Level 5 Dragons

[fplant]

My dragons have 3 days left before lvl 5 and i see alot of people complaining that the stats do not increase much but it has always been like that for every lvl the dragon has. the same increase from lvl 3 to 4 is the same from 4 to 5. it worth it in my opinion. here i added the info for you to look at. DPS= damage per second, DPA= damage per attack.

Order LVL/DPS/DPA/HP/COST

1	140	210	1,900	25,000	N/A	N/A	N/A
2	160	240	2,100	29,000	2,000,000	5	7 days
3	180	270	2,300	33,000	3,000,000	6	10 days
4	200	300	2,500	37,000	7,000,000	7	14 days
5	220	330	2,700	42,000	8,000,000	8	14 days

You are correct, all dragon upgrades are mostly useless, which is why dragons are only useful for a very narrow period of time (th7-th8), and it's why a TH7 is able to 3* weaker TH8s with relative ease. The only reason I upgraded my drags to level 3 was to get a bit farther into the stronger TH8s. If I ever upgrade to level 4 dragons it will only be for donations, and I don't see any reason for someone in a level 5 clan to ever upgrade to level 5.

I've suggested many times that dragons should be nerfed at the lower levels and buffed at the higher levels. This would make it more of a challenge for TH7s to 3* other TH7s with mass drags, and might make them more usefull to the higher TH levels.

[thebuch4]

My dragons have 3 days left before lvl 5 and i see alot of people complaining that the stats do not increase much but it has always been like that for every lvl the dragon has. the same increase from lvl 3 to 4 is the same from 4 to 5. it worth it in my opinion. here i added the info for you to look at. DPS= damage per second, DPA= damage per attack.

Order LVL/DPS/DPA/HP/COST

1	140	210	1,900	25,000	N/A	N/A	N/A
2	160	240	2,100	29,000	2,000,000	5	7 days
3	180	270	2,300	33,000	3,000,000	6	10 days
4	200	300	2,500	37,000	7,000,000	7	14 days
5	220	330	2,700	42,000	8,000,000	8	14 days

When the damage they do increases linearly and the damage they receive increases exponentially, they become useless even with the linear improvement they always get.

From level 1 to level 2, they receive those stats and take no more damage. From level 2 to level 3, they face twice as many SAMs and 50% more effective air defenses (lightning one). From level 3 to level 4, they now face a minimum of 4 SAMs and 3 AD's even if you lightning one (so now lightning is out) as well as more higher level archer towers...

[SaeedOrphan]

Just curious if they are an improved to the point of being useful for TH10s

they're better than level 4... but I don't think good enough to use against good TH10's. Alone, they might be good against TH10's with level 1 infernos. I think they are better used with other air troops (hounds, loons, minions)

[Aramil]

They are more useful for donating to the lower level clan members

[KarmaCollector]

When the damage they do increases linearly and the damage they receive increases exponentially, they become useless even with the linear improvement they always get.

From level 1 to level 2, they receive those stats and take no more damage. From level 2 to level 3, they face twice as many SAMs and 50% more effective air defenses (lightning one). From level 3 to level 4, they now face a minimum of 4 SAMs and 3 AD's even if you lightning one (so now lightning is out) as well as more higher level archer towers...

You mean 100% more "effective" Air Defenses. 1 + 1 = 2 (after lightning).

Any troop that scales linearly (and is unlocked at a signficantly lower TH) sucks at TH10... I think we can confirm that.

[victort]

They still seem useless for anything other than donating.... or for cc defence. ..

We've had our current warranty oppo, try mass drags on a resonable th10... 34% fail.... was quite amusing.....

[ThatAsianBradah]

Some of you guys are thinking only of the independent Stat differences (for just one dragon). There may only be 20 DPS difference and 200hp difference between one level 4 and 5 dragon, but if you have 10 level 5 dragons versus 10 level 4 dragons out in the raid, the gap of power will show.

[Chumpskers]

Even as a clan castle troop the level 5 dragon does not do all that well. They still die pretty quickly with the new poison spell. I don't think I will ever see a mass dragon attack in the Titan league. Also at 42k elixir a pop they are just not a cost effective troop. Way to expensive for what they do. I used to love using dragons when I was a TH 7 and 8. Sad that they didn't get better stats.

IGN: Qubiskop
Clan: Nightshifter
TH lvl: 10
League Titan II

[arunt]

It's not.......+20 DPS and 200 hitpoints? So it'll last a few seconds later under fire than a lvl 4......oooooh! Ahhhh!

The extra skellies at TH10 will distract the dragons and cause much more damage (by the now ignored defences) than this +20 dps and 200 hp. The dragons are just too slow for TH10 - there is just too much happening up there.

[andrgin]

The update was not a dragon boost for th9 and 10, but a dragon nerf at th7 and 8. With all that hitpoint increases dragons lvl3 are as strong as ll2 has been before. They are still useless at th9 and th10. Maybe if you are an extremely rushed th10 and want 2 stars on th9s and the only thing you can do is dragon attacks. Dragons have shifted down half a th level like hogs did after the giant bomb and hero update. They are still great against th7s and th8s without maxed ads, but against ads lvl6 you will need hogs.