Dragon Tier Rankings with Christopher Paolini

[@bookworm5523]

How did I not know Jeremy Thatcher Dragon Hatcher inspired Eragon?! That’s one of my favorite childhood books.

[@stevenfrench7940]

“Alright that’s it! Dishonor! Dishonor on you! Dishonor on your cow!” 0:01 has to be said sorry

[@BahamutZero09]

I would add Saphira, Bahamut from the Final Fantasy games, dragons from Skyrim and Blue Eyes White Dragon from Yu-Gi-Oh

[@abigail5762]

I’m actually really shocked to see Dragon Riders of Pern on here. I have loved that series for over 10 years but have never met another person aware of that series. Really brought me a pleasant surprise.

[@galaxydeathskrill5607]

For someone who's read only up to Dragonquest(some day... I'll binge them all 23), I'm not really surprised. Riders of Pern has been a well known series for decades in comparison to newer books with dragons

[@ambermaidens28]

I know dozens of people that know the series.

[@TheeDoughboy]

Ramoth is S tier but she isn't anywhere near as interesting as Ruth.

[@VikingCarter]

​@@TheeDoughboythat is a fact.

[@VikingCarter]

10 years? I think there is a few that I haven't read but it was almost 20 years ago that I read them! I started Dragonriders of Pern very young.

[@jakeclay7924]

Eragon video game was a large part of my childhood. Thank you Christopher

[@Majoras-Pet]

This is why Christopher Paolini is my favorite author

[@jasonsumma1530]

When I think Tiamat, my mind goes to the DnD version which is a five headed dragon but also a deity who you don't want to piss off. Some of the dragon characters were unfamiliar to me. One dragon who should have been on the list would be Draco from Dragonheart fame. By your standards, Christopher Paolini, Draco would be at least tier A for design and personality. He also did a huge number on the overall story and a little in the second movie.

[@matityaloran9157]

For me, Tiamat makes me think of Mesopotamian mythology

[@aaronw6448]

I would have to loved to see where Christopher Paolini ranks Draco from the movie Dragonheart.

[@TheCrystal-j2x]

Toothless is an s tier dragon. He has four legs, he's fast, intimidating, and has a good wingspan. He may not have size, but he is a true alpha dragon.

[@Doof_8103]

Exactly I feel like we just see him act goofy and stuff with hiccup and so it just lowers the weight of his presence, but like go back to the first movie before all that and he feels much more threatening to us as a watcher

[@ferret9263]

Not only that, Toothless is adorable, he's more like a kitty than a dragon in terms of behavior

[@goShinigami]

Imma be honest with you, the whole Dragon/ Wyvern debate doesn't really make sense to me. If we were talking about real animals and their classification system, sure. We have this one world and there is a scientific consensus (mostly) on how to organize and thus call all our wildlife. With Dragons, Wyverns and pretty much all fantasy creatures we have this issue that they originate from different works of fiction, different authors, different cultures etc. There is not "one" organ that correlates to our worlds scientific community that comes together and decides classification systems, it's up to the creators and illustrators of these worlds who get to decide what is what and what to call it. You could spend hours analyzing Dragons in media across time, history and cultures. Obviously, the ongoing "debate" between should "western-style" Dragons have 2 or 4 legs acknowledges that e.g. Eastern dragons look different, it's not even part of the discussion. These are arbitrary distinctions, based on personal opinions. Author 1's dragons have 2, author 2's dragons have 4 legs. Handle it like you handle the East-West discrepancy, there doesn't have to be an ultimate definition. Just look at an Elf, or Elves. Do you think Santa's little helpers or Tolkien's ancient beings that originate from Valinor, gracefull, wise and pure. Some will rather picture little fancy pixies like Tinkerbell. In short, even if it's meant as a joke, I really dislike the dragon classification debate/ trope. You think they only should have 2 legs + wings? Fine and dandy, I do think otherwise and a lot of people do so aswell, and there is no right and wrong here, so let's just use this time better and celebrate those magnificent creatures together

[@Ziegen_]

I've always liked the idea that the limbless Asian dragons are technically flying serpents, by most dragon categorization standards, but retain the title of Dragon, because of their divinity.

[@monicawilkins9956]

I want to start off by saying I loved the Eragon books. The movie…… we don’t talk about that thing. But your books got me threw high school in one piece. Meant so much to me that I named my daughter Saphira. But how dare you put dragonite below the frickin hydra?!?!? Rage. Pure and unbridled rage sir.

