Fan Nickname / Dragalia Lost

Characters

• "Celery" for Celliera, which is easier to remember and pronounce than the character's intended fantasy-sounding name, and it fits her health nut personality.
• "Dragon Daddy" for Xainfried taking care of two baby dragons, Fydon and Felyx, regarding them as if they were his own children. It becomes an Ascended Meme in his Dragonyule story.
  • "Xaindeer" for Dragonyule Xainfried who is dressed like a reindeer pulling a sleigh for Fydon and Felyx.
• “Xunder” for the rather Off-Model face that Xander has in the “Cleo's Ruse” Wyrmprint.
  • "Dio Xander" for the reveal that instead of the next banner after the Accursed Archive being the Gala Banner, it was a Water Banner with Xander as main promoted unit, especially with his face photoshopped on the "But it was I, Dio!" meme.
• "Banana" for Irfan's clothes making him look like one.
• "Harmacist" for Heinwald, due to his very unique pure Combat Medic nature of his kit.
• "Buttholder" for Curran, due to his Malaproper during the Accursed Archives event when he meant to say beholder.
• The “Weenie Crew” is the name given to the group of Elias, Pia and Lowen as child heroes who are led into (mis)adventures by Ranzal and Luca.
  • And now that Ranzal has a child form, the Weenie Crew has a proper leader!
• "Buff/Swole/JoJo Luca" is this for the Luca seen in Dragalia Life #14 after Celliera puts him through serious training that leaves him bulging with muscles to Euden's horror, which turns out to be a horrible dream for him.
• The High Dragons also have shortened nicknames for many players:
  • "HMS": High Midgardsormr
  • "HBH": High Brunhilda
  • "HMC": High Mercury
  • "HJP": High Jupiter
  • "HZD": High Zodiark
• “Papa Matsuura” for former game director Hideki Matsuura as the game gives quality of life updates and during events, generously gives out wyrmite and summon tickets whether they’re single pulls, ten pulls, or a straight 5* pull.
• We Bare Bears for the fact there are now three bear themed dragons in the game with Arctos being Griz, Long Long being Panpan and Maritimus being Ice Bear.
• Jeanne Alter is this for Void Jeanne d'Arc after she was unveiled on July 22, especially with the comparisons between both games.
• Cleomilla is this for Cleo becoming the DL version of Camilla as having the most alts, especially out of the main characters, with 5 alts in total.
• "Gnarly Toestep" is this for Nyarlathotep after Curran bungled trying out his own In the Name of the Moon summoning of him in Dragalia Life #153.
• The Gala characters often have Portmanteau fan nicknames:
  • "Granzal" for Gala Ranzal
  • "Gleo" for Gala Cleo
  • "Geuden" for Gala Euden
    • On the matter of Gala Euden, that nickname mutated into "Goofden" (given that he tends to hold the Idiot Ball a lot in the story) and eventually further into "Goofy".
  • "Gelisanne" or "Gelly" for Gala Elisanne
  • "Gluca" for Gala Luca
  • "Galex" for Gala Alex
  • "Garisse" for Gala Sarisse
  • "Gleif" for Gala Leif
  • "Galaxi" for Gala Laxi
  • "Gena" for Gala Zena
  • "Gleonidas", "Gleon", or "Galaleo" for Gala Leonidas. He's sometimes referred to as "Gleo", at which point the distinction between him and Gala Cleo becomes the context such as what content they are used in.
  • "Ghelle" for Gala Chelle
  • "Gnotte" for Gala Notte
  • "Gascula" for Gala Mascula
  • "Gaudric" for Gala Audric
• "Bacon Lady" for Akasha due to her dress looking like she's got two strips of bacon going across her chest.
• "Croissant Phoenix" for, well, Corsaint Phoenix not just because her name is unusual, but because her horns look like croissants.
• "Astolfo" for Chitose being an androgynous pink-haired character.
  • He's also often referred as "Cheetos" due to the way his name is pronounced.
• "Leyasu" on Ieyasu due to letter confusion. Fans took this sounding french and took off with it.
• "Larry the Cucumber" for Pipple, due to both being sentient vegetables.
• "Alolan/Galarian Phraeganoth" for Aspedochelone, the raid boss of the "Scars of the Syndicate" event which is a Palette Swap of said boss.
  • "Alolan/Galarian Chronos", in the same fashion as the above, with Aether, the raid boss of the Princess Connect! Re: Dive A Voracious Visitor event being a Palette Swap of Chronos.
  • "Alolan/Galarian Barbary" with "Stranded Scions" introducing Kanaloa as a Light version.
• "Big Chungus" for Gaibhne & Creidhne as being the first bunny-shaped dragon.
  • They've also been shortened to G&C due to their name being The Unpronounceable to people unfamiliar with the Irish language.
• "Thanos" is Lazry's since her power arm looks like the Infinity Gauntlet.
• "Mahoymenoy" for Vodyanoy due to both phrases being pronounced similarly.
• Since "Marth" is pronounced similarly to "barf", the Mana Spiral'd Fire Emblem: Lost Heroes adventurers are sometimes referred to as "Barf And Friends" or "Barf and Co." due to falling around the same (very high) level of power.
• "Marluxia" is this for Yurius due to the both of them being pink-haired bishonens.
• Thanks to the text coding getting messed up when Timeworn Torment was first released, Mei Hou Wang, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing are called (MSNAME_BIKOUOU), (MSNAME_CHOHAKKAI), and (MSNAME_GOJO) respectively.
