Board Thread:Dragon Story Breeding/@comment-186.45.40.218-20130424231426/@comment-5927117-20140324204935

Can you double your chances of getting a Diamond? Sure. Short version just check the combos below. If you want to know why read on. First some observations 1)The chance to get a diamond on single try is the same for each 4-colour combination probably about 1-2% for Super 10%, Rare 21% and Common 67% 2)So if someone says:"I got mine using Night and Scarecrow" (I did) that doesn't mean anything it just like saying I won the lottery using the numbers... 3)So how can you double your chances? Try twice as much ;-) This is how it works. Let me give you an easy example. Suppose you combine Diamond and Forest the two only possibilities are Quetzal and Forest but since it only takes 20s to breed a Forest you can try about 150 times in an hour if your fast. First one took me 1 1/2h. Crusader, Infinity and 2 more Quetzal/Crusader all took me between 60 and 100 tries. In short it's all about the 'FAIL TIME' the shorter the more you can try. 4)Most combinations especially those with the basic colours have an average Fail Time of around 14 hours. I've always been a fan of using the least possible colours to get a specific Dragon but for Diamond you always need 4 colours. Or do you? Let's check the following combination. Red, Green now add Dino (which is the combination of Red and Green so it doesn't really add a colour) and last add Yellow. I took these colours because they have generally the lowest breeding times. The Fail Time is about 6 1/2h or half of most other 4-colour combinations. The only Red, Green, Yellow Dragons are Turkey (Expired), Red Lantern (Expired) and Scarecrow. Basically this means use DINO and SCARECROW and alternative is MYTHIC and SCARECROW (15 minutes longer) or  a Fairytale, White, Yellow, Green combo such as FAIRYTALE and OWL (20 minutes longer)

PS. DO NOT use Wizard in a 4 colour combo if you want to use a Blue-Purple Dragon you could eg use Coral. A Wizard could give you an Infinity and do you really want to blow your Diamond on a Dragon you can't breed with.