A Visual Guide to the Bone Dragon in Crystal Tower

[Saziel]

I've never seen it tanked in the center in around 100 runs of CT...

Always to the north, in my experience.

[Hyrist]

I've only seen it tanked up north very rarely.

This may be a definition created based off of preferences of different data center clusters or playtimes.

[rabbitzero]

In all my runs, always in the middle, nowhere else. Always beat, never wiped or any issues.

[Doo]

If you have competent players, middle is good. If you don't trust your alliance, then north, south, east, west ,etc

[WizardShotTheFood]

If you have competent players, middle is good. If you don't trust your alliance, then north, south, east, west ,etc

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Past experience with many CT runs (still don't have the damn tank chest) has taught me that it doesn't matter where the dragon is tanked: if the rest of the alliance is a pack of morons, you will wipe on multiple occasions.

That said, my cleanest kills have been with the dragon in the middle. My messiest wipe has as well, but again, pack of morons. (Seriously, five dragons on the same spoke?)

[Alberel]

The skeletons spawn in the middle; if you tank the boss AWAY from middle then even with a fail group that kills skeletons before tanks can move them you still have a chance of killing them before they reach boss to AOE. THAT is why tanking the dragon away from the middle is actually a better strategy, it's better for dealing with fail DPS.

It also has the added benefit of giving you twice as much time to kill the skeletons if they are successfully moved to the ends of the platforms as they have to cross the entire arena rather than just half of it. Considering the quality of players I see in the DF sometimes you may want that extra time...

[Raeletta]

I prefer the middle. The north gets melee DD stood in poison continuously and it makes it harder for us to be of much use.

I didnt' even know it HAD a cone AoE so clearly it's either weak as hell or not the issue some make it out to be.

[ispano]

I prefer the middle. The north gets melee DD stood in poison continuously and it makes it harder for us to be of much use.

I didnt' even know it HAD a cone AoE so clearly it's either weak as hell or not the issue some make it out to be.

Actually the cone, strong or weak, doesn't matter. It causes a fear effect, making you run around like a headless chicken. Also, if tanked properly, like I've done, the Melee get to stand on one of the platforms, I just turn him slightly so they can access his side as well.

[Toranja]

In the middle? That's the worst one.

[Xieveral]

Sure you can do it that way if you want to kill us all.

Every player worth their salt knows to kill the skeletons on the center platform right under the dragon. Also, standing in the poison buffs your ranged damage.