Ryu Dragon

Ryu Dragon
Japanese	リュウドラゴン
Rōmaji	Ryuu Doragon
Type	Spirit Dream Eater Nightmare Dream Eater
Games	Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory

Ryu Dragon
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
Land and air are two separate play-grounds for this mythical monstrosity. But even a big, smart, fast contender like this can be put on ice (literally).

EXP Mod			Dream Piece					Reaction Endurance
1.23			Savage Fantasy					3-4 (10s)
HP			Strength			Magic			Defense
50.0			11.5			9.2			7.7
Fire		Blizzard		Thunder		Water		Dark		Light
x0.55		x1.30		x1.10		x1.60		x1.10		x1.10
Attribute				Style				Link Attack
Fire				Fire				Decussation
Dispositions
Fafnir				Slashes foes on ground; rises to spit fireballs from air. To Wyvern: Rub its head and front legs To Tiamat: Poke its hind legs and body or tail To Bahamut: Rub its hind legs and body or tail
Wyvern				Fewer fireballs but pursues foes using Dragon's Breath. To Fafnir: Poke its hind legs and body To Tiamat: Poke its head and front legs or tail To Bahamut: Rub its head and front legs or tail
Tiamat				Mostly ground attacks. To Fafnir: Poke its tail To Wyvern: Rub its tail To Bahamut: Rub its head and front legs or hind legs and body
Bahamut				Mostly aerial flame attacks. To Fafnir: Poke its head and front legs or tail To Wyvern: Rub its head and front legs or tail To Tiamat: Poke its hind legs and body

Location	Level	HP	EXP	Strength	Magic	Defense
Prankster's Paradise (Portal)	18	168	116	36	29	16
	20	180	144	38	31	17
	20	180	144	38	31	17
	22	192	160	41	33	18
Country of the Musketeers (Portal)	26	216	192	46	37	20
	28	228	208	49	39	21
	30	240	224	51	41	22
	32	252	240	54	43	24
Symphony of Sorcery	34	264	256	56	45	25
	36	276	272	59	47	26
	36	276	272	59	47	26
	38	288	288	61	49	27
The World That Never Was	38	288	288	61	49	27
	40	300	304	64	52	28
Endurance	Reaction Endurance			Reality Endurance
	3-4 (10s)			x1.11 (10s)
Resistances	Fire	Blizzard	Thunder	Water	Dark	Light
	x0.55	x1.30	x1.10	x1.60	x1.10	x1.10
Status Effects	Stun	Mini	Sleep	Blind	Stop	Freeze
	x1.0	x0	x1.0	x1.0	x0	x1.0
	Confuse	Poison	Magnet	Slow	Ignite	Bind
	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x0	x1.0
	Zero Gravity		Time Bomb		Zantetsuken
	x1.0		x0		x1.0
Rewards
HP Orb x3 (30%), Big Munny x1 (40%), Droplet x3 (30%) Confetti Candy 3 (3%), Treasure Goggles (1%) Lofty Fancy (12%), Savage Fantasy (3%)
Worlds
Symphony of Sorcery, The World That Never Was Prankster's Paradise (Portal), Country of the Musketeers (Portal)

Location	Level	HP	EXP	Strength	Magic	Defense
Symphony of Sorcery (Portal)	34	396	512	101	81	37
	36	414	544	106	85	39
	36	414	544	106	85	39
	38	432	576	110	89	40
Endurance	Reaction Endurance			Reality Endurance
	3-4 (10s)			x1.11 (10s)
Resistances	Fire	Blizzard	Thunder	Water	Dark	Light
	x0.55	x1.30	x1.10	x1.60	x1.10	x1.10
Status Effects	Stun	Mini	Sleep	Blind	Stop	Freeze
	x1.0	x0	x1.0	x1.0	x0	x1.0
	Confuse	Poison	Magnet	Slow	Ignite	Bind
	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x0	x1.0
	Zero Gravity		Time Bomb		Zantetsuken
	x1.0		x0		x1.0
Rewards
HP Orb x3 (30%), Big Munny x1 (40%), Droplet x3 (30%) Lofty Fancy (16%), Lofty Fantasy (8%)
Worlds
Symphony of Sorcery (Special Portal)

Attack	Strong
Type
Aerial	Multi-Attack Ability
Music Stages
Access the Grid, Digital Domination, One for All, All for One, Sacred Distance, Deep Drop, L'Oscurità dell'Ignoto, L'Impeto Oscuro, The Eye of Darkness

The Ryu Dragon is a Dream Eater that appears in Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance.

Design

The Ryu Dragon's design is based on a European dragon, being a quadruped creature with a pair of wings facing backwards down the body. As with all Dream Eaters and Nightmares, the features of the animals are exaggerated from their real counterparts, with the feet being tipped off in a single claw rather than three, and the mouth being a beak, somewhat diminishing the intimidation associated with a real dragon, such as Maleficent. Despite this, the Ryu Dragon is one of the larger Nightmares that Sora and Riku encounter.

