# Arena Opponents, Life & Death Weapon? Really!? **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Created:** [August 3, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/arena-opponents-life-death-weapon-really/65210 "2020-08-03T15:54:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rbchaffe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/rbchaffe/32/58281_2.png) [@rbchaffe](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/rbchaffe)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/arena-opponents-life-death-weapon-really/65210/1 "2020-08-03T15:54:42Z")
**Platform, device version and operating system:** PC, Windows, Steam **What you were expecting to happen, and what actually happened:** I was expecting the Arena battles to be fair. At least restrict opponents to weapons that I have in my armory. However, an opponent had the Life & Death weapon. I can forget about winning 6 battles. _And, yes, I consider this to be a bug._ **How often does this happen? When did it begin happening?** Randomly. Saw it a few minutes ago. **Steps to make it happen again** It’s random. (Or is it?) Play the Arena. ---
**Author:** ![Magnusimus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/magnusimus/32/50652_2.png) [@Magnusimus](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Magnusimus)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/arena-opponents-life-death-weapon-really/65210/2 "2020-08-03T15:57:22Z")
In the Arena you face what other people have used. Since L+D is good on offense, a fair number of people use it, so that’s why their successes are now to your pain 🤷‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![ChunkyMono](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/chunkymono/32/69308_2.png) [@ChunkyMono](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/ChunkyMono)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/arena-opponents-life-death-weapon-really/65210/3 "2020-08-03T15:58:42Z")
They removed DB from defenders to improve play balance. I think it would be fair to remove LnD as well. ---
**Author:** ![rbchaffe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/rbchaffe/32/58281_2.png) [@rbchaffe](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/rbchaffe)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/arena-opponents-life-death-weapon-really/65210/4 "2020-08-03T16:20:37Z")
> [@Magnusimus](#): > > In the Arena you face what other people have used. Uh huh. Like I said, the Arena opponents should be limited to what I have in **MY** armory. I don’t have that weapon. ---
**Author:** ![Rosenkreuz1979](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/rosenkreuz1979/32/61425_2.png) [@Rosenkreuz1979](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Rosenkreuz1979)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/arena-opponents-life-death-weapon-really/65210/5 "2020-08-03T16:23:09Z")
> [@rbchaffe](#): > > I was expecting the Arena battles to be fair. At least restrict opponents to weapons that I have in my armory. Well, arena is arena. I usually play it with Dawnbringer. Do you have one? =) ---
**Author:** ![UKresistance](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/ukresistance/32/7558_2.png) [@UKresistance](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/UKresistance)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/arena-opponents-life-death-weapon-really/65210/6 "2020-08-03T17:59:36Z")
> [@rbchaffe](#): > > However, an opponent had the Life & Death weapon. I can forget about winning 6 battles. You must be new here 🤣 If you and your friends can constantly complain about this for a year, the devs will replace it just like they did for dawnbringer. ---
**Author:** ![Denthegod](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/denthegod/32/69138_2.png) [@Denthegod](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Denthegod)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 6:44pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/arena-opponents-life-death-weapon-really/65210/7 "2020-08-03T18:44:52Z")
Today was the first time I have ever played arena. Did my six and left. What happens when you make it to the end? ---
**Author:** ![Dust\_Angel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/dust_angel/32/35256_2.png) [@Dust\_Angel](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Dust_Angel)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/arena-opponents-life-death-weapon-really/65210/8 "2020-08-03T19:07:19Z")
This. ![Capture](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/1/6/1653714edaf1b14ae5cb061317b4a3e6ae2c86b1.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![rbchaffe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/rbchaffe/32/58281_2.png) [@rbchaffe](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/rbchaffe)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 9:00pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/arena-opponents-life-death-weapon-really/65210/9 "2020-08-03T21:00:50Z")
> [@UKresistance](#): > > You must be new here 🤣 > > If you and your friends can constantly complain about this for a year, the devs will replace it just like they did for dawnbringer. Did not realize that others had been complaining about it for a year. Didn’t realize anyone was actually playing Arena at all, actually. 😏 I had been ignoring it for over a year. Probably why the Devs programmed the Campaign feature to include a task for it. No worries. Just a 1000 gold wasted. Second try was successful. ---
**Author:** ![UKresistance](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/ukresistance/32/7558_2.png) [@UKresistance](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/UKresistance)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/arena-opponents-life-death-weapon-really/65210/10 "2020-08-03T21:10:14Z")
I don’t know if anyone has complained about L&D in arena, if so they haven’t put much effort into it. Not like the 600+ posts on this ban dawnbringer from arena thread… Not the oldest thread either, just the one with the most posts. > [@Dawnbringer unbalances Arena](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/dawnbringer-unbalances-arena/30338): > > The dawnbringer doesnt seem like much. It deals aoe damage and is in line or behind legendary troops. This is cool if it is used in pvp, explore, etc. However, it is not… it is being used by players who already have 1.5 million souls to burn, so that they can instant kill your entire team in arena. And yes. 14 damage to everyone in the arena is a wipe, and its likely that their 10 damage, plus 2 for every yellow troop can get that high. Now add the barrier and its a complete loss. No matter how… ---
**Author:** ![Slypenslyde](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/slypenslyde/32/30373_2.png) [@Slypenslyde](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Slypenslyde)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/arena-opponents-life-death-weapon-really/65210/11 "2020-08-04T00:06:28Z")
It took about 2 years and multiple threds to get a change, cupcake. Then they made Arena suck so hard it took this long for people to notice L&D works pretty good, too. I noticed removing it didn’t make the game so not-challenging you stuck around, so you could probably tolerate L&D getting adjusted in a game mode you never play too.