Dragoon (Final Fantasy XIV)

The Dragoon is a Job in Final Fantasy XIV, introduced as the Discipline of War Lancer (槍術士, Sōjutsushi?) in the original release. Players start as a Lancer, and then may upgrade to Dragoon using the Soul Crystal obtained from the quest Eye of the Dragon after Lancer reaches level 30.

ProfileEdit

LancerEdit

Lancers attack with spears and are regarded as Damage Dealing classes. They specialize 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.

Lancers have the most weaponskills of any Discipline of War. Their combos do not branch from a shared combo starter. Instead, they have two combos: their standard True Thrust combo leads into heavy damage with Full Thrust, while their secondary Impulse Drive combo leads into a piercing damage debuff with Disembowel and a damage-over-time effect with Chaos Thrust. They also have two weaponskills outside of combos: Heavy Thrust applies a buff that boosts the Lancer's damage, while Piercing Talon functions as a ranged attack. They also have Blood for Blood, a potent self-buff that boosts the damage dealt and taken by the Lancer.

DragoonEdit

Dragoon focuses on weaving Jump attacks between weaponskills, dealing heavy damage between each hit of their combos. Beyond level 50, they learn the Blood of the Dragon skill, a buff which extends their weaponskill combos by 1-2 hits, increasing the damage dealt by their jumps, and allows use of the powerful AOE ability Geirskogul; Blood of the Dragon's duration is extended with each combo finisher used, allowing the Dragoon to sustain the buff indefinitely as long as they continue attacking.

Beyond level 60, Blood of the Dragon also enables the use of the Mirage Dive ability after using a jump attack, turning the attention of the first brood onto the dragoon. Once Mirage Dive is used three times and the full attention of the first brood is on the player, using Geirskogul will transform Blood of the Dragon into Life of the Dragon, temporarily upgrading Geirskogul into its more powerful variation, Nastrond. Life of the Dragon cannot be extended with combo finishers, so timing Life of the Dragon is important to maximize the number of times Nastrond can be used. Dragoon also learns Battle Litany, a potent critical hit rate buff for the entire party, and Dragon Sight, an ability which tethers the Dragoon to another player, increasing the damage dealt by both so long as they remain in range of the tether.

StoryEdit

LancerEdit

DragoonEdit

Ywain sends the adventurer to help an Ishgardian friend, Ser Alberic. He enlisted their aid in tracking down the Eye of Nidhogg, a priceless Ishgardian relic that has been taken by Estinien. After searching around for the fugitive they are ambushed by the Dragoon, before striking, the eye resonates choosing another Azure Dragoon, Estinien dumbfounded retreats and tells the Adventurer they'll meet again. Alberic tellsthe adventurer that Estinien was his pupil, and the current Azure dragoon, He gives the Adventurer his soul crystal and promises to teach them the ways of the Dragoon.

Ser Alberic gives numerous trials to the adventurer, testing them for a fight against Estinien, and shares the history of Dragoons. Sometime after Estinien sends a message to Alberic requesting to meet at Boulder Downs, once there he tells Estinen to return to Ishgard. Estinien tells them that Nidhogg has awakened and he plans to use himself as bait to lure the great wyrm away, Alberic senses revenge within him and Estinien reveals that he will take everything from Nidhogg as he has done to him. He tells the Adventurer to earn the Drachen armor, as him and his master before him have done and takes his leave.

Alberic sets the Adventurer against multiple trials to earn the Drachen armor, once you do he tells you a story that happened 20 years past. 20 years ago he fought Nidhogg, and when he struck Nidghogg with his lance he met his gaze and felt the wyrms emotions of sorrow, rancor, and pity. In that moment Alberic lost his ability to fight and the dragons burned down Fernedale, he was only able to rescue one child, that child being Estinien.

Estinien meets the Adventurer and Ser Alberic once more at steel vigil, he confronts his former master calling him a coward for letting Ferndale burn and that the eye told him about his past. He attempts to strike Alberic down but the Adventurer steps inbetween them and the two fight, over the course of the fight, Estinien asks for more power from the eye increasing his strength and defense. The adventurer succeeds and Estinien falls to the ground, though a mysterious voice starts speaking taunting Estinien. He calls out to Nidhogg once more and is a washed with dark power. The adventurer appears as the first dragoon Haldrath, and stops Estinien from becoming a dravanian thrall, the conflict is over with Estinien gone. Once at the Observatorium, Ser Alberic praises the Adventurer though ponders over what he witnessed. Nevertheless he still considers Estinien his son whatever he does.

