A humanoid dragon-like creature found only in Blackrock Mountain. They appear to be the result of some of the Black Dragon Nefarian's experiments with the blood of different dragonkin. They are meant to be the footmen and standard soldiers of the Legion of Blackrock, and though they have considerable magic resistances, a flaw does exist: each Drakonid also has a fatal weakness to one magic type, making it suffer enormous damage from that particular school. This weakness can be used to the advantage of any mortal army daring to step into the halls of Blackwing Lair, to challenge the sinister Nefarian.
Bronze coloured Drakonids can be found patrolling the Caverns of Time in The Burning Crusade, and are not hostile. It is unknown how these Drakonids differ from those found in Blackrock Mountain.
Tactics
They can cast some sort of brood affliction on whoever is highest on their aggro list, placing a debuff. The debuff varies from Drakonid to Drakonid, and tactics has to be planned carefully depending on which debuff the MT has. It is recommended to wait with DPS until tanks has sufficent aggro and until you know what debuff they are casting. Overnuking can mean a wipe, since the Drakonids of Deathtalon Wyrmguard type also can cast War Stomp (AoE stun) and you'll not want healers or ranged DPS to be hit by this, which they will be if overnuking occurs, and the Drakonid runs into the middle of the raid. Tank them as far away as possible, and with as much range as possible between them.
Noteworthy Drakonids
Drakonid Colors
In the Nefarian encounter you face 6 different colored drakonids. They are Red, Blue, Green, Black, Bronze, and Chromatic.