Auto Chess hero · Human · Knight
DragonKnight
Драконий всадник
Human
KnightResonanceactive, affects enemies and self
Dragon Knight resonates with his mount and turns into a dragon — attack range grows by 345, attack increases by 120 / 200 / 275, and his base attacks splash in a 200 radius. At 2★ hits also slow attack speed and movement speed by 25%, and at 3★ they apply damage equal to 5% of max HP per second (non-stacking). The form lasts 5 s with a 60 s cooldown.
Role: a sturdy melee carry who becomes a ranged, splash-hitting threat for the duration of his transformation. Keep him in the front row — high armor and HP help him survive until Resonance comes online. He shines in the mid and late game, especially in Knight and Human lineups.
Dota Auto Chess prototype: Dragon Knight
Stats
| 1★ | 2★ | 3★ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| HP | 900 | 1800 | 3600 |
| Attack | 80–90 | 160–180 | 320–360 |
| Attack speed | 1.5 | ||
| Armor | 12 | ||
| Magic resist | 0% | ||
| Range | ближняя | ||
| Player damage | 2 | 3 | 3 |
per in-game wiki, updated 2026-09-08
Synergies
Synergy effect:
(3) At the end of the round, gain 2 EXP.
(6) When winning, if at least one allied Human piece survives on the field, gain additional EXP equal to "player level − 2". Both synergy effects can trigger simultaneously.
How to play
Human is an economic synergy: it does not strengthen the fight directly but speeds up leveling, which means more slots on the board and better odds of expensive heroes. (3) is reached with inexpensive heroes from the early game and already gives steady experience every round. (6) needs the expensive pieces and rewards wins with a surviving Human, so it is taken when the board is already strong and you want to pull ahead in level faster.
Synergy effect:
(2) Allied Knights have a 25% chance every 3 seconds to gain a damage reduction shield lasting 4 seconds.
(4) Allied Knights have a 25% chance every 3 seconds to gain a damage reduction shield lasting 4 seconds.
(6) Allied Knights have a 25% chance every 3 seconds to gain a damage reduction shield lasting 4 seconds. Activating any damage reduction shield restores 300 health.
Class trait: Knights receive 1 Knight buff at the start of the battle.
Damage reduction shield: reduces physical and magical damage by 50%, but does not reduce pure damage.
The effects of multiple synergy tiers stack: each tier rolls its own chance to trigger the shield, but the shield's damage reduction limit does not change.
How to play
Knights are a reliable shield-based front line: (2) already gives them a chance to keep gaining a shield that halves physical and magical damage, and with (4) and (6) the chances stack, so shields are up almost constantly; at (6) every shield also heals. The class assembles early thanks to cheap heroes, while the expensive Knights close the higher thresholds in the mid and late game. Knights are vulnerable to pure damage, but against physical and magical damage they are one of the most durable front lines.
Lore
hero story
I
As the dragon roared, the man rode with it and soared into the sky!
"The news headline is so exaggerated. Sounds like a made-up story by a wicked bard."
A few drunks crowded around the bar discussing today's newspaper. It was said that a human had tamed a dragon and become the legendary Dragon Knight.
"How can a creature as proud as a dragon willingly become someone else's mount? Something is fishy."
The drunk man's words were certainly not credible, but Tusmore was still angry. The emotion belonged to the dragon. He had to put down his glass and leave the tavern, […]
Although he could sense that Ilagon was still sleeping outside the town.
He was the Dragon Knight: Ilagon Tusmore. Strictly speaking, the term Dragon Knight is not appropriate - as a Grand Knight, Tusmore fought alongside the dragon Ilagon in the tide of beasts. He was helped by the Mother of Dragons due to serious injuries. Their souls were merged. The dragon and the human became one.
But in the eyes of gossip bards, Tusmore seemed to have become a human hero who tamed the dragon.
Tusmore decided to go to the Southern mountains with Ilagon to stay away from these gossips and take care of his wounds.
II
"Ilagon, we will have to fly slower so as not to overdo it like this time."
Tusmore was talking more to himself than to the sleeping dragon.
They had found a demon chasing humans after leaving the town. With Tusmore's insistence, the two chased the demon all the way to the edge of the new continent, where they temporarily lost sight of it in a forest.
Tusmore decided to rest there for the night. The demon had no means of escape, so he believed they could catch it tomorrow.
The experience of sharing one soul with a dragon is unique. Tusmore and Ilagon initially struggled for a long time. After spending days and nights and experiencing many battles together, they became increasingly bonded, and the two cooperated without any missteps.
The demon seemed to be sent by Gods to test the newborn twin soul.
III
The demon was caught up and blocked in a valley by Tusmore. However, the demon did not panic and seemed to be planning some trick.
Cunning demon — the same thought flashed through Tusmore's and Ilagon's minds.
As expected, the demon got a number of gangsters and surrounded the Dragon Knight in a dense circle. The situation was like the very first time that the man met the dragon.
"Separate you two. Let's see if you still can fight."
The demon laughed rampantly as a large number of demon reinforcements poured into the valley with one purpose, trying to separate the Dragon Knight.
But they were wrong.
"We are one, how can we be separated?" The human and the dragon surprisingly fused into one. The dragon soaring with wings possessed human fighting skills and intelligence. And it scared the crowd of demons.
Some low-level demons even scattered and fled. They could smell the unbearable threat coming from the Dragon Knight.
The dragon flame overwhelmed the place where the demons were, leaving only a clump of ashes.
"Well done, Ilagon, Tusmore." The two voices from the dragon's mouth overlapped together. This was the magic of the Mother of Dragons' blessing. A human and a dragon could share the same soul with different bodies. In normal life, their minds were connected. In crisis, they could use the shared soul to become one and increase their power significantly.
Dragon Knight was no longer the title of a human or a dragon, but their shared name: Ilagon Tusmore - the Dragon Knight.
Artwork 1
In builds full stats →
293 15%
picks
4.7
avg place
with the hero on the board
10% / 48%
top-1 / top-4
2%
reached 3★
1★ 110 · 2★ 177 · 3★ 6
GCC_GHOST ×24 · 4.9space ×15 · 3.5GCC_Lisyonok ×15 · 4.4OBEZYANA217 ×14 · 5.3GCC_Mars ×13 · 4.5GCC_lotar ×12 · 5.6
played best by GCC_Vagar — avg place 1.5 in 2 builds · last seen #282