HeavenswardEdit

The Warrior of Light speaks with Ser Alberic once more and tells them that Whitebrim is under attack by dragons, and sends them to aid Ishgardian Dragoons. Upon arrival are 3 wounded dragoons and a wyrm. After the battle they meet Ser Alberic and a mysterious Dragoon named Heustienne. She is of the Order of the Knights Dragoon and assisted in your training, she asks to train under you to defeat a dragon called Graoully. The Warrior of Light agrees to train her, and in the meantime she trains on her own In Coerthas Western Highlands. The Warrior of Light meets her there only to find her overwhelmed by dragons. After the dragons defeat she tells the warrior that she attempted to mimic their lancework, and asks for a more proper demonstration. Following the defeat of another dragon, Heustienne fails to understand how her lancework differs, unable to answer, the Hero comes up with a new technique to draw out the strength of their comrades.

following the teaching of the new technique, Heustienne requests the adventurer to meet her in Ishgard, once there she introduces the adventurer to her father, Montorgains. He introduces himself to the adventurer and tells his daughter that he is glad to see her well, and takes his leave. Heustienne tells her mentor that he is kind, and that she would have died long ago if he had not found her, to this end she wants to honor her father and follow in his footsteps in becoming a dragoon. At the conclusion of her story she remembers to tell the adventurer that Ser Alberic wished to speak with them. Ser Alberic shares more of Heustiennes past, stating that she was the rival of Estinien and has tremendous potential.

Meeting with Ser Alberic once more he informs the adventurer that the dragon Graoully and his horde are advancing on Ishgard, he requests that they assist Heustienne and has them meet her at the Congregation of Our Knights Most Heavenly. In Ishgard everyone is preparing for battle, and her father gives her a gift before she departs. She is gifted with her fathers lance the Peregrine, and the knights depart. Before the adventurer leaves however, Montorgains requests that they watch over his daughter. The battle takes place at the Pike in Western Coerthas and the group is faced with continuous waves of dragons. After the defeat of the lesser dragons, Graoully appears, and Heustienne attacks, mounting the dragon and leaving the adventurer behind. The adventurer reports back to her father and he still believes she is alive.

Searching for any lead in finding Heustienne, Ser Alberic hears of a heretic wielding the lance Peregrine. Ser Alberic tasks the adventurer with tracking them down for a clue as to where Heustienne has gone. A temple knight at Riversmeet tells them that they have found the heretics and are held up in a cave. The adventurer rescues Hestienne, and shares the tale of how she survived and was captured by heretics. She bids the adventurer return to Ishgard with news that an attack is coming, and tell her father that she died in battle, she requests that the adventurer take care of her comrades and her father before taking her leave. Montorgrains doubts that his Daughter has been slain, and the adventurer tells them the truth. He is glad to know that she lives, and sets out to find her.

Alberic finds out that the heretics they are after call themselves the Bloodbearers, and their leader named Matheonien. These heretics are capable of assuming the form of dragons. Bystanders have seen these heretics around the Chocobo forest trying to replenish their supplies. The adventurer comes across a shady looking merchant and is attacked, but the merchant is quickly defeated. They come across a parchment that reveals where the heretics will meet next, and head south only to find Heustienne and a group of defeated heretics. She questions why they are both there, only to slump over in pain, Ser Alberic approaches and she tells him that it'll pass. He pleads her to return to Ishgard now that she has found her lance, only for her to tell them she cannot. She tells them that when she was held captive, she was forced to drink dragons blood, and cannot return to Ishgard or her family will be suspected as heretics. She leaves determined to hunt down Graoully and end his reign. Ser Alberic tells the adventurer that consuming dragons blood alters the flesh and the mind will soon follow, and that they must believe in Heustienne to not be overtaken by it.

