What drake is best to get as first drake, say about 5-7 minutes into the game
Fire drake doesn't really do much at this point you havent got the stats to back up the 8% buff It scales well later into the game but early on thats not very usefull yet
Mountain drake seems good for taking any objective faster from that point onward, but you still have to deal with your opponents before you can take their towers and neutral objectives are also likely to be contested and mountain doesnt really help with contesting objectives, it only helps you take them after they have been contested, and like fire drake it gives a % buff in damage so it scales well but isnt immediatley very usefull.
Then ocean drake which also gives % sustain seems ok, its good for sieges becuase you have regen and also seems to be usefull in laning fase wehre the regen will help you outlast your opponent so he will always have to backf irst after which you can shove the wave and gain a cs advantage or a bit of tower damage
Cloud drake only gives a small movement buff but since no one has more then regualr boots at this point for the most part it seems like a decent enough buff which wil help dodge skillshots in lane and egt back to lane quicker and it wil help you get into advantageous positions before the opponent in any future contests over objectives. Shoving in a wave after your opponent recalled then getting back to lane at the sametime he does is also nice and allows you to build a cs advantage.
Imho i think cloud and ocean are the best drakes to get very early on, theya rent big buffs but they can help you grab a cs lead and get better positioning for the next objective or make you witn out the poke war when facing other teams by the next objective.
They seem to help you to grab small advantages immediately through giving you a small map pressure advantagerather then having to deal with your opponents first then pressuring for objectives. And this can help snowball a lead which will help contest future objectives
whilst fire drakes are probably the best lategame dragons to stack they dont hold anythign a against a gold lead early-midgame Mountain drakes are probably a good thing to have during midgame where you want to knockdown enemy turrets and mayeb take herald or an ealry baron but they dont really do anything for you in he early game to help you grab an xp/gold lead.
Which leaves me to think if you can grab a drake very early wouldn't cloud or ocean be better to have then mountain or fire?