Dragons

You need 15 relics to hatch a dragon, which matches the 1st star rank (1★).

Relics drop as "eggs" of 5 — so 3 eggs = 15 relics = one hatch. After that, raising the Star Rank costs more and more relics: 2★ = 40, 3★ = 100, 4★ = 180, and it climbs up to 7★ = 800 (the 5★/6★ tiers aren't confirmed yet).

Relics are permanent (cross-reign capital), just like Relic Shards. Tip: when you get relics for a dragon already at max Star Rank, they convert into Relic Shards, which you can trade for other relics or for keys.

Vaeldra is obtained by linking your HBO Max account to the game — it's a link reward, not a chest drop.

She's an Epic Warrior (Strength 59), 🟢 Spearmen affinity. Her command Bait applies Taunt to 3 enemies (25% chance) and hits 2 adjacent enemies for +45% physical.

Her real role is tank/magnet: with Taunt, she forces enemies to hit her, which protects your fragile dragons. Her habit Siren's Call pushes taunt up to 40% on everyone. Excellent free piece for a Spearmen army, especially alongside Jagadrix and Crimson.

Several routes to grow your roster — and dragons are permanent, they never reset between reigns:

• Dragon chests, opened with Dragonbone / Dragonglass / Dragonfire Keys at the Hatchery.
• Dragon relics: stacking 15 of them hatches a new dragon (1★).
• Pre-registration: that's the Dawnseeker reward.
• Linking HBO Max: unlocks Vaeldra.
• Events and the campaign, which hand out relics, eggs and keys.

Dragon eggs are permanent too — a dragon can sit at the egg stage until you hatch it. Farming keys and relics is the real engine of progress.

The 3 keys open the dragon chests at the Hatchery:

• Dragonbone — the most common.
• Dragonglass — the middle one.
• Dragonfire — the rarest, and the best chests.

Chests are the main source of two crucial things: the dragons and relics themselves, and above all the habit materials — the Breedmarks (per breed) and the Cores (🔵 Rare / 🟣 Epic / 🟡 Legendary).

Since all of that is permanent and never resets between reigns, farming keys and opening chests is definitive progress for your dragons. It's the best long-term investment in the game.

Dawnseeker is the game's pre-registration reward.

It's a Rare Sentinel, key stat Initiative (56), with a green affinity for Spearmen. Its Order, Radiant Wings, boosts the team's Instinct and Initiative (+20%, 30% chance), hits in tactical damage and heals 2 allies.

It's a solid free support dragon to start with: its set habit Sunbreak pushes the tactical damage of its Order (+100%), and First Light grants First-Strike to allies. Perfect in a Spearmen army, given its green affinity.

You can raise a dragon's level instantly by feeding it meat (the "Feed / Dragon Meal" screen), instead of waiting for combat XP.

Meat comes from events, the campaign, encounters and the shop.

⚠️ Two traps:

• Meat resets at the end of the reign — so use it before then, otherwise it's lost.
• Level is capped by the campaign stage you've reached (e.g. cap 30). No point stuffing a dragon past the cap.

Strategy: use meat to bring your key dragons to the cap fast at the start of a reign, then let combat do the rest. Since level is throwaway (it resets), don't put your permanent resources into it.

Vaeldra is the Epic Warrior given out through the HBO Max link. Key stat Strength (59), role tank/taunter.

Her command Bait: every round (25% chance), Taunts 3 enemies (2 rounds); on odd rounds, +45% physical to 2 adjacent enemies. Her habit Siren's Call pushes taunt up to 40% on everyone.

Why Taunt matters: it forces the enemy to attack Vaeldra instead of your fragile dragons (Hunters/Sentinels). She's a living shield for your army. 🟢 Spearmen affinity.

Free and solid: put her at the front of a Spearmen army (e.g. Jagadrix · Vaeldra · Crimson) to soak the hits while your Debuffers do their work.

Syrax is the Legendary Sentinel (key stat Initiative) and a first-rate fire enabler. Recommended, and strong from the early game.

Its Order, Blazing Fury: each round (20% chance) → +10% fire damage dealt and First-Strike to one ally, favouring fire allies, for 2 rounds. On rounds 1, 4, 6 and 9: +110% tactical damage to one adjacent enemy. At 6★+ it adds Recovery (+50%) to the ally lowest on troops.

