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Dragoon Melee DPS

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.

Starting Job Quest Prerequisite Class: Lancer

Last Update: -

All descriptions are based on action attributes and bonuses attained by level 90.
For further details on changes to actions and traits, please refer to the patch notes.

Actions & Traits

Job Actions

Action Name

Acquired

Type

Cast

Recast

MP Cost

Range

Radius

Effect

True Thrust

Lv. 1

 Weaponskill Instant 2.5s - 3y
0y 		Delivers an attack with a potency of 230.

※Action changes to Raiden Thrust while under the effect of Draconian Fire.

Vorpal Thrust

Lv. 4

 Weaponskill Instant 2.5s - 3y
0y 		Delivers an attack with a potency of 130.
Combo Action: True Thrust
Combo Potency: 280

Life Surge

Lv. 6

 Ability Instant 45s - 0y
0y 		Ensures critical damage for first weaponskill used while Life Surge is active.
Duration: 5s
Increases damage dealt when under an effect that raises critical hit rate.
Effect cannot be applied to damage over time.
Additional Effect: Absorbs a portion of damage dealt as HP
Maximum Charges: 2

Piercing Talon
Class Quest

Lv. 15

 Weaponskill Instant 2.5s - 20y
0y 		Delivers a ranged attack with a potency of 150.

Disembowel

Lv. 18

 Weaponskill Instant 2.5s - 3y
0y 		Delivers an attack with a potency of 140.
Combo Action: True Thrust
Combo Potency: 250
Combo Bonus: Grants Power Surge
Power Surge Effect: Increases damage dealt by 10%
Duration: 30s

Full Thrust

Lv. 26

 Weaponskill Instant 2.5s - 3y
0y 		Delivers an attack with a potency of 100.
Combo Action: Vorpal Thrust
Combo Potency: 400
Combo Bonus: Grants Fang and Claw Bared
Duration: 30s
Effect of Fang and Claw Bared ends upon execution of any melee weaponskill.

Lance Charge
Class Quest

Lv. 30

 Ability Instant 60s - 0y
0y 		Increases damage dealt by 10%.
Duration: 20s

Jump
Job Quest

Lv. 30

 Ability Instant 30s - 20y
0y 		Delivers a jumping attack with a potency of 320. 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
Job Quest

Lv. 35

 Ability Instant 30s - 0y
0y 		Executes a jump to a location 15 yalms behind you.
Cannot be executed while bound.

Doom Spike
Job Quest

Lv. 40

 Weaponskill Instant 2.5s - 10y
10y 		Delivers an attack with a potency of 110 to all enemies in a straight line before you.

※Action changes to Draconian Fury when under the effect of Draconian Fire.

Spineshatter Dive
Job Quest

Lv. 45

 Ability Instant 60s - 20y
0y 		Delivers a jumping attack with a potency of 250.
Maximum Charges: 2
Cannot be executed while bound.

Chaos Thrust

Lv. 50

 Weaponskill Instant 2.5s - 3y
0y 		Delivers an attack with a potency of 100.
140 when executed from a target's rear.
Combo Action: Disembowel
Combo Potency: 220
Rear Combo Potency: 260
Combo Bonus: Damage over time
Potency: 40
Duration: 24s
Combo Bonus: Grants Wheel in Motion
Duration: 30s
Effect of Wheel in Motion ends upon execution of any melee weaponskill.

Dragonfire Dive
Job Quest

Lv. 50

 Ability Instant 120s - 20y
5y 		Delivers a jumping fire-based attack with a potency of 300 to target and all enemies nearby it.
Cannot be executed while bound.

Battle Litany
Job Quest

Lv. 52

 Ability Instant 120s - 0y
15y 		Increases critical hit rate of self and nearby party members by 10%.
Duration: 15s

Fang and Claw
Job Quest

Lv. 56

 Weaponskill Instant 2.5s - 3y
0y 		Delivers an attack with a potency of 260.
300 when executed from a target's flank.
Can only be executed while under the effect of Fang and Claw Bared, granted by Heavens' Thrust.

Wheeling Thrust
Job Quest

Lv. 58

 Weaponskill Instant 2.5s - 3y
0y 		Delivers an attack with a potency of 260.
300 when executed from a target's rear.
Can only be executed while under the effect of Wheel in Motion, granted by Chaotic Spring.

