turret Deployment | Converts the whole team’s damage to Fire damage. | Converts the entire team damage output into Fire damage. |
| Heavy Gun | Turret | Physical | Long-Interval Nuke Turret | Turret Deployment | Very high damage per shot with a long attack interval. | Added Oct 1, 2026; deals massive per-shot damage with a slow firing interval. |
| Thunder Demon Lord | Tower | Lightning | Elemental Defense Tower | Tower Slot | Named in the Day 1 Hotfix (its placement was fixed). | Nov 2, 2026 Day 1 Hotfix fixed misplaced tower coordinates. |
| Poison Demon Lord | Tower | Poison | Elemental Defense Tower | Tower Slot | Named in the Day 1 Hotfix (its placement was fixed). | Nov 2, 2026 Day 1 Hotfix fixed misplaced tower coordinates. |
| Blaze Tower | Turret | Fire | Starter Fire Turret | Tutorial First Recruit | Fire turret; the tutorial hands out a Blaze Turret from your first recruit. | Granted during the tutorial; foundational Fire defense turret. |
| Sky Hunt | Turret | Physical | Anti-Air Missile Turret | Turret Deployment | Missile turret that is good against airborne enemies such as goblin balloons. | Counters airborne waves such as goblin balloons. |
| Thorn Tower | Turret | Poison | Sustained Defense Turret | Turret Deployment | Shown in the turret list. | Available in the launch turret lineup. |
| Stinger | Turret | Physical | Rapid-Fire Ballista Turret | Turret Deployment | Shown in the turret list; its DPS readout was fixed in an October Demo patch. | Oct 2, 2026 update corrected DPS meter attribution. |
| Siege Bow | Cannon | Physical | Starter Manual / Auto Cannon | Tutorial Cannon Unlock | Your first cannon, unlocked in the tutorial. In manual mode you aim and fire it yourself. | Unlocked in tutorial; supports manual aiming or Auto Battle. |
| Ice Spike Gun | Cannon | Ice | Ice Artillery Cannon | Cannon Slot | Shown in the cannon list. | Provides Ice artillery support from the Castle wall. |
| Dragon Gun | Cannon | Fire | Fire Artillery Cannon | Cannon Slot | Fire-damage cannon; its DPS readout was fixed in an October Demo patch. | Oct 2, 2026 update corrected DPS meter attribution. |
| Red Dragon | Rift Boss | Fire | Tier 1 Rift Raid Boss | Rift Gate (130 Recommended Power) | First Rift Raid boss. Recommended power 130; drops a rare equipment chest. "First Raid" achievement. | Drops rare equipment chests; grants First Raid achievement. |
| Fairy Dragon | Rift Boss | Ice | Tier 2 Scaling Rift Boss | Rift Gate (800 Recommended Power) | Second Rift boss; recommended power 800, drops fabled equipment and grows stronger each time you beat it. "Rift Skirmish". | Scales in combat power after each victory; grants Rift Skirmish achievement. |
| Goblin King | Rift Boss | Physical | Tier 3 Rift Raid Boss | Rift Gate Progression | "Rift Rivalry" achievement. | Grants Rift Rivalry Steam achievement upon defeat. |
| Pagan Monarch | Rift Boss | Poison | Tier 4 Rift Raid Boss | Rift Gate Progression | "Rift Showdown" achievement. | Grants Rift Showdown Steam achievement upon defeat. |
| Bone Dragon | Rift Boss | Neutral | Tier 5 Apex Rift Boss | Rift Gate Endgame | "Rift Clash" achievement, the rarest boss kill. | Grants Rift Clash achievement (rarest boss milestone). |
| Cyclops | Rift Boss | Physical | Rift Raid Boss | Rift Gate Raid | Named in the Day 1 Hotfix boss-name fix. | Nov 2, 2026 Day 1 Hotfix separated Cyclops and Fallen Angel victory messages. |
| Fallen Angel | Rift Boss | Neutral | High-Tier Rift Raid Boss | Rift Gate Raid | Shown in the Rift Raid screenshot; its kill message was fixed in the Day 1 Hotfix. | Featured in official Rift Raid screenshot; Day 1 Hotfix corrected kill banner. |
| Goblin Shaman | Wave Boss | Neutral | Early Main-Wave Boss | Main Stage Boss Waves (Every 10 Waves) | Early main-wave boss, appears on boss waves roughly every ten waves. | Appears on early boss waves and alternates with Goblin Chief after Wave 20. |
| Goblin Chief | Wave Boss | Physical | Main-Wave Brute Boss | Main Stage Boss Waves (Wave 20+) | Main-wave boss seen from around wave 20 onward, alternating with the Goblin Shaman. | Alternates with Goblin Shaman on every 10th wave milestone. |
In Legend of Defenders, monster health and elemental resistance scale exponentially after Wave 100 and across the 7 Rift Gate raid encounters. Stacking flat damage dealers without matching resistance shredders causes DPS bottlenecks against wave bosses and high-floor Demon Lord Tower guardians.
Pair Fire Tree (-30% Enemy Fire Resistance for 5s) with Pyromancer, Fire Mage, and Phoenix for sustained burn waves, while Cryomancer (-30% Enemy Ice Resistance for 5s) and Frost Queen slow oncoming elites so Blaze Tower and Ice Tower maintain 100% uptime.
Anchor the lane with Field Captain Toxic Blood (buffed on Nov 1, 2026) and deploy Plague Doc (-30% Enemy Poison Resistance for 5s), Druid, Poison Crossbow, and Swamp Witch. Poison stacks tick continuously even when bosses trigger knockback or phase transitions.
Combine Supporter Pack / Tavern hero Mag Ranger with Electromancer, Hammer Guard (buffed Nov 1, 2026), Field Captain Zeus, and Paladin (+20% Critical Chance aura for 5s). Ideal for clearing dense Wave 1,000+ Monster Boost packs before they reach the Castle wall.
When running Solar Turret (which heals enemies slightly in exchange for bonus Gold drops), slot Shield Guard (-50% Castle damage taken for 5s) and Engineer (+10% Castle HP recovery) so your wall survives extended farming waves without losing tickets.
| Unit Name | Element | Buff / Debuff Effect | Duration | Best Paired Attackers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire Tree | Fire | -30% Enemy Fire Resistance | 5 seconds | Pyromancer, Fire Mage, Phoenix, Sun God, Blaze Tower |
| Cryomancer | Ice | -30% Enemy Ice Resistance | 5 seconds | Frost Queen, Ice Mage, Ice Captain, Frost Beast, Ice Tower |
| Plague Doc | Poison | -30% Enemy Poison Resistance | 5 seconds | Druid, Poison Crossbow, Swamp Witch, Toxic Blood, Venom Tower |
| Paladin | Physical | +20% Allied Critical Chance | 5 seconds | Archer, Crossbowman, Mag Ranger, Electromancer, Siege Bow |
| Shield Guard | Physical | -50% Castle Damage Taken | 5 seconds | Engineer, General, Solar Turret Gold-farming setups |
Somaticker issued two major post-launch balance patches on November 1 and November 4, 2026. The November 1 milestone patch directly increased the base combat performance of Hammer Guard, Ice Mage, and Field Captain Toxic Blood, while the November 4 update introduced one-click batch Star-Up in the Tavern for faster 10-Star promotion.
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