I hate to break it down to you guys but.... Drakon can ulti stun at a good interval with first attack, it can speed boost through traps while taking 1 ticks of dmg with the speed ulti on flame barrier. Firestorm deal damage regardless of what you do....

People who uses sprites for pure damage are clueless on how they work. Period. They can do so much more and still do dmg if you want em to....

You are given a pet, a companion for you to use in dire situation, if you only tell him "BITE" he will bite and nothing more. Although if you tell him to blast his stun ulti onto multiple target each 14 seconds, it will be one of the most useful thing that will happen to you.

The way I see... Drakon is an infinite source of stun vials... and a speed buff...

The way most people see Drakon: DAMAGE OUTPUT, YAY MORE DMG I CAN SLAY ANYTHING FASTER, DIE DIE DIE!!!

Edit: I'm a 3sword 1bomb kind of player. I outperform any other player in terms of DPM (per minute) and I use Drakon this made me lol because I doubt you can actually take care of a long distance turret easier than someone with a gun... but whatever you say.... you do more DPM obviously... people with chaos and blitz vs vana doesn't have faster DPM... oh wait.... hmmmmmm

I have all 3 pets. Now even though my Maskeraith has all 3 ultimate's my Drakon and Seraphynx have their 3 skills so I think it will be valid enough.

I use my Seraphynx for any support role. This usually involves my Ironmight Plate set or an occasional bomber themed layout. Not a bad pet, but only if used for defense. I see no point to use the Ray of Light due to it's superior weakness.

My Drakon is spammy and deals decent damage. But my weapons deal so much more. I find the 3rd skill less useful than the first since it does the same thing just with less range. So that's basically -1 skill... My least favorite pet.

My Maskeraith lets me 3 shot most monsters in tier 3 elite mode with a proto gun thanks to quills. Nuff said.

Out of all 3, I hate seraphynx, but I like drakon the best. Frenzied Firestorm has little bug that let you do twice charge attack at once, just the same with deadly cloak with different timing. Swords are more reliable (usually faster) to kill turrets (by approaching + dodging bullets) btw, assuming the area is not full of spikes.

The thing with Drakon is that unless you have it at Level 100 and choose the Ultimate that gives your team an attack bonus with Firestorm, it has little to no support for the team, which is the one thing that stands out about Battlesprites.

For comparison:

Seraphynx' Light Ray is more or less useless, however it has an ultimate that can lower a target's defense, allowing your teammates to pack in the damage.

Seraphynx' Heart Attack stands for itself, being one of the most supportive sprite skills in the game. There can never be enough hearts.

Seraphynx' Barrier is large enough to protect teammates from damage as well as yourself, and both ultimates are basically made for party use.

Maskeraith's Quills poisons the enemy, allowing for more damage team-wise. It doesn't seem helpful for poison stratums, however the quills also act like catalyzers, doing insane damage when they explode. Anyone in the party can hit them.

Maskeraith's invisibility isn't very team-savvy, however it is good for supporting a single player. Keeping one person alive is still better than everyone dying.

Maskeraith's Hexing Haze speaks for itself... you really can't understand its power until you try using it for yourself.

Drakon's Firebolt can be used to hit switches and melt Ice Cubes, you'd be better off taking the time to hit with your weapon otherwise. While one of its ultimates can stun, we have shield-bashing, and again it'd be better to just attack with your weapon.

Drakon's Fire Barrier is basically a 'get-up-in-their-face' move. No, it literally is just that. Very little support there except for a single person. However, like Maskeraith's invisibility, Backfire Barrier could be used to run away from enemies in a tight situation. While I could go on to say that "keeping one person alive is still better than everyone dying", to date, I've never seen anyone use it for that reason.

Drakon's Firestorm has received enough hate already for me to have to go on about it. One of its ultimates gives your team a small buff, but it doesn't last very long, especially for such a long cooldown.

So, who's the odd one out?

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Drakon has the potential to deal the largest dps if all party members abuse it.
I actually use backfire to close in or rush instead of running away.

But I already love playing a support role, so seraphynx fits perfectly with me. The ray of light is a beam of damage that also pushes enemies into a certain location, granted they walk into it, heart attack is super useful (and those defense orbs are nice), and the angelic aura can save you and your teammates' lives. I blocked a howitzer head from smashing into a teammate on fire trying to heal with my aura in a shadow lair recently.

