Decoy

Sandbox Only Content

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Decoy was previously removed from the game on the 12th of June 2026 as it was part of the Backyard Legends Event, though it has been made available through the Sandbox mode.
It is not accessible anywhere else in the game, aside from in Sandbox Mode. This page will attempt to include information about both the version before removal and its re-added version.

Decoy
Mode Appearance	Sandbox via Logbooks Originally: Backyard Legends Mission 2 (Easy) Backyard Legends Mission 2 (Hard) Backyard Legends Mission 3 (Easy) Backyard Legends Mission 3 (Hard)
Wave Debut	13
Statistics
Base Health	3,000 (Easy & Sandbox) 4,500 (Hard)
Speed	Average (3)
Cash Given	$3,750 on death (Easy Mission 2 & Hard) $2,800 (Easy Mission 3)
Hidden?	No
Flying?	No
Ghost?	No
Lead?	No
Attributes	None
Ability
Ability	Soccer Bombs - Upon death, explodes and applies a 15% Range Debuff and 50% Fatigue Debuff to every tower in a range of 9. Units receive 400 damage instead.

Great. Now there are some that are acting like Decoys!

―Ruthie on Wave 13 (Competition Court)

Description

The Decoy was a support enemy from the Backyard Legends Event. It had high health and average speed. When killed, it would explode and apply a 15% Range Debuff and 50% Fatigue Debuff to every tower in a range of 9, also dealing 400 damage to units.

Appearance

The Decoy is a grey humanoid with a black and green soccer ball for a head. It wears a blue and green stripped polyester shirt, black shorts, black adidas shoes with green laces and has blue armbands.

Mutation

Hard Mission 2

Mutation
Percentage	Increase
10%	450
Wave	Health
14	4,950
15	5,400

Hard Mission 3

Mutation
Percentage	Increase
10%	450
Wave	Health
14	4,950
15	5,400
16	5,850
17	6,300
18	6,750
19	7,200
20	7,650

Event Strategy

As this enemy only appears through Sandbox mode, no strategy section is made for its current version. Instead, a strategy section for the one that appeared without Sandbox mode in Backyard Legends Event is listed instead.

• The Assassin, Trapper or Militant can be used to take this down.
  • The Commander can be used to boost the DPS of your towers, also helping to partially mitigate its debuff.
• Spreading apart your towers can help by reducing how many towers are affected by the explosion, though this is not necessary.

Gallery

Corpse Variants

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  Second Corpse variant, current version, first animation variant (22 May 2026 – Present)
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  Second Corpse variant, current version, second animation variant (22 May 2026 – Present)
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  Second Corpse variant, current version, 3rd animation variant (22 May 2026 – Present)

Miscellaneous

• 
  Decoy on its Index icon.

Trivia

• The Decoy is unaffected by enemy appearance modifiers, such as Talk Like a Pirate Day.
• The Decoy reuses the Boomer's ability.

Update History

• 22 May 2026 - v1.91.0
  • Decoy added.
  • Bug: Decoy's Logbook description is completely empty.
• 5 June 2026 - v2.0.0
  • Bugfix: Logbook description has been corrected to no description available.
• 12 June 2026 - v2.0.9
  • Decoy removed from the main game, now appears exclusively in Sandbox mode.

Competition Court (Backyard Legends Event) (22 May 2026 – Present)
Previous Debut	Current Debut	Next Debut
Crowd Pleaser Wave 11	Decoy Wave 13	Soccer Goal Wave 15

Victory Field (Backyard Legends Event) (22 May 2026 – Present)
Previous Debut	Current Debut	Next Debut
Crowd Pleaser Wave 11	Decoy Wave 13	Soccer Goal Wave 14