Ser Alberic hears from the Astrologians that Graoully is on the move in Western Coerthas, he has the adventurer meet him at the Covictory to prepare. Once there Ser Alberic tells the adventurer to search north while him and Montorgains go south. After venturing north the adventurer finds bodies of heretics and dragons, and eventually finds Heustienne facing off against Graoully. After a long battle Graoully is defeated, with Montorgains and Alberic finding them. Pleading with her daughter to return home, Heustienne again refuses because of how dangerous it could be and tells the group that she will travel the land to overcome the dragons blood so she can be with her father once more, with that she departs.

StormbloodEdit

With the recent end to the Dragonsong War, Ser Alberic tells the adventurer that Estinien has left the holy see, he discusses the situation with Heustienne, and just then Montorgains appears handing the adventurer a letter from Heustienne. The adventurer travels to the dravanian forelands to meet Heustinne, she is happy to see her mentor once more, and tells them that she has gained more control over the dragon's blood thanks to a new ally of hers, Orn Khai. The dragonlet requires aid in searching for his fathers consort now that the war has ended, he knows that the dragon flew east, so Heustienne would have the adventurer ask Ser Alberic if he knows of any dravanian legends, specifically those of dragons from the east.

EquipmentEdit

The Lancer class is defined by wielding a spear.

In terms of late game armor, Lancers and Dragoons wear "Maiming"/"Slaying" gear sets. Their armor is heavier than other DPS classes, though not as heavy as tanks. Up until Patch 2.45, most of the armor for Lancers and Dragoons typically traded off magic defense for higher defense. This caused major balance issues with later endgame content (which often had party-wide magical attacks) that made Dragoons undesirable in parties, and as such the magic defense was increased to match other DPS classes.

At level 50 a Dragoon's relic equipment is the Drachen set, the dragoon armor depicted in promotional art, worn by Estinien, and modeled after Kain Highwind. Immediately after obtaining its chestpiece, however, a Dragoon can also claim a Wyrm set, which boasts higher stats, a much brighter-blue color scheme, and highlighted trim. At level 60 a Dragoon can claim a Dragonlancer set, first depicted in the trailers for Heavensward and patterned after the appearance of Dark Kain. At level 70 they can claim a Trueblood set, a rather bulky take on a non-descript dragoon (as in job-system games such as Final Fantasy V) with a helmet similar to that of the Dragonlancer's. Level 80 grants the Pteroslaver set, a high-collared armored coat with accompanying gauntlets, greaves and helmet that incorporates elements from both the Drachen and Dragonlancer sets.

Job GaugeEdit

The Job Gauge was introduced to players in patch 4.0 Stormblood. The Dragoon uses the Dragon Gauge.

The Gauge indicates the remaining amount of time for the Blood of the Dragon. The Blood of the Dragon action is a timed effect that strengthens the potency of Jump and Spineshatter Dive. With semi-attentive use of various skillchains, this gauge can be sustained indefinitely.

An icon on the top left side of the gauge will change if the weaponskill Mirage Dive is used during the Blood of the Dragon effect. The icon indicates the strength of the effect, up to a total of four points (3 as of patch 4.1). If Geirskogul is executed while the icon is full, the Blood Gauge will turn to red and Nastrond, a more powerful variant of Geirskogul with one-third the cooldown time, becomes available until the gauge empties.

