Dragoon

Introduction

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Of all the things that are symbolic of the nation of Ishgard, few are more recognized than the dragoon. Born amidst the timeless conflict between men and dragons, these lance-wielding knights have developed an aerial style of combat, that they might better pierce the scaled hides of their mortal foes. Taking to the firmament as though it were an extension of the land, they descend upon the enemy with every onze of their bodies behind the blow. It is this penetrative power that characterizes the dragoon.

— FinalFantasyXIV.com Dragoon

Dragoons are fierce combatants who draw their battling techniques from Ishgard's long conflict against dragons. The dragoons' abilities includes a series of aerial moves and precise blows which pierce through enemies.

General information

Guild

The Lancer's Guild is in Old Gridania. Lancers must specialize into dragoon once they reach level 30, and complete the quests Sylph-management and Proof of Might.

Equipment

The dragoon is a disciple of war and wears armor "of Maiming." For accessories, they use "of Striking" along with Monk and Samurai. Dragoons use polearms as weapons. The following crafting classes can create items that are useful to the dragoon:

Carpenter — Polearms.
Leatherworker — Maiming armor.
Armorer — Maiming armor.
Goldsmith — Striking Earrings, bracelets, necklaces and rings.

Quests

Quest	Level	Quest Giver	Unlocks	Rewards
Eye of the Dragon	30	Ywain	Dragoon Jump	1 Soul of the Dragoon
Lance of Fury	35	Alberic	Elusive Jump
Unfading Skies	40	Alberic	Doom Spike
Double Dragoon	45	Alberic		1 Drachen Armet 1 Drachen Gauntlets 1 Drachen Breeches 1 Drachen Greaves
Fatal Seduction	45	Alberic	Spineshatter Dive
Into the Dragon's Maw	50	Alberic	Dragonfire Dive Dragoon Age I	1 Drachen Mail 1 Wyrm's Armor Coffer
Sky's the Limit	50	Alberic
Days of Azure	52	Alberic	Battle Litany
Heart of Justice	52	Heustienne
Sworn Upon a Lance	54	Alberic	Blood of the Dragon
Dragoon's Errand	56	Alberic	Fang and Claw
Sanguine Dragoon	58	Alberic	Wheeling Thrust
Dragoon's Fate	60	Alberic	Geirskogul Dragoon Age II	1 Dragonlancer's Armor Coffer
Friends Through Eternity	60	Alberic
Drowsy Dragons	63	Alberic
Serpent and the Sea of Rubies	65	Alberic
Dark as the Night Sky	68	Orn Khai
Dragon Sound	70	Orn Khai	Nastrond Life of the Dragon Dragoon Age III	1 Trueblood Attire Coffer
Gone but Not Forgiven	80	Alberic	Dragoon Age IV	1 Heavens' Eye Materia VII 1 Savage Aim Materia VII 1 Savage Might Materia VII

Actions

PvE actions

Action	Acquired		Level	Type	Casting	Recast	Description
True Thrust	LNC		1	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 230.
Vorpal Thrust	LNC		4	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 130.
Life Surge	LNC		6	Ability	Instant	45s	Ensures critical damage for first weaponskill used while Life Surge is active.
Piercing Talon	LNC	1	15	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	Delivers a ranged attack with a potency of 150.
Disembowel	LNC		18	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 140.
Full Thrust	LNC		26	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100.
Lance Charge	LNC	1	30	Ability	Instant	60s	Increases damage dealt by 10%.
Jump	DRG	1	30	Ability	Instant	30s	Delivers a jumping attack with a potency of 320. Returns you to your original position after the attack is made.
Elusive Jump	DRG	1	35	Ability	Instant	30s	Executes a jump to a location 15 yalms behind you.
Doom Spike	DRG	1	40	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 110 to all enemies in a straight line before you.
Spineshatter Dive	DRG	1	45	Ability	Instant	60s	Delivers a jumping attack with a potency of 250.
Chaos Thrust	LNC		50	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. 140 when executed from a target's rear.
Dragonfire Dive	DRG	1	50	Ability	Instant	120s	Delivers a jumping fire-based attack with a potency of 300 to target and all enemies nearby it.
Battle Litany	DRG	1	52	Ability	Instant	120s	Increases critical hit rate of self and nearby party members by 10%.
Fang and Claw	DRG	1	56	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 260. 300 when executed from a target's flank.
Wheeling Thrust	DRG	1	58	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 260. 300 when executed from a target's rear.
Geirskogul	DRG	1	60	Ability	Instant	30s	Delivers an attack to all enemies in a straight line before you with a potency of 260 for the first enemy, and 30% less for all remaining enemies.
Sonic Thrust	DRG		62	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100 to all enemies in a straight line before you.
Dragon Sight	DRG		66	Ability	Instant	120s	Grants Right Eye to self, increasing damage dealt by 10%. Also grants target party member Left Eye, increasing damage dealt by 5%.
Mirage Dive	DRG		68	Ability	Instant	1s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 200.
Nastrond	DRG	1	70	Ability	Instant	10s	Delivers an attack to all enemies in a straight line before you with a potency of 360 for the first enemy, and 30% less for all remaining enemies.
Coerthan Torment	DRG		72	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100 to all enemies in a straight line before you.
High Jump	DRG		74	Ability	Instant	30s	Delivers a jumping attack with a potency of 400.
Raiden Thrust	DRG		76	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 280.
Stardiver	DRG		80	Ability	Instant	30s	Delivers a jumping fire-based attack to target and all enemies nearby it with a potency of 620 for the first enemy, and 30% less for all remaining enemies.
Draconian Fury	DRG		82	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 130 to all enemies in a straight line before you.
Heavens' Thrust	DRG		86	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100.
Chaotic Spring	DRG		86	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. 140 when executed from a target's rear.
Wyrmwind Thrust	DRG		90	Ability	Instant	10s	Delivers an attack to all enemies in a straight line before you with a potency of 420 for the first enemy, and 50% less for all remaining enemies.

