Dragon Knight

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This page is about the hero Davion, the Dragon Knight. For other uses, see Davion (Disambiguation).

Dragon Knight #58 21 + 3.6 16 + 2 18 + 1.7
Level 0 1 15 25 30 Health 20 482 1582 2638 3078 +0.25 +2.35 +7.39 +12.19 +14.19 Mana 80 296 572 920 1052 +0 +0.9 +2.09 +3.54 +4.07 Armor 0 2.67 7.33 12.67 14.67 Magic Resist 25% 26.8% 29.18% 32.08% 33.13% Damage Block 16 (50%) Damage 34 40 55 61 105 111 153 159 173 179 Attack Rate 0.63/s 0.73/s 0.9/s 1.1/s 1.18/s Attack Range 150 (400) Attack Speed ▶️ 100 (1.6s BAT) Attack Animation 0.5 + 0.5 Projectile Speed Instant Move Speed ▶️ 315 ( 345) Turn Rate 0.6 Collision Size 27 Bound Radius 24 Vision Range (G) 1800 ( 800) Gib Type Default Internal npc_dota_hero_dragon_knight

Transforms into a formidable ranged dragon.
As Sir Davion slew Slyrak in arranged combat, the Eldwurm's blood mingled with his own, sealing their essences together. He was no longer a dragon-slayer, but a Dragon Knight. The infusion of Dragon Blood caused his wounds to heal with inhuman speed, and granted him great new powers. While nowhere as grand as Slyrak, he found himself with the ability to Breathe Fire and launch Fireballs, immolating packs of foes at once. But when Davion took on his Elder Dragon Form, he became the formidable Eldwurm itself, and upon his awestruck enemies he rained projectiles of acid, fire, and ice.
Roles:	Carry Pusher Durable Disabler Initiator Nuker
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Adjectives:	Fiery, Red, Nose Legs ( 2 )

Bio

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."

Lore:

After years on the trail of a legendary Eldwurm, the Knight Davion 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, Knight Davion 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 Davion might honor him with death in combat. Davion agreed, and found himself rewarded beyond expectation for his act of mercy: As he sank his blade in Slyrak's breast, the dragon pierced Davion's throat with a talon. As their blood mingled, Slyrak sent his power out along the Blood Route, sending 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 Dragon Knight Davion, waking when he calls it. Or perhaps it is the Dragon that calls the Knight…

Aliases:

DK, Davion

Voice:

Tony Todd (Responses)

Abilities

Breathe Fire

▶️QF

Ability
Target Point / Target Unit

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Unleashes a breath of fire in front of Dragon Knight that burns enemies and reduces the damage their attacks deal.

While in Dragon Form, applies the corresponding debuff from Corrosive Breath and Frost Breath when in those forms.

Cast Animation: 0.2+0.67

Cast Range: 600

Starting Radius: 150

Travel Distance: 750

End Radius: 250

Damage: 80/160/240/320

Attack Damage Reduction: 30% ( 60%)

Debuff Duration: 11

Elder Dragon Form

Cast Range: 600 ( 1110)

Travel Distance: 750 ( 1387)

Damage: 80/160/240/320 ( 148/296/444/592)

Corrosive Breath Debuff Duration: 3

Frost Breath Debuff Duration: 3

 14/13/12/11

 90/95/100/105

Modifiers [?]

modifier_dragonknight_breathefire_reduction

Any

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

• Breathe Fire travels at a speed of 1050, taking 1.4 seconds to travel the full distance.

• With the travel distance and end radius, Breathe Fire can hit units up to 1000 range away.
  • The complete area is shaped like a cone.

• Reduces affected targets' main and bonus attack damage.
  • Does not reduce conditional attack damage bonuses (e.g. Pierce or Shadow Walk).
  • Stacks additively with other total attack damage reduction sources.

• Breathe Fire first applies the damage, the attack reduction debuff, then the Corrosive Breath and Frost Breath debuff based on its current level respectively.

• While in Elder Dragon Form, Breathe Fire has a cast backswing of 0.53 seconds.
  • COSMETIC
    Has a cast backswing of 0.67 with Davion of Dragon Hold equipped.
  • TALENT
    With the travel distance and end radius, Breathe Fire while in Elder Dragon Form can hit units up to 1637 range away, taking 0.76 seconds to travel the full distance

Dragon Tail

▶️▶️WT

Ability
Target Unit
( Target Area)

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

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.

