Damage
50-56
100-106
136-142
Movement Speed Amp
1%
2.4%
3.4%
Davion, the Dragon Knight[edit]
After years on the trail of a legendary Eldwurm, the Knight Davion found himself facing a disappointing foe: the dreaded Slyrak had grown ancient and frail, its wings tattered, its few remaining scales stricken with scale-rot, its fangs ground to nubs, and its fire-gouts no more threatening than a pack of wet matchsticks. Seeing no honor to be gained in dragon-murder, Knight Davion prepared to turn away and leave his old foe to die in peace. But a voice crept into his thoughts, and Slyrak gave a whispered plea that Davion might honor him with death in combat. Davion agreed, and found himself rewarded beyond expectation for his act of mercy: As he sank his blade in Slyrak's breast, the dragon pierced Davion's throat with a talon. As their blood mingled, Slyrak sent his power out along the Blood Route, sending all its strength and centuries of wisdom to the knight. The dragon's death sealed their bond and Dragon Knight was born. The ancient power slumbers in the Dragon Knight Davion, waking when he calls it. Or perhaps it is the Dragon that calls the Knight...
Abilities[edit]
Unleashes a breath of fire on enemy units in a cone in front of Dragon Knight.
| Damage | 90 / 170 / 240 / 300 |
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| Does not pierce Spell Immunity. |
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| Dispellable. |
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Knight Davion's breath has become that of the mighty Eldwurm Slyrak, remembered for burning numerous other knights to a crisp.
Notes
- Can hit units up to 1000 range away.
- The fire travels at 1050 speed.
Dragon Knight smites an enemy unit at melee range with his shield, stunning and dealing damage.
| Stun Duration | 2.5 / 2.75 / 3 / 3.25
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| Cast Range During Elder Dragon Form | 400 |
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| Does not pierce Spell Immunity. |
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| Blocked by Linken's Sphere and echoed by Lotus Orb. |
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Davion's combination of dragon talents and knightly skills makes him a vicious opponent in melee combat.
The life blood of the Dragon improves health regeneration and strengthens armor.
| Bonus HP Regeneration | 4 / 8 / 12 / 16
32 |
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| Bonus Armor | 3 / 6 / 9 / 12
24 |
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Slyrak's blood still courses through Davion's veins, giving him twice the vitality of an ordinary knight.
Talent Tree[edit]
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+2s  Dragon Tail Stun Duration
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25
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2×  Dragon Blood Regen/Armor
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| +25 Strength
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20
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+20% Cooldown Reduction
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| +400 Health
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+30 Damage
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+30%  Breathe Fire Damage Reduction
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10
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+2 Mana Regen
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Elder Dragon Form Abilities[edit]
- Note scepter values only apply to the Level 4 Black Dragon.
Green Dragon[edit]
Affects
Enemy Units
Buildings
Dragon Knight spews forth volatile acid breath dealing damage over time.
| Does not pierce Spell Immunity. |
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| Dispellable. |
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| Illusions apply a fake debuff that deals no damage. |
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Notes
- Total damage:
- Does not stack with itself, only refreshes the duration.
Red Dragon[edit]
Dragon Knight hits all enemies within the area with splash damage.
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Notes
- Corrosive Breath applies to all targets hit by the splash.
Blue Dragon[edit]
Dragon Knight attacks with the power of ice and slows all enemies hit by his attacks.
| Movement Speed Slow | 40%
60% |
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| Does not pierce Spell Immunity. |
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| Dispellable. |
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| Illusions gain this ability. |
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Notes
- Frost Breath slow applies to all targets hit by the splash.
Recommended Items[edit]
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General Strategy[edit]
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.
Dragon Knight (In-Game Description)
Overview
Dragon Knight is an early-game pusher that later turns into a ranged tank-like carry that can naturally corrode towers with his first level of Elder Dragon Form and later slow enemies with his third level of Elder Dragon Form. Dragon Knight also excels in flash-farming with Breathe Fire and can survive in lane with his passive ability that improves regeneration.
Dragon Knight is an all-around strong hero, but needs the early game advantage of towers to snowball to a late-game carry.
Skill Build
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Breathe Fire is used for several reasons. To flash farm the jungle and lane creeps to get your necessary items, cripple foes in lane making it difficult for them to last hit, and weaken all enemies at he beginning of team fights. Breathe Fire's nuke and damage reduction makes it Dragon Knight's most effective skill early on. The increased armor and life regeneration from Dragon Blood is immense. Be sure to get this ability early so you can take full advantage of Soul Ring. Dragon Tail's stun duration does not scale very well for its levels. This stun is best used when in Elder Dragon Form so don't hesitate to transform for the stun and then follow up auto-attack elemental damage. Your ultimate works on towers, so push heavily once you get it.
