Dragon League

The Dragon League is a battling competition hosted in the Arena that takes place between Dragons. It is unlocked when a Trainer reaches Level 11 and it can be accessed through the button on the bottom left-side of the screen or by pressing the very same button after selecting the Arena. The Trainer selects up to three Dragons to fight against another Trainer's Dragons in an attempt to gain points. When in battle, the attacking Trainer is facing the actual Dragons of real Trainers, but these Dragons are operated by the program as opposed to the actual Trainer competing against the attacking Trainer in real-time. In other words, the defending Trainer's actions are taken by the game itself while using their Dragons. Trainers are awarded accumulative points after each battle for the battle performance, and, when applicable, rewards for reaching certain levels of win streaks. At the end of the competition, Trainers receive league rewards based on their current league, Trainer level (modifiers), and the number of points they have accumulated compared to other Trainers.

Each battle in the Dragon League costs one unit of energy for a normal attack or two for a Focus Attack (increases the damage inflicted by allied Dragons by 50%). The energy will automatically regenerate at a rate of one every 40 minutes until a Trainer's maximum limit is reached. The energy can also be immediately replenished with Arena Gems held in the inventory  or by paying 3 Gems per energy (must purchase all energy required to meet the maximum limit through either method). VIP Trainers have a limit of six units of energy and non-VIP Trainers have a limit of four units of energy. There is currently no way to increase the maximum number of energy to more than six. The list of available opponents can be refreshed for free once every 3 hours or, if desired, at any time using 5 Gems per refresh.

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InterfaceEdit

 See battling for complete details about the battle interface

After opening the Dragon League screen, the Trainer is able to see their current league, the time left for the current instance of the Dragon League, the leaderboard as well as their position on it, their current score, their current win streak, the current prize of the league, the milestone rewards, the average level of the Dragons in the current league, and a few more options. If there is no new prize to be earned, a window notifying the Trainer will be displayed. From here on, the Trainer can press: the button to see the current rankings, the button (under win streak) to see the rewards that can be earned from win streaks, the button to refill their Arena Energy, the emblem of the League to show the promotion rewards for each league, the button (on the card pack) to see the current Dragon(s) for which Dragon Pieces can be earned, or the button to proceed to the battle selection screen.

PointsEdit

Points are earned for each match completed, win or lose. If a Trainer loses the battle, they will only receive 5 points in total. If a Trainer wins a match, they will receive a base of 10 points plus any bonus point earned from the battle.

Additional PointsEdit

Bonus points are added based upon the difficulty of the battle, the level of the opposing Dragons and the Trainer's winning streak.

Difficulty - Trainers are presented with three opponents; the battle difficulty will be displayed upon the challenge snapshot of each opponent, along with the Dragons they will bring to the battle. The difficulty on an opponent is given in relation to all the Dragons in the Trainer's roster in relation to the opponent's own Dragons and is not based on the Dragon team chosen for the battle. There are three possible levels of difficulty:

Battle Rank	Bonus	Points for Win
Easy	0	10
Medium	90	100
Hard	190	200

Opposing Dragon Level - 1 bonus point is given for each level of the opposing Trainer's Dragons.

Win Streak - Bonus points are given for defeating multiple opponents in a row within a given time frame. The bonus points increase with the win streak and are added to the Trainer's score.

Win Streak	No Streak	3 Streak	6 Streak	9 Streak	12 Streak	15 Streak	18 Streak	20 Streak
Bonus	+0%	+30%	+50%	+75%	+100%	+150%	+200%	+300%

LeaguesEdit

The Dragon League is tiered into six different leagues with each league, except the Elite League, having three divisions. Competing in the Dragon League is similar to competitions in events as there are two iterations per week, one between Monday 07:00 UTC and Thursday 17:00 UTC, and the other between Thursday 17:00 UTC and Monday 07:00 UTC. Each iteration divides Trainers into groups of 500 and lasts 3 days and 12 hours. Once a competition has finished, Trainers are rewarded based on their points compared to other Trainers.

Trainers are promoted to higher leagues based on their position at the end of a Dragon League iteration and if they have participated in at least one fight. Trainers must finish in the Top 200 throughout the Bronze League and up to the Silver League, then in the Top 150 throughout the Silver League and up to the Gold League, then the Top 100 throughout the Gold League, the Diamond League and the Dragonscale League.

Upon reaching Bronze League 2, Trainers who have fought at least one match and find themselves in the bottom rankings, opposite to the top needed for promotion, are demoted to the league previous to their current one. Once the top prize for a league is obtained, Trainers who get demoted and then promoted back will not receive the same prize again, the only rewards given being those from the leaderboard, win streak and milestone rewards.

