Gen 3 Legendary Heroes

01. Overview & Quick Reference

Marcus, Duke and Lexie are the third generation of Legendary heroes and form a complete class triangle — one Guard, one Marksman, one Biker — so their always-on class buffs never compete with each other. The exclusive weapons give the roles away before a single battle is fought: Marcus's weapon buffs defensive squads, Duke's and Lexie's weapons buff rally squads. All three are Combat-trait heroes, not city-building placements like Dmitry or Sea-ah, so their value is on the march and in hero battles.

They are live. The three appear in your Hero list once your State is 112 full days old, and every Fragment channel opens on State day 113 — one day later. The single exception is State Showdown, which switches to Duke at State day 111. Until your State reaches day 112 the heroes are not in the list at all, so there is nothing to plan around yet.

Side-by-Side Quick Reference

Premium Stat Scaling

• ▸The class buffs multiply with rally and garrison buffs. Class star buffs sit in one multiplier group and the weapon's rally or defensive-squad buffs in another. The two groups multiply rather than add, so a Gen 3 hero's weapon skill compounds on its own class buff.
• ▸Maxed march skills add 50,760 hero power. Three slots at 16,920 each. Level 1 of a slot is worth 900, so the power is almost entirely in the book-fed levels.
• ▸Neither of the weapon's own two skills is a bench stat. No Surrender, Golden Anthem and Data Simulation reach you only as a battle effect, shown in the rally detail and war report, and the three patrol skills only inside a hero battle. The bench value of the weapon is its class buff and its 1.4× stat ratio, nothing else.

Ultimates against the Gen 2 Legendaries

Samuel's ultimate ticks four times, so his real total is about 2.4× at Lvl 5. There is no energy bar in this engine: ultimates are gated by the first-cast delay and the cooldown alone.

02. Acquisition & Fragment Sources

None of the three is in any recruitment pool, and all three recruit for 10 Fragments. Lexie is guaranteed for 15 Lucky Wheel draws and expected in about 10. Marcus costs exactly 14,850 Diamonds. Duke has seven channels, more than the other two together, but most of them pay by competitive rank.

All three also sit in the Alliance Training Store: one Fragment for 2,500 Training Vouchers, three per hero per reset, from State day 113. The store swaps the Gen 2 Fragments out for these on the same day, so the Gen 2 rows stop at day 112. Four resets covers a recruit, and it is the only channel that treats all three heroes alike.

Where to Get Each Hero's Fragments

Lexie — Lucky Wheel

The draw milestones alone pay 15 Fragments by the 15th draw, five more than a recruit needs, so luck cannot stop you. The wheel itself adds an expected 0.55 Fragments per draw on top. A 10-draw costs 13,500 Diamonds or 9 Lucky Coins. A single draw costs 1,500 Diamonds or 1 Lucky Coin. The daily cap is 150 draws.

Each milestone also pays the same number of Legendary Patrol Skill Books and Legendary Deployment Skill Books. The full 120-draw run yields 115 of each, plus an expected 66 more Fragments from the wheel — about 180 Fragments for 162,000 Diamonds or 108 Lucky Coins.

Marcus — Hall of Heroes

Diamonds buy exactly one Marcus. A Hero Token costs 150 Diamonds, the first is free, and the Diamond counter stops at 100 per event. Marcus costs 10 tokens per Fragment, so 100 tokens is 10 Fragments is one recruit: 14,850 Diamonds. Everything past that comes from Hero Token Packs.

• ▸Marcus is the most expensive Fragment in the shop. Ten tokens against eight for the Gen 2 trio and seven for Scarlett and Tony. The Universal Legendary Fragment in his own tier costs more than he does.
• ▸Do not split the 100 Diamond tokens. Ten Marcus Fragments is the only whole recruit those tokens can buy. Eight Franklin Fragments plus two Marcus Fragments buys nobody.
• ▸The 370-Fragment cap is a pack cap. It needs 3,700 tokens. Diamonds reach 100. The other 3,600 are pack tokens.

Duke — Seven Channels

Duke replaces Pamela as the featured hero in Chief Almighty, King of the Precinct, State Showdown and the Daily Specials from State day 113, and Tony in Heroes Unite from day 120. Three of the seven are competitive rank ladders, and they pay by far the most, so the top of your State collects him in one event. The three rows marked in gold below need no rank at all.

• ▸Medals of Honor are the reliable route. Fourteen King of the Precinct medals pay 13 Fragments — a recruit and change, with no rank to defend. Ranking #51-100 in the same event pays 5.
• ▸The State Showdown preparation ladder pays the most. 400 Fragments at #1, and 5 as far down as #200. It is also the one channel that opens two days early, at State day 111.
• ▸The Legendary Universal Hero Fragment does not substitute for a recruit. Its own description limits it to heroes you have already recruited. Taking it over Duke Fragments on the Heroes Unite pass is a choice you cannot undo.

