Call of Dragons Best War Pet Priority (2026) with Magifox

War Pets in Call of Dragons can be quite a complex and confusing part of the game, espcially if you’re not too familiar with all the skills, synergies and what they can do. For that reason I have put together this overview that will help you understand what war pets should be a priority and which ones have rather niche uses.

Please also mind that this list will get updated and adjusted when new meta evolves in Call of Dragons, updates change something and so on, so please bookmark and don’t take the current snapshot of war pets as given for the next years.

You can open the ‘Show More’ button and there you will also find a link to each war pet that will show you the best way to build the pet, the skills I recommend and also what heroes to pair that pet with.

Below is ‘only’ a broad general overview that will give you a priority before you start finetuning your war pets. Also, this works closely together with the tier list of the best heroes in Call of Dragons that you can find here and the best legion lineup you should build here.

The Best War Pets in General in Call of Dragons

Added first impressions on the new war pet Brimstone Aurochs that is released along G5 Infantry heroes.

Generation 1

These pets should be built early on as they pair beautifully with early heroes or/and are viable in later generations as well

Sapphire Faedrake

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1

Absolutely the first war pet to build in Call of Dragons since it pairs so powerful with the early generation mages that run the show on all new servers until the end of Season 1 that you can't afford not having a great version of that pet ready and even later there are niche marches for utility that make perfect use of a well-built Sapphire Faedrake.

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Venomous Lizard

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1

Absolutely a war pet you will appreciate having since it pairs great with your early infantry tanky marches in S1, like Madeline and Nika but also works in later generation marches well enough, like Goresh and Skogul if you don't have Bruinbear. Just ver ylong-term value to get and should be one to build perspectively.

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Golden Roc

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2

Very much hyped but honestly only really viable with the very early cavalry pairing around Emrys whcih only spender on new servers use to hunt down players. Like 95% of players will never touch that and therefore also never really use Golden Roc! So skip if you don't feel addressed in that description and you will not miss out on anything.

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Snowpeak Roc

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2

With DEF break the war pet to run with the super early Kinnara Nico marksmen legions. If you do use them, build it but there is no real later use so be aware of that..

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Night Roc

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3

The only real use-case to run Night Rox excessively is when you run the Syndrion Ffraegar combo towards end of Season 1. Not many do so he shouldn't have any priority unless you are a spender and you do plan or already use that march.

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Sand Lizard

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4

Is a niche and backup war pet for some setups but honestly doesn't have too much meta relevance.

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Ice Lizard

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4

Is a niche and backup war pet for some setups but honestly doesn't have too much meta relevance.

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Thunder Lizard

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4

Is a niche and backup war pet for some setups but honestly doesn't have too much meta relevance.

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Frostbear

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5

Can be a backup for Venomous Lizard for the Madeline Nica marches but honestly VEnomous Lizard works better and is viable a lot longer so actually I think you should skip building it.

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Generation 2

Become viable with the release of Generation 2 heroes towards Season 2. Do not build earlier.

Berserk Faedrake

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1

A more specialized war pet that starts to shine in the meta once you have Forondil built and run wild with him while it lasts, for most players and servers early in G2.

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Shadow Faedrake

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2

Absolutely needed if you do run Bertrand Tohar when they become available alter in Season 2, but there is no need to build this war pet any sooner.

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Bruinbear

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2

Absolutely pivotal for counterattack infantry legions later in Season 2, namely Skogul and Goresh, is what this war pet is designed for and useful as well.

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Stripebear

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3

Not really needed for most player sunless running the super tanky main rally legion in your alliance is your goal (Madeline Garwood). No other even more viable infantry marches really benefit from building him so skip him is for most players the way to go.

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Generation 3

Viable and latest heroes use them, do not uild these war pets before you have the heroes for that

Moonbear

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1

He is an incredible warpet for infantry and purely for that - so if you do run relevant infantry legions with the according heroes, you really want to build it and steamroll like crazy with them.

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Blade Manticore

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2

Incredibly strong if you can pair it with cavalry and also make a calvary legion that makes sense which is, pretty much Goresh and Tobin so the use-case is there but also quite limited. Otherwise you normally don't run cavalry to an extend where you have access to a well-built Blade Manticore so the rank here is not the highest not because it's bad, just because the cases where you can use it are quite limited..

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Shadow Manticore

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3

Please don't see the rating and think this is a bad war pet in Call of Dragons! Shadow Manticore is a beast, literally, when paired with Maggrat and Zayda, cycling healing and damage like crazy. But if you do not have this pairing running, well, there is little use to build Shadow Manticore.

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Seraphic Faedrake

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4

As soona s Thundelyn drops get her to 5111 and pair her as secondary with Theia and you will dominate with small invest for quite a while. And this war pet is an important piece of the puzzle in this.

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Generation 4

Viable and latest heroes use them, do not uild these war pets before you have the heroes for that

Barbed Manticore

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For the early Season 3 heroes a war pet that is designed to use their damage type and scales well, enables more damage and potentially even gain rage for them but primarily works with those heroes and not with older generation ones all too well which should make or break your invest descision.

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Auric Warhound

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2

Technically goes well with all heroes that have skills that make thme generate extra rage, BUT in reality clearly designed to the G4 cavalry heroes Neya and Lieh and if you do not go into that route, this war pet is not really providing too much for you.

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Mossrock Aurochs

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3

Absolutely designed for G4 infantry (Kuma and Lei Kuan). If you go with them, this is the war pet to have. If not, easy skip honestly.

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Flaming Manticore

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4

G4 mages are incredibly strong but you will need this war pet to really make them work well..

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Generation 5

Viable and latest heroes use them, do not uild these war pets before you have the heroes for that

Windweasel

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The enabler and starting point for Generation 5 with marksman. While G4 marksman have been a little bit disappointing, G5 delivers here big time.

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Bullionbeast

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Extremely specific for the new G5 cavalry and although they take over the meta like no other generation has seen it before, If you do not go into Freya and Agnar this warpet has no use for you much.

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Brimstone Aurochs

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1

Calling this pet disappointing is the wrong way but it feel a little boring in terms of mechanics. Still extremely valuable in terms of needed for the G5 infantry heroes.

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Magifox

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Enables the core mechanics of the G5 mages VArdun and Cantaman to ignore so much defense of targets that they can crack open the currently dominant infantry dominance.

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Conclusion

I hope this helps you to prioritize your war pet collection and if you have any notes or questions regarding them, please feel free to drop a comment below and me and the team will be happy to reply.