Green Dragon and Gold Dragon: Difference between revisions

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Rampart creatures

Level 1

Centaur

Centaur Captain

Level 2

Dwarf

Battle Dwarf

Level 3

Wood Elf

Grand Elf

Level 4

Pegasus

Silver Pegasus

Level 5

Dendroid Guard

Dendroid Soldier

Level 6

Unicorn

War Unicorn

Level 7

Green Dragon

Gold Dragon

Towns

Statistics

Green Dragon

Cost per troop
2400	1

Attack	18
Defense	18
Damage	40–50
Health	180
Speed	10
Movement	Flying
Size	2
Growth	1
AI Value	4872

Special abilities:

• Breath attack
• Immune to level 1–3 spells
• Counts as dragon

Gold Dragon

Cost per troop
4000	2

Attack	27
Defense	27
Damage	40–50
Health	250
Speed	16
Movement	Flying
Size	2
Growth	1
AI Value	8613

Special abilities:

• Breath attack
• Immune to level 1–4 spells
• Counts as dragon

Portraits

Green and Gold Dragons are level 7 creatures of Rampart town. They are recruited from the Dragon Cliffs.

"Green and gold dragons deliver devastating damage in the form of poisonous or sulfurous breath. Green dragons are immune to spells below the fourth level and gold dragons are only affected by spells of level five." ^{RoE manual}

Both dragons are affected by Dispel though.

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

Tactics and info

Toughness

The Green Dragons have lower defense than the Red Dragon, but the same health value. However, the Gold Dragon has the third highest defense for a town-aligned creature, only surpassed by Arch Devils and Archangels. Its health is lower by 20% (50 health) than the Black Dragon's, though, and equal to that of the Chaos Hydra and Archangel, which can both be resurrected, unlike the Gold Dragons. Its defense upgrade bonus is the second highest in the game, a bonus of 9 defense, and only surpassed by the Angel's upgrade bonus. Even with the high defense stat, the lower health makes a difference and the Gold Dragons shouldn't take too much damage or will start to lose their numbers.

Offense

Both Green and Gold Dragons have the same damage value, together with the Red and Black Dragons. The Gold Dragons have their attack stat higher by two than the Black Dragons, though. Together with the Breath attack, these dragons can deal high amounts of damage to enemy troops. Still, beware that the enemy can make them kill your own units indirectly, so be careful with their placement. Its attack upgrade bonus is the second highest in the game, a bonus of 9 attack, and only surpassed by the Angel's upgrade bonus.

Efficiency and cost

Since they won't be dying too easily and can also be resurrected, the Green Dragons are worth their gold until the Dragon Cliffs sees an upgrade, but should be bought only in quantities you need, as to be able to upgrade their dwelling later on. However, even the base dwelling requires much ore and gold to build, together with the fact that it requires all other base creature dwellings to be built (except Dwarf Cottage) and also a level 2 Mage Guild, makes the recruiting of these dragons something obtainable only in the second or third week from the start of the game, depending on how many resources and mines you find. The upgraded dwelling for them requires Mage Guild level 3 and also a high amount of ore and gold .

A Green Dragon costs 100 gold less than a Red Dragon, but a Gold Dragon has the same cost in gold as a Black Dragon.

Tactics

Because of the Gold Dragons' level 1-4 spell immunity, they are suitable to be used in tactics often called dragogeddon. In dragogeddon, a hero with preferably high power skill and Armageddon spell attacks with an army only consisting of creatures immune or very resilient to the Armageddon spell. The tactics may be used in "hit-and-run" tactic, to advance through wandering creatures or even to slay enemy heroes.

When using any of these dragons, dealing the highest possible damage by targeting enemy archers or important enemy troops is a crucial thing, which can also be done with the help of Breath attack. A good tactic is to attack a relatively weak enemy stack which stands next to an archer or other enemy troop, allowing the dragons to deal much damage while taking back as little as possible (or even none, if the targeted enemy stacks is killed). However, only the base creature can be resurrected, so be sure to back up the dragons with Unicorns and/or Pegasi.

When facing these dragons, one of the highest priority is to get rid of them, especially due to their offensive capabilities and high speed of the upgraded creature. Indirectly damaging Green or Gold Dragons via magic is possible by either buffing the own troops with Slayer (which yields +8 attack against level 7 troops) or other buff spells or summoning a creature with any of Summon Air Elemental, Summon Water Elemental, Summon Fire Elemental or Summon Earth Elemental spell. Green Dragons can be killed by 4th level spells, though, and quite easily if the hero has a respectable Spell Power. While they hit a bit harder and have a higher movement speed than Black Dragons, the Gold Dragons lack the signature full magical immunity, making them popularly targeted and dispatched by Implosion, a fatal thing for them.

Due to the resurrecting part of the Sacrifice spell being actually a regular level 4 Resurrection, Gold Dragons can not be brought back with Sacrifice, despite it being a level 5 spell; but they can be sacrificed.

Skill bonuses

While not getting an immense bonus from skills, like creatures as Titans do, there are still some good skills to take in consideration. Armorer is a very good to choice to keep the dragons' numbers up, while Tactics allows more friendly troops to assist the dragons easily, even if not a necessary skill to have for a Rampart army, due to its high speed. Offense, is as usually, a nice skill to have, especially with the dragons' Breath attack.

Trivia

Gold Dragons first appeared in Heroes of Might and Magic III, while the Green Dragon was the base dragon creature of the Dungeon equivalent faction in Heroes of Might and Magic II, which was upgraded two times in Red and then Black Dragons. However, the equivalent of Rampart in the first two Heroes of Might and Magic games had the Phoenix as its highest tier creature. In a twist of irony, after the Dragon War which happened right between the 3rd and 4th games in the series, all dragons went almost extinct, the Green and Gold Dragons being replaced by Faerie Dragons and Phoenixes (from the then-extinct Conflux) in the Rampart armies, according to Jennifer Bullard's development documents.

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 === Skill bonuses ===
-While not getting an immense bonus from skills, like creatures as [[Titans]] do, there are still some good skills to take in consideration. [[Armorer]] is a very good to choice to keep the dragons' numbers up, while [[Tactics]] allows more friendly to assist the dragons easily, even if not a necessary skill to have for a [[Rampart]] army, due to its high speed. Offense, is as usually, a nice skill to have, especially with the dragons' [[Breath attack]].
+While not getting an immense bonus from skills, like creatures as [[Titans]] do, there are still some good skills to take in consideration. [[Armorer]] is a very good to choice to keep the dragons' numbers up, while [[Tactics]] allows more friendly troops to assist the dragons easily, even if not a necessary skill to have for a [[Rampart]] army, due to its high speed. Offense, is as usually, a nice skill to have, especially with the dragons' [[Breath attack]].
 == Trivia ==