Geirskogul
Job Quest

Lv. 60

 Ability Instant 30s - 15y
15y 		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.
Additional Effect: Grants 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

Lv. 62

 Weaponskill Instant 2.5s - 10y
10y 		Delivers an attack with a potency of 100 to all enemies in a straight line before you.
Combo Action: Doom Spike
Combo Potency: 120
Combo Bonus: Grants Power Surge
Power Surge Effect: Increases damage dealt by 10%
Duration: 30s

Dragon Sight

Lv. 66

 Ability Instant 120s - 30y
0y 		Grants Right Eye to self, increasing damage dealt by 10%. Also grants target party member Left Eye, increasing damage dealt by 5%.
Duration: 20s

Mirage Dive

Lv. 68

 Ability Instant 1s - 20y
0y 		Delivers an attack with a potency of 200.
Additional Effect: Strengthens the gaze of your Dragon Gauge by 1
Can only be executed when Dive Ready.

Nastrond
Job Quest

Lv. 70

 Ability Instant 10s - 15y
15y 		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.
Can only be executed while under the effect of Life of the Dragon.

※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

Coerthan Torment

Lv. 72

 Weaponskill Instant 2.5s - 10y
10y 		Delivers an attack with a potency of 100 to all enemies in a straight line before you.
Combo Action: Sonic Thrust
Combo Potency: 150
Combo Bonus: Grants Draconian Fire
Duration: 30s

High Jump

Lv. 74

 Ability Instant 30s - 20y
0y 		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

Lv. 76

 Weaponskill Instant 2.5s - 3y
0y 		Delivers an attack with a potency of 280.
Additional Effect: Sharpens the Firstminds' Focus by 1
Can only be executed while under the effect of Draconian Fire.

※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

Stardiver

Lv. 80

 Ability Instant 30s - 20y
5y 		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.
Can only be executed while under the effect of Life of the Dragon.
Cannot be executed while bound.

Draconian Fury

Lv. 82

 Weaponskill Instant 2.5s - 10y
10y 		Delivers an attack with a potency of 130 to all enemies in a straight line before you.
Additional Effect: Sharpens the Firstminds' Focus by 1
Can only be executed while under the effect of Draconian Fire.

※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

Heavens' Thrust

Lv. 86

 Weaponskill Instant 2.5s - 3y
0y 		Delivers an attack with a potency of 100.
Combo Action: Vorpal Thrust
Combo Potency: 480
Combo Bonus: Grants Fang and Claw Bared
Duration: 30s
Effect of Fang and Claw Bared ends upon execution of any melee weaponskill.

Chaotic Spring

Lv. 86

 Weaponskill Instant 2.5s - 3y
0y 		Delivers an attack with a potency of 100.
140 when executed from a target's rear.
Combo Action: Disembowel
Combo Potency: 260
Rear Combo Potency: 300
Combo Bonus: Damage over time
Potency: 45
Duration: 24s
Combo Bonus: Grants Wheel in Motion
Duration: 30s
Effect of Wheel in Motion ends upon execution of any melee weaponskill.

Wyrmwind Thrust

Lv. 90

 Ability Instant 10s - 15y
15y 		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.
Firstminds' Focus Cost: 2

Role Actions

Role actions are abilities common to classes and jobs with the same role.

Action Name

Acquired

Type

Cast

Recast

MP Cost

Range

Radius

Effect

Second Wind

Lv. 8

 Ability Instant 120s - 0y
0y 		Instantly restores own HP.
Cure Potency: 500

Leg Sweep

Lv. 10

 Ability Instant 40s - 3y
0y 		Stuns target.
Duration: 3s

Bloodbath

Lv. 12

 Ability Instant 90s - 0y
0y 		Converts a portion of physical damage dealt into HP.
Duration: 20s

Feint

Lv. 22

 Ability Instant 90s - 10y
0y 		Lowers target's physical damage dealt by 10% and magic damage dealt by 5%.
Duration: 10s

Arm's Length

Lv. 32

 Ability Instant 120s - 0y
0y 		Creates a barrier nullifying most knockback and draw-in effects.
Duration: 6s
Additional Effect: Slow +20% when barrier is struck
Duration: 15s

True North

Lv. 50

 Ability Instant 45s - 0y
0y 		Nullifies all action direction requirements.
Duration: 10s
Maximum Charges: 2

Trait

Traits

Acquired

Effect

Blood of the Dragon
Job Quest

Lv. 54

 Increases the potency of Jump to 320 and Spineshatter Dive to 250.

