Items
Starting items:
- Tango. One is usually enough, as Dragon Blood can keep him in lane with minimum health regeneration.
- Quelling Blade makes last hitting easier, which is very important for a carry.
- Clarity is needed because of Dragon Knight`s poor mana pool.
- Gauntlets of Strength grant more health, and can be used to build a Bracer.
- Iron Branch gives nice attributes, and can be used to build a Magic Wand.
Early game:
- Boots of Speed are compulsory because of the early speed boost they give.
- Magic Stick provides you with some regeneration while laning.
- Bracer is a good early game item: it gives more attributes and some damage.
- Soul Ring Item Changelogs Soul RingB A ring that feeds on the souls of those who wear it. Cost750 Bought FromCommon Active Sacrifice Bonus +3 Health regeneration+50% Mana regeneration Disassemble? No Alert allies? is a useful item on Dragon Knight, as it allows him to farm using Breathe Fire constantly. The extra health regeneration from Soul Ring together with the regeneration from Dragon Blood offset the health loss.
Core items:
- Power Treads are useful not only because of the attack speed they give, but also because you can switch the attribute to Intelligence if you need more mana, usually just before using an ability; otherwise you can keep them on Strength to make you more durable and to make last hitting easier.
- Magic Wand provides you with more attributes and good health and mana regeneration. Also, it uses up the branches bought earlier, making room for more items while keeping their stats.
- Black King Bar is a crucial item to have in most games to prevent being disabled. With the added survivability, damage and magic immunity, you become more durable and able to jump into the fight with less risk of dying.
Situational items:
- Heart of Tarrasque is the best item to buy if you need to b
Gameplay
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Dragon Knight Hero Strategy Counters Equipment Gear Responses Sounds Lore Old Abilities Changelogs Dragon Knight 19 + 3.1 19 + 2.2 15 + 1.7 Level is a durable front-line carry who can transform into a dragon and wipe out enemies with ranged projectile attacks. His heavy armor and regeneration from Dragon Blood makes him tankier than most carries, especially in the early game. If his team gains the upper hand, Dragon Knight`s presence often ensures continued domination with little chance of enemy comeback. With a Shadow Blade For the cosmetic item equipped by Kunkka, see Kunkka s Shadow Blade. Item Changelogs Known Bugs Shadow BladeB The blade of a fallen king, it allows you to move unseen and , Dragon Knight can make a decent ganker due to Dragon Tail and its long stun duration. While resilient, Dragon Knight`s damage output depends heavily on his dragon form, and can be rather useless if caught while it`s on cooldown. Dragon Knight is also quite slow, and has no mobility skills. | |
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Durable Carry
Dragon Knight`s role is as a carry The heroes in Dota 2 are defined by the roles that they are suited to play as a combination of their attributes, abilities, and items, and the ways that these shape the game. Although the , with his unique ability to turn from a melee Knight into a ranged Dragon with splash Cleave causes a melee unit s attacks to deal a portion of its damage in an area in front of it. Contents 1 Mechanics 2 Sources of cleave 3 Splash 4 Sources of splash 5 See damage, able to wipe any crowd of enemies. If it was not only this, he still has a high Strength Strength is the attribute that grants health and health regeneration. For each point of strength a hero gets: 20 Health 0.06 Health regeneration Additionally, strength heroes also get 1 attack damage per strength point. To gain per level and Dragon Blood increases his armor and @@@#@@@HP(hp.com)###@### regen massively, making him extremely durable for a carry. Dragon Knight`s players like to build Helm of the Dominator Item Old Abilities Changelogs Known Bugs Helm of the DominatorB The powerful headpiece of a dead necromancer. Cost2025 Bought FromArtifacts Active Dominate Passive Dominator Aura Bonus +2 Strength+2 Agility+2 , so they can dominate Item Old Abilities Changelogs Known Bugs Helm of the DominatorB The powerful headpiece of a dead necromancer. Cost2025 Bought FromArtifacts Active Dominate Passive Dominator Aura Bonus +2 Strength+2 Agility+2 a creep/neutral creep and use it to stack camps, and then just pop Elder Dragon Form and use its splash damage to kill the stacked camp, gathering high amounts of gold. With his Dragon Tail, you and your team can easily aim at a priority target, seeing that this is a single target stun with long duration. It is better used when you are in Elder Dragon Form Hero Strategy Counters Equipment Gear Responses Sounds Lore Old Abilities Changelogs Dragon Knight 19 + 3.1 19 + 2.2 15 + 1.7 Level (it gains increased range), or, if that is not the case, you can build a Shadow Blade For the cosmetic item equipped by Kunkka, see Kunkka s Shadow Blade. Item Changelogs Known Bugs Shadow BladeB The blade of a fallen king, it allows you to move unseen and and set up ganks with it by sneaking behind the target and stunning it. Breathe Fire is a cone shape AoE nuke ability, dealing considerably damage to all enemies hit, useful for farming, pushing Chen and Shadow Shaman destroying a Tower.Pushing is the process of clearing enemy creep waves and building up large allied creep waves in order to take down enemy buildings rapidly. Contents 1 The advantages of and harassing when you have a Soul Ring Item Changelogs Soul RingB A ring that feeds on the souls of those who wear it. Cost750 Bought FromCommon Active Sacrifice Bonus +3 Health regeneration+50% Mana regeneration Disassemble? No Alert allies? , making its function as Dragon Knight`s early/mid damage source, as it takes time and a lot of farm until you can really do your job as a carry, not only because Dragon Knight`s attack damage is quite low before you get the right items, but because he lacks ANY sort of Attack Speed Steroid (essential to any Carry).
