Hero Discussion of this Day: Dragon Knight, Davion (26 September 2013)

Davion, the Dragon Knight

The dragon Slyrak sleeps within this armor, and the knight within the Dragon waits. Beware you do not wake them both.

Knight Davion is a powerful warrior who calls upon his draconic heritage to augment his already fearsome combat abilities. He has two powerful offensive skills: Dragon Tail and Breathe Fire. Dragon Tail allows him to stun a single enemy target for several seconds, and Breathe Fire taps into his inner dragon to unleash a powerful area of effect attack. This potent offense is supported by Davion's Dragon Blood passive skill, which makes him extremely difficult to kill by boosting his armor and hit point regeneration significantly. Combined together, these abilities make the Dragon Knight a tough, versatile fighter. At higher levels, the Dragon Knight gains the ability to transform completely into dragon form. The abilities and strength of the dragon form increase with levels. At maximum level, Davion transforms into a mighty blue dragon with an area of effect cold attack, which drastically slows all enemies caught in the freezing blasts. Along with his natural combat skills and toughness, this makes him an extremely dangerous foe.

Lore

After years on the trail of a legendary Eldwurm, the skilled dragon-slayer 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, the young knight 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 the knight might honor him with death in combat. The knight agreed, and found himself rewarded beyond expectation for his act of mercy: As he sank his blade in Slyrak's breast, the dragon sank a claw into his throat. As their blood mingled, Slyrak sent his power out along the Blood Route, offering 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 knight, waking when he calls it; or perhaps it is the Dragon that calls the Knight...

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Roles: Carry, Durable, Disabler, Pusher

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Strength: 19 + 2.8

Agility: 19 + 2.2

Intelligence: 15 + 1.7

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Damage: 46-52

Armour: 3.66

Movement Speed: 290

Attack Range: 128 (Melee)

Missile Speed: N/A

Base Attack Time: 1.7

Sight Range: 1800 (Day) / 800 (Night)

Turn Rate: 0.4

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Spells

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Breathe Fire

Unleashes a breath of fire on enemy units in a line in front of Dragon Knight.

Level	Manacost	Cooldown	Casting Range	Area	Duration	Effects
1	100	12	500	150 (Starting AoE)/500 (Distance)/250 (Final AoE)	N/A	Causes Dragon Knight to breathe fire infront of him damaging enemies by 90 in a wave
2	110	12	500	150 (Starting AoE)/500 (Distance)/250 (Final AoE)	N/A	Causes Dragon Knight to breathe fire infront of him damaging enemies by 170 in a wave
3	120	12	500	150 (Starting AoE)/500 (Distance)/250 (Final AoE)	N/A	Causes Dragon Knight to breathe fire infront of him damaging enemies by 240 in a wave
4	130	12	500	150 (Starting AoE)/500 (Distance)/250 (Final AoE)	N/A	Causes Dragon Knight to breathe fire infront of him damaging enemies by 300 in a wave

• Magical Damage

• This ability affects mechanical units

• Can hit units up to 900 range away

Knight Davion's breath has become that of the mighty Eldwurm Slyrak, remembered for burning numerous other knights to a crisp.

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Dragon Tail

Dragon Knight smites an enemy unit in melee range with his shield, stunning it while dealing minor damage. When in Elder Dragon Form, the cast range increases to 400.

Level	Manacost	Cooldown	Casting Range	Area	Duration	Effects
1	100	9	150 (400 in Dragon Form)	N/A	2.5	Stuns and damages the target by 25
2	100	9	150 (400 in Dragon Form)	N/A	2.75	Stuns and damages the target by 50
3	100	9	150 (400 in Dragon Form)	N/A	3	Stuns and damages the target by 75
4	100	9	150 (400 in Dragon Form)	N/A	3.25	Stuns and damages the target by 100

• Magical Damage

Davion's combination of dragon talents and knightly skills makes him a vicious opponent in melee combat.

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Dragon Blood

Passive

The life blood of the Dragon improves health regeneration and strengthens armor.

Level	Manacost	Cooldown	Casting Range	Area	Duration	Effects
1	-	-	-	-	-	Increases Davion's armour by 3 and HP regen by 2
2	-	-	-	-	-	Increases Davion's armour by 6 and HP regen by 3
3	-	-	-	-	-	Increases Davion's armour by 9 and HP regen by 4
4	-	-	-	-	-	Increases Davion's armour by 12 and HP regen by 5

• The armor upgrade counts as base armor, not an addition

Slyrak's blood still courses through Davion's veins, giving him twice the vitality of an ordinary knight.

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Elder Dragon Form

Ultimate

Dragon Knight can take the form of three powerful elder dragons. LEVEL 1 - Green Dragon: Short poison damage over time on attack. LEVEL 2 - Red Dragon: Splash damage on attack. LEVEL 3 - Blue Dragon: Splash damage and frost attack that slows enemy units.

Level	Manacost	Cooldown	Casting Range	Area	Duration	Effects
1	50	115	N/A	N/A	60	Turns Dragon Knight into a Green Dragon, increasing his speed by 25 and attack range by 372. Green Dragon has a Corrosive Breath attack
2	50	115	N/A	N/A	60	Turns Dragon Knight into a Red Dragon, increasing his speed by 25 and attack range by 372. Red Dragon has a Splash attack
3	50	115	N/A	N/A	60	Turns Dragon Knight into a Blue Dragon, increasing his speed by 25 and attack range by 372. Blue Dragon has a Frost Splash attack

• Elder Dragon Form increases the range of Dragon Tail

• The Level 1 Elder Dragon is a Green Dragon that has 315 base movespeed, 500 attack range, 1.7 Base Attack Time, 0.5/0.4 attack animation and has the skill: Corrosive Breath.

• The Level 2 Elder Dragon is a Red Dragon that has 315 base movespeed, 500 attack range, 1.7 Base Attack Time, 0.5/0.4 attack animation and has Splash Attack.

• The Level 3 Elder Dragon is a Blue Dragon that has 315 base movespeed, 500 attack range, 1.7 Base Attack Time, 0.5/0.4 attack animation and has Splash Attack (same as lvl 2) and has the skill: Frost Breath.

• Corrosive Breath damage type: magical

• Corrosive Breath deals 20 damage per second during 5 seconds and is non-lethal (target is left with 1HP).Corrosive Breath works on structures.

• Splash Attack deals 100% damage in a 100 AOE, 75% damage in a 200 AOE, 50% damage in a 250 AOE.

• Frost Breath slows units for 30% movement speed and 20% attack speed, lasting 3 seconds

The dormant dragon power springs forth from within Davion, combining the powers of a legendary knight with a legendary Eldwurm.

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Recent Changes from 6.78/6.78b/6.78c

• Corrosive Breath passive from Level 1 Elder Dragon Form icon.png Elder Dragon Form now carries over to Level 2

Recent Changes from 6.77/6.77b/6.77c

• None

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Tips:

If an enemy is just outside of Breathe Fire cast range, you can cast it on the ground to try and hit the enemy.

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The previous 6.77 Dragon Knight discussion.

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"Make sure to check inventories. (this applies to all invis heroes and sblade users). Keep an eye on who has dust, who has sentries (also pay attention to the quantity. If someone has an odd number of sentries, they might've placed one down.) and especially if someone has a gem. Be cautious and be wary of common sentry spots (Like the aforementioned 'putting a sentry down while pushing/defending a tower'.)"