AbilitiesEdit

Ability	Level	Type	Cast	Recast	Cost	Range	Radius
True Thrust	1	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s (Base value; the higher the character's Skill Speed stat, the lower the recast time will be)	–	3y	–
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 290. ※Action changes to Raiden Thrust when Raiden Thrust Ready.
Vorpal Thrust	4	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s (Base value; the higher the character's Skill Speed stat, the lower the recast time will be)	–	3y	–
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 140. Combo Action: True Thrust Combo Potency: 350
Life Surge	6	Ability	Instant	45s	–	–	–
	Ensures critical damage for first weaponskill used while Life Surge is active. Duration: 5s Effect cannot be applied to damage over time. Additional Effect: Absorbs a portion of damage dealt as HP
Piercing Talon	15 (Complete the Level 15 Lancer quest "A Dangerous Proposition")	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s (Base value; the higher the character's Skill Speed stat, the lower the recast time will be)	–	15y	–
	Delivers a ranged attack with a potency of 150.
Disembowel	18	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s (Base value; the higher the character's Skill Speed stat, the lower the recast time will be)	–	3y	–
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 150. Combo Action: True Thrust Combo Potency: 320 Combo Bonus: Increase damage dealt by 10% Duration: 30s
Full Thrust	26	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s (Base value; the higher the character's Skill Speed stat, the lower the recast time will be)	–	3y	–
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Combo Action: Vorpal Thrust Combo Potency: 530 Blood of the Dragon Combo Bonus: Grants Sharper Fang and Claw Duration: 10s
Lance Charge	30 (Complete the Level 30 Lancer quest "Proof of Might")	Ability	Instant	90s	–	–	–
	Increases damage dealt by 15%. Duration: 20s
Jump	30 (Complete the Level 30 Dragoon quest "Eye of the Dragon")	Ability	Instant	30s	–	20y	–
	Delivers a jumping attack with a potency of 310. Returns you to your original position after the attack is made. Additional Effect: Grants Dive Ready Duration: 15s Cannot be executed while bound.
Elusive Jump	35 (Complete the Level 35 Dragoon quest "Lance of Fury")	Ability	Instant	30s	–	–	–
	Executes a jump to a location 15 yalms behind you. Cannot be executed while bound.
Doom Spike	40 (Complete the Level 40 Dragoon quest "Unfading Skies")	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s (Base value; the higher the character's Skill Speed stat, the lower the recast time will be)	–	10y	10y line
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 170 to all enemies in a straight line in front of you.
Spineshatter Dive	45 (Complete the Level 45 Dragoon quest "Fatal Seduction")	Ability	Instant	60s	–	20y	–
	Delivers a jumping attack with a potency of 240. Cannot be executed while bound.
Chaos Thrust	50	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s (Base value; the higher the character's Skill Speed stat, the lower the recast time will be)	–	3y	–
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. 140 when executed from a target's rear. Combo Action: Disembowel Combo Potency: 290 Rear Combo Potency: 330 Combo Bonus: Damage over time Potency: 45 Duration: 24s Blood of the Dragon Combo Bonus: Grants Enhanced Wheeling Thrust Duration: 10s
Dragonfire Dive	50 (Complete the Level 50 Dragoon quest "Into the Dragon's Maw")	Ability	Instant	120s	–	20y	5y circle
	Delivers a jumping fire-based attack with a potency of 380 to all nearby enemies. Cannot be executed while bound.
Battle Litany	52 (Complete the Level 52 Dragoon quest "Days of Azure")	Ability	Instant	180s	–	–	15y circle
	Increases critical hit rate of self and party members by 10%. Duration: 20s
Blood of the Dragon	54 (Complete the Level 54 Dragoon quest "Sworn Upon a Lance")	Ability	Instant	25s	–	–	–
	Increases potency of High Jump and Spineshatter Dive by 30%. Duration: 30s Additional Effect: Grants Sharper Fang and Claw upon successfully executing Full Thrust, or Enhanced Wheeling Thrust upon successfully executing Chaos Thrust Duration: 10s Effects end upon using a weaponskill other than Fang and Claw or Wheeling Thrust. Cannot be executed while under the effect of Life of the Dragon.
Fang and Claw	56 (Complete the Level 56 Dragoon quest "Dragoon's Errand")	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s (Base value; the higher the character's Skill Speed stat, the lower the recast time will be)	–	3y	–
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 320. 360 when executed from a target's flank. Can only be executed while under the effect of both Blood of the Dragon and Sharper Fang and Claw. Additional Effect: Extends Blood of the Dragon duration by 10s to a maximum of 30s
Wheeling Thrust	58 (Complete the Level 58 Dragoon quest "Sanguine Dragoon")	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s (Base value; the higher the character's Skill Speed stat, the lower the recast time will be)	–	3y	–
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 320. 360 when executed from a target's rear. Can only be executed while under the effect of both Blood of the Dragon and Enhanced Wheeling Thrust. Additional Effect: Extends Blood of the Dragon duration by 10s to a maximum of 30s
Geirskogul	60 (Complete the Level 60 Dragoon quest "Dragoon's Fate")	Ability	Instant	30s	2 Dragon (Only when activating Life of the Dragon)	15y	15y line
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 300 to all enemies in a straight line before you. Can only be executed while under the effect of Blood of the Dragon. Additional Effect: Changes Blood of the Dragon to Life of the Dragon while under the full gaze of the first brood ※Action changes to Nastrond while under the effect of Life of the Dragon.
Sonic Thrust	62	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s (Base value; the higher the character's Skill Speed stat, the lower the recast time will be)	–	10y	10y line
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100 to all enemies in a straight line before you. Combo Action: Doom Spike Combo Potency: 200 Combo Bonus: Increases Blood of the Dragon duration by 10s to a maximum of 30s
Dragon Sight	66	Ability	Instant	120s	–	12y	–
	Grants Right Eye to self, increasing damage dealt by 10%. Also grants target party member Left Eye, increasing damage dealt by 5% as long as target remains within 12 yalms. Duration: 20s
Mirage Dive	68	Ability	Instant	1s	–	20y	–
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 300. Additional Effect: Strengthens the gaze of your Dragon Gauge by 1 while under the effect of Blood of the Dragon or Life of the Dragon Can only be executed when Dive Ready.
Nastrond	70 (Complete the Level 70 Dragoon quest "Dragon Sound")	Ability	Instant	10s	–	15y	15y line
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 400 to all enemies in a straight line before you. Can only be executed while under the effect of Life of the Dragon. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Coerthan Torment 48px	72	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s (Base value; the higher the character's Skill Speed stat, the lower the recast time will be)	–	10y	10y line
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100 to all enemies in a straight line before you. Combo Action: Sonic Thrust Combo Potency: 230 Combo Bonus: Extends Blood of the Dragon duration by 10s to a maximum of 30s
High Jump 48px	74	Ability	Instant	30s	–	20y	–
	Delivers a jumping attack with a potency of 400. Returns you to your original position after the attack is made. Additional Effect: Grants Dive Ready Duration: 15s Cannot be executed while bound.
Raiden Thrust 48px	76	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s (Base value; the higher the character's Skill Speed stat, the lower the recast time will be)	–	3y	–
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 330. Can only be executed when Raiden Thrust Ready. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Stardiver 48px	80	Ability	Instant	30s	–	20y	5y circle
	Delivers a jumping fire-based attack to target and all enemies nearby it with a potency of 600 for the first enemy, and 30% less for all remaining enemies. Can only be executed while under the effect of Life of the Dragon. Cannot be executed while bound.

