New Champion: Daemon Targaryen

Greetings House Leaders,

A little bird from the Stepstones brings word of a volatile warrior and dragonrider defined by fierce family loyalty, lethal ambition, and a highly unpredictable nature. Read on to learn more about this new Legendary Champion, and play now to test his undeniable might.

New Champion

Daemon Targaryen

Rarity: Legendary

Faction: Blacks

Class: Distinguished Fighter

Gem Color: Red

A formidable single-target fighter for the Blacks, Daemon Targaryen punishes those foolish enough to stand in his way. He possesses a unique talent for encouraging others to violence, leading a flight of dragons to total victory while dismantling any enemy who dares to draw his attention.

Skill

Keep Your Tongue – Daemon gains WARMONGER, which increases his Power and Critical Strike Chance, then strikes an enemy for Physical ATK damage and additional True ATK Damage if that enemy is TAUNTING. When this skill Critically Strikes an enemy, he gains FURY.

Trait

Blood For Blood – When an ally is defeated, Daemon gains WARMONGER. He then destroys a Gem, prioritizing Power-Ups, for each WARMONGER stack he possesses. While ENRAGED, whenever a Power-Up is destroyed by an ability, Daemon HEALS himself for a portion of his Max HP.

Leader

A Dragon’s Heart Is A Dangerous Thing – For each Dragon on his team, Daemon gains access to an upgraded Power-Up. At the start of each turn with 1 or more Dragon allies, he replaces Seekers with ENDURING FIRE Gems. With 2 or more, he replaces Horizontal Clears with CRIPPLING FIRE Gems. With 3 or more, he replaces Vertical Clears with CLEANSING FIRE Gems. With 4, he replaces Area Clears with ROARING FIRE Gems. When a team member lands a critical strike with an ability, they gain INSPIRATION.

Champion Strategy

Daemon serves as a devastating single-target threat who specializes in eliminating TAUNTING enemies. With the proper FURY support, he can become ENRAGED swiftly, utilizing his self-healing capabilities to outlast his adversaries. It would be wise to pair him with Dragon allies, as his presence upon the battlefield transforms standard gems into destructive forces of fire.

Synergies

Three Champions: 

Caraxes – Daemon's formidable mount synergizes flawlessly with his leader ability, capitalizing on stamina gifts to rain uninterrupted fire upon your foes.

Jacaerys Velaryon – A capable ally who provides the necessary FURY support to ensure Daemon becomes ENRAGED ahead of schedule.

Rhaenyra Targaryen (The Black Queen) – The Queen grants critical buffs that allow Daemon to trigger his self-healing abilities, ensuring he remains a constant threat.

Best Team:

Daemon Targaryen (Leader)

Caraxes

Meleys

Drogon

Seasmoke

A fearsome assembly of beasts led by the Rogue Prince. Daemon utilizes his leader's ability to empower a full Dragon team, mitigating the risks of a mono-color lineup through the consistent generation of INSPIRATION.

Best Battle Modes

Daemon is designed to be a strong single target DPS and anti-taunt champion on any team. However with FURY support he can become ENRAGED quicker and utilize his self heal on crit to keep himself alive while continuing to present a constant threat. 

The other intent behind Daemon is to make him work well with Dragons as his release will come shortly after Dragons are available in PvP. To this end we've made his leader ability dragon focused allowing him to upgrade the gems on the gem board into improved versions of themselves based on the amount of dragons he has on his team. Caraxes and Daemon have also been given an ally gem that gifts stamina to dragons when used to make good use of color clears of any color for all dragons. 

New Summon

July 1, at 4 a.m. ET – July 29, at 2 a.m. ET

The Rogue Prince – Featuring Legendary Champions Daemon Targaryen, Caraxes, Sunfyre, Meleys, Jacaerys Velaryon, Rhaenyra, Rhaenyra Targaryen (The Black Queen). This summon will require Exalted Tokens.

New Proving Grounds

July 1, at 4 a.m. ET – July 10 at 2 a.m. ET

Master Daemon's skills and test their might in The Rogue Prince Proving Grounds. Battle your way through various challenges to learn new strategies to defend your allies, defeat your enemies, and learn how best to use Daemon's abilities to the utmost!

– The Game of Thrones: Legends Team