BanishedS TIERFlexibleNeeds mastery

Colony

Colony is a Banished leader that no fixed gameplan — turtles or rushes as the game asks. S tier in our 2026 ranking, and rated needs mastery.

Win rate

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ranked 1v1, last 30 days

Pick rate

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of 16 leaders

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needs a duration rollup

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median unlock time

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Strengths

The tankiest leader in the game — the Hunter Captain vets quickly, and with two Skitterers attached — which is mandatory — he takes on whole armies.
Combat Repair heals everything — units and buildings, passively, and it keeps healing during combat.
Devastating Host is arguably the best drop in the game — it grants Vehicle Symbiotes to everything in the landing zone, so grouping Reavers before dropping it buffs them all at once.
The best Scarab of any leader — Combat Repair heals it and three Skitterers attach to it — more healing and more attack than any other Banished Scarab.

Weaknesses

The hero barely moves — one of the slowest in the game, which means spending a point on Teleport or relying on map teleporters.
No nuke — nothing equivalent to Eradication or Inferno; Hunter's Brand substitutes but will not wipe half a base.
Thin unit roster — Skitterer, Hunter Captain and Goliaths are his only exclusive units — everything else is standard Banished.
No mines — the whole mine-based style is simply unavailable.

Leader powers

17 powers on the wheel, grouped by the leader point that unlocks them.

Point costs from the Season 10 radial

1st point3 powers

Living Barrier I

Active

Drops a defensive wall across a chosen area.

Cooldown 90 seconds

LekgoloWalls1

Living Barrier II

Active

A longer wall with shielding.

Cooldown 90 seconds

LekgoloWalls2

Skitterer

Passive

Unlocks the Skitterer unit at the main base.

CovSkitterer

2nd point6 powers

Engineer Swarm I

Active

Drops a swarm of engineers that heal everything nearby.

Cooldown 150 seconds350 supply125 power

LekgoloSwarmHeal1

Engineer Swarm II

Active

A bigger swarm that heals for longer.

Cooldown 150 seconds450 supply175 power

LekgoloSwarmHeal2

Engineer Swarm III

Active

The largest, longest-lasting engineer swarm in the line.

Cooldown 150 seconds550 supply225 power

LekgoloSwarmHeal3

Vehicle Symbiotes I

Active

A permanent armor and sight-range buff on the target.

Cooldown 110 seconds60 supply30 power

LekgoloWormBuff1

Vehicle Symbiotes II

Active

A wider-radius version of Vehicle Symbiotes I.

Cooldown 110 seconds120 supply60 power

LekgoloWormBuff2

Vehicle Symbiotes III

Active

The widest-radius version in the line.

Cooldown 110 seconds200 supply100 power

LekgoloWormBuff3

3rd point4 powers

Colony Drop

Active

Drops two veteran Goliaths onto the field.

Cooldown 165 seconds400 supply175 power

CovHunterSpiritAssault

Hunter's Brand I

Active

Three converging beams that damage and slow whatever they hit.

Cooldown 145 seconds280 supply175 power

LekgoloPincerBeam1

Hunter's Brand II

Active

A stronger version of Hunter's Brand I.

Cooldown 145 seconds400 supply300 power

LekgoloPincerBeam2

Hunter's Brand III

Active

The strongest version in the line.

Cooldown 145 seconds500 supply415 power

LekgoloPincerBeam3

4th point2 powers

Battle Hardened

Passive

Lowers the kill-XP threshold a unit needs to gain veterancy.

LekgoloBattleHardened

Teleport

Active

Teleports your own units from one point to another.

Cooldown 130 seconds0 supply200 power

CovTeleport1

5th point1 power

Devastating Host

Active

Drops a full strike force of Symbiote-buffed Wraiths, Hunters, a Reaver, and a Locust.

Cooldown 330 seconds1950 supply980 power

CovMassAssault

Ultimate1 power

Combat Repair

Passive

Colony's ultimate — a permanent slow heal on every structure and unit.

LekgoloEverlasting

Cast frequency — how often players actually pick each power — needs the meta-stats powers query, which is the one tab with no Supabase rollup behind it. Left off deliberately so a leader page costs no D1 reads.