Early Game
You want Soul Ring to use Breathe Fire as much as possible to farm and deal damage towards enemies. It also diminishes your enemies' attack, making it harder for them to last-hit or fight back.
Mid Game
Start ganking heavily with Shadow Blade; push towers during key team moments, then start ganking jungle and lanes with Shadow Blade and your ultimate's slow. After a kill, go push a tower with your team as you are now 4 vs 5 thanks to your initiative. Dragon Knight is very tank-like, but needs to avoid getting nuked down by magic spells. Black King Bar keeps you afloat, let's you dish out debuffs in Dragon Form and makes fighting back all the more harder for enemies. Helm of the Dominator offers the ability to control a creep. Select one that let's you stack and pull the Ancients camp. After several minutes of stacking, you can use your ultimate's splash damage to take out the massive stock for massive gold.
Late Game
Silver Edge is your next Shadow Blade upgrade. If you are still succeeding with ganks and want the extra damage or you are targeting an enemy to who suffers from the debuff (disabling passive abilities), Silver Edge is a good option. Assault Cuirass synergizes well with Dragon Knight who needs the attack speed, enjoys additional armor and the armor debuff works with his Dragon Form's elemental auto-attacks. Dragon Knight may be the team's primary carry or secondary to someone more agile; regardless, this helps the whole team.
Version History[edit]
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Balance Changes
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| 7.23
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 Elder Dragon Form Scepter upgrade now also provides flying pathing Level 20 Talent changed from +210 Gold Per Minute to +20% Cooldown Reduction
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| 7.22f
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- Elder Dragon Form Scepter magic resistance increased from +30% to +40%
- Level 20 Talent increased from +180 Gold/Min to +210
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| 7.22c
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- Base intelligence increased from 15 to 18
- Level 10 Talent increased from -25% Breathe Fire Damage Reduction to -30%
- Level 15 Talent increased from +350 Health to +400
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| 7.22
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- Added Scepter upgrade:
- Adds a 4th level to Elder Dragon Form, a Black Dragon
- Gaining Scepter increases the level of your ultimate by one
- Black Dragon has 50% more Corrosive Damage, Splash Damage, and Slow amount
- It also increases your attack range to 600 and grants you +30% Magic Resistance
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| 7.21d
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- Elder Dragon Form slow increased from 30% to 40%
- Level 10 Talent increased from -20% Breath Fire Damage to -25%
- Level 15 Talent increased from +300 Health to +350
- Level 20 Talent increased from +150 Gold/Min to +180
- Level 25 Talent increased from +1.75s Dragon Tail to +2s
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| 7.21
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- Strength gain increased from 3.1 to 3.6
- Base Movement Speed increased from 285 to 295
- Dragon Blood health regen increased from 4/7/10/13 to 4/8/12/16
- Elder Dragon Form frost attack slow increased from 20% to 30%
- Level 20 Talent changed from 2× Dragon Blood to +25 Strength
- Level 25 Talent changed from +40 Strength to 2× Dragon Blood
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| 7.20
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- Elder Dragon Form Splash Attack now does 75% damage in the 300 AoE
- Instead of 100% in 50 AoE, 50% in 150 AoE, 25% in 250 AoE
 Elder Dragon Form Splash Attack no longer does partial damage if the attack misses
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| 7.18
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- Level 15 Talent reduced from +35 Damage to +30
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| 7.16
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- Base movement speed reduced from 285 to 280
- Elder Dragon Form bonus movement speed increased from 25 to 30
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| 7.13b
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- Base movement speed reduced from 290 to 285
- Base armor reduced from 1 to 0
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| 7.10
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- Agility gain reduced from 2.2 to 2
- Level 10 Talent changed from +30 Attack Speed to -20% Breathe Fire Damage Reduction
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| 7.07b
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- Level 15 Talent changed from +40% XP Gain to +35 Damage
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| 7.07
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- Dragon Blood rescaled from 3/6/9/12 to 4/6/8/10
- Breathe Fire now reduces total attack damage and not just base damage
- Breathe Fire attack damage reduction reduced from 35% to 25%
- Breathe Fire cast point increased from 0 to 0.2
- Breathe Fire distance increased from 650 to 750
- Reworked Talent Tree
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| 7.06
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- Elder Dragon Form Frost Breath attack slow increased from 20 to 30
- (Matches movement speed reduction)
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| 7.05
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- Level 10 Talent increased from +9 Strength to +10
- Level 10 Talent increased from +25 Attack Speed to +30
- Level 15 Talent increased from +35% XP Gain to +40%
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| 7.03