Role ActionsEdit

Action	Level	Type	Cast	Recast	Range	Radius	Role Affinity
Second Wind	8	Ability	Instant	120s	–	–
	Instantly restores own HP. Cure Potency: 500
Leg Sweep	10	Ability	Instant	40s	3y	–
	Stuns target. Duration: 3s
Bloodbath	12	Ability	Instant	90s	–	–
	Converts a portion of physical damage dealt into HP. Duration: 20s
Feint	22	Ability	Instant	90s	10y	–
	Lowers target's strength and dexterity by 10%. Duration: 10s
Arm's Length	32	Ability	Instant	120s	–	–
	Creates a barrier nullifying most knockback and draw-in effects. Duration: 6s Additional Effect: Slow +20% when barrier is struck Duration: 15s
True North	50	Ability	Instant	45s	–	–
	Nullifies all action direction requirements. Duration: 10s Maximum Charges: 2

TraitsEdit

Name	Level	Description
Lance Mastery	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	70 (Complete the Level 70 Dragoon quest "Dragon Sound")	Allows for the strengthening of the gaze of the first brood upon using Mirage Dive while under the effect of Blood of the Dragon. When the gaze is its strongest (2 units), Geirskogul will grant you the Life of the Dragon status in place of Blood of the Dragon. While under the effect of Life of the Dragon, Geirskogul will change to Nastrond. Life of the Dragon will revert to Blood of the Dragon when duration expires.
Jump Mastery 48px	74	Upgrades Jump to High Jump.
Lance Mastery II 48px	76	Increases the potency of True Thrust to 290, Vorpal Thrust to 140, and Disembowel to 150. Grants Raiden Thrust Ready if Fang and Claw is executed following Wheeling Thrust─or vice versa─while adhering to direction requirements.
Blood of the Dragon Mastery 48px	78	Extends the duration of Blood of the Dragon and Life of the Dragon to 30 seconds.

