Nova Cup Recap: November 2022

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.