Dragoon (Tactics)

Dragoon
竜騎士 (Ryūkishi?, lit. Dragon Knight)
Portrait(s)
Sprite(s)
Availability
Required jobs	Thief level 4 ((level 3 in original release))
Abilities
Stats	High base attack, very low base magic, high HP, low base MP See stats
Weapons	Polearms
Armor	Helmets, Armor, Robes
Command abilities	Jump See Jump
Support abilities	See reaction abilities, support abilities, movement abilities
More information
Recurring appearance

Dragoon (originally localized as Lancer and Dragon Knight in Japanese promotional materials) is a job from Final Fantasy Tactics. A physically-based job, Dragoons fear no heights since their Jump command lets them reach nearly anywhere on the map, provided they have learned enough Horizontal Jump abilities. Dragoons have access to the Ignore Elevation ability, which allows them to move to any tiles regardless of elevation. If the horizontal and vertical Jump 8 abilities are learned, it becomes pointless to get the lesser counterparts for smaller Jump range, except for the sake of mastering the job. This is because the game allows the player to jump any number of spaces between their character and eight spaces away without the other abilities.

It costs 6,760 JP to master Dragoon in the original version, but in The War of the Lions remake it requires 9,150 JP to master.

Leveling Dragoon to level 2 with Knight and Monk unlocks Samurai; leveling up to level 4 along with Squire, Chemist, Geomancer, Summoner, and Orator unlocks Mime; leveling up to level 4 with Geomancer unlocks Dancer for female units; and mastering this job along with Geomancer, Knight, Black Mage, Samurai, and Ninja, as well as having 20 kills with the unit (the defeated units must turn into crystals or chests to count as kills), will unlock Dark Knight.

Stats

A warrior who may make soaring Jump attacks even in full armor, the dragoon is also a master spearman.

Description

Prerequisite		Weapons	Helmet	Armor	Equip Shields?
Original	WoL
Lv. 3 Thief	Lv. 4 Thief	Polearms	Helmets	Armor, Robes	Yes

Move Rate	Jump Rate	Speed	Physical Evasion Rate	Base Attack	Base Magic	Base HP	Base MP
3	4	8	15%	High	Very Low	High	Low

Abilities

Jump

Dragoon job command. Jumps high into the air, then dives downward into the opponent.

Description

The damage formula for Jump is as follows:

${\text{Physical Attack}}\times {\text{Weapon Strength}}$ (+50% if a polearm is equipped).

The charge time for Jump is as follows:

$(50/{\text{Speed}}){\text{ ticks}}$

Name	Range	Effect	Speed	JP Needed
Horizontal Jump 2	2	1	—	150
	Jump 2 tiles horizontally.
Horizontal Jump 3	3	1	—	300/350
	Jump 3 tiles horizontally.
Horizontal Jump 4	4	1	—	450/550
	Jump 4 tiles horizontally.
Horizontal Jump 5	5	1	—	600/800
	Jump 5 tiles horizontally.
Horizontal Jump 8	8	1	—	900/1100
	Jump 8 tiles horizontally.
Vertical Jump 2	0	1	—	100
	Jump 2 tiles vertically.
Vertical Jump 3	0	1	—	200/250
	Jump 3 tiles vertically.
Vertical Jump 4	0	1	—	300/400
	Jump 4 tiles vertically.
Vertical Jump 5	0	1	—	400/550
	Jump 5 tiles vertically.
Vertical Jump 6	0	1	—	500/700
	Jump 6 tiles vertically.
Vertical Jump 7	0	1	—	600/1000
	Jump 7 tiles vertically.
Vertical Jump 8	0	1	—	900/1500
	Jump 8 tiles vertically.

Reaction abilities

Name	Description	Trigger	JP Needed
Dragonheart (Dragon Spirit)	Recover from KO status. Effect: Reraise.	Physical Attack	560/600

Support abilities

Name	Description	JP Needed
Equip Polearms (Equip Spears)	Equip polearms, regardless of job.	400

Movement abilities

Ignore Elevation is like Bard/Dancer's Fly ability, except it offers no protection from traps and will still be hindered by water/sand.

Name	Description	JP Needed
Ignore Elevation (Ignore Height)	Move to tiles of any height, regardless of Jump attribute.	700

Other appearances

Final Fantasy Record Keeper

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Final Fantasy Trading Card Game

Dragoons appear on cards.

Male Dragoon.

Female Dragoon.

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Non-Final Fantasy guest appearances

Knights of the Crystals

Dragoon appears as a card in the Ivalice Special Arena has a limited-time special arena with eighteen floors.

Male card.

Female card.

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Gallery

Male Dragoon.

Female Dragoon.

Male Dragoon.

Jump.

Dragonheart.

Ignore Elevation.

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Etymology

[view · edit · purge]"Dragoon" is the traditional name for a special soldier type in classical European warfare. Unlike in Final Fantasy, the original dragoons did not fight with lances, that being the job of "lancers"—a different soldier class. Dragoons were infantry that rode on horseback, but fought on foot. Originally they fought with a musket called the "dragoon," giving them the name. The dragoons' arsenal expanded to include guns, sabres, and axes. During the Napoleonic Wars they became medium cavalry and reached the height of their popularity.

After the Napoleonic Wars, to make better use of the number of men the European military had, the dragoons were trained to use lances and lancers became obsolete. Thanks to the advances of modern warfare, dragoons lost their niche and modern dragoon units exist only for ceremonial purposes.