Classes ‣ Dragon
Dragon is a class in Rogue Legacy. It is unlocked by purchasing the hidden Bestiality Manor Upgrade. Dragon is considered the "special" class and it is different from every other type of hero.
Special[]
A Dragon cannot attack with a sword. Instead, a Dragon can cast spells with both Attack and Spell keys and Mana replenishes automatically. The Dragon Fire spell costs 15 MP and shoots a fireball straight ahead, dealing 100% INT of damage to the first enemy hit. This spell, unlike Dagger, has a limited range.
Additionally, a Dragon cannot jump. Rather, it is able to fly in all directions with infinite duration. This can be activated/deactivated by using either the Jump or the Special keys.
Spells[]
The only spell available to Dragon is Dragon Fire. Spell altars will always hold Dragon Fire while playing as a Dragon. Architect locking down Spell Swap special rooms with other spells inside can circumvent that. Dragons can also replace their Dragon Fire with the Axe and/or Dagger spells by playing at the Carnival, but this will only last until you leave the room.
The Lament of Zors Changes[]
Dragon Mana regeneration is buffed and it scales with Max MP.
Notes[]
- The Dragon class unlocking upgrade, Beastiality is at the top of the manor and is hidden outside the view, so you will have to scroll up.
- Playing as Dragon class gives you an achievement.
- Flight trivializes some fairy chest challenges and enemy encounters but you have to land in order to interact with things like chests.
- Dragon Fire can be fired rapidly enough to hit enemies before their i-frames wear off. Projectiles go through enemies with active i-frames without damaging them.
- Range of Dragon Fire is not affected by your character's size, so the Dwarfism Trait can be taken to decrease the size of your hitbox without any penalties.
- Dragon has 100% Strength scaling but no way to deal Strength based damage.
- Internally, Dragon has a have movement speed modifier stat like Shinobi/Hokage but it's set to 0.
- Dashing works normally in the air, but will interrupt your current flight. You cannot dash in the air until you have touched the ground, after which the dash counter will reset.
- Be sure to equip this hero properly. Dragons deal more damage with higher INT, but gain no benefit from STR, Crit. Chance/Damage and Sky/Vault runes, and also very little benefit from Siphon runes. This can be both good and bad, since it makes a lot of equipment's stats and upgrades useless but also opens up a lot of options in choosing equipment and runes. It's highly recommended to swap your normal high damage sword for one that grants you armor (Guardian Sword), extra gold (Sage Sword), Vampirism(Blood Sword), or retaliation damage (Retribution Sword).