The Litigation Team

The Litigation Team is a new group of Cogs initially teased in Corporate Clashes 9th comic: "Hired Help" where the Litigation Team is tasked with assisting the Chief Legal Officer in her duties to combat the Toons.

The Litigation Team consists of four members:

1. Mundie Mudsnapper, the Litigator
2. Courtney Case, the Stenographer
3. Barry Brief, the Case Manager
4. Kilo Kidd, the Scapegoat

Each member has a role to play, and they are better explained through their respective pages.

## Overclocked C.L.O.

Bumpy and Lauren are ready to raid the C.L.O.'s Executive Lawfice, which happens to be in a private meeting with the Litigation Team. The C.L.O. orders the four recently-assigned Managers to remove the Toons from her premises.

The Litigation Team will split up and form into groups of two for each side of Toons. The groups are entirely randomized, but Toons can figure them out early by noticing their positions in their chairs. If Scapegoat and Case Manager are sitting on the left side of the table, they will be fighting the group of Toons who are on the right side (upon entering the Executive Lawfice). Any Cogs joining the fight will spawn between the starting Managers, and will attack after theirs.

Each member has several cheats that may make certain combinations quite deadly. All of them have a few universal ones, such as Lure Resistance, which limits the amount of rounds they can be lured to 2 at most, and standard Manager benefits such as immunity to Cease & Desists, Pink Slips, and the 30% Executive boost from Trap. Additionally, the Litigation Team can queue up cheats for the next round if they are Lured during the turn that they would activate, which can result in the cheat being used twice in one round if poorly timed.

If any remaining Litigation Team members are able to wipe out a full side of Toons, they will not remove themselves from the battle. Rather, they will wait until the other side has at least one less Manager before joining to their aid. Likewise, if one side goes sad while the other side is not fighting, they will immediately be pulled into battle to deal with the remaining Cogs. Any damage applied from the previous battle will also carry over.

The last remaining Member on either side will enter a Desperation Mode, which increases their damage output by 40% and strengthens their Lure Resistance by 1 round (causing them to unlure the same round that the Lure gag is used). The Scapegoat will gain complete Lure Immunity if both in Desperation Mode and Enraged. This Desperation Mode is permanently removed upon their defeat, or temporarily if a Member from the other side joins the fight.

The Litigation Team is repaired off-camera once Toons destroy them and defeat the C.L.O..

## Strategy

Contrary due to popular belief, it does *not* matter which Litigation Member is going to be destroyed first. Toons could pick and choose based on personal preference, but their opinions may chance depending on the set of Managers they will fight.

* **The Stenographer** is often targeted first because of her ever increasing Court Costs cheat. It is possible to leave her last due to how long it takes for both of her cheats to trigger, which makes her empty-handed between those use.
* **The Litigator** has the upper hand with his Cogs, requiring much precision and planning in order to minimalize Bayou Bellow. It can help to target him first, since the other Managers don't have much of an impact with 6 Cogs on the table.
* **The Case Manager's** Lure Resistance on other Cogs and the potential Overcharge can be deadly when applied on the right Cogs. He does have the lowest health pool compared to the other Members, so he can either be an easy first pick or delayed long enough before his destruction.
* **The Scapegoat** deals incredible damage with his three group attacks alongside his unique Lure Immunity, but he does not have any cheats that cause other Cogs to wake up prematurely. The damage potential is halted with one simple Presentation.

There are some Gag combinations that will help with this process:

* The first round is where Toons will often use a squirt Gag and 3 Lightnings. They should be targeting the Manager that you are going to destroy first (unless your zap is Prestiged, in which case you target the opposite Cog). This deals roughly 800 damage to both Managers.
* Squirt, Trap, and the cheer boost from Toon-Up can be used up to help build up accuracy for Drop (preferably prestiged, of course). 4 Pianos, or 4 Boulders if there is a Scapegoat with damage absorb.
	+ In the event of only 3 Prestige Drop users or for a "just in case" back up for accuracy, let one person use throw for the Marked status effect.

## Loot

The total Sweetener for defeating the Litigation Team is as follows:

* 60 Gumballs
* 600 Jellybeans
* 2000 Toon Experience

## Trivia

* Litigation is the process of taking legal action.
* While the Litigation Team are shown with the Executive Suit in-game, they can be seen in the regular Lawbot suit in places like the Cogs.ink website.
* Each Manager has a set number of instruments that are tied to a "base" Litigation theme while fighting them.
	+ Originally, these themes were a minute and 13 seconds long, but were given an extra 36 seconds in the 1.3 update.
* If a Litigation Team member joins the other fight, they will not follow the traditional "social-distancing". This applies to any newly spawned Cogs at this point.
* Defeating the Litigation Team will count as defeat for each individual member, even if Toons haven't fought against all of them.
* The Litigation Team fight is the only instance where Managers are found in a round of a boss battle.
* Each Litigation Team member has unique voicelines that sound different compared to the standard Cog voicelines. They can be played on their respective pages.
* The individual members of the Litigation Team have less than the standard 4 face-off-taunts that other Managers have.

## Gallery

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