[@spike_99]

Most of my favorite dragons have been left off this list! The Songs of Chaos series by Michael R. Miller, the The Bound and the Broken series by Ryan Cahill and the Temeraire series by Naomi Novik have awesome dragons. My favorites are Valerys from TBATB and Ash from SoC. Both are strongly in A category for me. S dragons are probably Temeraire from Novik's series and the Elder dragons from SoC: they epic in size and power.

[@Low_Effort_Memes]

I really think SoC is underrated I loved it and can't wait for the next book

[@chadwickmoes]

Temeraire was awesome.

[@Low_Effort_Memes]

Ya I just started it but it seems good

[@ZengerFake]

Wait, who gave him a Tier list of Dragons and didn't put Saphira on it? Haha

[@breezy3392]

I think Drogom should be S tier. He looks amazing on screen

[@endoraroberts]

Where is Draco from "Dragonheart"???? Or Smrgol and Gorbash from "Flight of Dragons"? Of all people in the world, Paolini is almost an exact copy of Peter Dickinson from that classic 80s movie. Or Skie from the Dragonlance series??

[@GreatOldOne9866]

I would just love to sit down with a cup of coffee and just chat with this guy.

[@galaxydeathskrill5607]

I'd love to see a ranking on book dragons like the ones from the Temeraire series or Age of Fire by EKnight

[@matityaloran9157]

Toothless from the How To Train Your Dragon books

[@Mathilde_Moksha_333]

Copper/RuGaard from Age of Fire would be a straight up S tier for me!! NooMoakh too! Sooo many great dragons there ☺️ DhaarSii and Nilrasha are great too! Such a bummer the last few books were kinda half-assed... Well, I enjoyed them still! 🤗

[@GreatOldOne9866]

I don’t think Christopher realizes that Vermithrax is a female dragon. And yes, she has a wyvern shape, but she’s still a dragon.

[@c.a.melton7638]

See you tomorrow in Kansas City!! Could not be more excited. I’m bringing my signed First Edition (I’m not sure why, just feels appropriate).

[@CynderFlamez]

“I just don’t think Toothless is in the legendary category.. YET.” What do you know, Christopher?👀

[@matityaloran9157]

That makes me think Paolini should talk to Cressida Cowell on his channel

[@CynderFlamez]

@@matityaloran9157 I’d be all for it. While I understand he’s probably insanely busy, I’d love more YT content from Paolini in general. I wanna see him talk with different authors, booktubers, even video game creators, lol.

[@matityaloran9157]

@@CynderFlamez Definitely

[@moonlitdraconic1107]

I would love if you do a literaturary version of this list or other similar. If you would read The Last Dragon Chronicles by Chris D'Lacey. I actually think the mythos of dragons is a bit more captivating than The Inheritance Cycle. Not by much, but still... the fact that it's 7 books instead of 4 might have helped. Anyway love the video ❤ and keep up the great work. 👍

[@BenMan8881]

If Paolini is able to do what he plans to do with the Inheritance franchise (It's a Franchise now with Murtagh being released), it will surpass that 7 books (And technically already has matched it if you add the guide book and the short story book). Maybe, it'll be on the level of the number of books Star Wars had before Disney bought it by the time Paolini is done.

[@Patrick_Bard]

What about Shenron (Shen Long)?

[@necromancerofatlantis]

I might just include a separate tier above S for Smaug-on this list, he's just a different level than any of the others. Tolkien knows his dragons.

[@TheSkinnyZ]

I feel very offended on behalf of Dragonite!

[@VikingCarter]

Same

[@Arifle1134]

Amen!

[@mr.narrator6781]

The hydra isn't a dragon at all, it is a completely different creature entirely.

[@luigiguy1360]

It's insulting that Toothless is not in S tier. He's adorable, iconic and just best dragon ever. He is just impossible not to love, especially if you are an animal lover.

[@Sparkalonius]

King Ghidorah in B tier is all wrong. He’s an inter-dimensional dragon with wings bigger than Godzilla! He is the archetype for all hydra and dragon mythology and he breaths electricity!! ✨🀄️⚡️

[@DragonWizdom]

You are so wise brother. My thoughts exactly ⚡️🐲🐲🐲⚡️ ⚡️⚡️⚡️

[@leucurus5057]

should have included Andarna and/or Tairn in this list

[@nanivanti5148]

I want to pet them all and give them treats. All of them are S Tier in my heart. Yes, even Mushu.

