

For this reason it's usually a good idea to gank the enemy team when they're trying to kill a dragon. Given the nature of the dragon pit, the team attempting the kill has limited escape paths. When a team attempts to kill a dragon it usually gets weakened during the fight.Junglers often require assistance from their team for this task, and the champions best positioned to provide this assistance are usually the mid laners and bottom laners. Killing dragons is one of the main tasks of the Jungler.

The bonus experience is sharply increased for the lowest level members of the team, equal to 15% per number of levels behind the dragon squared, up to a maximum of 200%. If the team that slays a dragon has a lower average level than that of their opponents, they receive 25% bonus experience per average level difference.Dragons' basic attacks are considered spells - they're unaffected by any effect that would behave with basic attacks, and can be negated by spell shields.