• Since Euden is considered a party animal, another name that's thrown around is "Euden W.K."
• Also for Euden is "Eudense" due to his Oblivious to Love character trait.
• Sha Wujing is known to some as "Shia Kazing" due to being a Wand user whose name is pronounced similarly.
• Zena's second skill, Twilight Crown, tends to go by the name of Super Star/Starman, due to the fact that it causes heavy damage to enemies when Zena touches them and involves stars in its animation.
• For the Rhythmic Resolutions event, Eugene has been called "Deku" due to his green hair and character design looking like Izuku Midoriya.
  • Komi-san is this for when he gets super nervous and shy.
• Ayaha & Otoha are often referred as "twins" or "loli twins" for convenience for the fans. Alternatively, a funny way to call them is "Ayaya and Ohoho".
• Gala Cait Sith is sometimes referred to as "Cat Shit" since it's a partial anagram of her name and is used to reference how she seems to be the final nail in the Shadow element's coffin of sheer broken-ness.
• Nedrick was originally known as Trueden when he first appeared. Even moreso after Chapter 15 reveals that he IS the real Euden who died of wyrmscale.
  • He’s also been called Dark Euden, or the Dark Prince, due to Nintendo’s tendency to call black, evil, alternate versions of their protagonists “Dark X,” such as Dark Link, Dark Samus, Dark Pit, etc.
• When High Jupiter dashes, a trail of lightning follows him, keeping players from chasing him down immediately. This attack is sometimes referred to as the "butt lightning."
• Revolutionary Girl Elisanne for Dragalia Life #268's Art Shift looking like it wouldn't be out of place in that manga, but for the sheer amount of Les Yay.
• "2B" for Gala Laxi not only since she's already a combat android, but her Gala version now has a combat drone that's basically like one of the YoRHa pods.
  • With Gala Mascula now playable after Chapter 19, he's also been called "9S."
• Hildr is this for Pinon as a pink-haired and pink-eared sylvan girl compared to one of the three Valkyrie sisters.
• "Tartar Sauce" or "Pop-Tart" for Tartarus, since his name sounds similar to the former, and the abbreviation standard to the other Agito sounds like the latter.
• "Dad-onetta" for Ramiel since not only does he look like a color inverted Gender Flip of Bayonetta, but also being a father figure to Nevin.
• Lapis is sometimes called "Definitely Not Belladonna" or variations thereof, as it's painfully obvious who they really are, despite the game's efforts to imply otherwise.
  • In addition, she's also sometimes called "Roguefort Cookie" due to both characters being French-speaking Phantom Thieves that have a primarily blue outfit with a top hat.
• Formal Joachim has been called "Woke-im" after "Northern Negotiators," feeling like him helping to negotiate manacasters for Svenitla (Fantasy Russia) is helping nobody but the upper class.
• "02" is this for Lilith due to her colors looking like the Kirby boss.
• Upon his introduction, a lot of fans have called Gatov by the name of "Deathstroke" or "Slade" due to how much he resembles said character, having white hair, an eyepatch, and a black and orange outfit.
• "Old Fischl" is this for Yoshitsune, the Leader of the Rooster Clan due to looking like an older version of Fischl who's still just as powerful but finally grew out of her Chuunibyou phase.
• In a similar vein to the above "Leyasu", "Le Volk" is this for Legendary Volk, and considering his personality, makes him into a French Jerk.
• Chaddis for Addis being a Memetic Badass as part of Ieyasu's retainers. Even moreso during 2021's Valentine's Day Castle Story where he becomes the Chad to Eugene's Virgin, giving him helpful advice.
• "Broly" is this for Mei Hou Wang in the Timeworn Torment event where he starts off as a timid boy who then turns out to not only have a Superpowered Evil Side but then utterly hulk out and practically go super saiyan.
• "Pyra and Mythra" for Eirene and Finni for being android women who came out around the same time that the former two were released onto Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
• "HuMid" is this for Midgardsormr's human form revealed first from a Dragalia Mini and then made canon during the "Dawn of Dragalia" event.
• Likewise for the above, "HuMerc" for Mercury's human form.
• "Broseidon" is this for Gala Reborn Poseidon since being purified of the corruption not only made him younger and buffer, but also turns him into a much needed Game-Breaker for Water teams.
• "Baha Blast" is this for Gala Bahamut who, as of October 2021 is the most powerful dragon both in story (being one of the two creator gods) and in gameplay (doling out 120% damage, and he's always summoned with Gala Zethia regardless of dragon.)
• Iblis is occasionally referred to as "Kaeya" or "Evil Kaeya" due to their fairly similar dark skin and blue-haired appearance.
• Not an individual character, but the Flame Adventurer team of Gala Leonidas, Gala Laxi, Kimono Elisanne and Ayaha & Otoha are referred to by the fandom as "Exodia" due to it being the definitive meta solo team for its element, able to employ Amps and shapeshifting for maximum damage. ^note Laxi must have her Mana Spiral developed for this build to work; Gala Sarisse may substitute for her, but she too must have her Spiral developed