PvP actionsEdit

Ability	Type	Cast	Recast	Cost	Range	Radius
Raiden Thrust 48px	Weaponskill	Instant	2.4s	–	5y	–
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 1,200. Additional Effect: Grants Blood of the Dragon if not currently under the effect of Life of the Dragon Duration: 15s ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Full Thrust	Weaponskill	Instant	2.4s	–	5y	–
	Delivers an attack to target. Combo Action: Raiden Thrust Combo Potency: 1,400 ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Fang and Claw	Weaponskill	Instant	2.4s	–	5y	–
	Delivers an attack to target. Combo Action: Full Thrust Combo Potency: 1,600 Combo Bonus: Extends Blood of the Dragon or Life of the Dragon duration by 10s, to a maximum of 30s ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Wheeling Thrust	Weaponskill	Instant	2.4s	–	5y	–
	Delivers an attack to target. Combo Action: Chaos Thrust Combo Potency: 1,600 Combo Bonus: Extends Blood of the Dragon or Life of the Dragon duration by 10s, to a maximum of 30s ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Doom Spike 48px	Weaponskill	Instant	2.4s	–	10y	10y line
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 800 to all enemies in a straight line before you. Additional Effect: Grants Blood of the Dragon if not currently under the effect of Life of the Dragon Duration: 15s ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Sonic Thrust 48px	Weaponskill	Instant	2.4s	–	10y	10y line
	Delivers an attack to all enemies in a straight line before you. Combo Action: Doom Spike Combo Potency: 1,000 Combo Bonus: Extends Blood of the Dragon or Life of the Dragon duration by 10s, to a maximum of 30s ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Coerthan Torment 48px	Weaponskill	Instant	2.4s	–	10y	10y line
	Delivers an attack to all enemies in a straight line before you. Combo Action: Sonic Thrust Combo Potency: 1,200 Combo Bonus: Extends Blood of the Dragon or Life of the Dragon duration by 10s, to a maximum of 30s ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Piercing Talon	Weaponskill	Instant	2.4s	–	20y	–
	Delivers a ranged attack with a potency of 800. Potency increases up to 1,600 the farther away you are from the target. Additional Effect: Extends Blood of the Dragon or Life of the Dragon duration by 10s, to a maximum of 30s
High Jump 48px	Ability	Instant	15s	–	20y	–
	Delivers a jumping attack with a potency of 1,600. Returns you to your original position after the attack is made. Additional Effect: Reduces the recast time of Mirage Dive by 15 seconds Cannot be executed while bound.
Spineshatter Dive	Ability	Instant	30s	–	20y	–
	Delivers a jumping attack with a potency of 600. Cannot be executed while bound.
Stardiver 48px	Ability	Instant	45s	–	20y	5y circle
	Delivers a jumping attack with a potency of 2,400 to target and all enemies nearby it. Can only be executed while under the effect of Blood of the Dragon or Life of the Dragon. Cannot be executed while bound.
Elusive Jump	Ability	Instant	30s	–	–	–
	Executes a jump to a location 15 yalms behind you, while removing any Heavy, Bind, or Holmgang effects.
Mirage Dive 48px	Ability	Instant	15s	–	20y	–
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 800. Additional Effect: Strengthens the gaze on your Dragon Gauge by 1 Can only be executed while under the effect of Blood of the Dragon or Life of the Dragon. Maximum Charges: 2
Geirskogul	Ability	Instant	1s	2 Dragon	15y	15y line
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 2,000 to all enemies in a straight line before you. Removes Blood of the Dragon status. Additional Effect: Grants Life of the Dragon Duration: Time remaining on original effect, down to a minimum of 15 seconds Can only be executed while under the effect of Blood of the Dragon. Dragon Gauge Cost: 2 ※Action changes to Nastrond while under the effect of Life of the Dragon.
Life Surge 48px	Ability	Instant	30s	–	–	–
	Increases potency of next weaponskill by 20%. Duration: 5s Additional Effect: Absorbs 100% of damage dealt as HP
Dragon Sight 48px	Ability	Instant	60s	–	15y	–
	Grants Right Eye to self and Left Eye to target party member, increasing your damage dealt by 10% and the target party member's damage dealt by 10%, as long as target remains within 15 yalms. Duration: 10s
Nastrond	Ability	Instant	1s	2 Dragon	15y	15y line
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 2,400 to all enemies in a straight line before you. Removes Life of the Dragon status. Additional Effect: Grants Blood of the Dragon Duration: Time remaining on original effect, down to a minimum of 15 seconds Can only be executed while under the effect of Life of the Dragon. Dragon Gauge Cost: 2 ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

