Dragon (Teamfight Tactics)

Dragons are champions that are either dragon-like or have some reference to dragons in general. The Dragon synergy blocks a large portion of magic damage. This is good against traits that rely on magic damage to win, like Sorcerer and Elementalist.

Strategy

TFT Dragon visual indicator — A Shyvana with the **Dragon** visual indicator active on her.

Knights are a great synergy to use with Dragons. Since the blocked damage comes after the magic resistance that dragons have, it allows dragons to ignore even more magic damage.
Guardians are also a great companion to Dragons. Guardians can cover the innate weakness that dragons have to basic attacks with their synergy. And since Pantheon is a guardian already, so only one more guardian is required.

Items

Since Thornmail returns the damage as magic damage, Dragons can stack attack damage safely without having to worry too much about Thornmail.
Since the synergy already blocks a large portion of magic damage, the items that Dragons want either focus on dealing damage or reducing physical damage.
- Items like Thornmail and Frozen Heart can help mitigate physical damage.
- A Phantom Dancer will help against Assassins and critical strikes.
- Dodge items that are built from Sparring Gloves is another good way to protect a dragon from basic attacks.
Healing items like Warmog's Armor and Bloodthirster are great compliments to the Dragon's synergy.

Counters

High damaging basic attacks are a necessity when taking down Dragons, like Assassins, Blademasters, and Gunslingers.
The Void synergy renders the Dragon synergy useless. This is also true for champions that deal true damage, like Vayne and Ahri.
Giant Slayer is a good item to have in order to slay the Dragons if high attack damage champions aren't on the team.
Defensive team compositions tend to like healing items, so Grievous Wounds is a welcome addition when facing Dragons.