Night Elf Anti-SpellcasterFAERIE DRAGON
Trained from: Ancient of Wind
Requires: Ancient of Wonders
Cost: 155 gold, 25 lumber
Population: 2 food
These little winged creatures are practically unknown to newer players of Warcraft 3. They are a more complicated unit to manage; much more complicated than an archer. The faerie dragon is a flying unit produced from the Ancient of Wind at tier 2. It is certainly not a one-strategy-fits-all unit. You will be wasting your money training one if the enemy has few spellcasters.
The faerie dragon's role in Warcraft 3 is to kill spellcasters. Its two main abilities and passive trait make it invincible against non-hero caster units.
Abilities (Hotkey):
Requires: Ancient of Wonders
Cost: 155 gold, 25 lumber
Population: 2 food
These little winged creatures are practically unknown to newer players of Warcraft 3. They are a more complicated unit to manage; much more complicated than an archer. The faerie dragon is a flying unit produced from the Ancient of Wind at tier 2. It is certainly not a one-strategy-fits-all unit. You will be wasting your money training one if the enemy has few spellcasters.
The faerie dragon's role in Warcraft 3 is to kill spellcasters. Its two main abilities and passive trait make it invincible against non-hero caster units.
Abilities (Hotkey):
Phase Shift (E)
Causes this unit to shift out of existence whenever it takes damage. While out of existence, this creature cannot: attack, move, cast spells, be attacked, or have spells cast upon it.
This ability is on autocast by default. It simply protects the Faerie Dragon from all the non-spellcasters that try to kill it. This ability makes it very frustrating for the enemy to kill the Faerie Dragon. It literally disappears from the game for a second, causing all enemy units to attack other things. There is one unit, the suicidal Troll Bat-rider that can one-shot a Faerie Dragon. If you see Bat-riders coming at your Faerie Dragon, hit your E key command to save it. The auto-cast will not preemptively go off.
Mana Flare (F)
Causes the Faerie Dragon to channel negative magical energies that damage nearby enemies when they cast spells. Also increases the Faerie Dragon's armor by 12.
Splash Damage Radius: 20
Unit Damage Per Point of Mana Used: 3
Hero Damage Per Point of Mana Used: 1
Max Damage Per Unit: 90
Max Damage Per Hero: 50
The main reason for getting a Faerie Dragon. It is not well understood by newer players, so please read on. This spell turns your little Dragon into a hardened electric ball. It gains a massive armor bonus, making it very difficult to kill. Troll Bat-riders can't one-shot the Faerie Dragon in this form. The Dragon cannot move while he is casting Mana Flare.
To use Mana Flare, you must position the Faerie Dragon over the enemy army and hit the hotkey F to activate it. The Dragon will turn into a little ball and every time a spellcaster uses an ability, they get zapped based on how much mana they used. If a sorceress uses Polymorph under a Faerie Dragon, she will be hit for 66o damage (Polymorph costs 220 mana, x3). Sorceresses can have a max of 405 hp, so this will kill her in one shot. The zap also does splash damage to all units around the sorceress for a lesser amount. Only one zap can fire off at a time.
Spell Immunity (Passive)
As an added bonus, the Faerie Dragon is immune to all magic spells and attacks!
Happy reading!
-Kibble
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