Dragoon (Final Fantasy XIV)



The Lancer is a Disciple of War in Final Fantasy XIV.

Overview
The strategy of the lancers is to out-range and fluster opponents with their long, two-handed polearms, peppering them with a barrage of thrusting attacks. They are trained with a number of weapons, giving a diversity to their attacks that makes them extremely versatile combatants.

In former times, the longspear saw the most widespread use, due in great part to the influence of the proud lancer legions of Ala Mhigo. Since then, the guild has greatly expanded its armories to include a variety of weaponry, such as the throwing javelin.

Role
By utilizing the long reach of their polearms, lancers are able to deal devastating damage from a position of relative safety. In A Realm Reborn Lancers are regarded as Damage Dealing classes when partied and focus on dealing heavy spike damage to single targets by attacking them from their flanks or backs or damaging multiple enemies at once when they are surrounded or packed tightly in line formations.

The battle tactics of the lancers afford them numerous advantages, such as avoiding the ire of enemies, draining health, restoring TP, parrying attacks and lowering enemies defenses to piercing attacks.

Dragoon
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 ounce of their bodies behind the blow. It is this penetrative power that characterizes the dragoon.

The Dragoon Soul Crystal can be obtained by completing the quest Eye of the Dragon that becomes available when the player reaches Lancer level 30 and Marauder level 15; it focuses on increasing raw attack power while adding jumping and AoE attack abilities. Dragoon can only use Pugilist and Archer cross class abilities.

Abilities
Every Dragoon ability can be used only after completing specific quests.

Transferable skills
Here is a list of handy Transferable skills to beefup your dragoon.

Job: Marauder. {|class="table" !class="FFXIVa"|Ability !class="FFXIVa"|Level !class="FFXIVa"|Discription !class="FFXIVb" rowspan="2"|Foresight !class="FFXIVb" rowspan="2"|Skull sunder !class="FFXIVb" rowspan="2"|Fracture !class="FFXIVb" rowspan="2"|Bloodbath !class="FFXIVb" rowspan="2"|Mercy Stroke
 * align="center"|2
 * align="center"|Increases defense by 20% for 20 sec.
 * align="center"|4
 * align="center"|Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Has increased enmity generation.
 * align="center"|6
 * align="center"|Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Physical DoT for 18s with 20 potency.
 * align="center"|8
 * align="center"|For the next 15 seconds, all successful offensive abilities will heal you for 25% of the damage dealt.
 * align="center"|26
 * align="center"|Delivers an attack with a potency of 200. Can only be executed when the target’s HP is below 20%. If Mercy Stroke is the killing blow, you will be healed for up to 20% of your maximum HP.
 * -}

Job: Pugilist.

{|class="table" !class="FFXIVa"|Ability !class="FFXIVa"|Level !class="FFXIVa"|Discription !class="FFXIVb" rowspan="2"|Featherfoot !class="FFXIVb" rowspan="2"|Second Wind !class="FFXIVb" rowspan="2"|Haymaker !class="FFXIVb" rowspan="2"|Internal Release !class="FFXIVb" rowspan="2"|Mantra
 * align="center"|4
 * align="center"|Increases evasion by 15% for 10 sec.
 * align="center"|8
 * align="center"|Instantly restores HP with a potency of 650. Scales off attack power.
 * align="center"|10
 * align="center"|Delivers an attack with a potency of 170. Can only be used after evading an attack. Causes Slow +20% and lasts 12 sec.
 * align="center"|12
 * align="center"|Increases critical hit chance by 20% for 15 sec.
 * align="center"|42
 * align="center"|Increases target’s HP recovery via curing magic by 5% for 15 sec.
 * -}

Etymology
Unlike previous uses of the term "Lancer" as an alternate localization for the Dragoon job class, here it is a literal translation of a separate class.

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