Vhagar, named for a god of Old Valyria, is less a dragon than a living monument to conquest. Bronze and immense beyond easy measure, she is history made flesh and given wings, a beast whose shadow has fallen across the founding of dynasties and the ruin of kingdoms alike. Under Queen Visenya she burned her path through Aegon’s Conquest, helping forge the Targaryen realm in flame, fear, and absolute submission.
To speak her name is to invoke more than size or age. Vhagar is the weight of memory itself—the oldest and greatest dragon of her age, a creature whose breath can alter the fate of kingdoms and whose wings cast doom over all beneath them. She is not merely legendary; she is one of the legends by which all other dragons are measured.
Gameplay Details
Vhagar is a towering guardian who forces enemy attention, absorbs punishment, and steadily becomes harder to dislodge as battle continues. Her kit centers around Taunt which forces enemies to focus their basic attacks towards her. Her potent damage mitigation allows her to absorb those extra hits that would otherwise hurt her allies. In her final star, she gains a new stacking buff, bulwark, that both enhances her ability to sustain damage and deal it.
She performs best when she has time to stack bulwark, endure repeated attacks, and create favorable conditions for her team to win the damage race. Vhagar does best when paired with potent damage dealers that lack a defensive skill set. They can do what they do best, while Vhagar draws the enemy’s attention in her direction.
When playing with Vhagar
- Embrace the frontline role
- Vhagar creates value by drawing attacks, surviving them, and controlling enemy focus
- Capitalize on her setup effects
- Her vulnerability and damage amplification tools help allies secure priority kills
- Play for long fights
- The longer Vhagar survives, the more dangerous and durable she becomes through Bulwark.
Abilities
Vhagar performs best in sustained fights where she has time to stack bulwark, endure repeated attacks, and create favorable conditions for her team to win the damage race. Take note of the following Commands and Habits and use them to your advantage!
Command: Fiery Bonds
Each Round
- Chance to Taunt 3 enemies in any lane for 2 rounds. This chance is increased if the target is afflicted with Burn.
Even-numbered Rounds
- Deal Physical Damage to 1 enemy within adjacency.
Habits
Habit 1: Ancestral Shield
- Start of Round 1: Reduce your Physical Damage Received (All) and Tactical Damage Received for 3 rounds.
- Start of Round 4: Increase your Recovery Received until the end of combat.
Habit 2: Battle Leader
- Start of Combat: Increase the Physical Damage Dealt (Commands & Habits) of 1 ally in any lane until the end of combat (prioritizes Right Flank).
Habit 3: Eclipse Cover
- Each Round: Chance to grant Advantage to the ally with the most troops and afflict Weakened on the enemy with the most troops. Each effect lasts for 2 rounds.
- Advantage increases the target’s Damage Dealt.
- Weakened reduces the target’s Damage Dealt.
Habit 4: Blazing Onslaught
- Start of Round 1: Increase the Fire Damage Received of 1 enemy in any lane (prioritizes Left Flank) and the Physical Damage Received of 1 enemy in any lane (prioritizes Right Flank). Each effect lasts for 3 rounds.
Habit 5: Skyward Titan
- Each Round: Chance to gain 1 stack of Bulwark (Max 5 stacks) until the end of combat.
- Each stack of Bulwark increases your Strength and reduces your Physical Damage Received and Tactical Damage Received.
- The first time you have 3 or more stacks of Bulwark at the start of your turn, deal Physical Damage to 1 enemy in the same lane.
Affinities
- Spears: Neutral
- Cavalry: Neutral
- Shields: Positive
- Archers: Positive
- Siege: Positive
The Dragon Pit
Visit the Dragon Pit, and learn more about the Abilities, Habits and Commands of other Dragons!
A Guide to Dragons
Caring for one’s dragon is a remarkable feat. Over many years of training, Elder Angar had learned the secret arts of hatching that had been closely guarded by only the most trusted in Targaryen service. Now he passes that knowledge to you.
Want to learn more about how to improve all your dragons? Dive into detail about how to hatch and grow your dragons to become formidable foes throughout the seven kingdoms through our Guide to Dragons!
