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A dragon tactician, bred for battle and boasting tempered armor

While human army commanders coordinate the majority of a region’s military actions, the most successful forces have incorporated dragons into their command structure. Dragons like Valens help channel the will of their human counterparts, allowing for coordinated dragon formations that attack synchronously with soldiers on the ground. When need be, Valens can join the battle themself, where their tempered dragonsteel armor makes them impervious to almost all damage.

Legendary Earth Warrior

Breeding Pair: Itzani and Balahm

Spells

• Onslaught - Active | White | 0.5 Rage per Second

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  	<p>While Toggled on, Dragon has a shield that reduces all incoming damage by 70% and will deal 100% increased damage. While active, this spell will drain the Dragon&rsquo;s Rade at 0.5 Rage per second.</p>
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  <p>Bloodfury - Active | Blue | 1 Rage</p>
  
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  	<p>Dragon gains 3 Rage (for a net gain of 2 Rage) and destroying a tower heals the Dragon for a percentage of the damage done. While the spell is active, Dragon&#39;s rage generation is slowed by 90%. Spell has a 4 second duration and 4 second cooldown.</p>
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  <p>Dark Flak Resist - Passive | Yellow</p>
  
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  	<p>Reduces damage from Dark Flak Towers by 70%.</p>
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  <p>Fire Flak Resist - Passive | Yellow</p>
  
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  	<p>Reduces damage from Fire Flak Towers by 70%.</p>
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Design Intent

Valens is a particularly durable warrior that benefits from careful target prioritization and Rage management. Valens only has two abilities: Onslaught is a toggle-able shield that boosts its breath damage and drains Rage while the spell is active. Onslaught should be toggled on to burn down key towers, but it shouldn’t be used all the time. Valens has both Dark and Fire Flak Tower resist, so the dragon is not going to be bursted or killed quickly. Rage management is essential to successfully flying Valens. Players must be careful not to drain themselves below one Rage, as maintaining high Bloodfury up-time will make or break Valens’ attack runs. Valens is vulnerable to Mage Tower Rage drains, but fears little else on a defender’s island. Sending Valens in after a lead dragon has destroyed or disabled any mage towers is a sound strategy for success.

Spells

• Debilitating Sludge - Active | Red | 2 Rage

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  	<p>Damages all towers within range for 12% of Dragon&#39;s Modified HP. Damaged towers take 100% increased damage and are frozen for 5 seconds.</p>
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  <p>Miasmic Breath - Active | White | 1 Rage</p>
  
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  	<p>Dragon&#39;s breath attack deals 100% increased damage and places Gloom Clouds on targeted towers, causing them to take 2.5% of the Dragon&#39;s Modified HP as damage per second for 4 seconds. Spell has a 3 second cooldown.</p>
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  <p>Devour Hope - Active | Blue | 1 Rage</p>
  
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  	<p>Each Gloom Cloud nearby heals the Dragon for 10% of the Dragon&rsquo;s Modified HP. This spell can only be activated if there is tower with the Gloom Cloud effect nearby. Spell has a 12 second cooldown.</p>
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  <p>Dark Flak Resist - Passive</p>
  
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  	<p>Reduces damage from Dark Flak Towers by 70%.</p>
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Design Intent

Methalex is a throwback to Gloomclaw, one of the mythics from the Garnet Tier. Like Gloomclaw, Methalex wants to poison as many towers as possible and then reap the benefits. Methalex’s main ability is Malefic Breath, a breath modifying ability that boosts breath damage and also damages towers for a percentage of Methalex’s HP per second. Methalex should use Malefic Breath to quickly take down mage towers although the choice of which target to prioritize is always a careful decision. Destroying the Red Mage tower unlocks Debilitating Sludge, an AOE blast that briefly freezes all towers in range and causes them to take increased damage. Methalex’s healing is gated by Blue Mage Towers. Devour Hope works exactly as it has before. Methalex restores more health based on the number of poisoned towers when the spell is activated. One great strategy is to focus down the Blue Mage Tower, do a quick finger swipe flourish to poison all the other towers, and then activate Devour Hope to heal up to full health.

An arrogant dragon prince, residing at a gilded desert palace.

Many pilgrims not satisfied worshipping the Burning Sands’ Dragon-Gods seek out a mysterious, gilded palace deep in the desert. Some believe they’ll find a higher purpose, others pursue material satisfaction. None, however, get what they desire. Instead, they find themselves pressed into service under Evakhet. This selfish regent covets the humans’ adoration and offerings to the powerful Dragon-Gods but offers no boon in return. Evakhet has grown their collection of servants over the years, yet they are never satisfied with the fearful praise bestowed upon them.