Lance Mastery

Lv. 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
Job Quest

Lv. 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.
Duration: 20s

Jump Mastery

Lv. 74

 Upgrades Jump to High Jump.

Lance Mastery II

Lv. 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.
Duration: 30s
Effect of Draconian Fire ends upon execution of any melee weaponskill.
Upgrades True Thrust to Raiden Thrust while under the effect of Draconian Fire.

Life of the Dragon Mastery

Lv. 78

 Extends the duration of Life of the Dragon to 30 seconds.

Enhanced Coerthan Torment

Lv. 82

 Grants the effect of Draconian Fire after successfully completing a combo with Coerthan Torment.
Duration: 30s
Effect of Draconian Fire ends upon execution of any melee weaponskill.
Upgrades Doom Spike to Draconian Fury while under the effect of Draconian Fire.

Enhanced Spineshatter Dive

Lv. 84

 Allows the accumulation of charges for consecutive uses of Spineshatter Dive.
Maximum Charges: 2

Lance Mastery III

Lv. 86

 Upgrades Full Thrust to Heavens' Thrust and Chaos Thrust to Chaotic Spring.

Enhanced Life Surge

Lv. 88

 Allows the accumulation of charges for consecutive uses of Life Surge.
Maximum Charges: 2

Lance Mastery IV

Lv. 90

 Increases the potency of Geirskogul to 260 and Nastrond to 360.
Allows for the sharpening of the Firstminds' Focus upon successfully landing Raiden Thrust or Draconian Fury, up to a maximum of 2 units.

Combos

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

Combo Sequence

Effect

True Thrust

Vorpal Thrust

Heavens' Thrust
(Full Thrust)

Deals high damage and grants Fang and Claw Bared. When you reach level 86, the action Full Thrust is upgraded to Heavens' Thrust, further increasing the combo's damage.

Disembowel

Chaotic Spring
(Chaos Thrust)

Increases damage dealt and grants Wheel in Motion. When you reach level 86, the action Chaos Thrust is upgraded to Chaotic Spring, further increasing the combo's damage.

Doom Spike

Sonic Thrust

Coerthan Torment

Hits multiple enemies while increasing damage dealt. Grants Draconian Fire.

* Actions shown in parentheses are used before acquiring certain traits.

Job Gauge

Dragon Gauge

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 Geirskogul 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 strengthen the Firstminds' Focus.
When strengthened to maximum, you can execute the action Wyrmwind Thrust.

Simple Mode

Life of the Dragon

First Brood's Gaze

Firstminds' Focus

All descriptions are based on action attributes and bonuses attained by level 90.
For further details on changes to actions and traits, please refer to the patch notes.

Last Update: -

For further details on changes to actions, please refer to the patch notes.

Actions

Job Actions

Action Name

Type

Cast

Recast

MP Cost

Range

Radius

Effect

Raiden Thrust

Weaponskill Instant 2.4s - 5y
0y 		Delivers an attack with a potency of 3,000.

※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

Fang and Claw

Weaponskill Instant 2.4s - 5y
0y 		Delivers an attack with a potency of 4,000.
Combo Action: Raiden Thrust

※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

Wheeling Thrust

Weaponskill Instant 2.4s - 5y
0y 		Delivers an attack with a potency of 5,000.
Combo Action: Fang and Claw

※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

Chaotic Spring

Weaponskill Instant 15s - 5y
0y 		Delivers an attack with a potency of 8,000.
Additional Effect: Absorbs 150% of damage dealt as HP
This weaponskill does not share a recast timer with any other actions.

Geirskogul

Ability Instant 20s - 15y
15y 		Delivers an attack with a potency of 4,000 to all enemies in a straight line before you.
Additional Effect: Grants Life of the Dragon
Life of the Dragon Effect: Increases damage dealt and damage suffered by 25%
Duration: 10s

※Action changes to Nastrond upon execution.

