New? Got too many skills? Made the mistake of using a level skip and have no idea what anything does? Just hate reading? Try this guide out!
This guide seeks to teach new Dragoons how to Dragoon properly, without getting too deep into optimization. I’ll be showing off and explaining some openers but not delving too much deeper beyond that and general skill usage. Endgame is a long way away and there’s lots to learn along the way. Start slow and work your way up one skill at a time! Then, graduate to more advanced guides.
General DPSing Guide: https://youtu.be/QV7gLorSweo
Melee Role Actions Guide: https://youtu.be/Wuhci5l7Xl4
Guide to my HUD: https://youtu.be/GgXOHas9GyY
Dictionary of Terms: https://youtu.be/Oi8-myAY-Uc
Rotation images: https://imgur.com/a/F5N5dwY
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Timestamps:
Intro: 0:00
Playstyle Summary: 1:48
L1. True Thrust: 2:44
L4. Vorpal Thrust: 2:56
L6. Life Surge: 3:22
Role Actions: 4:03
L15. Piercing Talon: 4:24
L18. Disembowel: 5:13
Role Actions: 5:45
L26. Full Thrust: 5:50
L30. Lance Charge: 6:21
Job Requirements: 6:45
L30. Jump: 7:00
Role Actions: 7:41
L35. Elusive Jump: 7:45
L40. Doom Spike: 8:52
L45. Winged Glide: 9:54
Role Actions: 10:53
L50. Chaos Thrust: 10:58
L50. Dragonfire Dive: 12:24
L50. Opener: 13:14
L50. AoE Opener: 14:51
L52. Battle Litany: 15:59
L54. Enhanced Jump: 16:40
L56. Fang and Claw: 16:52
L58. Wheeling Thrust: 17:22
L60. Geirskogul: 17:41
L60. Openers: 18:26
L62. Sonic Thrust: 20:07
L64. Drakesbane: 20:43
L68. Mirage Dive: 21:30
L70. Life of the Dragon and Nastrond: 22:03
L70. Openers: 23:10
L72. Coerthan Torment: 25:13
L74. Jump Mastery and High Jump: 25:31
L76. Lance Mastery and Raiden Thrust: 25:44
L80. Stardiver: 26:38
L80. Openers: 27:45
L82. Enhanced Coerthan Torment and Draconian Fury: 28:29
L84. Enhanced Winged Glide: 28:57
L86. Lance Mastery II, Heavens’ Thrust, and Chaotic Spring: 29:31
L88. Enhanced Life Surge: 30:03
L90. Lance Mastery III and Wyrmwind Thrust: 30:38
L90. Openers: 32:12
L92. Enhanced Dragonfire Dive and Rise of the Dragon: 33:23
L94. Melee Mastery: 34:12
L96. Lance Mastery IV: 34:30
L100. Enhanced Stardiver and Starcross: 34:51
L100. Opener: 36:24
L100. AoE Opener: 39:05
Outro: 39:39
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A couple notes about the jumps that might clarify things for newbies: Jump/High Jump do say in their tooltips that they return you to your original location, functionally, this means your hitbox does not move, and you cannot use it to dodge AoEs by hitting a distant enemy. Because your hitbox doesn't move, using Jump/High Jump into an AoE should be safe, but probably not worth the risk (Jump/High Jump used to have weird hitbox shenanigans until relatively recently, uncertain if any of it remains despite claims). Dragonfire Dive and Stardiver will both move you to the target (not explicitly in the tooltips, but mentioned by Wesk at 13:12 and 26:51 respectively).
Man, losing Eye of the Dragon buffs on Mirage Dive really tanked its value.
(insert Chie Satonaka "T r I a L o F t H e D r A g O n")
Oh shit it's Dragooners time
The opening joke alone deserves a hearty like from me
Awesome work, sir. Thank you for keeping up with the series and in order of most changes.
Hey Wesk…LETS GOOOOO!