Its real power: it switches on the fire of the whole line and hands out First-Strike, which boosts Caraxes to +150% fire. Green affinity for Spearmen and Archers. Pair it with fire dragons to multiply the damage. A priority to raise.

Caraxes is the Legendary Hunter (Intelligence 67) and pure fire burst. Recommended, strong in sieges and from the early game.

Its Order, Infernal Burst: on rounds 3, 6 and 9 it deals +100% fire damage to 3 enemies — and ×1.5 (+150%) if the target has First-Strike. That's AoE that really hurts.

The signature combo: pair it with Syrax, who hands out First-Strike, and Caraxes' fire automatically lands at +150%. Green affinity for Spearmen and Cavalry.

It's your main area damage against groups. Remember to pair it with a Debuffer that lowers enemy Initiative, since Initiative is what reduces incoming fire damage.

Seasmoke is the Legendary Champion (Initiative 60), the anti-buff specialist.

Its Order, Cleansing Wrath: each round it strips up to 3 enemy buffs (20% chance each). On rounds 3, 6 and 9: +190% fire damage to one enemy. At 6★+, every strip grants a stack of Infectious Wrath (−15% enemy Recovery) and adds physical damage on 2 enemies, doubled under Panic.

Two uses: breaking defensive compositions by purging their Advantage and Resistance, and stopping the enemy from healing through Infectious Wrath — which is key in multi-wave attrition. Green affinity for Cavalry and Archers. As a Champion it's excellent at the Center for its aura.

Crimson is the Legendary Hunter (Intelligence 63), both control and power.

Its Order, Bloodscale Terror: on odd rounds it lands a Stun (20% chance, 2 rounds); on rounds 2, 5 and 8 it deals +140% fire damage to one enemy. At 10★ the stun climbs to 40% and it cuts enemy Instinct and Initiative as well.

That's a double threat: it locks a target — stunned means no Order, no habit, no basic attack — and hits hard in fire. Its set habit Vermin's Bane reinforces all of it. Green affinity for Spearmen and Archers.

One of the highest raw-power dragons in the game, and a pillar of a Spearmen army alongside Jagadrix.

Jagadrix is only a Rare Hunter, but it's a formidable army amplifier — worth far more than its rarity suggests.

Its Order, Cunning Whispers: each round (30% chance) it cuts an enemy's Instinct and Initiative by −15% for 2 rounds. On rounds 2, 5 and 8: +120% fire. On rounds 3, 6 and 9: +30% fire to every enemy dealing tactical damage, doubled under Panic. At 10★: it cuts Instinct and Initiative on the highest-Instinct enemy for the rest of the fight.

Why it's key: lowering enemy Instinct means more physical damage taken by your whole line; lowering Initiative means more fire taken. It's a multiplier for the entire army. Green affinity for Spearmen — perfect for that axis. The non-Legendary to raise first.

Rhysarion is an Epic Champion (Strength 59) and an excellent Center dragon for its aura.

Its Order, Dawnsong: on rounds 1, 4 and 7 it deals +70% physical damage to 2 adjacent enemies; on rounds 2, 5 and 8, +20% fire to 3 enemies — +30% if the target is under a control effect. At 6★+ it adds Recovery (+60%) to 2 allies.

Its hidden asset is its set habit Ebbing Fury: an aura for −27.5% enemy damage, plus Recovery on round 4. Put it at the Center to spread that across the whole line — one of the strongest auras in the game. Green affinity for Spearmen, Shields and Siege. A pillar of a Spearmen or Shield army.

Vhagar is a Legendary Warrior (Instinct 63), a tank built for Alliance War — situational, and weak early.

Its Order, Fiery Bonds: each round (25% chance, 50% if the target is burning) it Taunts 3 enemies; on even rounds it deals +120% physical damage to one enemy. Its habits make it very hard to kill: Ancestral Shield (−12% physical and tactical damage taken) and Skyward Titan.

Use: it's a wall for long fights, especially paired with a dragon that applies Burn, since the taunt then jumps to 50%. Early on its investment-to-return ratio is poor — keep your gold Cores for Syrax, Caraxes and Crimson first. Green affinity for Shields and Archers.

Two complementary Legendary support dragons:

Kalspire (Champion, Strength 61) — *Tactical Strike*: after its basic attack, +50% tactical damage plus Bleed (30%) on the target and one adjacent enemy. At 6★+ it adds physical damage and Panic. It's an effect setter — Bleed and Panic — that feeds the combos. Green affinity for Cavalry and Shields.

