Dragon Unit

Dragon Unit is a designation of various classes that are weak to anti-dragon weapons

Overview
Dragon Units fall under two classifications; the Wyvern mounted units and the shapeshifter Dragon units. Both classifications very differently from each other, but they share a common weakness to anti-dragon weapons, most notably Wyrmslayers, a sword designed to rend the solid scales of dragons.

Wyvern Units
The Wyvern mounted units are related to the Wyvern Rider class and its promotions. Wyverns are wild dragons that are often tamed as loyal battle mounts. They are also a Flying Unit and operates differently from the Pegasus Knight lines across the series in terms of their stats. Wyvern Riders tend to be much slower and less resistant than Pegasus Knights, but are offset by strong Strength and Defensive growths. As an Aerial Units, they are unaffected by terrain penalties and effects, even Lava.

Shapeshifting Dragon Units
The Shapeshifting Dragon Units comes in two forms; the Manakete and Dragon tribe Laguz. The Manaketes are a race of shapeshifters that have existed from the very first Fire Emblem game, Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Tsurugi, and have appeared in some form in nearly all Fire Emblem games since. Most are known for their extremely high base stats and strong growths, but are limited to using Dragonstones which tend to come in limited quantities and are the only means to spur their transformations. Since Fire Emblem Awakening, all members of the Manakete race retains their weakness to anti-dragon weapons even if they are reclassed out of the Manakete or Nohr Prince/ss related classes. Even children of these units retain this special condition.

The Dragon tribe Laguz are a different race of shapeshifting units that exists in the Tellius Series. While they share the same ability to transformation, they are able to transform with out the assistance of a Dragonstone. However, an untrained Dragon tribe Laguz must gain the energy to transform and cannot maintain their Dragon form for long. Once they have mastered their transformation, they can retain their form for an extended period of time without requiring to revert to their human forms. A Laguz Stone helps an untrained Dragon tribe Laguz to return to their Dragon forms quicker. Like the Manaketes, they have extremely strong growth rates and base stats, though they are extremely vulnerable and weak if they are in their Human forms.