[@kevinkrebs2060]

Are we not going to talk about how Smaug has 2 legs in the last two movies, when he's actually a character that speaks...

[@CiennasAdventure]

But canonically he is a dragon in the hobbit-Tolkien dragons have four legs. That’s why CP allows him but not Drogon.

[@thorakvideos2495]

I haven't thought about Eragon in years! Thanks for that bit of nostalgia, really loved the series as a kid :)

[@robertrodriguez3163]

There’s a new book out called Murtagh from his perspective after galbatorix defeat

[@SleepDeprivedDragonOfTheNight]

Toothless, Saphira, and Ramoth (she quite literally saved both the human race and the dragon race of pern) are all S tier

[@scoutkreed]

i would say spoilers, but those books been out for like 60 years now

[@SleepDeprivedDragonOfTheNight]

@@scoutkreed Yup, I say if the book is over half a century old I don’t have to care about spoilers.

[@MiamiGameHunter]

I wouldn't be surprised if the dragons in the upcoming Disney Plus show are heavily based off HBO's dragon models given how iconic they are.

[@elijahhernandez906]

You forgot Alduin from Skyrim.

[@x3wildcard]

NO DRACO FROM DRAGONHEART!? EXCUSE ME?

[@PAWfessionalTennis]

Ok, you rated Puff, but what about Piff, the magic dragon!!!! Proper S tier for sure! :D

[@hellstrombones7]

Now rank Mnementh and Ramoth please.

[@enderskunk7515]

wait, I thought Smaug had two legs...

[@thegauntlet90]

This list feels incomplete without Alduin, who in my mind is definitely S tier

[@likethatidea9899]

"I'm going to be harsh" proceeds to put a third of the "dragons" in S-tier lmao. But somehow the only C-tier is Dragonite, unfathomable to me as a Pokémon lover.

[@enderskunk7515]

How is Toothless not legendary? did you hear how the vikings talked about Nightfuries at the start of the first movie? yes, he is small, but he has proven time and time agian that he can punch far above his literal weight class...

[@1224wolf]

No Draco from Dragonheart??

[@endoraroberts]

RIIIIIIGHHHT????

[@893263007]

Wow he must have been young when he wrote Eragon

[@axinxol4739]

Shin Godzilla was the most dragon-like out of the more modern Godzilla films

[@TheCrystal-j2x]

Drogon should have gotten a higher tier just for sheer size and ferocity. He TERRIFIED the slave traders from Yunkai, and many more in Westeros.

[@Ayeayeron05]

What about Shivan Dragon from MTG? Or Paarthurnax from Skyrim?

[@jamesmazurjr4730]

Missing Veldora on that list. Definitely S-Tier if not SS.

[@kaitlinhoyt2061]

What about Ash, from the Songs of Chaos Chronicles?

[@reyque]

Justice for mushu

[@demodrakkaen0316]

I'm offended on Dragonite's behalf. You went so hard on why C tier dragons were not real dragons, yet Dragonite is beneath them? Like, he couldn't even be on the same level as Shrek's Dragon or Falkor the furry dog dragon? The only saving grace here is at least there's a dragon below him.

[@caiolucasbatistaabrantes2245]

And he has the age to have played Pokémon and didn’t! Hahaha dragonite should be at least an A

[@jasonsumma1530]

@@caiolucasbatistaabrantes2245 He was busy writing the first draft of Eragon when Pokemon came to fame. As for Dragonite, there are much better dragon designed Pokemon but probably not as well known then the original dragon type of Pokemon.

[@ggodsey90]

I’d make the argument for Charizard, as he is a fire type Pokémon and a dragon. Dragonite isn’t a fire type Pokémon, so losing the fire abilities of a true dragon drops him down in the ratings.

[@msreedaran89]

Pokemon are... kind of shown to be more animal than "character" but you've got Meowth and Mewtwo (both happen to be cats BTW). Also Ash's Pikachu has tons of rizz. Dragonite doesn't seem to be a "character". I do kind of disagree about Shrek dragon but it seems aptly placed next to Falkor and below Toothless. Honestly though, I know only about 40% of these dragons.