Malachite (Sentinel, Instinct 61) — *Warden's Rally*: +100% tactical damage to one enemy on rounds 2, 4, 7 and 9, and Recovery +70% to 3 allies on rounds 3, 6 and 9. It's your main healer: it restores troops, which keeps your army alive through attrition. Green affinity for Cavalry and Shields.

Both shine in a Shield army (Malachite · Rhysarion · Kalspire, for instance).

Every dragon has exactly one active Order (its signature ability) plus 5 passive habits.

The Order fires on its own each round, either on fixed intervals (specific rounds, e.g. "rounds 3, 6, 9") or on a chance threshold (e.g. "20% each round"). A fight runs up to 10 rounds (often 1 or 2).

Example — Caraxes / *Infernal Burst*: on rounds 3, 6 and 9 it deals +100% fire damage to 3 enemies (+150% with First-Strike). You never trigger it by hand: everything is automatic, following the Order's own script.

The Order is what makes a dragon that dragon. Read it carefully: it tells you which rounds it hits on, and which synergies it wants (Panic, Burn, control effects…).

The structure is the same for every dragon:

• 1 active Order — the signature ability that fires in combat.
• 5 passive habits — each raisable over 5 levels (25 passive cells per dragon).

Habits are permanent and carry over from one reign to the next, unlike level. One of them is usually a set habit ⭐ that reinforces the Order.

The scale matters: a Legendary with its 5 habits at level 5 adds up to 5 × 3,100 = 15,500 Power 🔥 on top of its raw strength. In other words, a finished dragon — Order plus 5 raised habits — crushes a dragon of the same level standing there naked. Habits are the real source of long-term power.

Status effects are the heart of every combo. The main ones:

• Stun: the target can't use Orders, habits or basic attacks on its turn.
• Panic: tactical damage +20% each round, for 2 rounds.
• Bleed: physical damage +20% each round, for 2 rounds.
• Burn: fire damage +20% each round, for 2 rounds.
• Vulnerable: +10% damage taken · Weakened: −10% damage dealt.
• Taunt: forces the enemy to attack that dragon · Slow: it attacks last.
• First-Strike / Double-Strike: strike before everyone / 2 attacks per round.

The key: many Orders multiply their damage when the target is already under an effect (fire ×1.5 under Panic, for instance). That's what a combo is.

Control is not one single thing: several types exist and they block different actions.

• Stun (the classic): the target can't use Orders, habits AND basic attacks on its turn. The most complete lock.
• Overwhelm: the target can't use its active Orders and habits (but not necessarily its basic attack).
• Attack-modifier stun: blocks the attack modifiers plus the basic attacks.

The control family covers stun, stagger, overwhelm and confusion. Some Orders scale with control: Rhysarion deals +30% fire instead of +20% when the target is under a control effect. Knowing which control you're applying changes what the enemy can still do.

The heart of this game is synergy: one dragon applies an effect, another doubles its damage on it. A few locked-in combos:

• First-Strike → Caraxes: its fire goes from +100% to +150% when the target has First-Strike. And Syrax is exactly who hands out First-Strike.
• Panic → Shadowsong / Seasmoke: fire or physical damage ×1.5 on a panicking target.
• Control → Rhysarion: +30% fire instead of +20% on a controlled target. Land a Stun (Crimson) first.
• Vulnerable → Solstryker: tactical damage doubled on a Vulnerable target. Antares is the one who applies Vulnerable.
• Bleed → Arrax: its Weakened goes from 25% to 50% if the target is bleeding.

Build an army where one sets it up and another cashes it in. That beats three isolated bruisers every time.

A fight runs up to 10 rounds (often only 1 or 2) and has 3 possible outcomes:

• Victory: you destroy the opposing army.
• Stalemate: both armies still have troops after 10 rounds — a draw.
• Defeat: your army is wiped out.

When a dragon runs out of troops it withdraws to the garrison; it isn't lost.

Worth noting: troop-type research weighs enormously (multipliers of ×11 to ×60 in combat), far more than a Champion aura (−27.5%) or green affinity (×1.2), which in turn sit above the matchup (±7%). So even at a stat disadvantage, good research plus attrition can turn a fight around.