Legendary Wind Hunter

Breeding Pair: Oni + Sanguis

Spells

• Shadow Strike - Active | White | 2 Rage

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  	<p>Dragon cloaks briefly and restores all Hunter ammo. While cloaked, the Dragon flies at 25% of its normal speed. After 3 seconds, the Dragon will deal 12% of the Dragon&rsquo;s Modified HP as damage to nearby buildings. This damage won&rsquo;t remove tower-disabling effects like Desiccating Sands and Noxious Vines. Dragon deals 115% bonus damage for a 5 seconds after uncloaking.</p>
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  <p>Chaos - Active | Blue | 2 Rage</p>
  
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  	<p>Dragon will do and extra 95% of damage on top of base damage during the spell&rsquo;s 4 second duration.</p>
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  <p>Leech Essence - Active | Yellow | 0 Rage</p>
  
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  	<p>Upon destroying a tower, the Dragon will gain an ability and 0.5 Rage. The ability gained is dependent on the tower destroyed, and will cost the same amount of Rage to cast the spell as normal. Refer to the Leech Essence Matrix in <a href="https://wardragons.com/blog/157/can-you-handle-the-heat-of-the-new-harbinger-dragons">this blog</a> for more information.</p>
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  <p>Adaptive Flak Resist - Active | Yellow | 0 Rage</p>
  
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  	<p>Change Flak Resist type on use and gain a small amount of Rage. Cycles through Dark, Fire, Ice, and Electro Flak Resist. Resists by 70%.</p>
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Design Intent

Evakhet specializes in particularly high burst damage. Between Chaos and Shadow Strike’s damage boosts, the Dragon’s breath attack takes down towers much faster than other hunters. Since Evakhet’s spell set is focused so much on damage dealing, players must make meaningful use of Leech Essence and Adaptive Resist to mitigate the damage Evakhet receives. Evakhet leads an attack with Chaos, casting it before the first turn and out of Blue Mage Tower’s cancel range (Don’t forget to set your Adaptive Flak Resist after casting Chaos to get a little extra rage!). After you’ve dumped your ammo, you can either use Shadow Strike immediately to reload or you can wait to Cloak and dodge any incoming Rage drain super shots. After uncloaking, Shadow Strike’s damage boost can then be used to kill whichever tower you want to leech from; Red Mage and Dark Flak Towers give Death Gaze and Blue Mage Towers give Regenerate. Keep in mind that regenerate is the Dragon’s only source of healing, so players must take care to preserve Evakhet’s health pool. Adaptive Flak Resist and careful target prioritization is key!

Spells

• Coldsnap - Active | White | 1 Rage

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  	<p>Damages all towers in a target area for 14% of the Dragon&rsquo;s Modified HP and freezes them for 5 seconds. Spell has a 1 second cooldown.</p>
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  <p>Scavenge - Active | Blue | 2 Rage</p>
  
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  	<p>Dragon deals 85% increased breath damage and restores 16% of its Modified HP as health whenever a building is destroyed for the spell&rsquo;s 4.5 second duration.</p>
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  <p>Cloak - Active | Blue | 1 Rage</p>
  
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  	<p>Conceals the Dragon so that enemy towers cannot attack. Blue mages cancel this effect. Spell has a 12 second duration and 3 second cooldown, although the cooldown only takes effect when Cloak is disturbed by an attack. There is no cooldown if disturbed by blue mage or if the duration expires.</p>
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  <p>Adaptive Flak Resist - Active | Yellow | 0 Rage</p>
  
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  	<p>Change Flak Resist type on use and gain a small amount of Rage. Cycles through Dark, Fire, Ice, and Electro Flak Resist. Resists by 70%.</p>
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Design Intent

Tuktu fliers definitely need a ‘plan’ when they head into battle. The Dragon benefits strongly from correct target prioritization, and there’s a lot to do when the attack run begins. Tuktu’s Coldsnap spell should freeze the most dangerous tower on an island. Adaptive Flak Resist should then be set to resist another dangerous tower. Tuktu’s attack priority should focus on Blue Mage Towers to unlock the Dragons’ damage boost, healing mechanic, and cloak spell. Scavenge can help Tuktu recover from mistakes, allowing the Dragon to quickly kill problematic towers and recover HP. Tuktu strongly benefits from carefully planned attack runs, and is best when examining a base’s strong points ahead of time rather than reacting quickly in the moment.

Draconic Dynamo

Jester Wyrm

Lurks in the dark alleys of Suddene's wild festivals.

It is easy to get lost in the festivities of Suddene’s frequent festivals, but one must always keep their wits about them. If you’re not careful, you might stumble down the wrong street and come face to face with Capulos. Corrupted by an insane black mage, Capulos’ dark magic can conjure the souls of their victims to enact the dragon’s twisted will. Over the years, Capulos has amassed quite the collection of souls, which can be brought out for whatever the occasion requires.

Legendary Dark Sorcerer

Design Intent

Capulos’ spell kit lends itself to sustained breath damage, a category not many sorcerers occupy. Capulos has two damage boosts. The first is Summon Puppet, a passively summoned warrior dragon that deals sustained damage to random towers. Unlike previous summons like Apophet’s Shadow, this puppet does not soak up incoming damage, but it will take any supershots pointed its way. Capulos’ second damage buff is Rampage, a spell previously seen on Warriors. Rampage increases Capulos’ breath damage and restores HP if any towers are destroyed while the spell is active. Capulos also passively restores HP over time with Spiraling Madness. Capulos is built to both take and dish out a ton of damage. Between its summon and Rampage, towers will fold quickly to Capulos, but players must take care to get the most out of Rampage’s healing. Capulos’ attack runs are all about attrition - balancing your damage output and countering defenders’ damage with an abundance of healing.