Dragon families and attributes

So here you have a screenshot of one of my lair dragons. He has maxed out skill slots, and his bonus is good as well (if you just look at the numbers). Lets look a little closer. This here is a bird, belonging to Skytouched Dragon Family. Looking at "Ability Type", it says Intelligence, meaning this dragon Family, the whole of the Skytouched Family is intelligence, or Magic based if you will. This means that Focus, which is this boy's additional bonus, is not all that good for him due to it being a physical stat(it increases physical defense and armor penetration)

Best attributes: Intelligence, Dragon Affinity, Constitution

Skytouched dragons are easily available in the wild, first encountered right outside Helmoth, the starter town. Mostly used as healers due to their high intelligence, and healbased evolution skills, they make for great support dragons (heals and buffs) for all classes. The birds have fast and continous attacks, making them good at Magic DPS as well.

For the Magic based classes, Oracle and Sorcerer, they are absolutely essential. For the Sorcerer that doesn't have many ways of healing themselves, aside of Dragon Soul skills, they are much needed. For the Oracle, who can heal themselves, birds are just as important. When the Oracle gets their Dragon God skills, mounting a bird while the skills are in effect greatly boosts damage dealth to enemies.

Best attributes: Constitution, Focus, Dragon Affinity

Stalwart dragons have a high availability in the wild, and you'll run into the first ones not too far into Puretia. They make for very good tanks, though I personally prefer the more elusive Ironhides. Benefitting the most from physical skills, they are still capable of making good use of some magical skills. A surprisingly flexible dragon.

All classes can benefit from having a tank in their team. Especially for the squishy classes such as Ranger and Sorcerer, a good tank ,ay very well be the road to survival.

Best attributes: Ferocity, Focus, Strength

High availability in the wild, first seen outside Paeon Farm. Swiftfoots are, as the name implies, swift. Often refered to as Raptors, they hit hard and fast, but that's more or less all they're capable off.

Never used for buffing, and is only taught heals to keep itself alive. This Ferocity based companion makes for great DPS, but doesn't have high survivability for long battles. Depending on your class, they can work well with both a Magic and Physical base - but we recommend keeping most of its attribute points in Ferocity, or you'll risk taking away this dragons only charm.

Best attributes: Strength, Focus, Dragon Affinity

Yet another dragon with high availability, first found past halfway into the first zone. Designed to be attack dragons, they can juggle magical and physical skills with the right training. They're capable of handling any situation, and if necessary they can tank their way through battle. You should never rely on a paragon as your go-to tank though, for that purpose there is Stalwarts and Ironhides.

Found in the stables of most PvP-oriented players due to their ability to fight, buff and debuff even with their mounted skills.

Best attributes: Strength, Focus, Dragon Affinity

Not available in the wild before the release of Wynnadia, but high availability in the zones where it exists. Designed with heavy combat in mind, this incredible flexible dragon can do anything. A hybrid magical/physical build is even encouraged. HOWEVER, keep a clear picture of the dragon you want in mind when training your razorspine, a good hybrid is hard to make, and this dragons evolution skills points more towards physical damage.

Best attributes: Focus, Strength, Constitution

High availability starting from the first zone. These crocodile-like dragons are often seen accompanying Guardians, due to their mounted healing skills scaling off Focus. These dragons can be quite tanky, and function as both healer and attacker. A versatile dragon that is hard to master.

Mostly seen by a Guardians side, they are a decent choice for Rangers as well, albeit less effective. Very rarely seen by the side of Sorcerers and Oracles.

Best attributes: Focus, Strength, Constitution

First introduced in the wild in Korhala, it's neither a high or low availability dragon. Can possibly be found on some Sky Islands. If the Aqua dragons remind you of crocodiles, the dunestalker is more of an iguana lookwise. Works best with physical skillsets, yet tend to start off with magical skills.

All in all a dragon rarely seen by a players side, due to the hard work and time investement necessary to make this dragon do what other dragons do easier/better.

Best attributes: Dragon Affinity, Intelligence, Constitution

Availability is high, starting from the area outside Consus Cave. Among the best Magic based dragons in the game. While the Skytouched and Phantom dragons are excellent healers, the bat-like Windrider focuses towards damage. Can be considered a glass cannon of sorts, and I recommend giving them (and all dragons) heals to up their survivability. These dragons are gliders, and are incapable of flying.

Rarely seen beside the Guardian, but all the more often seen with the other classes. For the Ranger, who is a glass cannon themselves, having a Windrider as their partner makes for a fun challenge. However, as one would expect, these dragons work the very best by the side of Oracles and Sorcerers. Very similar to the Skytouched dragon in this regard.

Best attributes: Strength, Constitution, Ferocity

In Savage Hunt the first Fabled available to you is in the form of an Egg, obtained by using Soul Gaze inside Consus Cave. Availability is decent, and the wild ones wander around the world at specific times. Ancient dragons however, are rarer than the Fabled, and do NOT roam the world. Only obtainable from eggs and Dungeons.

