Game of Thrones: Dragonfire
Tessarion
Fire amplification and conditional protection
Tessarion combines mixed damage with support for a Fire teammate. Her Habits add several protective relationships, but their recipients and conditions matter more than treating her as an all-purpose defensive answer.
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Tessarion skills
Command
Cobalt Flame
Cobalt Flame deals Fire damage on rounds 1, 4 and 7, preferring enemies with non-Basic Physical damage, and can suppress the target's damage. It deals Physical damage to a same-lane enemy on rounds 3, 6 and 9.
Vanguard · Level 16+
Champion's Brilliance
From Dragon Level 16 in Vanguard, raises personal Strength, Intelligence and Instinct and reduces damage received by the right-flank ally.
Habits
Each Habit unlocks at the Star Rank shown.
- 2★
Sharpened Beauty
Improves personal Fire and Physical damage, with a stronger branch at high troop capacity or with Advantage.
- 4★
Blazing Leader
Supports a Fire ally, preferring the left flank.
- 6★
Molten Armor
Can protect both other allies from Physical damage while increasing personal Fire output; Panic adds self protection.
- 8★
Clever Maneuver
Raises attributes of the highest-Intelligence ally; recipient selection depends on actual attributes.
- 10★
The Blue Queen
Can protect another Fire-damage ally and raise its Intelligence, with stronger effects at high troop capacity.
Skill summaries are original explanations of reviewed community records. Vanguard means the centre slot; its skill requires Dragon Level 16. Basic Attacks are separate from the skill damage shown above.
General combat role
Biggest strengths
- Specific Fire-support relationship
- Conditional protection for both teammates
- Three positive troop contexts
Limitations
- Protection does not activate on every round
- Molten Armor addresses Physical damage only
- Several benefits depend on troop capacity or recipient attributes
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Sources and uncertainty
Skills, rarity, breed, affinities and Habit unlocks use Wyrmwise's reviewed catalogue records, including Dragonfire Lab 0.23.5. They are reviewed community mechanics, not publisher confirmation of every effect. Tactical roles, placement and partner guidance are Wyrmwise inferences from those mechanics.
- Official Dragonfire dragon guide: progression and affinity framework.
- Dragonfire Lab source repository: reviewed community skill and Habit evidence.
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Independent, unofficial Wyrmwise profile · Reviewed 18 September 2026