You may not realize that Counter Magic not only works for PvP, but it can also block the Cockatrize Gaze, the Ifrit ranged attack, Death Knight's Earthquake and even Fafurion and Antharas's magic attacks!

Yes, Counter Magic has been used to deflect the attacks of Dragons. For only 30 MP, 10 HP and 1 magic gem, you can counter the opening shot of the Dragon. Which is a great new way to approach the first wave of death during a dragon hunt.

(For those of you who have never hunted a dragon, the first thing you have to do is surround the dragon and keep it busy by sacrificing knights to it while your artillery fires away from a distance. However, getting enough knights near it in the first place is pretty hard since the dragons ranged attacks are their strongest)

Mages are now the first wave when fighting dragons, thanks to Counter Magic. Mages just cast it (each incantation of Counter Magic will absorb exactly one magic attack) then draw the dragons attacks. The dragon will hit you, but if it does, it will be for 0 HP.