As with the other creatures of the game, the Spirit color scheme leans towards green, bright red, yellow and other upper spectrum colors, while the Nightmare color scheme is of purple, black and darker red, and the Rare color scheme is denoted with white.

The Ryu Dragon's name is derived from the word "ryū," which means "dragon" in Japanese. Its dispositions are named after dragon-like enemies from the Final Fantasy series.

In the context of martial arts and Asian philosophy, the dragon and tiger are important symbols regarding duality and polarity of the natural world. The Dragon in this instance is representative of that of Yang, whose aspects are found in the terms of spirit, light, and the Heavens, embodying solid, focused, and active aspects. In martial arts, the Dragon is said to be representative of internal and soft styles, focusing on conceptual understanding, including understanding the dynamics of battle, accuracy, mental acuity, technical prowess, fluidity, agility, and reaction. Within martial arts fiction, internal martial arts are also depicted at times to bear powers delving into the mystical, including that related to ki, the spiritual, or even magic, are often are a style considered balanced, and wielded by the protagonist of the story, tying in further to its Ability Link Board.

Strategy

The Ryu Dragon, as one of the late-game Dream Eaters, is one of the stronger ones. It is able to inflict heavy damage with slicing attacks that allow it to dash past its targets. The Ryu Dragon is also able to breathe fire while in mid-air and launch flame projectiles, as well as cast Time Bomb. The Ryu Dragon has a tendency to favor Fire-based attacks; it has a notable weakness to Blizzard-type commands.

Abilities

Ability Link

Ryu Dragon's Prize List
Superglide	Meteor Crash
Firaga Burst	Mega Flare
HP Boost	Fire Boost
Fire Boost	Attack Boost
Attack Boost	Magic Boost
Magic Boost	Defense Boost
Defense Boost	Reload Boost
Combo Plus	Combo Master

Ryu Dragon's Ability Link
	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
1
2
3
4
5
Location			Type		Name		Requirement
A-1			Stat Ability		HP Boost		30 LP
A-2			Stat Ability		Attack Boost		100 LP
A-4			Quota		Checkpoint		Level 30
A-5			Magic Command		Firaga Burst		300 LP
B-1			Movement Command		Superglide		10 LP
B-2			Stat Ability		Fire Boost		30 LP
B-3			Attack Command		Meteor Crash		400 LP
B-4			Secret		Secret: Green		10 LP
C-2			Stat Ability		Magic Boost		100 LP
C-3			Stat Ability		Defense Boost		100 LP
C-4			Secret		Secret: Green		10 LP
D-1			Quota		Checkpoint		Link x1
D-3			Stat Ability		Fire Boost		50 LP
D-4			Stat Ability		Attack Boost		200 LP
D-5			Stat Ability		Defense Boost		200 LP
E-1			Support Ability		Combo Plus		200 LP
E-3			Stat Ability		Magic Boost		200 LP
E-4			Stat Ability		Reload Boost		150 LP
E-5			Support Ability		Combo Master		300 LP
F-4			Quota		Checkpoint		Link x5
G-4			Magic Command		Mega Flare		400 LP

Attacks

Name	Element	Level	Disposition
			F	W	T	B
Bi-slice	Fire	1	✔	✔		✔
Tri-slice	Fire	1	✔	✔
Quadri-slice	Fire	1	✔		✔
Quinti-slice	Fire	1			✔
Dragon's Fire	Fire	1	✔	✔	✔	✔
Dragon Blast	Fire	1	✔	✔	✔	✔
Dragon's Breath	Fire	1	✔			✔
Dragon Death	Fire	1		✔		✔
Liftoff	—	1	✔	✔	✔	✔
Time Bomb	Neutral	15	✔			✔

Name	Element	Level	Disposition
			F	W	T	B
Bi-slice	Fire	1	31%	26%	14%	34%
Tri-slice	Fire	1	24%	43%	14%	14%
Quadri-slice	Fire	1	24%	19%	33%	20%
Quinti-slice	Fire	1	6%		33%	13%
Dragon Blast	Fire	1	59%	46%	60%	60%
Dragon's Breath	Fire	1	41%	54%	40%	40%
Liftoff	—	1	12%	12%	6%	13%
Time Bomb	Neutral	15	3%			6%
Mega Flare	Fire	1	Evolved Command

Recipe

Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance

Riku obtains the Ryu Dragon Recipe from a chest at the Golden Wood. The Ryu Dragon is created through five different recipes.

Ryu Dragon
Rank		Ingredients	Lofty Fancy x3 Brilliant Fantasy x2
Rank		Ingredients	Lofty Fantasy x4 Brilliant Fantasy x1
Success	20%
Chance	Pegaslick
Rank		Ingredients	Lofty Fantasy x3 Brilliant Fantasy x2
Rank		Ingredients	Prickly Fantasy x2 Brilliant Fantasy x3
Rank		Ingredients	Epic Fantasy x3 Brilliant Fantasy x2
Success	80%
Chance	Lord Kyroo