"I am named Kyle" XD
Quick someone send this to Cider Spider 😆
Finally, the one true job.
i was super nervous about the dragoon rework going into dawntrail, but between the upgraded 2nd combo attacks (GOD i love spiral blow's animation) and the new extra ogcd buttons to mash, along with the geirskogul/nastrond rework, dragoon's burst phase has honestly never felt more satisfying to me. i'll always be disappointed by the more utility and jank team-based skills going away, but the emphasized vibes of having a nice smooth filler phase attached to such an insanely active burst phase is still satisfying after all these years.
Wunderbar!
I’m surprised this wasn’t saved for last as his main
Jobs that were promised a rework:
– Astrologian
– Dragoon
Jobs that got a rework:
– Astrologian
– Black Mage
– Monk
– Ninja
– Samurai
– Viper
– Black Mage
– Monk
Also this might come across as whiney but is anyone else not a fan of the current Balance opener? I only looked it up recently and apparently I’ve technically been doing it wrong, but I honestly just prefer the flow of the “anti-triple weave” opener right now
Another great video as always, Wesk
A note on Battle Litany/Life Surge
The two buff does have a synergy, Life Surge's tooltip mention that damage is also increased while under any effect that raise critical hit rate, like Battle Litany
The dragoon player base was dying thanks for being a true gooner
I love your guides they are so in depth and you show the rotation so it's easier to follow
Blood of the dragon with the F4 is a great little joke lol
Hello Kyle
Hi Kyle!! Thanks for this awesome guide. I can continue leveling DRG now.
I'm curious but in this video as well as the previous one, you seemed to be using Stone, Sky, Sea at different level caps. Is it a new feature in Dawntrail or something else entirely ? I thought SSS didn't have level sync.
Going from picto to this is gonna kill me srs
Wow
Double weave for the whole opener (except Stardiver, of course).
And some people still complain the job isn't busy.
To me, this is called busy especially jobs with many weird cooldown abilities (non 60x sec cooldown) because mostly they need manual tracking, and most of the time, I missed when to hit.
I'm glad I watched this. I didn't have winged glide on my bar because I only got to 56 before dt started and haven't gotten back to leaving it.
Thanks for another amazing video wesk!
wish starcross had a bit more range :/
Literally just finished a different class, and decided to start leveling Dragoon.
You have to start including the potion in the opener, yeah I know it's not necessary in normal content but neither is a perfect opener necessary either. Make your guides complete with the inclusion of potions in the opener.
I miss karaoke openers from earlier levels :c
thank you for the dragoon guide! i was waiting for it as a fellow dragoon main and hmmm i may have been using the buffs a bit earlier than i should…😅 time to hit the dummy for practice…!
I can hear the passion you have for this job through your voice. Neat video, will definitely revisit when I finally unlock Dragoon! You're invaluable to all my job leveling experiences
Thanks for the guide. I love watching a good Dragoon.
Such a shame it's a job that I'll forever bench on my inability to double weave without clipping (live a continent away from the servers).
Thanks as always. You continue to be a class act.
Great guide, as always!
What's your recommendation on pre Lvl 90 Life Surge after the opener? Use on cooldown, even on not optimal GCDs to fit 3 every 120s rotation, or use only on Drakesbane/Full Trust?
🙌new upload 🎉
Olá estava mesmo precisando de um guia de dragoon, obrigado pelo ótimo vídeo.
Dragoon is so boring. How can anyone play it?
man I wish there wasn't so much more weaving now than in shadowbringers, I can't even play it in high lag anymore, it used to be my saving grace for melee dps 🙁
Wait – since when Fang and Claw -> Wheeling Thrust (and the opposite) is gone? I remember getting to that part and it annoyed me to no end – 2 different positionals next to each other when you also have double-weaves and jump animation locks was too much. True North helped but it wasn't always available (I kept one charge for emergencies).
So instead linking those two skills there's non-positional combo finisher that's also be life surge spender? And there's less animation locking on jumps? What a fantastic QoL changes.
i thought his name was nidhogg
I'll always remember that DRG that elusive jump into the ghost circle right after his limit break in a really tight window before the ghost wiping attack on deadwalk. instant commendation.
Im playing a game where I guess the next levelling video. I got it wrong this time. (Thought it'd be GNB)