Going in depth on his Elder Dragon Form, it turns him into one of three differents Dragon Forms (depending on the level), each stronger than the previous, gaining ranged properties, increased base movement speed, splash Cleave causes a melee unit s attacks to deal a portion of its damage in an area in front of it. Contents 1 Mechanics 2 Sources of cleave 3 Splash 4 Sources of splash 5 See attack damage, increased Dragon Tail range and some attack modifier Attack modifiers are modifiers which apply an effect to a unit s basic attacks. These effects can widely vary, from healing, to damaging or even disabling effects. Most of these modifiers have their own rules. For :
- Level 1: Becomes a Green Dragon with Corrosive Breath, a modifier which causes your attacks to deal 20 magical damage per second for 4 seconds.
- Useful for taking down towers, as the damage per second works on them.
- Level 2: Becomes a Red Dragon with Corrosive Breath and Splash attack damage, applying the poison effect to all enemies hit by the splash damage.
- Useful for killing crowds of enemies, especially neutral creatures and a large wave of pushing enemy creeps, and for taking down towers, as the damage per second works on them.
- Level 3: Becomes a Blue Dragon with Corrosive Breath, Splash attack damage and Frost Breath, which slows all enemies units hit directly by hits attacks and units hit by the splash damage.
- Useful for killing crowds of enemy Heroes, especially because the attack speed and movement speed slow A Slow is a type of status effect that reduces the afflicted units Movement Speed by a percentage, and/or Attack Speed by a flat value of their current speeds. Contents 1 Mechanics 1.1 Slowing movement from Frost Breath pierces magic immunity and will be of great use in a team fight, making it difficult for enemies to flee or right clicker to fight, and since it is his level 3 ultimate, by the game time, you should be well armed with items.
As you can see, Dragon Knight`s usefulness comes from his Elder Dragon Form, seeing that it gives him too much power, which he doesn`t have while in his human form. As a carry The heroes in Dota 2 are defined by the roles that they are suited to play as a combination of their attributes, abilities, and items, and the ways that these shape the game. Although the , you must build according to the game, but it is highly recommended, in most matches, to build a Black King Bar, seeing that Dragon Knight has a nice defense against physical damage, but can do little against nukers The heroes in Dota 2 are defined by the roles that they are suited to play as a combination of their attributes, abilities, and items, and the ways that these shape the game. Although the , and the bar Item Changelogs Black King BarB A powerful staff imbued with the strength of giants. Cost3975 (1375) Bought FromArmor Active Avatar Bonus +10 Strength+24 Attack damage Disassemble? No Alert allies? No Recipe should solve this, and also, build a Daedalus Item Old Abilities Changelogs Daedalus A weapon of incredible power that is difficult for even the strongest of warriors to control. Cost5320 (1000) Bought FromWeapons Passive Critical Strike Bonus +80 , as the critical strike Critical strike is a passive ability that gives a chance to deal bonus damage on a successful attack. Contents 1 Mechanics 2 Stacking 3 Interaction with other passive abilities 4 Sources of chance-based critical strike affects the splash Cleave causes a melee unit s attacks to deal a portion of its damage in an area in front of it. Contents 1 Mechanics 2 Sources of cleave 3 Splash 4 Sources of splash 5 See damage.
Ability Builds
Both builds requires only one skill point for Dragon Tail, as it scales terribly, and the first level of this ability is extremely useful for the rest of the game.
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Talents
Hero Talents Main Table of Gained Bonuses The Talent Selection interface. Talents are traits unique to each hero. They are chosen every 5th level starting at level 10, offering a permanent choice between | ||
2x Dragon Blood Regen/Armor | 25 | +75 Movement Speed |
+300 Health | 20 | +120 Gold/Min |
+40 Damage | 15 | +40% XP Gain |
+30 Attack Speed | 10 | +10 Strength Strength is the attribute that grants health and health regeneration. For each point of strength a hero gets: 20 Health 0.06 Health regeneration Additionally, strength heroes also get 1 attack damage per strength point. To |
- The attack damage is added as bonus attack damage, and therefore does not benefit illusions.