Cast Animation: 0+0.5

Cast Range: 150

Projectile Speed: Instant

Damage: 70/100/130/160

Stun Duration: 1.8/2/2.2/2.4 ( 2.2/2.4/2.6/2.8)

Elder Dragon Form

Cast Range: 450

Projectile Speed: 1600

 Radius: 400

 16/14/12/10

 70/80/90/100

Spell Block / Reflection Notes:

Blocked upon cast.

Blocked fully when primary target upon projectile impact.

Reflected upon cast while in Elder Dragon Form.

Ability Disjoint Notes:

Disjointable only with the Elder Dragon Form projectile.

Modifiers [?]

modifier_stunned

Strong

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

• In human form, Dragon Tail does not rely on a projectile and can therefore not be disjointed.

• Dragon Tail first applies the damage, then the debuff.

• While in Elder Dragon Form, Dragon Tail has an increased cast range and uses a projectile with a 1600 speed projectile, instead of being 70/100/130/160.

• COSMETIC
  Has a cast backswing of 0.7 with Davion of Dragon Hold equipped.
  • While in Elder Dragon Form, it has a cast backswing of 0.6.

• TALENT
  The area of effect talent adds a 400 radius to this ability while in Elder Dragon Form. The ability still must be centered over a unit.
  • Causes the launched projectile to apply its effects within the area, instead of only to the targeted unit.
  • Can hit invisible units and units inside the Fog of War.
• SPELL STEAL
  Uses a projectile with projectile speed if it is acquired while in Elder Dragon Form. Losing Elder Dragon Form does not change the projectile type and projectile speed.

Dragon Blood

ED

Ability
Passive

Affects
Self

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

Health Regen Bonus: 4/7/10/13 ( 16/19/22/25)

Armor Bonus: 4/7/10/13 ( 16/19/22/25)

Illusion Notes:

Benefits from the health regeneration bonus.

Does not benefit from the armor bonus.

Modifiers [?]

modifier_dragon_knight_dragon_blood

Undispellable

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

• Can regenerate up to 240/420/600/780 ( 960/1140/1320/1500) health in one minute.

Fireball

▶️DB

Ability
Target Area

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Ignites an area, dealing damage over time that lingers on enemies in it. Has reduced cast range when melee.

Cast Animation: 0.2+0.53

Cast Range: 600

Radius: 350

Damage per Second: 75

Duration: 8

Aura Linger Duration: 2

Elder Dragon Form

Cast Range: 1400

 20

 80

Modifiers [?]

modifier_dragon_knight_fireball

Undispellable

modifier_dragon_knight_fireball_burn

Undispellable

Ability Draft Notes:

Requires drafting Elder Dragon Form to be unlocked.

• Requires Aghanim's Shard to be unlocked.

• The damage is provided by an aura and lingers for seconds.

• Deals 37.5 damage in 0.5-second intervals, immediately upon receiving the debuff, resulting in 21 damage instances.
  • Can deal up to 787.5 damage to a single unit (before reductions).

• Successive casts of Fireball debuff do not stack but refresh the duration.

• While in Elder Dragon Form, Fireball has a 0.6 cast backswing and an increased cast range.

• COSMETIC
  Has a cast backswing of 0.73 with Davion of Dragon Hold equipped.

Elder Dragon Form

▶️▶️▶️▶️▶️RR

Ability
No Target

Affects
Self / Enemies

Damage
Magical / Physical

Dragon Knight takes the form of one of three powerful elder dragons, increasing his speed, and Dragon Tail's range, while granting him new powers.
LEVEL 1 Green Dragon - Corrosive Breath: attacks deal 25 poison damage per second for 3 seconds. Works on structures.
LEVEL 2 Red Dragon - Splash Attack: attacks damage all enemy units in a 350 radius for 0%/75%/75%/100%, with Corrosive Breath added to the targets.
LEVEL 3 Blue Dragon - Frost Breath: slows movement speed by 30% and attack speed by 30 of enemy units in Splash Attack range for 3 seconds, with Corrosive Breath added to the targets.

Cast Animation: 0+0.5

Attack Range Bonus: 350 ( 500)

Move Speed Bonus: 30/35/40/45

Magic Resistance Bonus: 0%/0%/0%/20%

Corrosive Breath Damage per Second: 25/25/25/35

Corrosive Breath Debuff Duration: 3

Splash Attack Radius: 350

Splash Attack Damage: 0%/75%/75%/100%

Frost Breath Radius: 350

Frost Breath Move Speed Slow: 0%/0%/30%/45%

Frost Breath Attack Speed Slow: 0/0/30/45

Frost Breath Debuff Duration: 3

Dragon Form Duration: 60

 100

 50

Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:

Increases the level of Dragon Knight's ultimate. Adds a 4th level, Black Dragon. Black Dragon has bonus Corrosive Damage, Splash Damage and Slow amount, 20% increased Magic Resistance and free pathing.

Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:

New Ability

Grants the Fireball ability.

Illusion Notes:

Illusions created while the ability is active copy all modifiers. The main modifier uses matching duration, while the 3 attack modifiers last indefinitely.

Does not bestow the magic resistance bonus.

Modifiers [?]

modifier_dragon_knight_dragon_form

Death

modifier_dragon_knight_corrosive_breath

Death

modifier_dragon_knight_splash_attack

Death

modifier_dragon_knight_frost_breath

Death

modifier_dragon_knight_corrosive_breath_dot

Any

modifier_dragon_knight_frost_breath_slow

Any

Ability Draft Notes:

Grants attack range bonus based on the same range type as the caster.

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

Corrosive Breath Icon
Splash Attack Icon
Frost Breath Icon

• Turns Dragon Knight into a ranged unit and increases his attack range to 500 ( 650). His attack projectiles travel at a speed of 900.
  • This causes items that use different values for melee and ranged heroes (e.g. Manta Style) to now treat the caster as a ranged hero.
  • Also increases Dragon Knight's movement speed to 345/350/355/360.
  • SCEPTER
    Stacks multiplicatively with other magic resistance sources.
    • Increases Dragon Knight's magic resistance to 40%.
    • With the magic resistance bonus from this source, every 10 points of intelligence further increases the total magic resistance by 0.8%. [?]

• Transform Dragon Knight into the following Dragon Forms on each level:
  • LEVEL 1
    Green Dragon ➤
    LEVEL 2
    Red Dragon ➤
    LEVEL 3
    Blue Dragon ➤
    LEVEL 4
    Black Dragon.

• Elder Dragon Form is fully canceled on death.
  • The Dragon Form buff is hidden, only the 3 attack modifier buffs are displayed.

• Successive casts of Elder Dragon Form refresh the duration and update the form, adapting to the current level of the ability.

• While in Elder Dragon Form, Dragon Knight gains the following attack modifiers through undispellable buffs:
  • The debuffs and splash damage are not applied within the radius when the attack launched misses or is disjointed.
  • Successive hits do not stack or update the ability values but refresh the debuff duration.
  • Breathe Fire applies the corresponding debuff from Corrosive Breath and Frost Breath when in those forms based on the current level.

• CORROSIVE BREATH
  (Available for Elder Dragon Form Level 1 and above)
  • When on level 2 or higher, the debuff is applied to all enemies within the 350 splash radius.
  • Deals magical damage in 1-second intervals, starting 1 second after the debuff is applied, resulting in 3 instances.
  • Can deal up to 75 ( 105) damage to a unit (before reductions).
  • The attacks first apply the debuff, then their own attack damage.
    • However, on secondary targets, it first applies the splash damage, then the debuff.
  • Corrosive Breath's debuff duration is not affected by status resistance.
  • Fully affects buildings and allied units, but not wards.
    • However, buildings and allied units are only affected when directly attacked.

• SPLASH ATTACK
  (Available for Elder Dragon Form Level 2 and above)
  • Splash damage is physical damage, and is affected by damage block.
  • Splash damage cannot be amplified with outgoing spell damage amplification and cannot spell lifesteal.
  • Can be amplified by incoming spell damage amplification.
  • Neither can splash damage against wards nor buildings.

• FROST BREATH
  (Available for Elder Dragon Form Level 3 and above)
  • The debuff is applied to all enemies within the 350 Frost Breath radius.
  • The attacks first apply the debuff, then its attack damage. The splash damage is applied after the debuff as well.
  • Does not work against wards, buildings, or allied units.

• SCEPTER
  The level of Elder Dragon Form is increased by 1.
  • Elder Dragon Form has 4 levels by default, but the 4th level requires Aghanim's Scepter to be unlocked.
  • The Black Dragon is 30% larger than the other forms.
  • It has unobstructed movement, allowing him to path over impassable terrain, units, buildings and trees. However, it neither grants phased nor flying movement.

