Rust Dragon and Azure Dragon: Difference between pages

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Neutral creatures

Level 1

Peasant

Halfling

Level 2

Rogue

Boar

Leprechaun

Level 3

Nomad

Mummy

Level 4

Sharpshooter

Satyr

Steel Golem

Level 5

Troll

Gold Golem

Fangarm

Level 6

Diamond Golem

Enchanter

Level 7

Faerie Dragon

Rust Dragon

Crystal Dragon

Azure Dragon

Towns

Statistics

Azure Dragon

Cost per troop
30000	20

Attack	50
Defense	50
Damage	70–80
Health	1000
Speed	19
Movement	Flying
Size	2
Growth	1
AI Value	78845

Special abilities:

• Breath attack
• Counts as Dragon
• Fear
• Immune to level 1-3 spells
• Immune to Fear

Azure Dragons are level 7 neutral creatures that can be recruited from Frozen Cliffs, which can only be located on the Adventure Map.

"Little is known of the Azure Dragon. It is both rare and mighty, thus few have seen it, and fewer still have survived its attacks. This powerful creature is not much bigger than most dragons, but is said to be capable of enduring prolonged physical attack. It is said those standing face-to-face with an Azure Dragon tend to freeze from pure fear." ^{AB manual}

General tactics and info

Like all the neutral creatures, they cannot be upgraded. Azure Dragon have the highest attack, defense, damage and health values of all the creatures making them arguably the strongest units in the game. Additionally, their ability to spread Fear among the enemies, causing them to freeze and lose their combat round action, can turn the tide of the battle. Placing Azure Dragons (as well as any living Dragons) in the Skeleton Transformer will give you Bone Dragons instead of regular Skeletons. They are also the most expensive unit in the game.

Azure Dragons have the highest AI Value of any creature, with 78845.

Fear special ability

Azure Dragon's fear special ability is a passive ability, which means it does not require any specific action from the stack. The fear may occur only at the beginning of enemy stack's turn, causing them to freeze in fear of the Azure Dragons and effectively lose their chance to act that combat round. The working principle is very similar to bad morale.

Creatures immune to fear :

Azure Dragon

Golems:

Elementals:

Undead:

Appearance

Azure Dragons were added in Armageddon's Blade so there are no Azure Dragons or Frozen Cliffs in Restoration of Erathia.

Trivia

Even though in the game files themselves the Azure Dragon and other neutral dragons are considered to be level 7, the official editor shows they are level 10 (8 for Faerie Dragon). This is either due to code limitations and impossibility of creating a unit with tier higher than 7, either because the developers didn't have time, motivation or reason to add a new creature level in the game code and invest time in that, just telling us they are level 10, respectively 8. As such, even now their levels are still being debated.

