What players buy
The items bought most in each of Valve’s four game stages
Public matches · each item’s own count
1stMost bought
199 buys
2ndSecond most
159 buys
3rdThird most
67 buys
4thFourth most
58 buys
5thFifth most
54 buysBy GamGem ResearchLast updated 22 Sept 2026
Dragon Knight
Melee · Strength
- Win rate
- 51.3%
- Pick share
- 0.6%
- Matches
- 298,893
- Patch
- 7.41f
Draft coverage
BringsCarryPusherDurableDisablerInitiatorNuker
NeedsSupportEscape
Recommendation
Pick
- The game is heading for 30–40 min — that is where this hero measures best, at 49.8% over 6,954 matches.
- You are playing around Guardian — its strongest medal, 52.1% over 24,747 picks.
Avoid
- Bounty Hunter is on their side — this hero wins 34.7% of 75 matches against it.
- Phoenix is on their side — this hero wins 39.6% of 139 matches against it.
- Venomancer is on their side — this hero wins 36.3% of 80 matches against it.
199 buys159 buys67 buys58 buys54 buys
Skill Order
Which ability to max first, and where each point goes — what most league players on Dragon Knight took at each level.
QBreathe Fire
Unleashes a breath of fire in front of Dragon Knight that burns enemies and reduces the damage their attacks deal.
Point Target · Unit Target · Magical damage
FDragon Blood
The life blood of the Dragon improves Dragon Knight's health regeneration and armor.
Passive
RElder Dragon Form
Dragon Knight assumes the form of the Elder Dragon, increasing the range of his abilities, gaining bonus movement speed, and a ranged attack with various properties.
No Target · Magical damageLevel-up Order
- QBreathe Fire
- FDragon Blood
- RElder Dragon Form
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QBreathe Fire | Q | |||||
| FDragon Blood | F | F | F | F | ||
| RElder Dragon Form | R |
Matchup map
How Dragon Knight performs against every opponent with 30 or more counted games
117 opponents · public matches40%60%Dragon Knight's win rate
≥ 60%Very favorable
55 – 60%Favorable
50 – 55%Even
45 – 50%Unfavorable
40 – 45%Hard
< 40%Very hard
If this happens, use this
- They are running away
Something that holds them still, or closes the gap yourself. Matched on “slow”, “stun”.
- I am being jumped
A way out, a way to shrug the debuff, or something to eat the burst. Matched on “shield”, “immunity”.
- Kill them in one window
Damage that lands now rather than over a minute. Matched on “magical”, “damage over time”.
- Clear or push the wave
Creeps, summons and anything that hits a building. Matched on “building”.
- Stay in lane
Healing, regeneration or lifesteal — not having to walk back. Matched on “regenerat”.
By medal
- Herald51.5%7,164
- Guardian52.1%24,747
- Crusader51.0%42,154
- Archon50.9%58,337
- Legend51.2%62,019
- Ancient51.4%43,818
- Divine51.8%34,005
One count per medal, not one rate split across them; a medal with no counted matches is left out.
By match length
- 0–20 min48.2%4,752
- 20–30 min48.9%12,140
- 30–40 min49.8%6,954
- 40–50 min48.2%2,560
- 50 min +47.6%979
Bands under 120 matches are absent rather than shown small.
Learning Dragon Knight
Abilities
Breathe Fire
Point Target · Unit Target · Magical damageUnleashes a breath of fire in front of Dragon Knight that burns enemies and reduces the damage their attacks deal.
Dragon Tail
Unit Target · Magical damageDragon Knight smites an enemy unit with his shield, stunning and damaging it and units close to it.
Wyrm's Wrath
Passive · Magical damageThe life blood of the Dragon improves Dragon Knight's abilities and items to have increased AoE and causes his attacks to deal additional magic damage to enemy units.
Fireball
Point Target · AOE · Hidden · Magical damageIgnites an area, dealing damage over time that lingers on enemies in it. Has reduced cast range when melee.
Dragon Blood
PassiveThe life blood of the Dragon improves Dragon Knight's health regeneration and armor. Regen and armor are increased by 50% during Elder Dragon Form.
Elder Dragon Form
No Target · Magical damageDragon Knight assumes the form of the Elder Dragon, increasing the range of his abilities, gaining bonus movement speed, and a ranged attack with various properties. The Dragon evolves per level. The bonuses are cumulative. Level 1 Green: Grants a corrosive damage over time that can also damage buildings. Level 2 Red: Grants splash damage to the dragon's attacks. Level 3 Blue: Grants a debuff immunity piercing movement and attack frost slow on attack.
Base attributes
- Strength
- 21 +3.2
- Agility
- 14 +2.0
- Intelligence
- 18 +1.7
- Move · range
- 310 · 150
Talents
- 4Dragon Blood HP Regen/ArmorWyrm's Wrath Bonuses
- 3Elder Dragon Form Attack RangeBreathe Fire Damage
- 2Dragon Tail Stun+300 Health
- 1+15 DamageBreathe Fire Cooldown
Aghanim’s Scepter
Changes Elder Dragon Form
Increases the current level of Dragon Form by one. Adds a Level 4 Black Dragon that has free pathing, bonus magic resistance, and increased other bonuses.
Aghanim’s Shard
Changes Fireball
Ignites an area, dealing damage over time that lingers on enemies in it. Has reduced cast range when melee.
Sources
- Kit, talents and upgrades · mechanicalread 22 Sept 2026
Ability names, icons, behaviour, damage type and text, plus the Aghanim’s Scepter and Shard descriptions — as the game itself ships them. Nothing here was counted over matches.
- Win rate by medal · countedread 15 Sept 2026
The same hero at each of Valve’s eight medals, over 4,610,063 public matches. Each medal carries its own sample, because the eight buckets are nothing like the same size.
- Matchups and match length · counted, on a narrower windowread 16 Sept 2026
Win rate against each opponent and across five match-length bands. This channel reports far fewer games than the medal figures above: the median hero pairing is 51 matches and the largest on the whole roster is 707. Rows under 30 games are absent rather than shown small, and the ones that remain are ORDERED by a figure shrunk toward even by its own sample — the rate you see is the real one, the ranking is the careful one.
- What players build · countedread 15 Sept 2026
The five most common items in each of Valve’s four game stages, with each row’s own pick count.
- Skill order · counted, in league matchesread 3 Oct 2026
Where skill points go, read off every player's own learning order in premium and professional league matches on patches 7.41 and 7.40. Each level shows the ability most players took there and the share that did — a column only a third agree on is printed as a third, not as the rule. Heroes under 30 counted games show no path.
- Situation index · derived, and checkableread 22 Sept 2026
Each situation is a phrase match against Valve’s own ability text, and every row shows the phrases that matched. No win rate is attached, because nobody counts one per situation.
Mechanics are the ones Valve publishes for patch 7.41f. GamGem is not affiliated with or endorsed by Valve Corporation.