• Does not update the current instance of Elder Dragon Form upon acquiring Aghanim's Scepter.
  • Losing Aghanim's Scepter during Elder Dragon Form only removes the Corrosive Breath and Frost Breath bonuses, but keeps all other bonuses.
• SPELL STEAL
  Transform into a smaller dragon form. All ability effects are granted upon cast, except for the attack range bonus. Grants Fireball in the Second Stolen Ability slot. If Dragon Knight doesn't have Aghanim's Shard, Fireball acquired will be at level 0. However, Rubick can cast Fireball if he has Aghanim's Shard.

Talents

Hero Talents
+400 AoE Dragon Tail During Elder Dragon Form	25	+12 Dragon Blood HP Regen/Armor
+85% Breathe Fire Damage/Cast Range in Dragon Form	20	+150 Elder Dragon Form Attack Range
+300 Health	15	+0.4s Dragon Tail Stun
30% Breathe Fire Damage Reduction	10	+15 Damage

Notes:

• Grants bonus attack damage.
  • Does not benefit illusions and is not affected by most percentage-based damage increasing or reducing effects.

• The health talent increases the max health capacity and keeps the current health percentage.

Recent Changes

Main Articles: Changelogs, Old Abilities and Hero Lore

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7.35d

• Elder Dragon Form
  • Illusions no longer apply dragon's on-hit effects if they have reverted back to melee form
  • Reduced Corrosive Breath debuff duration from 5s to 3s

Talents

Level 15 Talent Health decreased from +400 to +300

7.35c

• Elder Dragon Form
  • Reduced Frost Breath Movement Slow from 0/0/40/60% to 0/0/30/45%.
  • Reduced Frost Breath Attack Slow from 0/0/40/60 to 0/0/30/45.
• Reduced Aghanim's Scepter Black Dragon Magic Resistance bonus from 25% to 20%.

7.35

• Breathe Fire
  • Now applies Corrosive Breath and/or Frost Breath based on the current level of Elder Dragon Form.
  • No longer requires Elder Dragon Form to be active to apply the debuffs.
• U
  Increased Elder Dragon Form Frost Breath slow radius from 300 to 350.

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Recommended Items

Starting items:

• Iron Branch gives nice attributes, and can be used to build a Magic Wand.

• Tango regenerates health early on until Dragon Blood.

• Quelling Blade makes last hitting easier due to his low base damage.

• Gauntlets of Strength improves Dragon Knight's damage and health pool and builds into Bracer for early stats.

Early game:

• Power Treads increases attack speed, and also allows for attribute switching. Using Soul Ring while set to strength, then casting spells on intelligence minimizes the HP cost and maximizes the mana gained.

• Bracer provides a good amount of strength, survivability, and overall tankiness in the early game.

• Magic Wand can help offset the damage of being harassed by spells, and provide a burst of HP and Mana to help win early fights.

• Soul Ring is a useful item on Dragon Knight, as it allows him to farm using Breathe Fire constantly. The health regeneration from Dragon Blood offsets the health loss.

Mid game:

• Aghanim's Scepter upgrades Elder Dragon Form, which is Dragon Knight's key source of teamfighting power. This lets him come online much sooner and makes him very formidable in late-game fights with the Black Dragon form.

• Black King Bar is a crucial item to have in most games to prevent being disabled and protect against magical damage. The combination of Avatar and Dragon Blood make Dragon Knight extremely hard to kill.

• Blink Dagger gives great mobility and initiation potential which Dragon Knight severely lacks.

• Shadow Blade gives good mobility and ideal in games where Dragon Knight requires a way to initiate or gank the opposing team. The stealth allows you to initiate using your stun, and the bonus damage coming out of stealth is also helpful. Can be upgraded later into Silver Edge to break passive abilities.

Late game:

• Assault Cuirass gives attack speed and armor to you and surrounding allies. It also places a debuff on enemies, making them easier to kill. It is a good item if you have many attackers in your team.

• Octarine Core gives health, mana, regen and reduces the cooldown of DK's spells, most importantly the ultimate. It results in less downtime between transformations and allows you to be more offensive.

Situational items:

• Heaven's Halberd gives strength, status resistance and evasion that stacks nicely with Dragon Knight's large HP pool and high armor, and the disarm effectively prevents the enemy from dealing damage.

• Sange and Yasha provides you with a modest chunk of attributes, as well as increasing his movement speed and attack speed, boosts health regeneration and lifesteal, and gives status resistance.

• Manta Style illusions get full benefits of the bonuses of Elder Dragon Form and the passive Dragon Blood. It provides you with valuable attack speed and movement speed.