Modes

• The High Dragon Trials mode is shortened to "HDT".
• Rise of the Sinister Dominion is shortened to "SinDom".
• The Primal Dragon Trials is shortened to "PDT"
• Public multiplayer lobbies go by the name of "pubs" or sometimes "pugs".
• On difficulties, there's Standard, Expert, Master and Legendary. That means something like Legend Volk would be called LVolk and so on for each Agito.

Gameplay

• In terms of Unbinding Weapons (pre-2.0), Dragons and Wyrmprints, a freshly unfused copy is called 0ub. Once four copies of the same item are bound, it's called max unbound, or Mub.
• An adventurer at Level 100, maximum Strength and HP augmentation, and has all the nodes in their Mana Spiral unbound, tends to be called "Perfect [Character.]"
• "Mr. Lost" for the game itself, especially when it comes to Twitter announcements.
• The 2.0 version of the game tends to be known as "Dragalia Lost & Found" (since everyone lost the Dragalia Lost they had and found a completely overhauled experience.)
• The "Dream Summon Special" voucher is seen as a counterpart to the "Surprise Ticket" of Granblue, coming from the same developer. And as such, GBF players call the Dream Summon Special item as "Suptix" even in this game.
• "Grace Summon" is this for the Dream Summon available during the 2.0 anniversary special. While the Dream Summon allows players to pick out any adventurer or dragon they've yet to summon, a good portion of them are using it to pull Grace, one of the best "healer" in the game for both shadow and even off-element events.
• "Gold Toilet Paper(s)" and "Silver Toilet Paper(s)" for the Champion's Testaments and Knight's Testaments, respectively, due to how rare they are, tying into the then-recent meme that toilet paper will become a currency in the age of the COVID-19 coronavirus due to fights breaking out over it. Champion's Testaments also go by the name of "Power Paper(s)" due to being needed for 5-stars' Mana Spirals, which usually makes them into some of the best Adventurers in the game.
• "Red Bull Powder" for Ethon Ashes and Blessed Ethon Ashes, since they give you wings, GETHERwings.
• Dragalia Ronpa is this for the Doomsday Getaway event which plays out like a Danganronpa game with a Monokuma expy, murder mystery, trials and even the music.