Red Dragons vs. Emerald Green

[Metathron]

I can now confirm that red dragons are indeed on offer in the dragon lair in Montero, along with blacks and greens. Not sure if this is always the case in every game, but I suspect it is since the lair is heavily guarded.

[Harakiri]

Originally Posted by Metathron

I can now confirm that red dragons are indeed on offer in the dragon lair in Montero, along with blacks and greens. Not sure if this is always the case in every game, but I suspect it is since the lair is heavily guarded.

mh? there is a direct entrance to the dragons at the elf isle - you dont have todo any fighting at all - right when you get there - first cave, its already there red, black and green eggs

[Metathron]

Originally Posted by Harakiri

mh? there is a direct entrance to the dragons at the elf isle - you dont have todo any fighting at all - right when you get there - first cave, its already there red, black and green eggs

People have reported different dragons on offer there. You may have got all three, I got just black and red, others did not get red at all (arguably the best variety)...

[Zhuangzi]

I tend to think that Reds are the best overall. Lower leadership, better special ability, and you can buff/heal/resurrect them (with Inquisitors). Blacks are a pain because if you lose one, it's gone.

[Infiltrator]

Meh, I'm using blacks. It's hard to get one killed, unless they are alone in the enemy lines. I use the demonologist's life drain on my other units since they are most often the targets.

Also, when your blacks eat up a retaliation of thousands of fire/magical based units as a two-digit number, you just have to feel good about it.

Having the highest base resistances and att/def, as well as being impervious to all spells, they are very independent and you can focus on maintaining your other units. Lowering initiative of the enemies is also very important, I almost always get to act with all of my units before the enemy gets the chance to act with their fastest one. Highest base att/def in the game means having a high morale gives them absurd bonuses to those stats.

[vicheron]

I like Red Dragons since there's an artifact that reduces their leadership cost by 20%.