Gen 3 Fragments cannot be recycled at the Logistics Depot for Requisition Vouchers. The recycle list stops at the Gen 2 heroes. Spare Gen 3 Fragments have one use: star level.

03. Marcus — Earthshaker

Full Name

Earthshaker Marcus

Class

Guard (Tank)

Exclusive Weapon

Power Hammer

Combat Role

Garrison anchor — three guaranteed defensive buffs

Marcus is the wall. His three march skills carry no chance wording — enemy Attack down, damage taken down, Health up — and his weapon skill is the only Gen 3 effect that names Defensive Squads. In hero battles he is the melee hero of the three, swinging 1.80× Attack every 1.8 seconds, with a passive that stacks Defense on hits taken. Do not plan around the +100% Defense that passive advertises: five stacks need about five procs inside a 2-second window, roughly 16 incoming hits per second. Against five attackers at one hit per second the average is closer to 1.6 stacks — about +32% Defense. Whether a fresh stack refreshes the older ones is unconfirmed; even if it does, the cap is still a crowd-only event.

Patrol Skills (Patrol/Arena)

Skill	Type	Effect	L1	L5
Shake the Earth	Ultimate (first cast 5 s, cd 8 s)	Every enemy in a deep box in front of him attacks 1.5× slower for 4 s. The skill text says −50% Attack Speed; the engine stretches the attack interval by 1.5, which is −33% attacks per second	1.20× Attack	1.68× Attack
Steel Armor	Passive	Each hit he takes has a 16% chance to add a Defense stack for 2 s, up to five stacks	+8% Defense, 8% chance	+20% Defense, 16% chance
Cyclone Smash	Active (cd 6.5 s)	Half-circle melee swing with a 30% chance to stun for 1 s	0.80× Attack	1.12× Attack

Deploy Skills (World Map Deployments Layer)

Skill	Effect (in-game wording)	L1	L5
Heavy Intimidation	Reduces the Attack of the enemy Squad	4%	20%
Hold the Line	Reduces damage taken by the entire Squad	4%	20%
Commanding Presence	Increases the Health of the entire Squad	5%	25%

Exclusive Equipment Skills

Skill	Type	Effect	L1	L5
Power Upgrade	Patrol	Permanent buff on himself for the whole battle. The text names the hammer, but it raises every point of damage he deals — auto-attack, ultimate and Cyclone Smash alike	+10% damage dealt	+30% damage dealt
No Surrender	Deploy	Increases the Defense of Defensive Squads	5%	15%

Both skills come from the Power Hammer. The patrol skill turns on at gear Lvl 1, the deploy skill at gear Lvl 2.

04. Duke — Tuba

Full Name

Tuba Duke

Class

Marksman (Ranged)

Exclusive Weapon

Golden Sousaphone

Combat Role

Rally tank — Health plus two 20% procs

Duke is the rally tank. His march kit is a flat Health buff plus two procs that fire one time in five, and his weapon buffs rally Health. In hero battles he fires 1.00× Attack every second from three times Lexie's distance — the longest reach of the three — and carries the only area stun among the Legendaries that lands on every cast. His weapon adds the only silence in the game.

Patrol Skills (Patrol/Arena)

Skill	Type	Effect	L1	L5
Booming Note	Ultimate (first cast 8 s, cd 10 s)	Stuns every enemy in a circle for 2 s, on every cast	1.60× Attack	2.24× Attack
Acquired Taste	Active (cd 7 s)	Three casts in four damage the target. The fourth restores Health to that enemy for 0.50× his Attack instead — the in-game text states this	2.20× Attack	3.00× Attack
Distracting Blare	Active (cd 8 s)	Marks the nearest enemy hero for +30% damage taken for 3 s, no stack cap, no miss chance	+10% damage taken	+30% damage taken

Deploy Skills (World Map Deployments Layer)

Skill	Effect (in-game wording)	L1	L5
Golden Rhythm	20% chance for the Squad to deal increased damage for 3 rounds	8%	40%
Vexing Variations	On attack, 20% chance to reduce enemy damage for 2 rounds	10%	50%
Encore!	Increases the entire Squad's Health	5%	25%

Exclusive Equipment Skills

Skill	Type	Effect	L1	L5
Contrabass Blast	Patrol	Active skill, first cast 5 s and cooldown 10 s. Damages one enemy and silences it. The text says "enemies"; the data hits a single target	2.20× Attack, 3 s silence	3.00× Attack, 5 s silence
Golden Anthem	Deploy	Increases the Rally Squad's Health	5%	15%

Both skills come from the Golden Sousaphone. The patrol skill turns on at gear Lvl 1, the deploy skill at gear Lvl 2.