Game of Thrones: Dragonfire has 3 rarities: Rare (🔵 blue), Epic (🟣 purple) and Legendary (🟡 gold). Rarity decides two concrete things:

• How strong the habits are at their base. A level 1 habit is worth 250 Power 🔥 on a Rare, 340 on an Epic, 420 on a Legendary. At level 5: 1,800 / 2,500 / 3,100.
• How hard the dragon is to raise: upgrading a habit needs a Core of the matching colour (blue / purple / gold). The gold (Legendary) Core is the hardest to farm.

So Legendaries (Syrax, Crimson, Seasmoke, Caraxes…) are the strongest but the slowest to finish. Concentrate your gold Cores on them, not on the whole roster.

Every dragon belongs to one of 4 breeds, which sets its role and its damage type:

• Champion — the Suppressor, with mixed damage. Versatile, and usually your best Center for its aura.
• Warrior — the Enhancer, key stat Strength, physical damage. The heavy hitters (Vhagar, Daemoros, Thunderstrike).
• Hunter — the Debuffer, key stat Intelligence, fire damage. They soften the enemy up (Crimson, Caraxes, Jagadrix).
• Sentinel — the Buffer, key stat Instinct, tactical damage. They boost and heal your allies (Syrax, Malachite, Zivern).

A good army mixes the roles: a Debuffer to break the enemy's defence, a Buffer to inflate yours, an Enhancer for the burst.

The Champion is the Suppressor breed: its job is to smother the enemy and to hold the Center of the formation, because that's where its aura spreads to the whole line.

Champion auras are the strongest on average: Ebbing Fury (−27.5% enemy damage), Champion's Brilliance (+15 Strength/Intelligence/Instinct), Clever Maneuver (+25% Intelligence, +15% Initiative). Its damage is mixed rather than specialised, so it fits anywhere.

In practice: put your best Champion — Seasmoke, Rhysarion, Kalspire — at the Center so its aura covers the whole line. It's the pivot of a solid formation.

The Warrior is the Enhancer: its key stat is Strength and it hits in physical damage. It's your front-line bruiser.

Its typical aura is Warrior's Zeal (+16% physical damage, +20 Initiative) and Battle Rush (+25% Initiative to allies, −Instinct to the enemy) — excellent for striking first.

Plenty of Warriors play tank: Vhagar and Vaeldra apply Taunt, forcing the enemy to attack them, which shields your fragile dragons. Others — Daemoros, Thunderstrike, Venator — are pure physical burst. Remember: physical damage is reduced by the defender's Instinct.

The Hunter is the Debuffer: key stat Intelligence, fire damage. Its job is to weaken the enemy so your whole army hits harder.

The master lever in this game is lowering the enemy's defensive stat: less Initiative means more fire damage taken; less Instinct means more physical damage taken. Jagadrix cuts Instinct and Initiative, Crimson stuns and lowers stats, Caraxes throws out massive fire (+150% with First-Strike).

A good Hunter doesn't just hit for itself: it sets the table for the rest of the army. Indispensable as soon as you go after tough targets.

The Sentinel is the Buffer: key stat Instinct, tactical damage. Its job is to inflate your allies and to heal.

Its auras reinforce your line — Wise Vigor (+20% Instinct, plus Recovery) — and many Sentinels carry a Recovery that restores troops (Malachite +70% to 3 allies, Dawnseeker +30%). On offence they hit in tactical damage, which rises with the attacker's Instinct and falls with the defender's Intelligence.

Syrax, the Legendary Sentinel, is a case apart: she switches on the fire of the whole line and hands out First-Strike. Put a Sentinel in any army that has to last (multi-wave attrition).

The 4 combat stats form a triangle, confirmed on every Order's own text:

• Physical damage 🩸: raised by Strength (attacker), cut by Instinct (defender).
• Fire damage 🔥: raised by Intelligence, cut by Initiative.
• Tactical damage 💜: raised by Instinct, cut by Intelligence.
• Initiative also sets the turn order: who strikes first.

The most powerful lever isn't raising your own stats, it's lowering the enemy's defensive stat: that multiplies one damage type for your entire army, not just for one dragon. Which is exactly why Debuffers (Hunters) are worth their weight in gold.

Star Rank goes up with dragon relics, at the Hatchery. It's permanent and never resets between reigns.

Relic costs per tier: 1★ = 15 (hatching), 2★ = 40, 3★ = 100, 4★ = 180… up to 7★ = 800. The curve climbs steeply.

