Dragoon (job)

The Dragoon, also known as Dragon Knight or Lancer, is a Job that appears in several games in the series. Dragoons are special knights that equip spears to attack. Their stats are weighted physically, and they can equip heavy armor that is modified to look like a dragon. Their special ability is to Jump, which allows them to do an aerial attack which does more damage than a normal attack. The drawback to this attack is that it takes longer due to the Dragoon having to Jump and then fall on his or her opponent. The advantage to this, however, is that Dragoons do not take damage while airborne. Another ability, called Lancet, sometimes called Lance or DragonSword, allows Dragoons to absorb HP and MP from their opponents.

Notable Dragoons include Ricard Highwind of Final Fantasy II, Kain Highwind of Final Fantasy IV, Cid Highwind of Final Fantasy VII, Freya Crescent of Final Fantasy IX, Kimahri Ronso of Final Fantasy X and Llyud of Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings.

In Final Fantasy VI, while there were no real Dragoons, the DragoonBoots allowed a character to Jump. Edgar Roni Figaro and Mog could equip spears, and thus deal double damage on a Jump.

Kingdom Hearts II


In Kingdom Hearts, there is a Nobody called "Dragoon". Their appearance is of a purple dragon-like creature that weilds a spear. These Nobodies can also use the classic Dragoon attack, Jump. Sora can use Jump as a Reaction Command while fighting them. The Dragoons are controlled by the Organization XIII member, Xalden. Xalden fights with six flying lances and can use Jump to attack Sora, so he could be classified as having the Dragoon Class.