High Jump

Ability Instant 10s - 20y
0y 		Delivers a jumping attack with a potency of 5,000.
Additional Effect: Grants Heavensent
Duration: 10s
Cannot be executed while bound.

※Wheeling Thrust Combo changes to Heavens' Thrust while under the effect of Heavensent.

Elusive Jump

Ability Instant 20s - 0y
0y 		Executes a jump to a location 15 yalms behind you.
Additional Effect: Removes Heavy and Bind
Additional Effect: Increases movement speed
Duration: 5s
Additional Effect: Grants Firstminds' Focus
Duration: 10s

※Action changes to Wyrmwind Thrust while under the effect of Firstminds' Focus.

Horrid Roar

Ability Instant 25s - 0y
10y 		Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 2,000 to all nearby enemies.
Additional Effect: Afflicts target with Horrid Roar
Horrid Roar Effect: Reduces damage target deals to you by 50%
Duration: 10s

Heavens' Thrust

Weaponskill Instant 2.4s - 5y
0y 		Delivers an attack with a potency of 10,000.
Can only be executed while under the effect of Heavensent.

※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

Nastrond

Ability Instant 1s - 15y
15y 		Delivers an attack with a potency of 4,000 to all enemies in a straight line before you.
Potency increases up to 8,000 as the target's HP decreases, reaching its maximum value when the target has 50% HP or less.
Can only be executed while under the effect of Life of the Dragon. Effect fades upon execution.

※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

Wyrmwind Thrust

Weaponskill Instant 2.4s - 20y
20y 		Delivers an attack with a potency of 4,000 to all enemies in a straight line before you.
Potency increases up to 16,000 the farther away you are from the target, reaching its maximum value when the target is 15 yalms away.
Can only be executed while under the effect of Firstminds' Focus.

※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

Limit Break

The limit break gauge can be filled through combating enemies and completing other objectives, dependent on the PvP duty. Your limit break will become available upon filling the gauge.

Action Name

Cast

Recast

MP Cost

Range

Radius

Effect

Sky High

Instant 10s - 0y
0y 		Jump high into the air, preventing enemies from targeting you. Movement is still possible before landing.
Duration: 5s
Additional Effect: Removes Heavy, Bind, and Half-asleep
Executes Sky Shatter automatically when effect duration expires.
Can only be executed when the limit gauge is full.

※Action changes to Sky Shatter upon execution.

Sky Shatter

Instant 1s - 0y
10y 		Delivers an attack with a potency of 20,000 to all nearby enemies.
Potency increases by 50% when targets are within 5 yalms.
Additional Effect: Creates a barrier that absorbs damage totaling 25% of your maximum HP
Duration: 10s
Can only be executed while under the effect of Sky High.

※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

Common Actions

These actions are shared by all jobs.

Action Name

Type

Cast

Recast

MP Cost

Range

Radius

Effect

Standard-issue Elixir

Ability 4.5s 5s - 0y
0y 		Restores your HP and MP to maximum.
Casting will be interrupted when damage is taken.

Recuperate

Ability Instant 1s 2500 MP 0y
0y 		Restores own HP.
Cure Potency: 15,000

Purify

Ability Instant 30s - 0y
0y 		Removes Stun, Heavy, Bind, Silence, Half-asleep, Sleep, and Deep Freeze.
Grants Resilience upon successfully removing one of the aforementioned effects.
Resilience Effect: Nullifies status afflictions that can be removed by Purify
Duration: 5s
Can be used even when under the effect of certain status afflictions.

Guard

Ability Instant 30s - 0y
0y 		Reduces damage taken by 90% and grants immunity to Stun, Heavy, Bind, Silence, Half-asleep, Sleep, Deep Freeze, and knockback and draw-in effects.
Duration: 5s
Movement speed is reduced by 50% for the duration of this effect.
Effect ends upon reuse, using another action, or when the effect duration expires.

Sprint

Ability Instant 1.5s - 0y
0y 		Increases movement speed.
Effect ends upon reuse or execution of another action.

For further details on changes to actions, please refer to the patch notes.