Red & Blue Dragons

[Gruet_garbo]

Any tips on beating them without using Bow/Arrow or Blood/Crystal Spear?

[Табушка]

You can kill them with a dagger if you go above or below them, hit them once, move up or down, hit them again and continue until they die. If you reach a wall, you just move sideways, then up or down, then move above or below the dragon and continue the pattern. You can actually kill them in just a 2x2 grid if you keep doing this.

Just try to avoid being in the same horizontal row as them to avoid their ranged attack. Red dragon has an unlimited range with its fireball but only attacks in one vertical line and Blue Dragon will freeze in a 3 tile width triangle. So you have to be a bit more careful when getting close to the blue dragons but if you approach them directly from above or below you will be completely safe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HO9rswe6-U

[Liy4b-Derg]

It's important to note that dragons move/attack every second beat.
Their breath attack has a 3-beat cooldown (including the charge, and begins after the actual breath attack)
If you go beside them during their turn, they will claw you down instead of doing a breath attack.

[Charge] -> [Breath] -> [Idle] -> [Move] -> [Charge] -> [Breath]

They can also walk and charge breath at the same time, if you end up within range of the breath.

Like Tabushka said, you can fight them in just a 2x2 (or 2x3) space but it's slightly trickier than fighting them vertically. This can be done with just a dagger. If you search "Red Dragon Dance" you can find a GIF of this pattern.

Edit: Realized I made a few mistakes with explaining their breath behavior.

[Gruet_garbo]

Something I'm still a little confused about: if you're supposed to move to the same 4x4 beat most of the time, how do you move faster than most enemies while staying on the same rhythm?

[Liy4b-Derg]

Originally posted by Sidewalker_42:

Something I'm still a little confused about: if you're supposed to me to the same 4x4 beat most of the time, how do you move faster than most enemies while staying on the same rhythm?

I am confused about the context of this question. Can you elaborate more?

The only way you can outrun enemies is if they take more than one beat to move or you get them stuck behind walls or other objects.

Fast enemies (those that move every beat) with more than one health are *usually* knocked back when damaged, like white monkeys, for example.

[Gruet_garbo]

You answered my question. Thank you.

[Liy4b-Derg]

Glad to help!