Stars do 3 things: your dragon grows bigger, gains stats, and above all unlocks new habit slots (roughly one habit every 2 ranks). Star Rank opens the slot; chests then provide what's needed to take that habit from level 1 to 5. It's the most rewarding progress you can buy, because it's definitive.

Two systems, easy to confuse:

• Level (Reign Level) — ⚠️ it resets every reign (the 8-week season). Raised by fighting (XP from enemy troops killed) or by feeding Meat. It sets your maximum army size and your 4 stats, and it's capped by your campaign stage.
• Star Rank — permanent, kept from one reign to the next. Raised with relics. Gives stats and unlocks habits.

Golden rule: what's permanent — stars, habits, relics, keys — is your real capital, so invest there. Level gets re-ground every season; it's disposable. At the start of a reign, push the level back up fast through combat or Meat.

Every dragon has 5 habits (permanent passives), each over 5 levels — 25 cells per dragon. The life of a habit:

1. Locked at the start (the slot is gated by stars).
2. Unlocked → level 1: you need the right Star Rank tier plus the first materials from chests.
3. Raised 1 → 5 with 2 ingredients: a Breedmark (matching Champion / Warrior / Hunter / Sentinel) and a Core of the right rarity (🔵 / 🟣 / 🟡).

A cost seen in game: 100 Breedmarks + 100 Cores per tier, rising at the higher levels. It all comes from chests, and it's permanent.

Priority: raise the set habits ⭐ first — the ones whose text reads "[Order] grants" — because they multiply the dragon's active Order.

A set habit ⭐ is a special habit whose text reads "[Order name] grants" — *Blazing Fury grants*, *Bloodscale Terror grants*, and so on. It reinforces the dragon's active Order directly.

It's usually the 5th habit, and it's the dragon's strongest (the Habit Growth event confirms the 5th pays more).

Examples: Vermin's Bane (Crimson) pushes the stun of Bloodscale Terror to 40%; Strategic Revival (Syrax) adds +50% Recovery to Blazing Fury; Event Horizon (Shadowrend) adds +100% physical and tactical damage.

A dragon with its Order plus its ⭐ habits raised is far stronger than its raw power suggests. Prioritise these without hesitation.

Habits follow 2 constant scales as you take them from level 1 to 5:

• Scale A (×2): `base × [1 · 1.2 · 1.4 · 1.7 · 2.0]`. Level 5 doubles level 1. Used for most stat buffs and debuffs and for the "low" chances. Example: 25 → 30 → 35 → 42.5 → 50%.
• Scale B (×2.5): `base × [1 · 1.3 · 1.6 · 2.0 · 2.5]`. Level 5 is ×2.5. Used for the strong control effects (Stun, Overwhelm, First-Strike). Example: 40 → 52 → 64 → 80 → 100%.

That lets you predict what a habit will be worth before you pay for it. On the Power 🔥 side it depends on rarity: a Legendary goes from 420 at level 1 to 3,100 at level 5.

Every dragon has an affinity per troop type (Spearmen, Archers, Cavalry, Shields, Siege). Three cases:

• Positive (🟢 green): +20% to the dragon's combat stats for that type. Shown as "+20%" in the formation screen.
• Neutral: no effect (shown as "No bonus").
• Negative (🔴 red): lowers the dragon's stats.

Since the troop type is chosen for the whole army — one selector, all 3 dragons carry it — the ideal is to line up 3 dragons that are all green for the same type.

One note: the Siege affinity has no impact in dragon combat, since you never field Siege troops there. Green or red Siege is cosmetic as far as fighting goes.

To cash in the +20% affinity, build an army where all 3 dragons are green for the chosen type. The 🟢 dragons per troop:

• PIKEMEN (9): Crimson, Vaeldra, Jagadrix, Caraxes, Rhysarion, Syrax, Bevlorin, Dawnseeker, Venator.
• ARCHERS (10): Crimson, Seasmoke, Zivern, Daemoros, Tashix, Solstryker, Syrax, Arrax, Antares, Vhagar.
• CAVALRY (9): Seasmoke, Kalspire, Caraxes, Feskar, Malachite, Shadowsong, Thunderstrike, Shimmer, Arulix.
• SHIELDS (10): Kalspire, Malachite, Rhysarion, Velar, Arrax, Shadowrend, Nyrena, Vesper, Venator, Vhagar.