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 {{Neutral creatures}}{{Creature
-  | AI_Value   = 26433
+  | AI_Value  = 78845
-  | Growth     = 1
+ | Name      = Azure Dragon
-  | Name       = Rust Dragon
+  | Attack    = 50
-  | Attack     = 30
+  | Defense   = 50
-  | Defense    = 30
+  | Speed     = 19
-  | Damage     = 50
+  | Growth    = 1
-  | Health     = 750
+  | Damage    = 70–80
-  | Speed      = 17
+  | Health    = 1000
-  | Movement   = [[Flying]]
+  | Size      = 2
-  | Size       = 2
+  | Movement  = [[Flying]]
-  | No_shots   =
+  | No_shots  =
-  | Res        = [[File: Resource Sulfur 20x18.gif]]
+  | Res       = [[File: Resource Mercury 20x18.gif]]
-  | ResCost    = 14
+  | ResCost   = 20
-  | Cost       = 15000
+  | Cost      = 30000
-  | Special    = • [[Acid breath]]<br>• [[Breath attack]]<br>• [[Dragon]]
+  | Special   = • [[Breath attack]]<br>• Counts as [[Dragon]]<br>• [[Fear]]<br>• Immune to level 1-3 [[spells]]<br>• Immune to Fear
-  | Onlyone    =
+  | Onlyone =
 }}
-{{Cram|Sulfurous Lair|Rust Dragon|no_upg=|no_dwelling=}}
+{{Cram|Frozen Cliffs|Azure Dragon|no_upg=|no_dwelling=}}
-'''Rust Dragons''' are level 7 [[neutral creature]]s recruited from the [[Sulfurous Lair]], which can only be found from the [[Adventure Map]].
+'''Azure Dragons''' are level 7 [[neutral]] creatures that can be recruited from [[Frozen Cliffs]], which can only be located on the [[Adventure Map]].
-''"Rust Dragons are known to hunt [[Gorgon and Mighty Gorgon|Gorgons]], and live and feed in [[Sulfurous Lair|sulfur mines]]. With this appetite, Rust Dragons spew a concentrated acid as their primary attack. This acid is capable of eating through the strongest armor, lowering the defense of its target while inflicting further damage."{{-}}<sup>[[Armageddon's Blade Manual Page 19|AB manual]]''</sup>
+''"Little is known of the Azure Dragon. It is both rare and mighty, thus few have seen it, and fewer still have survived its attacks. This powerful creature is not much bigger than most [[Dragon|dragons]], but is said to be capable of enduring prolonged physical attack. It is said those standing face-to-face with an Azure Dragon tend to freeze from pure fear."{{-}}<sup>[[Armageddon's Blade Manual Page 20|AB manual]]''</sup>
 == General tactics and info ==
-Placing Rust Dragons (as well as any living Dragons) in the [[Skeleton Transformer]] will give you [[Bone Dragon]]s instead of regular [[Skeleton]]s.
+Like all the neutral creatures, they cannot be upgraded. Azure Dragon have the highest [[Primary skill#Attack|attack]], [[Primary skill#Defense|defense]], [[damage]] and [[health]] values of all the creatures making them arguably the strongest units in the game. Additionally, their ability to spread [[Fear]] among the enemies, causing them to freeze and lose their combat round action, can turn the tide of the battle. Placing Azure Dragons (as well as any living Dragons) in the [[Skeleton Transformer]] will give you [[Bone Dragon]]s instead of regular [[Skeleton]]s. They are also the most expensive unit in the game.
-With their incredibly high speed, health, and attack damage, Rust Dragons are generally considered the third strongest creatures in the game, following only [[Azure Dragon]]s and [[Crystal Dragon]]s in raw stats.
+Azure Dragons have the highest [[AI Value]] of any creature, with 78845.
-== Acid breath special ability ==
+== Fear special ability ==
-Acid breath [[special ability]] may occur after a stack of Rust Dragons have attacked target creature stack and before the stack has a chance to [[Retaliation|retaliate]]. The breath reduces the target stack's [[defense]] by 3, and has 30 % chance to cause additional [[damage]] amount of 25 points per attacking unit.
+Azure Dragon's fear [[special ability]] is a passive ability, which means it does not require any specific action from the stack. The fear may occur only at the beginning of enemy stack's turn, causing them to freeze in fear of the Azure Dragons and effectively lose their chance to act that combat round. The working principle is very similar to bad [[morale]].
+'''Creatures immune to fear :'''
+{|
+|- valign=top
+|
+* {{Cn|Azure Dragon}}
+{{Golems}}
+{{Elementals}}
+| {{Undead}}
+|}
 == Appearance ==
-Rust Dragons were added in {{ab}} so there are no Rust Dragons or [[Sulfurous Lair]]s in {{roe}}.
+Azure Dragons were added in {{ab}} so there are no Azure Dragons or [[Frozen Cliffs]] in {{roe}}.
 == Trivia ==
-Even though in the game files themselves the Rust Dragon and other neutral dragons are considered to be level 7, the official editor shows they are level 10 (8 for [[Faerie Dragon]]). This is either due to code limitations and impossibility of creating a unit with tier higher than 7, either because the developers didn't have time, motivation or reason to add a new creature level in the game code and invest time in that, just telling us they are level 10, respectively 8. As such, even now their levels are still being debated.
+Even though in the game files themselves the Azure Dragon and other neutral dragons are considered to be level 7, the official editor shows they are level 10 (8 for [[Faerie Dragon]]). This is either due to code limitations and impossibility of creating a unit with tier higher than 7, either because the developers didn't have time, motivation or reason to add a new creature level in the game code and invest time in that, just telling us they are level 10, respectively 8. As such, even now their levels are still being debated.
 {{creature 'see also'|up=* [[Neutral creature]]}}