One of the main focuses of this dungeon was to prevent it from being steamrolled by knights, and to make it not impossible to solo. With this in mind, melee classes have a tough time in this dungeon, as the shots the dragons fire, while avoidable from a distance, are extremely hard to dodge from sword range. So, while ranged classes are recommended if you want to try to complete this dungeon, if you want to survive as a melee class, try to:
In the LoD, there really isn’t too much else to really focus on except shooting at the dragon you’re fighting (or minions/eggs), and dodging as much as you can. If you have a bow, this will come in handy at the red dragon when you have to kill the minions to fight the dragon, because bows pierce. Everything you would normally do while playing your class still applies when you’re fighting in the Lair.
The dragons are a good source of all pots (except mana), and can drop tops. However, life will only drop if the dragons are “Hardmoded” (Black dragon done first). In addition to that, there are 3 white bag UT armors, a white bag UT shuriken, and a white bag vanity katana. And as with most bosses, all bosses have a chance to drop incs.
Aside from being purchasable in the nexus, the lair drops from the rock dragon, a one-time event in the realm.
In The Lair of Draconis, players will spawn in the center, near a dragon soul altar with dragon souls orbiting around it. It will tell players to name the color of the dragon that the players want to “console” with. Once a player names a color, the same colored dragon soul will open a hidden hallway and lead the players to a sleeping dragon. Once players are close enough, the dragon will wake up, starting the fight and at the same time, closing the hallway with a certain barrier. If you are “crushed” by the barrier by any chance, you will be KICKED off of the server, killing your chance for some excellent loot. So in other words, run as fast as you can with character through the rapidly closing hallway. Each dragon is unique to its color element and use attacks similar to its color. Each one had its own minions, weak, and are just simple annoyances to the player. However, some of them can cause status effects, softening you up for a deadly boss attack.
Okay, okay, the dragons are not exactly easy, well in comparison to their harder and buffed counterparts, they are much easier. Below the following, I will tell you about each of the dragons in easy mode, placing them in the order of easy to hardest. Please consider the fact that if Feargus, the black dragon, is battled at any time, any dragons following after him will become set on hard mode.
Often known as the softest of the four dragons, Limoz is the most easiest dragon. With no serious status effects, players will easily shred him to bits with the help of the teammates. Limoz will continuously fly around firing shotguns and summoning Veridian Hatchlings, or in other words, his minions. They will wander around, slowly approaching players and firing harmless shots. Overtime, Limoz will summon a shield of moving objects and still can be hit by classes that have piercing weapons. After he is defeated, a test chest will appear in the center of the room.
A notably harder dragon than Limoz, many players often debate whether he is one of the most hardest dragons in the dungeon, along with Pyrr and Feargus. Players should note that in the center of the room, there will be a pool of dark water in which Nikao will usually stand in for a large portion of the battle. The water will hinder classes with shorter range, due to its slowing effects as a liquid. Long range characters will fire away at ease, only to be bothered by his annoying minions. His minions will approach players and chase them at a distance, firing long range shots. For a large portion of the battle, Nikao will stand in the puddle of water that is in the center of the room, continuously firing 360 shots that can be easily dodged with long range classes. It highly advised not to tank them in, for they can give you slowed, making you more likely to be hit by bullets, or to be finished off by his minions. After Nikao has taken significant damage, he will begin to orbit around the edges of the room, firing large, fast, and hard hitting bullets aimed at players. During this phase, it extremely difficult to hit him, but be patient, as he will drop excellent loot. Once he is defeated, he will create a spawn chest in the center of the room.
A hard and difficult dragon to defeat. He is notorious for causing bleeding, and spawns lava on the battlefield, creating a lava hazard.
Feargus, the buffing dragon, buffs all of the other 3 dragons into hard-mode if defeated first. He is extremely hard to defeat if fought with a small group. In the four corners of the room, there will be a small wall that can shelter players from his dangerous bullets. During the battle, he will summon clone versions of himself and will orbit around the center of the room, shooting at players. Be careful of dodging his bullets, for each one gives a designated status effect, red will give bleeding, black will give pet stasis, blue will give slowed, and vise versa. With his continuous spray of bullets, he will be difficult to approach, making him one of the hardest dragons in the dungeon. Be mindful of your location, as being in the center of the room is very dangerous because Feargus can very quickly return to the center, firing bullets around himself that could easily kill a maxed character.
