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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:

• Dragon
• Breath attack
• Immune to level 1–3 spells
• Fear
• Immune to Fear

Portraits

	[[File:{{{U_name}}} portrait.png]] [[File:{{{U_name}}} portrait (HotA).png]]
	[[File:Mini Portrait {{{U_name}}}.png]]

Azure Dragons are level 7 neutral creatures that can be recruited from the Frozen Cliffs.

"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}

Placing Azure Dragons (as well as any living Dragons) in the Skeleton Transformer will give you Bone Dragons instead of regular Skeletons.

Special Ability: Fear[edit | hide | hide all]

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:

Stone and Iron Golems
Gold Golem
Diamond Golem
Steel Golem

Elementals:

Air and Storm Elementals
Water and Ice Elementals
Fire and Energy Elementals
Earth and Magma Elementals
Psychic and Magic Elementals

Undead:

Skeleton and Skeleton Warrior
Walking Dead and Zombie
Wight and Wraith
Vampire and Vampire Lord
Lich and Power Lich
Black and Dread Knights
Bone and Ghost Dragons
Mummy

Mechanicals:

Automatons and Sentinel Automatons
Dreadnoughts and Juggernauts

Heroes with a specialty[edit | hide]

Mutare the Overlord and
Mutare Drake the Overlord have dragons as a specialty. All dragons receive +5 Attack and +5 Defense.

Appearance[edit | hide]

Azure Dragons were added in Armageddon's Blade, so there are no Azure Dragons or Frozen Cliffs in Restoration of Erathia. They also appear at both the beginning and end of the Azure Dragons scenario from the Dragon Slayer campaign in Armageddon's Blade.

Official Renders[edit | hide]

User commentary

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Some may find the information in this section subjective or irrelevant.

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. 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.

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.

Toughness

The Azure Dragon has the highest defense and health stat in the entire game. In the early game, this creature is almost impossible to defeat without Mighty Gorgons or Sea Dogs.

Offense

This dragon's offensive powers are also the highest in the game. However, its damage stat compared to their growth might be too little in many cases.

Efficiency and cost

They are totally worth the cost, especially since you will usually have the possibility of recruiting them in mid-game, when you already have a decent army. A few Azure Dragons are very good to strengthen your army for their cost. However, don't buy them if your enemy is Fortress, maybe just one for their Fear ability. The Mighty Gorgons will kill weeks' worth of them. Also, it's very hard to kill Azure Dragons who guard Frozen Cliffs without major losses.

Tactics

The Azure Dragons can be used in various ways, especially due to their speed and toughness. You can block shooters, use-up retaliations or even defend your own shooters. However, keep in mind that in late-game, the opponent might be able to dispose of them relatively easy, with its own troops or even Implosion. But they can be Resurrected, on the other hand. 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.

Skill bonuses

You should not make your strategy around them, since they are already insanely good creatures. But maybe Offense would complement for their relatively low damage.

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+  | Special   = • [[Dragon]]<br>• [[Breath attack]]<br>• [[Spell immunity|Immune]] to level 1–3 [[spell]]s<br>• [[Fear]]<br>• Immune to Fear
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-'''Azure Dragons''' are level 7 [[neutral]] creatures that can be recruited from [[Frozen Cliffs]], which can only be located on the [[Adventure Map]]. 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.
+'''Azure Dragons''' are level 7 [[neutral]] creatures that can be recruited from the [[Frozen Cliffs]].
-Azure Dragons have the highest [[AI Value]] of any creature, with 78845.
+''"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>
-Azure Dragons were added in {{ab}} so there are no Azure Dragons or [[Frozen Cliffs]] in {{roe}}.
+Placing Azure Dragons (as well as any living Dragons) in the [[Skeleton Transformer]] will give you [[Bone Dragon]]s instead of regular [[Skeleton]]s.
-==== Fear special ability ====
+== Special Ability: Fear ==
 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]].
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+| {{showwithhota|{{Mechanicals}}}}
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-{{creature 'see also'|up=* [[Neutral creature]]}}
+== Heroes with a specialty ==
+*{{H|Mutare|Overlord}} {{withmaped}} and
+*{{H|Mutare Drake|Overlord}} {{withmaped}} have dragons as a [[Specialty#Creature_specialties|specialty]]. All dragons receive +5 Attack and +5 Defense.
+== Appearance ==
+Azure Dragons were added in {{ab}}, so there are no Azure Dragons or [[Frozen Cliffs]] in {{roe}}. They also appear at both the beginning and end of the [[Azure Dragons (campaign scenario)|Azure Dragons]] scenario from the [[Dragon Slayer]] campaign in {{ab}}.
+{{video|AB CD-Heroes3-DATA-Heroes3 vid-H3ABds4-smk-H3ABds4|550px}}
+{{video|AB CD-Heroes3-DATA-Heroes3 vid-H3ABds5-smk-H3ABds5|550px}}
+== Official Renders ==
+<gallery mode="packed-hover">
+Azure Dragon render.gif
+</gallery>
+{{user commentary|
+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. 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.
+----
+Azure Dragons have the highest [[AI Value]] of any creature, with 78845.
+----
+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.
+=== Toughness ===
+The Azure Dragon has the highest defense and health stat in the entire game. In the early game, this creature is almost impossible to defeat without [[Mighty Gorgon|Mighty Gorgons]] or [[Sea Dog|Sea Dogs]].
+=== Offense ===
+This dragon's offensive powers are also the highest in the game. However, its damage stat compared to their growth might be too little in many cases.
+=== Efficiency and cost ===
+They are totally worth the cost, especially since you will usually have the possibility of recruiting them in mid-game, when you already have a decent army. A few Azure Dragons are very good to strengthen your army for their cost. However, don't buy them if your enemy is Fortress, maybe just one for their [[Fear]] ability. The Mighty Gorgons will kill weeks' worth of them. Also, it's very hard to kill Azure Dragons who guard Frozen Cliffs without major losses.
+=== Tactics ===
+The Azure Dragons can be used in various ways, especially due to their speed and toughness. You can block shooters, use-up retaliations or even defend your own shooters. However, keep in mind that in late-game, the opponent might be able to dispose of them relatively easy, with its own troops or even [[Implosion]]. But they can be [[Resurrection|Resurrected]], on the other hand. 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.
+=== Skill bonuses ===
+You should not make your strategy around them, since they are already insanely good creatures. But maybe [[Offense]] would complement for their relatively low damage.
+}}{{end of user commentary}}
+{{creature 'see also'|up=* [[Dragon]]
+* [[Neutral creature]]}}
+* [[Comparison of Level 7 Creatures]]
 [[Category: Creatures]]
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