Why the new dragons are the best thing Riot ever did to the game.

The new dragons are a massively powerful late game stat amplifier that you can only secure in the early game.

Just think about that statement for a second.

In the LATE game is when you want % bonus to your already considerable AD and AP. In the LATE game is when you want +45 out of combat move speed, in the LATE game is when you want 10% of your HP and MP back every wave and help killing towers and baron.

None of that is terribly impactful in the early game. It's somewhat useful in the mid game, BUT IT'S WICKED SICK in the late game if you have 4 or 5 dragons to the enemies none.

What does this mean?

It means that early game champs are relevant again, because if you play them correctly as they are meant to be played and you use your early game power to secure those dragons, then in the late game, you are basically playing with 7 items to the enemies 6.

AND THERE'S NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT because the timer runs out.

This means there are now answers to that tower camping q stacking Nasus who builds full tank and is basically un-divable. There are answers to that tear stacking blue EZ in the bot lane with the Janna support. There are answers to that God damn obnoxious jungle farming Udyr who is too fast to catch and shut down. You just stack dragons and beat them in the late game.

And if you don't want that to happen to you, you better draft a team that can fight at all stages of the game.