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- Level 10 Talent increased from +7 Strength to +9
- Level 10 Talent increased from +20 Attack Speed to +25
- Level 25 Talent increased from +60 Movement Speed to +75
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| 7.02
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- Level 10 Talent from +6 Strength to 7
- Level 15 Talent from +25% XP Gain to +35%
- Level 25 Talent from +50 Movement Speed to +60
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| 7.00
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- Elder Dragon Form Corrosive Breath now affects the splashed targets
- Dragon Tail is now a fast projectile while in Dragon Form
 Added Talent Tree
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| 6.87
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- Breathe Fire attack damage reduction increased from 20/25/30/35% to 35%
 Breathe Fire cooldown rescaled from 12 to 14/13/12/11- Base damage increased from 27-33 to 31-37
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| 6.86
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- Dragon Blood HP regen increased from 2/3/4/5 to 3/6/9/12
- Elder Dragon Form Frost AoE increased from 250 to 300
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| 6.85
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- Breathe Fire debuff duration increased from 8 to 11
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| 6.84
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- Breathe Fire now also reduces base damage by 20/25/30/35% for 8 seconds
- Corrosive Breath damage is now lethal
- Elder Dragon Form Splash Attack damage percentage radius from 100/200/250 to 150/225/300
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| 6.83
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- Elder Dragon Form level 3 now maintains the Corrosive Breath ability from levels 1 and 2
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| 6.80
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- Dragon Tail cooldown increased from 9 to 12/11/10/9
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| 6.78
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- Corrosive Breath passive from Level 1 Elder Form now carries over to Level 2 (the DPS)
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| 6.75
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- Armor reduced from 2 to 1
- Dragon Blood armor bonus increased from 2/4/6/8 to 3/6/9/12
- Elder Dragon form level 2/3 no longer gives bonus damage (was 5 and 14 respectively)
- Elder Dragon form level 2/3 100% splash AoE rescaled from 75 to 100
- Elder Dragon form level 2/3 75% splash AoE rescaled from 150 to 200
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| 6.73
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- While in Elder Dragon Form, Dragon Tail cast range is increased from 150 to 400
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| 6.72
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- Breathe Fire damage increased from 75/150/225/300 to 90/170/240/300
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| 6.71
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- Dragon Blood regeneration increased from 1/2/3/4 to 2/3/4/5
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| 6.54
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- Changed Elder Dragon Form movement speed bonus from 10/35/60 to 25
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| 6.52
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- Improved Elder Dragon Form attack animation from 0.94/0.56 to 0.5/0.5
- Breathe Fire mana cost reduced from 100/115/130/150 to 100/110/120/130
- Elder Dragon Form cooldown increased from 100 to 115
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| 6.51
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- Elder Dragon Form mana cost reduced from 100/150/200 to 50
- Elder Dragon Form cooldown reduced from 135 to 100
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| 6.45
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- Increased base agility and agility gain from 17 + 1.7 to 19 + 2.2
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| 6.35
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- Dragon Blood now grants 2/4/6/8 armor
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| 6.20
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- Elder Dragon Form no longer grants bonus hp
- Breathe Fire damage reduced from 85/170/255/320 to 75/150/225/300
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| 6.17
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- Base strength reduced from 21 to 19
- Base movement speed reduced from 300 to 290
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| 6.11
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- Dragon Tail stun duration reduced from 2.5/2.75/3.1/3.35 to 2.5/2.75/3/3.25
- Dragon Tail damage rescaled from 0/50/100/150 to 25/50/75/100
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| 6.04
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- Frost Breath no longer freezes towers
- Frost Breath duration nerfed from 10 to 3
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| 6.03
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- Reverted ability changes
- Dragon Blood armor bonus removed (1/2/3/4 ➜ 0)
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| 6.00
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- Dragon Tail replaced with Stone Form
- Grants bonus armor at the cost of attack damage and movement speed
- Dragon Blood replaced with Roar
- Has a chance to blind an enemy unit
- Dragon Knight's attacks deal bonus damage and stun the enemy
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Notable Players[edit]
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
References[edit]
Carry 
Pusher 
Durable 
Disabler 
Initiator 
Nuker
