Draconic Mastery Teamfight Tactics (TFT) Ultimate Guide

Fire keeps on burning in Teamfight Tactics. Magic N’ Mayhem is the 12th edition and set of the Teamfight Tactics (TFT). It introduced an exciting new trait that is called Dragon, and along with it is a powerful augment, Draconic Mastery. With this guide, you’ll learn how and when to use Draconic Mastery in TFT to dominate your matches. 

Understanding the Dragon Trait

Knowing Dragon Trait will be crucial as you seek understanding on the usage of Draconic Mastery. This trait serves as an impactful Origin for TFT Set 12 Magic N’ Mayhem. Here’s a simple explanation of how it works:

The Dragon trait is a small but impactful Origin trait in TFT Set 12. Here’s how it works:

• 2 Dragon: With this, the Dragon attacks and Abilities 1%, then Burn and Wound targets for 5 seconds.
• 3 Dragon: Its power of friendship will upgrade all the Dragon abilities.

The burn will deal a percentage of the target’s maximum health as true damage for every second. Meanwhile, Wound reduces the healing received by 33%. The combination of these effects makes the Dragon trait effective against the tanky compositions and healing-heavy teams. 

Dragon Champions

For Set 12, there are three Dragon champions that will see the Draconic Mastery augment useful.

1. Nomsy (1-cost): This is a Hunter that fires a cone of physical damage.
2. Shyvana (2-cost): It’s a Shapeshifter where it transforms and knocks up enemies.
3. Smolder (5-cost): The Blaster champion flies around the board and attacks at regular intervals.

Each of these Dragon champions has their own unique strengths:

• For Nomsy, the ability scales with AD but ignores armor when upgraded.
• Shyvana gains massive health from the Shapeshifter trait while still providing AoE crowd control.
• Smolder serves as the final piece of the Dragon trait by upgrading all the Dragon abilities once it’s in your team. 

Draconic Mastery Augment

Now that you’ve learned of the Dragon trait and champions, it’s time for the Draconic Mastery. It is an augment that can possibly be a game-changer for Dragon compositions. 

Here’s what it does:

• The Dragons gain 10% Health and an 18% Attack Speed.
• Once Dragons score 60 champion takedowns, it will gain a Smolder.
• You’ll also gain Nomsy and a Shyvana.

With this augment, you are immediately granted access to power by the two Dragon units plus the buff to all the Dragons on your team. The players are guaranteed to reach the full 3 Dragon trait bonus without having the need to rely on high-roll luck. This is due to its ability to earn Smolder after the 60th takedowns.

Strategies for Success

Early Game

• Consider pivoting into a Dragon composition when offered a Draconic Mastery. 
• Create a strong frontline and backline by focusing on 2 with Nomsy and Shyvana. 

Mid Game

• Try to look for complementary traits with Dragon, like Hunter for Nomsy or Shapeshifter for Shyvana, to maximize their abilities. 
• It is better to consider the items that will synergize well with Dragon champions, like attack speed items for Nomsy or tank items for Shyvana. 

Late Game

• Go activate a full Dragon trait by aiming to add Smolder in your composition. This will help you utilize Draconic Mastery more. 
• Plan a strategy for positioning your dragons to maximize AoE abilities and burn effect. 

Conclusion

To sum up, mastering the Draconic Mastery augment will require you to understand the Dragon trait first. Understanding these two hand-in-hand is beneficial to crafting a powerful and flexible composition for TFT Set 12 Magic N’ Mayhem. Once you’ve understood the strengths of the presented Dragon Champion, you can plot carefully the strategy on item purchases and position. Remember, augments can cause severe impact in your gameplay for TFT. 

Thus, it is important that everything you are selecting works well with the selected augment. With that, you can unlock the full potential of the Dragon trait and Draconic Mastery augment to claim victory in your TFT matches.