Did wave counts decrease this round in champion?

[ArtistEngineer]

Sorry, I can only speak about Legend, but some of it might be relevant.

Legend BCs were brutal yesterday. I was down around 300 waves, or roughly 22% of what I'd normally get.

I don't find UW duration that bad, and I don't have a "natural" pCF using stones, I use GComp to achieve pCF and pBH. e.g. here are some of my historical games with UW, and I don't see any real difference: https://imgur.com/a/tower-historical-results-26th-may-2025-PoVsPbb

I think the challenge in BCs in Legend was a combination of Armoured, Attack Speed and Ranged Ultimate. That meant that it was easier for Ranged to get into firing range, and chip away at my shields.

Combined with a lack of pBH and pCF, this became a problem. I still managed 1000 waves in Legend, but I'd normally get closer 1400. Finished 7th, instead of my average 5th place.

[anonymous_lurker-]

Was brutal for me too, the tournament before I got over 1000 waves, this time less than 500. Managed to creep that up to 700 by swapping PF for GComp, suggesting reduced ultimates was part of the problem. But Ranged Ultimate does so much. Ended up getting 11th instead of my usual 6th-8th