In addition to the above requirements, promotion to the Elite League can only occur for Trainers who finish in the Top 75 of Dragonscale League 1 and own at least 3 Level 80 Dragons. Trainers who finish in the Top 75 of the league, but fail to meet the requirement on Dragons will not be promoted. Once a Trainer is promoted to the Elite League, they can no longer be demoted to lower leagues. Even after promotions to the Elite League occurs, only Level 80 or higher Dragons are allowed to participate in battles.

Milestone RewardsEdit

The milestone rewards are given to each Trainer that manages to accumulate a certain amount of points within an iteration of the league. The rewards are given only once per iteration and they reset with each iteration. The rewards are different for each league, but the same for all divisions of the same league.

The amount of Gold and Food rewarded are based on the Trainer's level. The values below pertain to Modifier 1. See Level Modifier for more information.

	400	1,200	2,000
	4,000	500	1
	700	1,200	2,000
	5,000	750	1
	1,100	3,300	5,500
	7,500	1,000	1
	1,500	4,500	7,500
	2,000	1	1
	2,500	7,500	12,500
	4,000	2	1
	4,500	13,500	22,500
	7,500	3	1

Card Pack ContentsEdit

The card pack offers only one card in all leagues and division. The Dragons for which matching Dragon Pieces are given and the amount of said Dragon Pieces vary from league to league. Each Dragon and its corresponding amount of pieces have a fixed chance of being obtained.

League	Gladiator Dragon	Leviathan Dragon	Heliotrope Dragon	Machine Snake Dragon	Golem Dragon	Gryphon Dragon
	80% x 4 20% x 8	Not Available
	40% x 10 10% x 12		Not Available
	26,67% x 14 6,67% x 20			Not Available
	20% x 18 5% x 22				Not Available
	16% x 22 4% x 26					Not Available
	13,33% x 26 3,33% x 32

Leaderboard PrizesEdit

The amount of Gold and Food rewarded are based on the Trainer's level. The values below pertain to Modifier 1. See Level Modifier for more information.

Rank	Bronze League	Silver League	Gold League	Diamond League	Dragonscale League	Elite League
1-5 1	20,000 1,000 5	25,000 2,000 5	30,000 3,000 3	40,000 4,000 4	75,000 7,500 5	Limited-Time Dragon
6-10 2-10	10,000 750 4	15,000 1,000 4	20,000 2,000 5	30,000 3,000 5	50,000 5,000 5	100,000 10,000 5
11-20	7,500 500 3	10,000 750 3	15,000 1,500 4	20,000 2,000 2	40,000 4,000 4	75,000 7,500 4
21-75	5,000 250 3	7,500 500 3	10,000 750 3	15,000 1,000 3	30,000 3,000 3	50,000 5,000 3
76-100	4,000 150 1	5,000 250 1	7,500 500 2	10,000 750 2	20,000 2,000 2	25,000 2,500 2
101-150	2,000 100	4,000 150	5,000 250	7,500 500	15,000 1,000	15,000 1,000
151-200	1,000 50	2,000 100	4,000 150	5,000 250	10,000 750	10,000 750
201-300/350	500	1,000	2,000	4,000	7,500	7,500
301/351-400	250	500	1,000	2,000	5,000	5,000
401-500	100	250	500	1,000	4,000	4,000

• The Gold and Diamond Leagues were opened, respectively, on the 25th of June and the 20th of July 2015 to the Android & iOS platforms and on the 20th of July and the 10th of August 2015 to the Windows platform.
• The Dragonscale League was opened on the 8th of February 2016 to all platforms.
• The Elite League was opened on the 3rd of September 2018 to all platforms.

Promotion RewardsEdit

The Dragon League is broken up into multiple leagues and divisions. Placing in the Top 200 of a division promotes the Trainer to the next division, awarding them with a Dragon or decoration. Each reward may only be received once. The Elite League is the only league without divisions.

Promotion From	Promotion Reward
Bronze League 3 100px	Agent Dragon
Bronze League 2	Glowing Stump
Bronze League 1	Lynx Dragon
Silver League 3	Trainer's Monument
Silver League 2	Steel Dragon
Silver League 1	Winged Victory
Gold League 3	Hammerhead Dragon 100px
Gold League 2	Shining Shield 100px
Gold League 1	Torpedo Dragon 100px
Diamond League 3	Galgomor's Blade
Diamond League 2	Cosplay Dragon
Diamond League 1	Dragonscale Banner
Dragonscale League 3	Glowing Dragon Egg 100px
Dragonscale League 2	Celestial Dragon 100px
Dragonscale League 1	Legion Dragon 100px

Dragonscale League 1Edit

Upon being promoted to Dragonscale League 1 (the last division of the Dragonscale League) the top reward is changed to a limited Arena-Prize Dragon. Starting in the last quarter of 2016, the limited Dragon changes every 28 or 31 days on the corresponding Monday or Thursday and cycles between the Warlord Dragon, Mech Dragon and Tsunami Dragon.

