Black Dragon

Black Dragon
Overview
Race	Dark Elves
Category	Monster
Unit size	1
Recruitment
Tier unit Cost (MP): 2100 (2100) Turns: 3 Upkeep: 525 Weight: Heavy
Statistics
Health: 7316 (7316 per model) Leadership: 70 Speed: 90 Melee Attack: 50 Melee Defence: 46 Charge Bonus: 50
Melee Weapons
Base Damage: 140 Armour-Piercing Damage: 380 Melee Interval: 3.8 s Melee Reach: 8 Bonus vs. Buildings: +1.25%
Protection
Armor: 90 (67.5% reduction)
Attributes
Siege Attacker: This unit can attack gates or walls, allowing you to instantly launch a siege battle without having to wait for siege towers or battering rams to be built. Can Cause Fear: This unit frightens all enemy units, reducing their leadership when nearby. It is also immune to fear. Fear penalties do not stack. Can Cause Terror: This unit can cause terror, making its melee target rout for a short time. Units that have terror are immune to terror and fear themselves. Can Fly: This unit can fly. Wounds Missile Resistance: 25%. Damage of missile attacks is reduced by this amount.

For the mount, see Black Dragon (mount).

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Poison, horns, claws and teeth; a myriad ways to destroy the foe.

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Black Dragon is a Dark Elves monstrous unit introduced in Total War: Warhammer II.

Recruitment

• Dark Elves
  • Unlocked with: Dragon Hatchery or Dragon Tower

• The Thousand Maws
  • Unlocked with: Dragon Hatchery or Dragon Tower
  • Recruited with: Monster Pens

Description

Dragons once ruled the skies of the world. Now, their race is but a shadow of its former power and majesty. When the Old Ones arrived, the greatest Dragons found the world too warm for their liking and hid from the bright sun, while more still stole into caverns and the ocean deeps with the coming of Chaos. A Black Dragon is capable of slaughtering entire armies with its claws, horns and fangs. With expulsions of noxious gas from its maw, it can wither the lungs of its victims and desiccate their flesh. The thick hide of a Black Dragon protects it from even the weightiest blows. Perhaps the greatest weapon of all is the overwhelming Wyrm-dread that fills the enemy upon sighting such a bloodthirsty and destructive monster.

Attributes

• Flying Monster

• ▲ Noxious Breath: Some Dragons breathe noxious fumes that have a long-lasting effect on their target's coordination - if it survived the attack in the first place.
• ▲ Armoured: Armoured units can block damage from any source apart from Armour-Piercing damage.
• ▲ Armour-Piercing: The damage of armour-piercing weapons mostly ignores the armour of the target, making them the ideal choice against heavily-armoured enemies. They are often heavier and attack at a slower rate though, making them less efficient against poorly-armoured targets.
• ▲ Scaly Skin: Scaly skin or hides help to dampen or deflect the damage caused by missile weapons, increasing this unit's Missile Resistance.

Abilities

• Noxious Breath

Strategy

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The Black Dragon is a solid middle ground amongst dragons. If the Sun Dragon is the bottom and the Star Dragon is the top, this unit is closest to a Moon Dragon. The two have the same melee stats and health. The Black dragon has 20 more armour which does put it from decently well armoured to well armoured.

Of course, among the Dark Elves, there is no other dragon option. For that reason, the Black Dragon is a valuable armour piercing, fear, and terror causing monster. Its breath attacks can devastate enemies from afar as well. The 25% missile resist on top of the higher armour allows it to shrug off missile attacks easier than most other dragons.

Compared to other dragon-using factions, the Dark Elves lack healing magic so care must be taken with allowing damage on the dragon during battle.