Ryu Dragon

Template:Enemy 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, although the design here is slightly less upright. 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 Dream Eater 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.

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
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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

The Ryu Dragon Recipe is found in a chest at the Golden Wood. The Ryu Dragon can be created through five different recipes.

• The first recipe is a rank E recipe.
  • 3 Lofty Fancy + 2 Brilliant Fantasy
• The second recipe is a rank E recipe that has a 20% chance of transforming from Pegaslick.
  • 4 Lofty Fantasy + 1 Brilliant Fantasy
• The third recipe is a rank D recipe.
  • 3 Lofty Fantasy + 2 Brilliant Fantasy
• The fourth recipe is a rank C recipe.
  • 2 Prickly Fantasy + 3 Brilliant Fantasy
• The fifth recipe is a rank B recipe that has an 80% chance of success.
  • 3 Epic Fantasy + 2 Brilliant Fantasy