Also pick the type with the counter wheel in mind (your type beating the enemy's). Spearmen is often the best axis, because it lines up several centrepiece dragons at once.

The troop counter triangle gives +7% when you hold the advantage (and −7% to the enemy):

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Cavalry → beats → Shields → beat → Archers → beat → Spearmen → beat → Cavalry

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Word for word in game: Cavalry +7% vs Shields and Siege · Spearmen +7% vs Cavalry and Siege · Shields +7% vs Archers and Siege · Archers +7% vs Spearmen and Siege. Siege is weak against everything and isn't used in dragon combat.

The bonus is small on its own, but it applies to every hit and both sides carry it, so the gap between holding it and suffering it is 14 points. Pick your type to counter the enemy's, then check that your 3 dragons are green for it. Two levers at once: matchup plus affinity.

Every breed carries an aura that spreads from where it stands. The Center is the hub: a dragon there covers the whole line with its aura.

Values seen in combat:

• Champion: *Ebbing Fury* (−27.5% enemy damage), *Champion's Brilliance* (+15 Strength/Intelligence/Instinct) — the strongest on average.
• Warrior: *Battle Rush* (+25% Initiative to allies) — excellent for striking first.
• Sentinel: *Wise Vigor* (+20% Instinct, plus Recovery).
• Hunter: *Blazing Onslaught* (a debuff: +10% physical / +15% fire damage taken by the enemy).

The rule: put the dragon whose aura is most worth spreading at the Center — usually a Champion (−27.5% enemy damage is enormous), or a Warrior if you want to lock down Initiative.

Prioritise the Legendaries you actually field: they have the best habits but they eat the gold Cores, the rarest material, so concentrating them matters.

A sensible order:

1. Syrax (Legendary Sentinel) — switches on the fire of the whole line plus First-Strike. Strong from the early game.
2. Caraxes (Legendary Hunter) — massive fire burst, and it scales off Syrax's First-Strike.
3. Crimson (Legendary Hunter) — stun plus top-tier raw power.
4. Seasmoke (Legendary Champion) — strips enemy buffs, superb aura at the Center.

Don't spread your gold Cores across the roster. For level (which resets), push it on the 3 dragons in your current army. For the permanent side — stars and habits — concentrate on 3 or 4 key Legendaries.

Spearmen is often the best axis: it's the easiest type to boost through research, and several centrepiece dragons are 🟢 green for it.

A solid Spearmen backbone:

• Jagadrix (Hunter) — the amplifier: it cuts the enemy's Instinct and Initiative, which opens up damage for everyone.
• Rhysarion (Champion) — at the Center for the aura, plus AoE that scales with control effects.
• Crimson (Legendary Hunter) — the raw power pick, plus stun.

Other green Spearmen options: Syrax, Caraxes, Vaeldra. A composition seen in game: Jagadrix · Vaeldra · Crimson (around 65,000 attack). Debuffer (Jagadrix / Crimson) plus a Champion aura (Rhysarion) plus green affinity is a nasty package.

The game runs in 8-week reigns. Knowing what stays and what goes dictates your whole dragon strategy:

🟢 PERMANENT (your real capital): gold · dragons and eggs · Star Rank · habits · relics and shards · Breedmarks and Cores · keys (Dragonbone / Dragonglass / Dragonfire) · Heirlooms.

🔴 RESETS every reign (disposable): dragon level · buildings and research · Meat · basic resources · House Level.

The rule: every gold, key, relic, Breedmark or Core you invest is definitive → go all in on the stars and habits of your key dragons. Level gets re-ground every season through combat or Meat, so never spend permanent materials on it. At the start of a reign, push the level back up fast to switch your buffs back on.

Confirmed in combat: the defender does NOT heal between rounds or between waves. Whatever damage your first armies do stays for the ones that follow.

The strategic consequence: sending several armies in waves at the same target wears it down, and a weaker army can finish a defender that's already been softened — a fight has been won at a −7% disadvantage thanks to earlier attrition.

⚠️ It isn't an absolute rule: without that softening, the outcome comes down to the power gap, the auras, Initiative and the number of rounds. The −7% is still a real factor, just a small one.

For raising dragons: favour the ones that make you last — healers like Malachite, anti-heal like Seasmoke — to win the long exchanges.