Multipliers

Maximize Multipliers - Level Dragons Quickly
Every 24 hours, each one of your dragons will be equipped with three 'multiplier' boosts (x5, x4, and x3). The first time you use that dragon it's resulting XP will be multiplied times 5, the second time multiplied times 4, and the third time, multiplied times 3. In order to get the best bang for your buck, ask your teammates to back you up when your dragons have multiplier boosts. Find a base (with your MAX XP) that you are certain the two of you can defeat (using one dragon each), and have your teammate follow your attack. These multipliers make a HUGE impact in the time it takes to level your dragons and should be utilized daily, if possible!"(Excerpt from wardragons-strategy.com):"" 'Using multipliers is important. For your weak dragons, you are going to want to ask for help from your team so that you can maximize the x5, x4 and x3 multipliers. Once your multipliers have been used, a great way to gain quick XP for your weak dragons is to join as many of your team mates battles as possible and ask if you can kill the base at the end.'"Higher level teammates will have higher level xp payouts. however, even though their max xp may far exceed your own, in MOST circumstances, if you FOLLOW a higher level teammate on a run you will most likely be awarded an amount slightly lower than YOUR max. if your goal is to max your xp, it is best to begin the run yourself and have someone follow you (pay your teammates back and help out in this regard for others, as often as you can).

(It is still smart to follow teammates after multipliers are finished, in as many battles as you can. even if you are not receiving your max xp, you will most likely receive an amount significantly higher than if you attacked a base yourself and split the xp between two dragons. For example: player A's max XP is 3600. player B's max xp is 5200. in scenario 1, player A follows player B and uses a weak dragon to blow up the final castle at the end of the base. that dragon is awarded 2900xp (less than the 3600 max). in scenario 2, player A finds a base with their max xp of 3600 and uses a strong dragon and their weak dragon to complete the base. at the end of the victory, both dragons are awarded 1800xp...LESS than the amount in scenario A).