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This is a drogoz guide going into to basics of everything about him

Main Build
Build Section
Notes

This tends to be your main go to build.

Slightly more hp to win duels and rain of fire and propel at decent levels to be mobile in the air.

Main Loadout (Fusillade or W.Y.R.M Jets)
Fusillade

Fusillade

Weapon

Damage dealt when hitting an enemy directly with Rocket Launcher or Salvo is increased by 25%.

Level 1

W.Y.R.M. Jets

W.Y.R.M. Jets

Armor

Increase your Movement Speed while using your Booster.

Level 1

Condescension

Condescension

Fire Spit

Reduce the Cooldown of Thrust by 4.8s for each enemy hit with Fire Spit.

Level 4

Decimate

Decimate

Salvo

Increase the explosion radius of Salvo by 60%.

Level 4

Rain of Fire

Rain of Fire

Thrust

Consume 45% less Booster fuel for 5s after using Thrust.

Level 3

Propel

Propel

Thrust

Restore 20% of your maximum Booster fuel after using Thrust.

Level 2

Apex Predator

Apex Predator

Armor

Increase your maximum Health by 100.

Level 2

Notes

Fusillade and W.Y.R.M Jets are both good.

You can change condescension and decimate to personal preference.

Condescension- Easily one of if not Drogoz's best card. It's good at all levels and pretty much every deck should contain this card. A tech with drogoz you can do is shooting the spit fire itself to explode, that is the only way you can use this card.

Decimate- This is also a very good card. Drogoz's salvo aoe is someone small and this makes it a lot better. This can make spit salvo combos a lot easier to perform and more deadly.

Rain of Fire- This is also a must have card for Drogoz. Just like condenscension, you can have this card at almost any level, and it will help a lot.

Propel- This card can allow you to be in the air longer if paired up with condenscension and rain of fire.

Apex Predator- More hp allows you to win more duels or preventing from being one shot.

Don't forget you can hit people directly with spit fire to deal 30% increased damage to them, which also applies to teammates

Hot Swap loadout
Fusillade

Fusillade

Weapon

Damage dealt when hitting an enemy directly with Rocket Launcher or Salvo is increased by 25%.

Level 1

W.Y.R.M. Jets

W.Y.R.M. Jets

Armor

Increase your Movement Speed while using your Booster.

Level 1

Condescension

Condescension

Fire Spit

Reduce the Cooldown of Thrust by 4.8s for each enemy hit with Fire Spit.

Level 4

Decimate

Decimate

Salvo

Increase the explosion radius of Salvo by 45%.

Level 3

Rain of Fire

Rain of Fire

Thrust

Consume 45% less Booster fuel for 5s after using Thrust.

Level 3

Hot Swap

Hot Swap

Weapon

Increase your Reload Speed by 30% for 3s after hitting an enemy with your weapon.

Level 3

Apex Predator

Apex Predator

Armor

Increase your maximum Health by 100.

Level 2

Notes

If you want to use hot swap.

W.Y.R.M Jets is not as strong with with deck, but it is still good.

Just like the other deck you can change accordingly to your personal preference.

Compustible
Combustible

Combustible

Fire Spit

Fire Spit applies a Knockback and deals an additional 300 damage over 2s.

Level 1

Masterful

Masterful

Fire Spit

Reduce the Cooldown of Fire Spit by 2s for each enemy hit by it.

Level 4

Condescension

Condescension

Fire Spit

Reduce the Cooldown of Thrust by 4.8s for each enemy hit with Fire Spit.

Level 4

Decimate

Decimate

Salvo

Increase the explosion radius of Salvo by 60%.

Level 4

Rain of Fire

Rain of Fire

Thrust

Consume 30% less Booster fuel for 5s after using Thrust.

Level 2

Propel

Propel

Thrust

Restore 10% of your maximum Booster fuel after using Thrust.

Level 1

Notes

This is a good talent to go if you know enemies will always be grouped up or you're playing on Iced Mines

Masterful allows you to use spit fire more. But be aware the card has a 5 second internal cooldown.

W.R.Y.M Jets
W.Y.R.M. Jets

W.Y.R.M. Jets

Armor

Increase your Movement Speed while using your Booster.

Level 1

Rain of Fire

Rain of Fire

Thrust

Consume 75% less Booster fuel for 5s after using Thrust.

Level 5

Propel

Propel

Thrust

Restore 50% of your maximum Booster fuel after using Thrust.

Level 5

Fuel Tank

Fuel Tank

Armor

Increase your Booster fuel capacity by 30%.

Level 3

Condescension

Condescension

Fire Spit

Reduce the Cooldown of Thrust by 1.2s for each enemy hit with Fire Spit.

Level 1

Altitude

Altitude

Armor

Restore 20% of your maximum Booster fuel after getting a Killing Blow or Elimination.

Level 1

Notes

If you have zero counters on the other team and you have another damage or trust yourself, this talent can be very good.

This infamous loadout allows you to fly forever, if you use the jetpack correctly. It's better to not hold spacebar and just tap it for fuel efficiency

Deft Hands
Deft Hands

Deft Hands

Weapon

Increase your Reload Speed by 40%.

Level 2

Notes

It's completely your choice when you should buy deft hands, I personally buy it first in the match unless the other team has a sniper or a lot of people that counter me.