2018 Cycle of Limited Dragons
Duration Award Leaderboard 1 January - 29 January Warlord Dragon 29 January - 26 February Mech Dragon 26 February - 2 April Tsunami Dragon 2 April - 30 April Warlord Dragon 30 April - 4 June Mech Dragon 4 June - 28 June Tsunami Dragon 28 June - 3 September Warlord Dragon 3 September - 1 October Mech Dragon 1 October - current Tsunami Dragon

2017 Cycle of Limited Dragons

Duration Award Leaderboard 9 January - 6 February Warlord Dragon 6 February - 6 March Mech Dragon 6 March - 3 April Tsunami Dragon 3 Apr - 4 May Warlord Dragon 4 May - 1 June Mech Dragon 1 June - 29 June Tsunami Dragon 29 June - 31 July Warlord Dragon 31 July - 31 August Mech Dragon 31 August - 2 October Tsunami Dragon 2 October - 30 October Warlord Dragon 30 October - 30 November Mech Dragon 30 November - 1 January 2018 Tsunami Dragon

2016 Cycle of Limited Dragons

Duration Award Leaderboard 18 February - 4 April Warlord Dragon 4 April - 9 May Tsunami Dragon 9 May - 6 June Mech Dragon 6 June - 4 July Warlord Dragon 4 July - 1 August Tsunami Dragon 1 August - 22 August Warlord Dragon 22 August - 19 September Mech Dragon 19 September - 17 October Tsunami Dragon 17 October - 14 November Warlord Dragon 14 November - 12 December Mech Dragon 12 December 2016 - 9 January 2017 Tsunami Dragon

Elite LeagueEdit

Upon being promoted to Elite League 1 the top reward is changed to a different limited Arena-Prize Dragon. Starting in the last quarter of 2018, the limited Dragon changes every 28 or 31 days on the corresponding Monday or Thursday and cycles between the Herald Dragon, Merchant Dragon and Amazon Dragon.

2018 Cycle of Limited Dragons
Duration Award Leaderboard 3 September - 1 October Herald Dragon 1 October - Current Merchant Dragon

Win StreakEdit

Each time a match is won, a win streak is started or continued. If a match is won in the next 21 minutes, the streak will continue. Every three consecutive victories, up to the 20th, in addition to the bonus to the battle score from the next victories, a reward is earned, which depends on the Trainer's level. The Arena Expert Badge is given for achieving a win streak of 20 for the very first time. There are 6 different reward brackets, namely levels 10-15, levels 16-21, levels 22-27, levels 28-33, levels 34-39, and levels over 40.

Streak	Bracket 1	Bracket 2	Bracket 3	Bracket 4	Bracket 5	Bracket 6
3	300	500	10,000	17,500	60,000	100,000
6	500 1	800 1	1,500 1	4,000 1	8,000 1	12,500 1
9	1 2	1 2	1 2	1 2	1 2	1 2
12	1 2 10,000	1 2 15,000	1 2 25,000	1 2 50,000	1 2 100,000	1 2 250,000
15	1,000 3 1	2,000 3 1	4,000 3 1	10,000 3 1	20,000 3 1	30,000 3 1
18	1 1,000 15,000	1 2,000 25,000	1 4,000 35,000	1 10,000 50,000	1 20,000 100,000	1 30,000 200,000
20	5 10 2	5 10 2	5 10 2	5 10 2	5 10 2	5 10 2

OccasionsEdit

SeasonalEdit

These are promotions that occassionally occur during a widely-held holiday. During these festivals, Trainers are provided with a unique leaderboard and prizes.

Event	Duration	League(s) Affected	Dragon League Reward	Leaderboard
Halloween	19 October 2015 - 6 November 2015		1st-5th Place Treater Dragon
Christmas	14 December 2015 - 4 January 2016		1st-5th Place Spruce Dragon

SpecialEdit

On the 13th, 14th and 15th of March 2015, the Dragon League had a daily run of 12 hours in which a different prize was awarded each day to those who placed in the top five spots. On the first day, the prize was the Agent Dragon, on the second day it was the Lynx Dragon, and on the last day it was the Hammerhead Dragon.

EventsEdit

 See Clan Events and Faction Events for more information

• Starting with the introduction of the very first Faction Event in the game (Light and Shadow Games), where two sides compete against each other, Dragon League battles are sometimes the goal for these types of events.
• A type of Clan Event called Settle the Score ran once every 3 weeks, from Monday to Friday, before it was discontinued. It was available only to Clan members and its goal was for these members to collectively gather as many points as possible during the event, which counted toward their Clan score, but also to their individual score. That event has since been replaced by individual Clan Quests which, during the The Great Dragon Race and the Clan Siege, offer items needed to participate in those events.