[@demodrakkaen0316]

@@msreedaran89 I'm going to assume you've never seen Ash's Dragonite if you think Dragonite isn't "a character"

[@Seresh-j8m]

Hopefully you do a part 2 in order to have the Dragon Prince characters in it. Zubeia, Pyria and the others are probably some of the most interesting characters I've seen in a while

[@AkearaAvalon2]

My main beef with this list is that he simply doesn’t accept Mediterranean dragons as valid dragons. I mean the Hydra is simply put one of the oldest dragons ever. Yes the one that he was ranting belongs in d tear simply due to it being from Disney’s Hercules but Ghidra is firmly a mix of classic Hungarian devil that is the standard for what we falsely call European dragons and a Mediterranean dragon. I mean I believe the source for Ghidora is the hundred headed dragon that is the main source of the mythology behind dragons guarding treasure.

[@NickMead04]

Howbabout alduin from skyrim?

[@matityaloran9157]

4:02, dishonour on your cow

[@JoeUchiha-gs5ru]

This guy seems so cool

[@cybersketcher1130]

3:31 Fergus

[@chriswalker499]

What About Draco from Dragonheart? He has to be S tear. He is a pure dragon

[@stephenschuetrumpf9983]

Putting Falkor at B because he has fur is pretty funny considering you let them give Saphira feathers in the movie...and let them cut out like 75% of the book. No I'm not salty about that movie at all.

[@Doof_8103]

I dont think he had a choice because he wasn't a cowriter for it, seeing as he very much hates it himself

[@FellsApprentice]

There is no movie in Ba Sing Se

[@TorchIGN]

What movie?

[@RealMadridAbsolutely]

What about the Shang-Chi Dragon?

[@VikingCarter]

By his standard, not a proper dragon. Either one of them.

[@YamiSpyroX]

Me: I hate Toothless! He's not an Dragon! He's an Excitable Puppy! (Pulls up Furious from the Book series.) Ahhhh'! Now thaaaat's a King! Instant 'S' tier! (He's fine in Movie 1&2.) Never even knew there was a dragon named Tiamat, in an children's book about a boy that's hatches a dragon, but...I admit. Saphira does sure sound like Her at times! (Not D&D clearly)

[@alexross1816]

I don't agree with all the rankings, but I can accept it.

[@Arifle1134]

I feel like he did the Hydra dirty because he didn't even acknowledge that it's a specific creature like the rest, almost like he didn't even know where it was from. It was the Hydra from the classic animated Hercules movie and it was pretty good for its day, deserved at least an A for being accurate and savagely portrayed and it has UNLIMITED HEADS not only 3, its a hydra. Maybe it should not have been included because it's not a dragon at all (no wings, two legs), but either way it got a bad rap here from someone who shoulda known better :( Also Poke-discrimination what he did to my boy Dragonite (unless he knows it's shiny color and that's why, I could forgive that call. Ugly Harris Teeter lookin' ***** shiny IMO).

[@zantetsu9777]

Now rank Fatalis from Monster Hunter

[@ferret9263]

I love Paolini as an author but this list sucks, Dragonite and Toothless are both an easy S tier

[@KoBxElucidator]

Shenron from Dragonball?

[@TrenSteggell]

I really like Christopher paolini but his list sucks, toothless is s no question

[@TheCrystal-j2x]

And you forgot the king of the dragons from HTTYD 2.

[@NewPlant_]

Movie Smaug is also a wyvern CP

[@Sparkalonius]

Not in that first original teaser for like 4 seconds 😂

[@NewPlant_]

@@Sparkalonius honestly this video just gives me hope that we’ll see a proper dragon on screen in Saphira when the Eragon tv series finally drops on Disney plus!

[@jurikase1683]

Im kind of infuriated, that he ranks Felkor as B Tear. And it shows to me, that he never read the book. Hes has no furr in the book and is iconic in its own way. He may be not an classical dragon, but he is a luck dragon and to have him down there with the dragon from shreck... thats jus unfair.

[@agrazal3]

Wait wait... and Parthurnax skyrim game? O.o

[@alyssasmith5535]

Try Fafnir then.

[@marydearmas1631]

Omg I didn't read properly was the original autor

[@SebastianManero]

id like to apologize for being a moron on twitter

[@shelbyherrick3580]

You better put Toothless back in S tier where he belongs! That sweet baby deserves the world after all he's done for Hiccup! Not to mention he's the best alpha in that world. 😭🥲

[@Aurinor]

”proper number of legs” my ass.. Dude, wtf? You wrote the entire saga which still to this day is one of the best at depicting Dragons, yet you’re also one of those people gatekeeping what number of legs dragons could have? Or could they have fur? Bruh.. Kinda disappointed by these takes, not gonna lie...

[@chadwickmoes]

Murtagh book was boring af.

[@helpfulhow-tos]

Poor dragonite