I would not rush to level 3, 1 or 2 can be good enough.

You should only use deft hands if you are not using hot swap card. I would recommend it less if you are not using the fusillade talent.

Drogoz has a very slow reload speed of 1.9 seconds and can animation canceld after 1.4 seconds

Primary Item Shop
Nimble

Nimble

Armor

Gain 21% Movement Speed.

Level 3

Haven

Haven

Armor

Reduce the Damage you take from Direct and Area of Effect attacks by 18%.

Level 3

Notes

These are the main items I would go for first.

Nible also affects your flying speed and heaven is just good to win duels.

Secondary Item Shop
Chronos

Chronos

Armor

Reduce the Cooldown of all your abilities by 30%.

Level 3

Kill to Heal

Kill to Heal

Armor

Getting a kill or elimination heals you for 600 Health, unaffected by Anti-Healing.

Level 3

Veteran

Veteran

Armor

Increase your base maximum Health by 16.5%.

Level 3

Lethality

Lethality

Weapon

Increase your Movement Speed by 60% and Jump Height by {60}% for 3.5s after getting an Elimination.

Level 3

Master Riding

Master Riding

Armor

Increase your Mount Speed by 45%.

Level 3

Notes

These are the secondary items I would go for next after you bought the other items.

Chronos- Reduced cooldowns helps Drogoz a lot.

Kill to Heal- Very strong in general.

Veteran- Good for winning duels.

Lethality- I don't know why I it's buggy on the website but it's speed boost is nice. The jump boost only applies on the jump from the ground and not the booster.

Master Riding- can be a bit situational but can be strong.

Situational Item Shop
Resilience

Resilience

Armor

Reduce the duration and effectiveness of Crowd Control and Slows by 25%.

Level 1

Notes

I would say it's safest to only buy resilience if you're constantly dying because of crowd control.

Never buy
Life Rip

Life Rip

Weapon

Your weapon shots gain +30% Lifesteal.

Level 3

Wrecker

Wrecker

Weapon

Your weapon attacks deal 90% increased Damage to Shields.

Level 3

Bulldozer

Bulldozer

Weapon

Your weapon shots deal 75% increased damage to Deployables, Pets, and Illusions.

Level 3

Illuminate

Illuminate

Armor

Increase the range at which you see nearby stealthed targets by 45 units.

Level 3

Rejuvenate

Rejuvenate

Armor

Receive 30% more Healing from other players.

Level 3

Notes

Life rip- Cauterize exists and there's better ways for Drogoz to stay alive.

Wrecker- Drogoz can just simply fly above enemies and shoot them. Makoa is not enough of a problem anyways for wrecker to be needed for that. With barrier reef card being a thing, it can be worse to have wrecker in some cases.

Bulldozer- Just don't.

Illuminate- Drogoz should never be close enough to an enemy for this to work. Almost everyone that stealth can easily be tracked. Only just be cautious of Strix.

Rejuvenate- Some healers can have problems healing Drogoz when he's in the air. There are better items and cauterize exists.

Wrecker
Wrecker

Wrecker

Weapon

Your weapon attacks deal 90% increased Damage to Shields.

Level 3

Notes

Wrecker should only be bought against a Torvald. For himself and can give teammates shields.

Item Shop for Compustible
Chronos

Chronos

Armor

Reduce the Cooldown of all your abilities by 30%.

Level 3

Deft Hands

Deft Hands

Weapon

Increase your Reload Speed by 40%.

Level 2

Notes

Differences in the item shop

Chronos- This is the highest priority on combustible. You need to spam spit fire more often.

Deft Hands- Not nearly as important and in most cases should be ignored

Matchups
Champion Section
Strong Against
AshAzaanBarikBetty la BombaBomb KingBuckCorvusDredgeEvieFernandoGrohkGroverInaraIoJenosKhanKogaLillithMakoaMal'DambaPipRaumReiTerminusTorvaldYagorathZhin
Notes

To sum it up, Drogoz is very strong against people that do not counter him. Basically, people that are not mobile and are not hit scans. The people that are hit scans here either do very low damage or have terrible fall off damage.

Close range champs will also cry against Drogoz, because he flies.

Tanks with shield can simply just be shot from above. Remember you can fly

With Makoa, you are just going to have to wait or just shoot the shield. I do not recommend buying wrecker, espeically if that Makoa is going half shell and barrier reef card

Torvald is the only exception for buying wrecker. He himself has a personal shield and gives teammates shields.

Weak Against
AndroxusKasumiKinessaStrixLianViktorTyraVivianVIIMaeveVatuDredgeDrogoz
Notes

To sum it up, Drogoz is weak against hit scans and people with mobility. Everyone in here either has one or two of these traits.

Snipers also can give Drogoz problems, best way to play around is to max out heaven and play around the angles they are not peaking. If you can catch them off guard or are close to them, you can kill them with ease.

Kasumi has auto aim and will have no problems killing you. You'll have to stay out of her range or Suprise her with a spit salvo combo if you want to have a chance in killing her.

Yes, Drogoz is weak against himself. He's a projectile character that flies in the air, do you really think that's an easy match up for either of them?

NOTE: Drogoz is only weak against Dredge if he is going hurl talent, if he's not you won't have problems against him