PvP actions

Action	Acquired	Level	Type	Casting	Recast	Description
Raiden Thrust (PvP)	DRG		Weaponskill	Instant	2.4s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 3000.
Fang and Claw (PvP)	DRG		Weaponskill	Instant	2.4s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 4000.
Wheeling Thrust (PvP)	DRG		Weaponskill	Instant	2.4s	Delivers an attack to target.
Chaotic Spring (PvP)	DRG		Weaponskill	Instant	15s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 8000.
Geirskogul (PvP)	DRG		Ability	Instant	20s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 4,000 to all enemies in a straight line before you.
High Jump (PvP)	DRG		Ability	Instant	10s	Delivers a jumping attack with a potency of 5,000.
Elusive Jump (PvP)	DRG		Ability	Instant	20s	Executes a jump to a location 15 yalms behind you.
Horrid Roar (PvP)	DRG		Weaponskill	Instant	30s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 2000 to all nearby enemies.
Heavens' Thrust (PvP)	DRG	30	Weaponskill	Instant	2.4s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 10000.
Nastrond (PvP)	DRG		Ability	Instant	1s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 4,000 to all enemies in a straight line before you.
Wyrmwind Thrust (PvP)	DRG	30	Weaponskill	Instant	2.4s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 4000 to all enemies in a straight line before you.

Common actions (PvP)

Action	Acquired	Level	Type	MP	Casting	Recast	Description
Standard-issue Elixir (PvP)	ANY	30	Ability		4.5s	5s	Restores your HP and MP to maximum. Casting will be interrupted when damage is taken.
Recuperate (PvP)	ANY	30	Ability	2,500	Instant	1s	Restores own HP.
Purify (PvP)	ANY	30	Ability		Instant	30s	Removes Stun, Heavy, Bind, Silence, Half-asleep, Sleep, and Deep Freeze.
Guard (PvP)	ANY	30	Ability		Instant	30s	Reduces damage taken by 90% and grants immunity to Stun, Heavy, Bind, Silence, Half-asleep, Sleep, Deep Freeze, and knockback and draw-in effects.
Sprint (PvP)	ANY	30	Ability		Instant	1.5s	Increases movement speed. Effect ends upon reuse or execution of another action.

Limit Break

Action	Acquired	Level	Type	MP	Casting	Recast	Description
Sky High (PvP)	DRG	30			Instant	10s	Jump high into the air, preventing enemies from targeting you.
Sky Shatter (PvP)	DRG	30			Instant	1s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 20,000 to all nearby enemies.

Melee DPS actions

Action	Acquired	Level	Type	Casting	Recast	Description
Second Wind	Melee DPS Physical Ranged DPS	8	Ability	Instant	120s	Instantly restores own HP.
Leg Sweep	Melee DPS	10	Ability	Instant	40s	Stuns target.
Bloodbath	Melee DPS	12	Ability	Instant	90s	Converts a portion of physical damage dealt into HP.
Feint	Melee DPS	22	Ability	Instant	90s	Lowers target's physical damage dealt by 10% and magic damage dealt by 5%.
Arm's Length	Melee DPS Physical Ranged DPS Tank	32	Ability	Instant	120s	Creates a barrier nullifying most knockback and draw-in effects.
True North	Melee DPS	50	Ability	Instant	45s	Nullifies all action direction requirements.