- Upgrading health increases maximum health capacity and keeps the current health percentage.
- Dragon Knight lacks attack speed and have a nice strength gain and durability, due to Dragon Blood, so getting the first Left Talent is the best choice you can do. As an auto attacker, you need damage, and the +40 damage from the second left talent will increase your ability to clean enemy crowds. The 3 Talent Level (Level 20 Talent) is highly situational. +120 Gold/Min can help you to finish your items, if the other means of farming are unrewarding/risky (if they have destroyed the barracks Buildings are special units that are immune to most spells, use structure armor, and are immobile. Destroying a building rewards you with a bounty, similar to most creeps or heroes. Destroying towers rewards the entire or the jungle is warded), while +300 Health may be great for boosting your durability in fights, but since you already have Dragon Blood you might not need it that much. In addition, the last Level Talent, the Level 25, doubles the effects of Dragon Blood, making Dragon Knight literally unkillable in the latter stage of the game, as the physical damage tends to dominate in this stage.
General
- Dragon Knight is one of the few heroes with no cast time on his abilities, so abilities can be cast in between attacks on the backswing animation.
- Creep stacking Creep Stacking is the process of drawing neutral creeps away from their camps in order to increase the number of units in an area. Generally, neutral creeps will spawn in the first 30 seconds of is a good tactic for Dragon Knight, as his ultimate will clear camps quickly.
- Dragon Knight has a quick, clean attack animation, making last hitting fairly easy (especially with a Quelling Blade).
- With any source of lifesteal, Dragon Knight rarely needs to return to the fountain.
- In the early game, enemies teams may choose to ignore Dragon Knight during teamfights, due to his low damage.
- Dragon Knight`s item build varies depending on what he`s facing. Good players must analyze enemies` items to make an informed decision.
- Despite being tanky against physical damage, Dragon Knight has no defenses against magical and pure damage. Don`t overestimate his tankiness against a mixed lineup of heroes.
- Like several other carries, Dragon Knight relies heavily on Black King Bar to keep himself from being disabled in teamfights.
Breathe Fire
- Breathe Fire can be used to farm and harass in lane, especially if Dragon Knight has a Soul Ring Item Changelogs Soul RingB A ring that feeds on the souls of those who wear it. Cost750 Bought FromCommon Active Sacrifice Bonus +3 Health regeneration+50% Mana regeneration Disassemble? No Alert allies? .
- Breathe Fire is useful as an early game nuke, being your damage source until you can unleash heavy auto attacks.
- Breathe Fire reduces enemies attack damage.
Dragon Tail
- Dragon Tail is the longest (guaranteed) level 1 single target stun in the game. Mirana`s Sacred Arrow can stun up to 5 seconds at level 1, but must travel at least 1500 range and as such is difficult to hit with.
- Dragon Tail scales poorly. One or two levels is often enough to fulfill its primary stun purposes.
- Dragon Tail is great for ganking, especially if you have Shadow Blade For the cosmetic item equipped by Kunkka, see Kunkka s Shadow Blade. Item Changelogs Known Bugs Shadow BladeB The blade of a fallen king, it allows you to move unseen and .
- Dragon Tail`s cast range increases as you transform yourself into a Dragon.
Dragon Blood
- Max it first as it can keep you alive longer. It is a must skill when playing in offlane.
- Restores 180/360/540/720 (360/720/1080/1440 with Talents) health in one minute.
Elder Dragon Form
- Despite its long duration, make sure Elder Dragon Form is always ready before a teamfight. Without it, Dragon Knight is easily kited.
- Elder Dragon Form changes attack range from melee to ranged. Keep this in mind when building items as it also changes the effect of items like Manta Style, damage block, bash chance and cleave.
- The Dragons` corrosive breath affects towers, easily taking them down.
- Use the Splash damage from the Level 2 Red Dragon to clean waves and stacked camps. A Helm of the Dominator Item Old Abilities Changelogs Known Bugs Helm of the DominatorB The powerful headpiece of a dead necromancer. Cost2025 Bought FromArtifacts Active Dominate Passive Dominator Aura Bonus +2 Strength+2 Agility+2 is usually bought for this job.
- Frost Breath and Corrosive Breath are not unique attack modifiers, so they are stackable with items granting unique attack modifiers.
- The splash damage will not trigger lifesteal.
- Be that as it may, if the attack modifier increases the attack damage, it will affect splash Cleave causes a melee unit s attacks to deal a portion of its damage in an area in front of it. Contents 1 Mechanics 2 Sources of cleave 3 Splash 4 Sources of splash 5 See (both Corrosive Breath and Frost Breath are applied to all units damaged by splash), and so does critical strikes. Splash damage is also affected by damage manipulation.