These dragons are well-rounded. Because of this, they suit multiple roles, such as tanks, healers and (physical) damage dealers. Due to the size of Ancients, I find them hard to use for PvE, but they hit harder than the Fabled Ancient by default. The Ancient dragon is pretty bound to a physical build, and its not recommended to play around too much with it. The Fabled however, with a VERY specific image in mind, can get away with a somewhat Magical build. I don't recommend it, personally as an Oracle I keep my fabled physical and have a skytouched for the magical tasks. A Magic based Fabled will never reach the full potential of its species.

In my opinion everyone should have at least one well trained Fabled or Ancient in their stable. The Fabled Ancient does well as a debuffer, due to its evolution skills.

Best attributes: Ferocity, Focus, Strength

Taming these in the wild, includes a special mechanism to find them. You have to interact/use items and based on the feedback you get, move around and repeat until youre near enough to make it pop out. Found wild in Inartia and Alentia, very rare dragons.

Mythical dragons such as Randolph and Illusion Night are part of events, where you run after them, throwing snowballs/candy at them in order to lower them so you can attempt to tame. Note that the person who throws the last snowball/candy at them, is the only one who can attempt taming. Should this player fail, they will reset and you must lower them all over again.

Their high Ferocity makes it hard to go wrong with their build. They can be well suited for both magical and physical attacks, and are very similar to the Swiftfoot.

Best attributes: Intelligence, Dragon Affinity, Constitution

Phantom dragons, or flying frogs if you prefer, are similar to the skytouched dragons.

There's only three varieties of this dragon that's tamable "in the wild". One being a Dungeon spawn in Omati Gorge/Silia/Mount Sorthina, one being a roaming dragon in Sitheran, and the last being a rare spawn (or/and) eggdrop in Column of Prophet. There's also an egg-only Phantom dragon obtainable in Thadrea. Fighting these dragons can be a bit of a pain when attempting to capture. They mess with your mouse/directions, as well as drain your Action Points and Dragon Soul. Unless you're unbelieveably confident in your Mounted Combat skills, I recommend hunting for these in parties.

Difficult dragons to tame, difficult dragons to build. Seems to do well in the role of a magical tank. Their evolution skills consist of vicious buffs and debuffs that may very well be the turning tide in a battle. Rarely seen by the side of players. They're not pretty to look at, and most players stick to Ironhides as their tank anyways. Little research has been done on the Phantom dragon, but for the Magic classes in the right situation, we wonder if it could best the Ironhide as our tank.

I know I'll be looking further into this dragon species for my own use, should it ever become available in Savage Hunt.

Best attributes: Constitution, Ferocity, Focus

Available, but hard to find wild, from the start of the game. Jadeite is a very rare spawn when doing Road Quests. Also available from eggs. However popular the dragon is, it does take a lot of work to build a good one, and it's not really a "beginner" dragon. Yet it is absolutely a dragon recommended for everyone to have in their stable. A good Ironhide is near invincible in PvE situations.

Everyones favorite tank, most likely due to their evolution skill, which allows them to turn into stone for a set amount of time when attacked. In this state they take no damage, and in fact reflects damage onto their attacker. Mounting these dragons with the right timing allows you to survive heavy attacks from endgame bosses, which would normally have you very much dead - unless you are skilled enough to dodge. In most cases its just easier to make use of Your Ironhides evolution skill.

Best attributes: Strength, Ferocity, Constitution

Available from Road Quests (Vesper), and some Dungeon drops in the current Savage Hunt. Assault dragons are the dragon version of berserkers. Very similar to the Duskreaver, but the Assault work best with high strength stat while the duskie is more of a ferocity type.

Quite a well-rounded dragon, who with the right build will make a perfect companion. Duly noted that they are not quite as adept at healing as a majority of the other dragon species. Players often pick Duskreavers or Fabled Ancients, rather than an Assault dragon.

Best attributes: Strength, Ferocity, Constitution

Currently not available in Savage Hunt. The first wild duskie spawns in Thadrea, so don't count on seeing these dragons anytime soon. Duskreavers can be considered the Assault dragons more refined cousin, and is the only Dragon Family with both running and flying speed maxed. Very popular due to this, they're also simply beautiful.

A somewhat squishy dragon, it doesn't excel in endgame content. They are however an all-round powerhouse, but are a few octaves below the typical glass cannon. A very good partner for other game content though, and an experienced player may very well make good use of a duskie partner, even for endgame.

Best attributes: Strength, Intelligence, Constitution

Orientals only appear in the wild during the Chinese New Years event, and are the only species to travel both on land, in air and in water. Makes for great DPS dragons, be it Magical or Physical - choose one though, it's better to be strong in one than average in both (my opinion). Often suggested that they work best with Magical builds.

This is yet another dragon that is difficult to master, and though it's incredibly strong in Arena/Tournament, it's rarely seen used for PvE.

Best attributes: Focus, Dragon Affinity, Constitution

The twin-headed bulky hydras are a balanced species as well, and can excel both in physical and magical damage, as well as in a tanky role. Yet they are rarely used for anything other than one of their evolution skills, which allows you to pull your hydra out, let it roar(this will aggro all mobs within range), and put it back in again, kill everything, and repeat.

They are rather large, and like the Ancient dragons, may obstruct your view should you decide to use it for PvE combat situations.