Traits

PvE traits

Trait	Acquired		Level	Effect
Blood of the Dragon	DRG		54	Increases the potency of Jump to 320 and Spineshatter Dive to 250.
Lance Mastery	DRG		64	Allows for immediate execution of Wheeling Thrust after landing Fang and Claw, or Fang and Claw after landing Wheeling Thrust, increasing potency by 100.
Life of the Dragon	DRG	1	70	Allows for the strengthening of the gaze of the first brood upon successfully landing Mirage Dive. When the gaze is its strongest (2 units), Geirskogul will grant you the Life of the Dragon status. While under the effect of Life of the Dragon, Geirskogul will change to Nastrond.
Jump Mastery	DRG		74	Upgrades Jump to High Jump.
Lance Mastery II	DRG		76	Increases the potency of True Thrust to 230, Vorpal Thrust to 130, and Disembowel to 140. Grants Draconian Fire if Fang and Claw is executed following Wheeling Thrust, or vice versa.
Life of the Dragon Mastery	DRG		78	Extends the duration of Life of the Dragon to 30 seconds.
Enhanced Coerthan Torment	DRG		82	Grants the effect of Draconian Fire after successfully completing a combo with Coerthan Torment.
Enhanced Spineshatter Dive	DRG		84	Allows the accumulation of charges for consecutive uses of Spineshatter Dive.
Lance Mastery III	DRG		86	Upgrades Full Thrust to Heavens' Thrust and Chaos Thrust to Chaotic Spring.
Enhanced Life Surge	DRG		88	Allows the accumulation of charges for consecutive uses of Life Surge.
Lance Mastery IV	DRG		90	Increases the potency of Geirskogul to 250 and Nastrond to 350.

Combos

Performing actions in a certain order increases potency and applies combo bonuses.

True Thrust > Vorpal Thrust > Heavens' Thrust > Fang and Claw > Wheeling Thrust: Deals damage to a single target. When you reach level 86, the action Full Thrust is upgraded to Heavens' Thrust, further increasing the combo's damage. Wheeling Thrust grants Draconian Fire, changing True Thrust to Raiden Thrust

True Thrust > Disembowel > Chaotic Spring > Wheeling Thrust > Fang and Claw: Disembowel grants Power Surge, increasing damage dealt by 10% for 30s. Chaotic Spring inflicts a Damage over Time effect for 24s. When you reach level 86, the action Chaos Thrust is upgraded to Chaotic Spring, further increasing the potency of the Damage over Time effect. Fang and Claw grants Draconian Fire, changing True Thrust to Raiden Thrust

Doom Spike > Sonic Thrust > Coerthan Torment: Hits multiple enemies. Sonic Thrust grants Power Surge. Coerthan Torment grants Draconian Fire, changing Doom Spike to Draconian Fury

Note that while Fang and Claw and Wheeling Thrust have no combo bonuses, in practice they can be though of as such.

Job mechanics

Dragon Gauge is Dragoon's Job Gauge.

Dragon Gauge in PvE

Upon learning the trait Life of the Dragon, you will be able to view the Dragon Gauge, which displays the strength of the first brood's Gaze. Their gaze is strengthened by performing the action Mirage Dive.

When Gierskogul is used at maximum gaze level (two units), Life of the Dragon will activate automatically. This will allow you to execute several powerful actions such as Nastrond and Stardiver (acquired at level 80).

When you learn the trait Lance Mastery IV, Raiden Thrust and Draconian Fury will sharpen the Firstminds' Focus. When sharpened to maximum, you can execute the action Wyrmwind Thrust.

Simple Mode

Life of the Dragon

First Brood's Gaze

Firstmind's Focus

Dragon Gauge in PvP

The Dragon Gauge indicates the time remaining for Blood of the Dragon as well as the strength of the first brood's gaze.

The first brood's gaze strengthens upon executing certain actions. When their gaze is strongest (two units), you can execute Geirskogul while under the effect of Blood of the Dragon. Doing so will grant the effect of Life of the Dragon, allowing the execution of Nastrond, which will then restore the effect of Blood of the Dragon.

The Dragon Gauge will turn red when under the effect of Life of the Dragon. This effect also allows the execution of Stardiver.