Ability
Breathe Fire
Unleashes a breath of fire in front of Dragon Knight that burns enemies and reduces the damage their attacks deal.
↻ 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 sec.Mana 90 / 95 / 100 / 105
Dragon Knight
Abilities, roles and builds with an explanation for every purchase.
HERO GAME PLANWhat I want to do in the game
I hold the lane, open with Dragon Tail on a target and pressure towers in dragon form.
When he takes on his terrifying dragon form, Dragon Knight strikes fear into any who face him. Strong and adaptable, he can stun his enemies and burn all in front of him, often providing his allies the momentum they need to carry them to victory.
Abilities at hand
01 / ROLE IN THE TEAM
A pick is not a plan yet.
My recommendation is a starting point. We choose another position together with the team and for its needs.
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Offlane · position 3
Initial recommendationMy resource is the team's space: I hold the lane and build for initiation or team protection.
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Mid · position 2
Levels, lane control and joining the team at the right moment matter.
02 / ITEMS FOR A PURPOSE
What I buy and why.
This is an editorial starting plan based on hero mechanics. It is not presented as a match I have already tested or a popularity ranking.
Offlane · position 3
My starting plan
Here is my initial plan: I do my role's job first, then choose the items the team needs. I adapt the order and expensive purchases to the opponent.
01 / First stepPower TreadsProvide attack speed and switchable attributes for farming and managing my resources.
02 / FoundationBlink DaggerChanges the entry angle and lets me reach a target quickly. Damage taken can prevent its use.
03 / FoundationBlack King BarProvides a window for my actions against eligible magical damage and disables. I check effects that pierce the protection.
04 / Next choiceAssault CuirassGives the team armor and attack speed, helping it apply physical pressure to heroes and objectives.
05 / Next choiceAghanim's ScepterUnlocks or upgrades Elder Dragon Form. The exact effects are shown below in the abilities section.
What I change for the situation 3 options
Armlet of Mordiggian ↗Improves physical fighting up close; requires attention to your health and activation timing.
Pipe of Insight ↗Provides team protection against substantial magical damage.
Daedalus ↗Increases physical attack damage once access to the target and protection are already secured.
I see the minute on the clock. And the situation too.
I do not assign one ‘correct’ minute to every purchase. I look at my gold, the next fight and the problem: am I missing mana, target access, control or protection? If an expensive slot will arrive too late, I get a useful answer earlier.
03 / HERO ABILITIES
Abilities. As in the game.
Original Valve icons and descriptions. Cooldowns and mana are shown by level from the data snapshot; talents and upgrades can change the values.
Ability
Dragon Tail
Dragon Knight smites an enemy unit with his shield, stunning and damaging it and units close to it.
↻ 16 / 14 / 12 / 10 sec.Mana 70 / 80 / 90 / 100
Ability
Wyrm's Wrath
The life blood of the Dragon improves Dragon Knight's abilities and items to have increased AoE and causes his attacks to deal additional magic damage to enemy units.
Ability
Elder Dragon Form
The hero transforms into a mighty elder dragon, gaining increased cast range, movement speed and ranged attacks.
↻ 100 sec.Mana 50
Details and upgrades
Dragon Knight assumes the form of the Elder Dragon, increasing the range of his abilities, gaining bonus movement speed, and a ranged attack with various properties. The Dragon evolves per level. The bonuses are cumulative. Level 1 Green: Grants a corrosive damage over time that can also damage buildings. Level 2 Red: Grants splash damage to the dragon's attacks. Level 3 Blue: Grants a debuff immunity piercing movement and attack frost slow on attack.
Aghanim’s Scepter
Increases the ability’s current level by 1. Grants level 4 with a black dragon that has free movement, increased magic resistance and stronger dragon attack bonuses.
Innates, upgrades and other forms2 abilities +
These abilities are not necessarily available at the same time. I check the condition beside the name: innate ability, another form or an Aghanim purchase.
From Aghanim’s Shard
Fireball
Ignites an area, dealing damage over time that lingers on enemies in it. Has reduced cast range when melee.
Full description
Ignites an area, dealing damage over time that lingers on enemies in it. Has reduced cast range when melee.
Innate
Dragon Blood
The dragon blood in the hero’s veins increases his health regeneration and armor.
Full description
The dragon's blood flowing through the hero's veins improves health regeneration and armor. These bonuses increase by 50% while in dragon form.
Valve base stats +
- Health · base
- 582
- Mana · base
- 291
- Damage · Valve field
- 55–61
- Armour · Valve field
- 2.33
- Movement speed
- 310
- Attack range
- 150
- Strength · base / gain
- 21 / 3.2
- Agility · base / gain
- 14 / 2
- Intelligence · base / gain
- 18 / 1.7
These are fields from the official source. The hero's final values in the client account for attributes and other active mechanics.
KEEP EXPLORING
One hero. Many decisions.
Items, slang and real episodes help connect abilities with what happens in a match.