Common ActionsEdit

Common Actions have no cost

Action	Type	Cast	Recast	Range	Radius
Smite 48px	Ability	Instant	30s	5y	—
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 600. Potency increases up to 3,000 as the target's HP decreases.
Bolt 48px	Ability	Instant	60s	—	—
	Movement speed is increased. Duration: 10s
Vanward Potion 48px	Ability	Instant	15s	—	—
	Restores own HP. Cure Potency: 2,000 Potency increases up to 6,000 as HP decreases. Maximum Charges: 3

Additional PvP ActionsEdit

Players are restricted to equipping two Additional PvP Actions at once. These actions have no cost.

Action	Type	Cast	Recast	Range	Radius
Feint 48px	Ability	Instant	45s	15y	—
	Increases damage you deal target by 25%. Duration: 6s
Bloodbath 48px	Ability	Instant	30s	—	—
	Converts 50% of damage dealt into HP. Duration: 6s
Arm's Length 48px	Ability	Instant	45s	—	—
	Reduces damage taken by 10%. Duration: 6s Additional Effect: When you are struck, the striker's damage dealt will be reduced by 10% Duration: 6s
Fetter Ward 48px	Ability	Instant	60s	—	—
	Grants immunity to stun, sleep, bind, heavy, silence, knockback, and draw-in effects. Duration: 10s
Backstep 48px	Ability	Instant	15s	—	—
	Jump 10 yalms back from current position. Cannot be executed while bound.

Limit BreakEdit

Dragoons' Limit Breaks focus on dealing powerful damage to a single target. Dragoons have the same Level 1 and Level 2 limit breaks as other Melee DPS classes.

Ability	Level	Description	Image
Braver	1	Executes a single target attack with a potency of 2300.
Blade Dance	2	Executes a single target attack with a potency of 5000.
Dragonsong Dive	3	Executes a single target attack with a potency of 9000.

Other appearancesEdit

Pictlogica Final FantasyEdit

Final Fantasy Record KeeperEdit

Final Fantasy Trading Card GameEdit

Dragoon and Lancer appear with Lightning-elemental cards.

GalleryEdit

Arms and Gear sets

Abilities

Removed Abilities

EtymologyEdit

[view · edit · purge]A lancer was a type of cavalryman who fought with a lance. Lances were used in mounted warfare by the Assyrians as early as 700 BC and subsequently by Greek, Persian, Gallic, Han-Chinese, nomadic and Roman horsemen. The weapon was widely used in Asia and Europe during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance by armoured cavalry, before being adopted by light cavalry, particularly in Eastern Europe. In a modern context, a lancer regiment usually denotes an armoured regiment.

In the Final Fantasy series, a lancer is usually synonymous with Dragoon.

TriviaEdit

• 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 (though it does "upgrade" into it).
• Despite the official in-game description of the Lancer stating it can out-range opponents, the range of spears are no different than that of swords and axes used by the other melee classes.
• Square Enix's Eorzea Cafe serves a dish called "Dragoon's pasta ~Sakura style~" with a description that translates to: A plate of pasta inspired by the flashes of pink in fields of green left by the "Dragoon's" Cherry Blossom ability. A Dragoon's spear has been thrust into this mix of fresh spinach pasta, cherry blossoms, and sakura shrimp!
• Lancer/Dragoon so far remains the only class to not share a gear type with any other, uniquely using Maiming gear.