Beginner's Guide to Dragon Encounter 2: How to Play for Newbies

This guide for new players of "Meet the Dragon 2" is designed to help newcomers. This is an idle card game, where you can gain more resources through idling. Your goal is certainly to clear stages as soon as possible, to experience the sense of achievement from related levels and the fun of the game. However, many new players face various issues when they start. To avoid high difficulty in the early stages, the following beginner's guide should be helpful.

I. Introduction

The core of the game's combat lies in team composition. A battle involves a team of five dragons. You need to adjust your lineup reasonably based on the dragons you currently have and the enemy's team setup, so that the dragons can work well together and win the match.

II. Basic Introduction to Dragons

1. Positioning; Each dragon has a unique personality and skill set, which can roughly be divided into seven categories. Tanks are naturally brave and strong, usually placed in the front row to absorb damage. Kind-hearted dragons are good at healing and generally support allies from the back row, acting as healers who can provide shields and healing. Mages, who are innately close to magic, are proficient in spells and typically serve as damage dealers from the back row. Swift dragons, with their agility, are suitable for attacking from the back row and also serve as damage dealers. Wise dragons can summon functional units to assist in combat. There are also melee dragons that balance offense and defense. Currently, there are three professions, and there are mutual restraining relationships among elements.

2. Evolution; After upgrading and nurturing the dragons, if they reach the highest level, the character can then evolve. Each dragon has a potential limit, and once this limit is reached, evolution is needed to improve its quality. This requires using dragons of the same quality to enhance it. For higher-starred dragons, any character of the same attribute and star level is required.

III. Equipment

Equipment directly increases different attributes and is the main way to boost the combat power of your dragon companions. Each pet has six equipment slots: weapon, armor, pants, gloves, helmet, and shoes. Fixed equipment slots can only hold corresponding parts. Regular equipment comes in four qualities: common, elite, epic, and eternal, corresponding to blue, purple, orange, and red colors, respectively. The higher the quality, the greater the attribute bonus. Wearing equipment of different qualities is not restricted by the character's quality or level.

There are three main ways to obtain equipment: purchasing from the store, rewards from clearing stages, and idle rewards. You can buy equipment from both the system store and the guild store, and the quality of the store's equipment will also increase as you progress through the main story. Equipment dungeons can provide system-rewarded equipment; equipment of blue quality and above can be forged to further enhance attribute bonuses; melting down equipment can create more useful sets.

IV. Hatching System

During your exploration, you will definitely find dragon eggs. What to do with them? Naturally, you hatch them. The hatching chamber can only incubate one dragon egg at a time, and other eggs will enter the hatching queue. The hatching queue processes eggs in order, and the higher the quality of the egg, the higher the probability of hatching a rarer pet dragon. There are five qualities of hatchable dragon eggs: rare, epic, legendary, and mythic.

V. Trainer System

This system unlocks after completing stage 3-20, opening the Dragon Tamer Tavern building. Once the building is constructed, the gameplay becomes available. In the Lost Breath Valley, you can acquire dragon tamers. Currently, there are seven open dragon tamers, all of which can be cultivated. Each has its own activation conditions. After unlocking the Dragon Tamer System, all battle modes can include "Dragon Tamers," such as the main story and Luolong Valley. Each tamer has different skills, providing different attribute bonuses to the team, and these bonuses only apply to the team they are assigned to. For multi-team battles, multiple tamers need to be deployed. Upgrades can be performed in their interface, requiring specific cultivation items.

VI. Symbiotic Spirits

This feature follows certain rules to achieve its effects. The five highest-level dragons will automatically generate symbiotic partners. The lowest level among the symbiotic partners determines the blessing level of the Symbiotic Spirit. You can select dragons other than the symbiotic partners and place them in the blessing slot to receive a "blessing." The dragons in the slot will automatically raise their level to the symbiotic blessing level.

The entire content of the "Meet the Dragon 2" beginner's guide ends here. It covers the most important gameplay and basic mechanisms for new players. During the early stages, mastering these aspects will make it much easier to clear stages and adapt to the game's rhythm more quickly.