The How To Train Your Dragon franchise boasts a world packed with powerful dragons, but when it comes to the strongest dragon in How to Train Your Dragon, it has changed as the movies and TV shows wore on. The franchise is about the heart and the unlikely connection between humans and their dragon companions.
The dragons vary in strength and abilities, allowing them to assist their riders in various ways. As their appearances in the series pile up, the powers and abilities of each dragon are revealed. This franchise follows Hiccup — the son of Berk’s chief in the beginning — as he makes friends with one of the most dangerous species of dragon.
This is the Night Fury, and Hiccup names the dragon Toothless. Throughout the series, the two friends, along with their fellow dragon riders, take on rival dragons and Vikings alike to keep the Island of Berk and everyone on it safe. However, the dragons’ powers and abilities over time create unexpected problems and solutions for the community.
Terrible Terror
The Terrible Terror does not possess much power at all. In fact, they are essentially the reptilian version of a cat mixed with a carrier pigeon. This species in the How To Train Your Dragon franchise is the adorable small dragon that is more of a nuisance for the bigger dragons.
The most interesting thing is that they were trained to deliver messages between locations. They are also known to sing on the rooftops of Berk, making them more pets than warriors. They are useful, as they can fly back and forth without much struggle and deliver messages faster than the dragon riders could, flying back on their own.
However, this does not mean they can’t protect themselves or fight back in battle. They often fly in packs of up to 10 at a time and will attack as a group when threatened. As shown in the TV series Dragons: Rise of Berk, they also can blow a lethal amount of fire when something threatens them or their pack.
The Gronckle
The Gronckle is a species ridden by one of the primary dragon riders. Fishlegs and his dragon Meatlug bonded because of their sweetness and their gentle nature. While Gronckles can be violent, it is not to the same extent as it is as other dragons.
The Gronckle is a medium-sized Boulder Class dragon that is one of the toughest dragons in the world, although they are also lazy and prefer not to get involved in anything strenuous unless there is no other choice. They do have skills, though. Firstly, they have the ability to shoot lava from their mouths.
With their lava, they can make different metals depending on the rocks that they eat. If forced into war battles, they are more durable than most other dragons. As shown in Dragons: Rise of Berk, they have some of the toughest hides and can take more hits and damage than two regular dragons combined.
Rumblehorn
The Rumblehorn isn’t featured that often in the How To Train Your Dragon movie franchise, but in the second film, one is ridden by Hiccup’s dad and the Chief of Berk, Stoic the Vast. They played a big part in the Dragons: Race to the Edge series, where they captured a rogue Rumblehorn, trained it, and named it Skullcrusher.
The Rumblehorn is a giant brute. It looks almost like a rhino and has the same instinct to ram into things. It is known for its violent tendencies and immense strength, but the Rumblehorn is also a master strategist. It recognizes patterns and is able to hunt its victims without giving away its location.
Skullcrusher was almost impossible to catch, but once they brought him in, he was an invaluable dragon. The Rumblehorn is a tracker and can find anything. It also loves to seek out adventures, and while its power is all brute force, it can run over just about anything in its way.
The Zippleback
Two heads are better than one, and with the Zippleback, two heads are necessary. One head releases gas, and the other releases a spark that ignites it. The two-headed dragon is known for its explosive tendencies but little else. Though lacking in intelligence, they are extremely loyal dragons who will do anything to protect those who look out for them.
The dragon is one of the biggest out there, and while it doesn’t fly much, it is a deadly hunter thanks to its explosions. An important monster in the franchise, the Zippleback is one of the most commonly seen dragons in the How To Train Your Dragon universe, showing up in the first movie and sticking around ever since.
Ruffnut and Tuffnut rode the main one in the franchise and eventually named the two heads Barf and Belch. The dragon has been in most of the movies and TV shows since then, and they developed a perfect relationship with Ruffnut and Tuffnut individually.
The Deadly Nadder
The Deadly Nadder dragon is one of the main species in the franchise, as Astrid rides one named Stormfly. She is not the only one in the series, but Stormfly is easily the most recognizable Deadly Nadder. There are pros to these dragons, including their extreme accuracy and the spines that they shoot off of their tails.
