Editing Decoy

{{EventSandboxOnly|date=12th of June 2026|event=[[Backyard Legends Event]]}}
{{Zombie
|title1 = Decoy
|image1 = <tabber>
|-|Animation 1 = [[File:Decoy1.png]]
|-|Animation 2 = [[File:Decoy3.png]]
|-|Animation 3 = [[File:Decoy2.png]]
</tabber>
|mode_appearance = [[Sandbox Mode|Sandbox]] via [[Logbooks]]
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Originally:<br/>[[Competition Court|Backyard Legends Mission 2 (Easy)]]<br>[[Competition Court|Backyard Legends Mission 2 (Hard)]]<br>[[Victory Field|Backyard Legends Mission 3 (Easy)]]<br>[[Victory Field|Backyard Legends Mission 3 (Hard)]]
|first_wave_appearance = 13
|base_hp = [[File:HealthIcon.png|20px|Health]]3,000 (Easy & Sandbox)<br/>[[File:HealthIcon.png|20px|Health]]4,500 (Hard)
|speed = 3
|cash = {{Money|3,750}} on death (Easy Mission 2 & Hard)<br/>{{Money|2,800}} (Easy Mission 3)
|hidden = No
|fly = No
|ghost = No
|lead = No
|immunity = None
|ability1 = '''{{WikiAb|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.
}}
{{QuoteContainer|
{{QuoteBox|Great. Now there are some that are acting like Decoys!|[[Ruthie]] on Wave 13 ([[Competition Court]])|audio = AdidasMission2Wave13-1.ogg}}
}}
==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===
{| class="tds-table align-center mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width: 300px; margin: 0 auto"
! colspan="2" |Mutation
|-
!Percentage
!Increase
|-
|10%
|450
|-
!Wave
!Health
|-
|14
|4,950
|-
|15
|5,400
|}

===Hard Mission 3===
{| class="tds-table align-center mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width: 300px; margin: 0 auto"
! colspan="2" |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|Sandbox]] mode, no strategy section is made for its current version. Instead, a strategy section for the one that appeared without [[Sandbox Mode|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==
{{Gallery|
{{GalleryHeader|Corpse Variants}}
<gallery>
DecoyCorpse1.png|Second [[Corpse (Enemy)|Corpse]] variant, current version, first animation variant (22 May 2026 – Present)
DecoyCorpse2.png|Second [[Corpse (Enemy)|Corpse]] variant, current version, second animation variant (22 May 2026 – Present)
DecoyCorpse3.png|Second [[Corpse (Enemy)|Corpse]] variant, current version, 3rd animation variant (22 May 2026 – Present)
</gallery>

{{GalleryHeader|Miscellaneous}}
<gallery>
DecoyIconIG.png|'''Decoy''' on its [[Index]] icon.
</gallery>
}}

==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''' [[Logbooks|Logbook]] description is completely empty.
*'''5 June 2026''' - [[v2.0.0]] 
**{{Bugfix}} [[Logbooks|Logbook]] description has been corrected to no description available.
*'''12 June 2026''' - [[V2.0.0|v2.0.9]]
**'''Decoy''' removed from the main game, now appears exclusively in [[Sandbox Mode|Sandbox]] mode.


{{CompetitionCourt|[[Crowd Pleaser]]|Wave 11|Decoy|Wave 13|[[Soccer Goal]]|Wave 15}}
{{VictoryField|[[Crowd Pleaser]]|Wave 11|Decoy|Wave 13|[[Soccer Goal]]|Wave 14}}



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