Clash of Clans Legend League Guide: Legend III, II and I Explained

Reviewed October 9, 2026. Legend rules and Battle Modifiers can change in a future update; verify the live tournament panel before signing up.

Legend League is the top end of Clash of Clans Ranked play, but it is no longer one identical competition. The April 2026 update split it into Legend III, Legend II and Legend I. Legend III and II are weekly group tournaments with 24 and 30 attacks respectively. Legend I is a four-week tournament with eight attacks per day, a global leaderboard and a weekly demotion check.

The three tiers award the same Star Bonus and League Bonus. The main differences are schedule, workload, promotion or demotion rules, and Battle Modifiers. That means the highest tier is not automatically the most convenient place to play: your available time and tolerance for daily commitment matter.

Legend III vs Legend II vs Legend I

The comparison below reflects Supercell's April 27, 2026 update and current support documentation reviewed on October 9, 2026.

Legend III and II let players spread attacks through a weekly tournament. Legend I changes the rhythm completely: unused daily attacks do not become a flexible weekly bank, so missing a day has a larger competitive cost.

How Legend III works

Legend III is the first Legend tier and the most forgiving transition from the lower Ranked leagues. Each player receives 24 attacks for the weekly tournament. The top five players in each tournament group promote to Legend II, while the bottom 15% demote.

Twenty-four weekly attacks average a little more than three attacks per day, but the schedule is a weekly allowance rather than a required daily quota. That flexibility makes Legend III suitable for players who want competitive matchmaking without committing to eight attacks every day.

Do not treat the top-five rule as a guaranteed percentage for every practical situation. The live group and leaderboard are the operational reference. Your attack trophies and defense trophies together determine your final position.

How Legend II works

Legend II keeps the weekly tournament format but raises the allowance to 30 attacks. Only the top three players in a group promote to Legend I, and the bottom 15% demote.

The difference from Legend III is not merely six more attacks. Promotion becomes narrower, the Battle Modifier set is different, and incomplete schedules leave more potential trophies unused. Before signing up, check whether 30 attacks fit your week rather than assuming that reaching Legend II means you must immediately push for Legend I.

For players who can complete roughly four to five attacks per day but cannot reliably make eight every day, Legend II can be a more sustainable competitive target.

How Legend I works

Legend I uses a four-week tournament and eight attacks per day. It is built around global rank rather than promotion to another tier. Supercell displays the global Top 200 and also shows a player's own rank when that player is outside the Top 200.

At the end of Sunday, players below global rank 10,000 are demoted to Legend II on Monday. The interface highlights when a player is at risk of demotion, so use the live rank rather than estimating safety from trophy count alone.

Legend I trophy resets

New Legend I players enter at 5,000 trophies. Players below 5,000 reset upward to 5,000, and all players reset to 5,000 at the start of a new four-week tournament. A trophy total therefore has meaning inside the current tournament context; it is not a permanent score that carries forward unchanged.

Filled Defenses

Legend I uses a Filled Defenses rule when defensive results are missing. Supercell states that missed defenses are replaced using the average of the current and previous day's defensive results. This is intended to preserve competitive fairness, but it does not remove the need for a current defensive layout.

Battle Modifiers change by tier

Legend III, II and I each use a different Battle Modifier set. The April 2026 rework removed Battle Modifiers from Electro 32 and 33 and renamed the remaining sets around the three Legend tiers.

These values explain why an army that feels comfortable in Legend III can require retesting in Legend II or I. They do not prove that one composition is universally strongest. Balance updates, Town Hall level, equipment, execution and base design still change the result.

Defensive layout timing

Ranked layouts can be edited from the Tournament interface. A change made before battling starts can apply to the upcoming tournament. Once battling has begun, a later edit applies to the following tournament—or the following League Day in Legend I.

The safe sequence is:

1. Finish the intended defensive layout.
2. Confirm traps, buildings and active layout selection.
3. Check the tier and its current modifiers.
4. Sign up or allow the next tournament placement.
5. Recheck the displayed defense before the battle period starts.

Editing a Home Village layout after the snapshot does not guarantee that the active Legend defense changes immediately.

Which Legend tier fits your schedule?

Choose based on repeatable availability rather than the prestige of the tier.

This is planning guidance, not a prediction of placement. Players should use the live tournament timer, leaderboard and attack counter for the current week.

Legend preparation checklist

• Verify the exact tier, attack allowance and tournament end time.
• Finish the defensive layout before the battle period begins.
• Remove temporary troops from saved armies; they cannot be used in Ranked.
• Practice new armies in regular Battles before spending Legend attacks.
• Check the current Battle Modifiers before choosing an army or defense.
• Plan Hero, Pet and Equipment upgrades around the attacks you expect to complete.
• In Legend I, check global rank before the Sunday demotion cutoff.
• Treat update-day modifier or schedule changes as a reason to recheck the live panel.

For the full scoring, inactivity and lower-league rules, use ManaBuy's Clash of Clans Ranked Battles guide.

FAQ

Official references

• The Sound of Clash Update, Supercell, April 27, 2026.
• Intro to Legend League, Supercell Support; reviewed October 9, 2026.
• April 2026 update summary, Clash Ninja; used for attributed explanatory graphics.

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