• Satanic grants a sizeable strength boost, as well as damage and lifesteal, significantly increasing Dragon Knight's survivability.

• Heart of Tarrasque provides you with a massive HP boost and a passive ability to gain health more quickly, also adds strength which increases his attack damage and synergizes well with Dragon Blood.

• Daedalus makes you deal more damage, and gives you the chance to make critical hits.

• Eye of Skadi provides a slow that pierces spell immunity, like the Frost Breath from your level 3 Dragon Form. Cold Attack combined with Frost Breath reduces an enemy's damage output significantly and makes it hard for enemy heroes to disengage from a fight once they are attacked by Dragon Knight. It also provides a huge boost to health (increases overall survivability), intelligence (helps with your mana consumption), and agility (gives more attack speed and armor).

• Overwhelming Blink a natural upgrade for Blink Dagger which gives a good amount of strength as well as slowing both attack and movement speed of enemies when you blink near them.

• Radiance Substantially increases DPS in team fights due to the AoE DoT and can also boost farming potential.

Dota Plus Progress

Main Article: Hero Challenges

Relics track a hero's actions and statistics, and display in-game notifications when a milestone is reached. They are only available to Dota Plus subscribers.

Relics	Voice Lines
Breathe Fire Kills Dragon Tail Stuns Elder Dragon Form Kills Splash Attack Kills Damage With Active Armlet Damage During Invisibility Stuns Leading To Kills Kills During Black King Bar Channels Cancelled Triple Kills Mega Kill Streaks Towers Destroyed Kill Assists Kills	Bronze	▶️ Tehh, heh he huh heh heh huh. ▶️ In strength is victory.
	Silver	▶️ Just what I've been waiting for. ▶️ You fought and died with honor.
	Gold	▶️ I'll take that. ▶️ Live by the sword, die by the dragon.
	Platinum	▶️ Of course.
	Master	▶️ Face the knight, face the dragon.
	Grandmaster	▶️ Never make a deal with a dragon, unless you're prepared to keep your end of it.

Equipment

Dragon Knight Equipment (expand sets) Personas Davion of Dragon Hold Sets Armor of Sir Davion Set   Bitterwing Legacy   Blazing Oblivion   Bones of the Slain Dragon Set   Dragon's Ascension   Enchanted Plate of the Crimson Wyvern Set   Fire Dragon of Doom   Fire Tribunal Set   Fire-Blessed Mail of the Drake Set   Knight of the Burning Scale   Legacy of the Eldwurm Crest   Outland Ravager   Pact of the Wurmblood   Scorched Amber   Silverwurm Sacrifice   The Blazing Superiority   The Gilded Maw   Third Awakening   Uldorak's Hide Set Weapon Ashtongue   Davion's Broken Dragon Hold Sword   Dragonblood Ravager   Ember Edge   Heavy Wingblade   Salamander's Fang   The Dragon's Soul Shield Crest of the Wyrm Lords   Draconic Divide   Elder Shield Head Davion's Dragon Hold Helm Elder Dragon Form Kindred of the Iron Dragon Kinetic Gems Kinetic: The Knight's Repose

Trivia

• In DotA, Dragon Knight's fun name was Trogdor, a character that first appeared in episode 58 of the "Strong Bad e-mail" show on the website HomestarRunner.com.
  • He also has an alternate name when he transforms with his ultimate in DotA, in which he is named "Arc Honist".

• In The Lab, a VR game by Valve, there are some Bendie soldiers who wield Dragon Knight's sword in the minigame Longshot, along with other Dota 2 weapons like Axe's war axe, Huskar's spear and Stout Shield.

• One of Davion's voice line during his Elder Dragon Form ▶️ “Fly-by-night” may be a reference to the unnamed dragon in the Old English poem "Beowulf", who waited for night to attack a settlement, hence he was known as an "old night-ravager". Said dragon was an inspiration for another dragon named "Smaug" from "The Hobbit" series by J.R.R. Tolkien. Like Beowulf's dragon, Smaug attacked Laketown at night.

Gallery

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  Splash artwork

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  Steam profile background art

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  Dragon Knight revealed in the Gamescom Trailer

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  Alpha textures from 2011 as seen in the trailer
  "Are We Heroes Yet?", featuring new shield design

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  More recent beta textures from 2012

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  New textures to avoid similarities between Dragon Knight and Silencer

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  Concept art

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  Ability icon progress

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  Hero icon progress

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  Dragon Knight concept art for Dragon's Blood

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  Dragon Knight on the 7.00 update page.