Your battle sprite will only be as good as you let it be. If you don't use it for its intentional use, then of course it will be underpowered. You don't fight constructs with flourishes, so you shouldn't try to make your sprite out to be something it's not.

Huh. Guess I've been using my sprite the wrong way stacking up on defense orbs for the party THEN using the protective aura to protect those on low health with the added on defense stacking with the shield. But what the heckie do I know, my username isn't Fangel nor xtweeterx. *shrug*

Your cooldown for a seraphynx will take longer than the defense orb expiration time, granted you and your party pick up defense orbs almost immediately after the heart attack is used. Using a seraphynx as a timely utility is the intended use I've found. Heart attack is great, but if your team is being pushed back, then the ray of light can delay enemy advances. The angelic aura might not last long, but it acts as a second shield for me and my teammates when our shields are broken, plus it makes our shields recover faster. I will also make my seraphynx fire in large arena rooms so that I can still deal damage while repositioning myself.

Your sprite is a tool to make battles more tactical. If your tactic is always run in and slash the monsters, your sprite is just an accessory trinket slot. With the right team and modified tactics from before the battle sprite update, you and your team will not find yourselves in a corner without a quick way out.

pretty obsolete due to barriers be added.

Nope. They can stack together, I've been using both barriers (item) and fire barrier (drakon) at the same time, then "hug" big monsters like royal jelly or giant lichen.

you need the rarely-sighted Vortex Bombs to make decent use out of Firestorm.

You need the rarely-sighted Vortex Bombs to make decent use out of anything.
A team without a Vortex Bomber isn't a team at all, it's a collaboration of four players mashing the mouse button in order to slowly crawl towards the exit of the level in a loosely organized fashion.

A team without a Vortex Bomber isn't a team at all

Welp, time to work on Electron Vortex.

DVS is dread venom striker right? just wanted to make sure

so i think Drakon is pretty good, though i don't have one. i like drakon's firestorm. people, lets all remember that all sprites have advantages and disadvantages. i use a Seraphynx, which is good for support. overall though, i would probably want one of the next two sprites that are probably in the makings (because moonstone and valestone are practically useless, now that they took out mineral depositing) because:

Drakon doesn't really have much support, and i'm not the type to go all brute force

Seraphynx barely has any attack, and the attack isn't good for moving enemies, and i like to run to get the enemies in a line then hit with a charge then run again, causing the beam attack to be ineffective

Maskeraith is pretty good attack support, but the cloaking is mostly good for running and skipping, and i usually like to attack to get more money and heat

overall, i wouldn't say anything about one being better than the other. each are unique and help in different ways

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Drakon - Both Fireballs are okay. Both Orbs are okay, but Backfire Burner is the more useful. Neither firestorm are any good, especially if you do anything with fire in it, but Frenzied is always good for a laugh as you get an entire 5 seconds of increased damage (good luck coordinating that with a party without voice).

Maskeraith - Both Quills work, and give amazing burst damage to anyone using rapid fire weapons (Antiguas). Vengeful is the underdog but i like the fact that it chains to a second target. Both cloaks work great, Vengeful is the underdog again, but you can activate it willingly and cause amazing crowd control. Haunted Haze is the only thing that's less than "really good". You could argue that with a Drakon you can shield in a crowd of mobs and deal damage without attacking, and I'd argue that a Maskeraith's Hexing Haze can do it better.

Seraphynx - Loses out for Top Tier with Maskeraith in my opinion. Disintegration Ray does the exact same damage as Dazzling after it hits once. The difference between both beams is that Disintegration Ray has the benefit of making everyone's damage better. Also both Rays have amazing synergy with vortex bombs, and are great at pushing enemies or keeping them out of an area. Violent Heart Attack has no real feedback and thus is really underwhelming, whereas you can actually see Iron Heart Attack actually working. That, and Defense Orbs actually reduce damage as advertised. Both Auras are great, but Valkyrian Aura does not work as advertised - it sets your CTR to Maximum. Both Auras suffer from inconsistent durations, especially when another player is under it's influence, vastly reducing invulnerability time.