Dragons Guide

## Step 1: Pick your spells

Best Option, Triple Lightning:

You want to use this option because it is much easier to implement (bonus:
cheaper and faster to build). In Mass Dragons (MD), your goal is to
destroy all of his Air Defenses (AD, AD's) as quickly as possible so
your wandering dragons can kill the rest of the base at their leisure
(target selection not being their strong suit).

If you are
attacking a base that is town hall (TH) 1-7, use triple lightning NO
MATTER WHAT. 0-1 air defenses just don't have enough firepower to kill
your dragons if you deploy them competently (more on that later)

If you are attacking a base with 3 air defenses do the following:

A) are any of his air defenses exposed? typically this means that it is
closer to the edge of the base than the center AND there are very few
(preferably 0) defenses in front of it. If yes, use lightning on the
non-exposed AD and dragons/loons/hogs on the exposed AD(s). If not...
B)
If you destroy his strongest AD with lightning, does his total AD
damage per second (DPS) drop by over 39%? If yes, do that. If not...
C)
determine the geographic center of his base (typically occupied by his

CC or TH). If you draw a single line through the center of his base that is parallel with underlying grid, you will cut his base into two sides.

When you do this, look at each side and count how many air defenses are on that side AND 2-3 blocks away from the center line. If you do this
twice, you will have looked at all four sides. if any side has 2 air
defenses on it AND the air sweeper is pointed in a different direction
OR exposed (see A), lightning the AD not on that side and deploy your
dragons on that side to destroy the remaining 2 AD as quickly as
possible. hold back 1-2 dragons to send directly at the ADs when the
path is clear

Other Option, Rage/Heal (1-2 of each depending on personal style):

If you are attacking a base with 3 air defenses AND they are all isolated
in the center, use rage/heal. Isolation is defined as the nearest
building on the side(s) of the AD that face the base exterior is at
least 2 squares away. ideally, there will be 1 wall, 1 empty space, and
another wall creating the isolation. if not, there might be some sneaky
teslas creating "emergency" outlets for his air defenses (your army will
attack them and leave the center area, ignoring the remaining AD's).
Your goal is to use about half of your army to open a corridor into his
center and then flood the rest of your army and spells in there to
quickly kill all of his air defenses.

If none of

the conditions above are met, the base is not a good target for dragons unless you have WAAAAAAAAY more power than he does.

## Step 2: Swap out dragons (optional)

If
he has exposed AD's or you just want a bit more precision, swap out 1-2
dragons for 4-8 loons or hogs that will ignore storages and go straight
for the AD's (make sure drags kill any defenses in front of the AD's)

## Step 3: Deploy in a line!

to
minimize "dragon wandering", you need them to move across the game
board in a line. to do this, deploy one dragon in each corner on the
side you are going to hit (good idea to give the dragons on the edges a
small head start so center dragons aren't tempted to follow them). Then
deploy a line of dragon with even spacing between them and watch them go
to work. If you loaded lighning, use it before you deploy the dragons.
If rage/heal, deploy it when they reach the edge of the center area.