The sharp spines that are on their hides and tails are flung with deadly accuracy. However, thanks to a blind spot, if a person stands in front of one, the Deadly Nadder can’t see them. On the plus side though, they’re fast and easily trainable.
The Deadly Nadder is far from the strongest dragon in How to Train Your Dragon. It is not the biggest or the fastest, but they are still capable fighters, as shown in the franchise when they battled the Monstrous Nightmares and didn’t back down. They also have been seen fighting other dragons across the franchise and are not pushovers.
Night Fury
Hiccup and Toothless have a deep and loving bond, but his abilities as a dragon are one of the most important things about him. His stealth and speed top the charts for most of the dragons in the series. Moreover, he’s challenging to bring down, as evidenced by all the beatings he’s taken without giving out.
He is a strong offensive fighter, shooting explosive plasma blasts that can create blinding light flashes and also deliver an electrical discharge. A Night Fury also has cloaking powers, which allow them to almost turn invisible in the face of an attack, and is stealthy when flying in and out of danger.
They are also strong and can go toe-to-toe with bigger, heavier dragons in battle. Thanks to its natural toughness and versatility, Toothless, a Night Fury, remains a valuable ally to the main characters, which is how Hiccup persevered through so many challenges.
Stormcutter
The Stormcutter species was introduced in the second film. In How To Train Your Dragon 2, Hiccup’s mom bonds with a Stormcutter dragon like Hiccup had with Toothless. This particular dragon is the second in command at the dragon sanctuary, and its power level justifies that role. The Stormcutter species has several abilities that make it strong.
They’re fast and agile and can fly with their bodies oriented in all directions. They can even turn their heads backward to see behind them. They are also massively large dragons, but also very fast. With its speed and power, this is a dragon that no one wants to fight in a battle.
They can also fly horizontally to attack an enemy, while their blast of fire is tornado-shaped and incredibly powerful. Cloudjumper was able to light the entire Haddock House on fire in seconds. On top of all that, they possess flammable saliva. This is very deadly, but the only problem is that it is tough for the dragon to control.
The Deathgrippers
Grimmel’s Deathgrippers were a group of villains from How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. Grimmel controlled these dragons, and they were the secondary antagonists behind only their master in the movie. There were six of them, and they served as Grimmel’s personal dragon killers.
That is why they rank so high, since their entire job was to kill other dragons, and they were highly successful in this endeavor. They are also cruel dragons, since they like to tease and mess with their prey before delivering the final blows. Their venom is highly poisonous, and was even used against them by Grimmel.
They were shown in battle, proving their power levels, as they stunned a larger Cloudjumper and the Deadly Nadder, and they were fast enough to even catch up with Toothless. On top of their venom, they can also shoot acid blasts, making them even deadlier to any enemies.
Windshear
Windshear is Heather’s dragon in Dragons: Race to the Edge. Windshear is a Razorwhip, and they often struggle to trust people, but this dragon trusted Heather after she nursed it back to health, and they became a formidable team. However, Windshear did struggle to fit in with the other dragons.
That said, a Windshear is deadly to any humans it targets, and its bright blue fire breath can burn the skin off a human from up to 100 feet away. However, its main weapon is its body. Its wings and tail have sharp scales, and with its blazingly fast reflexes, it can kill easily. It is strong enough to slice through marble.
The Windshear also has poisonous tears that are deadly to anyone who comes into contact with them. She also has proven herself in a fight, as the Windshear was able to hold off a Typhoomerang, although it did injure her in the battle.
Typhoomerang
The Typhoomerang in How to Train Your Dragon appeared for the first time in Dragons: Riders of Berk. This dragon was powerful enough to injure Windshear, which was impressive since that dragon was proven to be extremely powerful in its own right.
The Typhoomerang is a forest-dwelling dragon, a monstrously large beast, and was the first new breed discovered by the Berk Dragon Academy. There were some thoughts that it was just a show-off, especially with its Flaming Cyclone maneuver that it uses in battle. However, it is as deadly as they come.
That Flaming Cyclone appears like a large typhoon of fire that burns anything in its path, except for anything in the center of the blast. They are also very strong, one of the most powerful non-Alpha dragons known to the Vikings. They are not agile, but once they get a target in sight, it is game over.
This story originally appeared on Screenrant