05. Lexie — Phantasm

Full Name

Phantasm Lexie

Class

Biker (Cavalry)

Exclusive Weapon

Holographic Terminal

Combat Role

Rally damage — 50% and 40% procs

Lexie is the offense. Her march skills are two independent 50% rolls that both raise damage — one on your side, one on the enemy's — and her weapon buffs rally Attack. In hero battles her 3.78× ultimate is the largest of any Legendary. Her second skill is stranger: base 0.70× at Lvl 5, then multiplied by a uniform random roll between 0.05× and 6.00×. The mean of that roll is 3.025×, so the expected hit is 2.12× Attack on a 5-second cooldown, but a single cast can land anywhere from 0.035× to 4.20×. She fires 1.20× Attack every 1.2 seconds from twenty times Marcus's reach. Her weapon skill is the only thing in the game that touches those random rolls.

Patrol Skills (Patrol/Arena)

Skill	Type	Effect	L1	L5
Random Command	Ultimate (first cast 6 s, cd 9 s)	Single nuke plus a 50/50 rider: a 1.5 s stun, or the target’s Attack divided by 1.2 for 2 s. The skill text calls that −20%; the engine gives −16.7%	2.70× Attack	3.78× Attack
Virus Command	Active (cd 5 s)	Damage multiplied by a uniform random roll between 0.05× and 6.00× (mean 3.025×)	0.50× base	0.70× base
Guard Command	Active (cd 10 s)	Heals the lowest-Health ally hero for Attack times a roll of 0.05× to 4.00× (mean 2.025×)	1.00× base	1.40× base

Deploy Skills (World Map Deployments Layer)

Skill	Effect (in-game wording)	L1	L5
Threat Assessment	On attack, 50% chance to increase the damage the enemy takes	10%	50%
Adaptive Firepower	On attack, 50% chance to increase that instance of damage	10%	50%
Emergency Evasion	40% chance to reduce damage taken by the entire Squad	10%	50%

Exclusive Equipment Skills

Skill	Type	Effect	L1	L5
Unstable Variable	Patrol	Raises both ends of her random rolls. At Lvl 5 Virus Command rolls 1.55× to 7.50× and Guard Command 1.55× to 5.50×	+0.30 to both bounds	+1.50 to both bounds
Data Simulation	Deploy	Increases the Attack of Rallied Squads	5%	15%

Both skills come from the Holographic Terminal. The patrol skill turns on at gear Lvl 1, the deploy skill at gear Lvl 2.

06. Stars, Gear & Progression

Stars (Same Path for All Three)

Star-ups cost the hero's own Fragment. Each star also adds class Attack + Defense buffs to ALL troops of that hero's class, at a 1.45× ratio no earlier generation has. Stars also gate the march skill slots and skill levels, whatever the books say.

• ▸2★ is where the third march skill lands. Commanding Presence, Encore! and Emergency Evasion all sit in slot 6.
• ▸Books per slot: 10, 30, 50, 75 — 165 Legendary Deployment Skill Books to max one slot, 495 for all three. Hero-battle slots use Legendary Patrol Skill Books instead. Lexie's full wheel run pays 115 of each.
• ▸Claim the story chapters as you go. Four per hero at 0★, 1★, 2★ and 3★, 50 Diamonds each. Free Diamonds, no stats, easy to forget.

Exclusive Gear (Unlocks at ★1)

Each hero has a dedicated exclusive weapon with 10 levels, fed by weapon Fragments from the Gen 3 Hero Materials Chest. Each weapon grants two skills, on two different ladders. The patrol skill — Power Upgrade, Contrabass Blast or Unstable Variable — turns on at gear Lvl 1 and steps up at every odd level. The deploy skill turns on at gear Lvl 2 and steps up at every even level. The Fragment cost climbs by five each level, so the two points that matter are gear Lvl 1 for 5 Fragments and gear Lvl 6 for 105. The full weapon is 275 Fragments, and one chest is one Fragment.

Power Hammer

Marcus

Golden Sousaphone

Duke

Holographic Terminal

Lexie

Every gear level requires the hero at 1★. Both weapon skills are listed in each hero's Exclusive Equipment Skills table above.

• ▸Gear Lvl 1 is the best five Fragments in the generation. It turns on the patrol skill. Nothing else on the ladder gives a whole extra skill for one step.
• ▸The two ladders alternate. Odd gear levels feed the patrol skill, even levels feed the deploy skill. A weapon parked on an odd level is one Fragment batch short of a deploy step, and the reverse on even levels.
• ▸One chest serves all three heroes. The Gen 3 Hero Materials Chest (C) lets you pick which weapon Fragment you take. Every chest spent on one weapon is a chest not spent on the other two.
• ▸The chest needs Chief's Office 15 to open. A minor gate for anyone at this stage of the game, but a real one.

Where the Chests Come From

Both sources are a trickle. Ten chests at the Depot is two thirds of gear Lvl 2, and that is the best run in the game. Fifteen chests turns on all three patrol skills. That is why 275 is a marathon, 105 is the plan, and 15 comes first.

Power Numbers

07. Strategy

08. Common Mistakes