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.
Melee Role Actions Guide: https://youtu.be/t6cm4i-quzs
Guide to my HUD: https://youtu.be/GgXOHas9GyY
Dictionary of Terms (if you need): https://youtu.be/Oi8-myAY-Uc
Rotation images: https://imgur.com/a/LF2skIt
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Timestamps:
Intro: 0:00
Playstyle Summary 1:51
L1. True Thrust: 2:54
L4. Vorpal Thrust: 3:06
L6. Life Surge: 3:39
Role Actions: Second Wind, Leg Sweep, and Bloodbath: 4:22
L15. Piercing Talon: 4:45
L18. Disembowel: 5:42
Role Action: Feint: 6:22
L26. Full Thrust: 6:26
L30. Lance Charge: 7:04
Job Requirements: 7:33
L30. Jump: 7:47
L30. Opener: 9:33
Role Action: Arm’s Length: 11:01
L35. Elusive Jump: 11:06
L40. Doom Spike: 12:37
L45. Spineshatter Dive: 13:44
Role Action: True North: 14:38
L50. Chaos Thrust: 14:44
L50. Dragonfire Dive: 16:26
L50. Opener: 17:20
L52. Battle Litany: 20:21
L54. Blood of the Dragon: 20:59
L56. Fang and Claw: 21:34
L58. Wheeling Thrust: 22:19
L60. Geirskogul: 22:43
L60. Opener: 23:32
L62. Sonic Thrust: 25:20
L64. Lance Mastery: 26:12
L66. Dragon Sight: 27:37
L68. Mirage Dive: 29:18
L70. Life of the Dragon and Nastrond: 30:19
L70. Opener: 31:53
L72. Coerthan Torment: 35:04
L74. Jump Mastery and High Jump: 35:35
L76. Lance Mastery II and Raiden Thrust: 35:39
L78. Life of the Dragon Mastery: 36:35
L80. Stardiver: 37:00
L82. Enhanced Coerthan Torment and Draconian Fury: 38:20
L84. Enhanced Spineshatter Diver: 38:46
L86. Lance Mastery III, Heavens’ Thrust, and Chaotic Spring: 39:10
L88. Enhanced Life Surge: 39:44
L90. Lance Mastery IV: Wyrmwind Thrust: 40:03
L90. Opener: 41:24
Outro: 43:55
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THANK YOUUUU I needed this so much
this one took a WHILE to get here o.o (rip dragoon main)
Thank you!!❤️
I've been patiently waiting 🤚🏾😩🧎🏾♀️
I trust noone, but you, to confirm my rotation. (Main DRG lvl 90)
16:48 buff dragonfire dive with power surge? I'm assuming you misspoke
Back in Shb you wanted Star Diver to be called Mortal Chorus, now you want it to be called Final Chorus, is this going to be a running gack for the next expansions? °L°
I'm the type of player whose the in middle ground of jumping. Always have been. Got totally comfortable to the rhythm once I got the Job Stone. Still every now and then I double weave a jump pre-6.1, but now, I sometimes triple-weave lmao. I honestly thought other melees had a similar pace with an unboosted SKS, cuz I started lancer, but I quickly learned DRG is the odd one of the bunch.
I quite enjoyed the maniacal laughter there, haha
Great timing, i started playing DRG a few days ago and just got 50. Thanks a lot man, your guides are awesome.
I like AST it’s a fun job
Perfect timing, I just started leveling my DRG today 😀
Watch as you go from typical floor tank to Wesk tier drg main :3
Your delivery on the karaoke openers seems better in this video
i keep enochian on my hotbar for the same reason. remember the fallen, never forget.
Thanks wesk I leveled all the way to 80 and still have no idea what I am doing
I'm guessing the foreshadowing part at the end is about SAM?
Is there a single person in the world happy about the removal of kaiten?
I honestly hope the 6.2 changes are more Qol type changes. Stuff like dragon sight being streamlined to something more workable then one of the small handful of skills you actively want to macro for convenience. I’ve got like, 7 Macros for team members 2-8 just because of particular jobs.
Alternative title: how to dunk on Mario, Drake & Future, and Michael Jordan in 40 minutes or less.
Gotta say, been looking forward to this one. Dragoon has always done flashy well, and that train analogy feels right. it might take a few more seconds but you'll get crushed pretty solidly. Awesome video and looking forward to more as always.
Thank you for putting all this work into your videos man. Releasing all this information for free really helps the community.
This class was my main through SHB before I switched to GNB for EW. I guess the love for weaving never goes away, lol
Funny thing about Mirage dive. If you already had mirage dive and high jump on your hotbar before the update, mirage dive will stay on your bar as a separate button without needing the macro
In the level 90 opener, why is the 2nd life surge used before mirage dive?
How would you recommend people that can't Double Weave should adjust these openers?
that chaos reference lol
Ahh I'm so happy I've been hoping you would get around to dragoon again! Your guides are the reason I understand rotations in the first place (only been playing since October). First thing I do when I start a new class is look for one of your videos. Thank you so much!!
As for the potential 6.2 changes: I believe they're going to axe Life Surge since it's basically just a glorified "buff FT/HT or 5th combo hit" button that doesn't really add or subtract from any resources. They could simply add potency to HT/F&C/WT and AOE buttons. I don't think DRG "mains" would miss Life Surge to the same level SAM "mains" do Kaiten.
I would like for Dragon Sight to be less "clunky" in it's primary usage, but wouldn't mind it going the way of the Dodo bird and have a portion of it's damage rolled into Lance Charge, OR adding a +5% raidwide damage increase to Battle Litany on top of the crit it already provides.
Changes outside of this is when things get kind of scary. To me, DRG is basically the BLM of Melee when it comes to being a consistantly enjoyable job for several expansions in a row.
Lowering the level DRG (and NIN/Healers?) acquire AOE at should've happened years ago.
#ReduceStardiveranimationlock
I just got this job to 90 its got a weird feel to its flow. I really needed this
DRG is my favorite job, even though it's one of my worst DPS. Thanks to your guides, I think I'm still pretty decent at it, though. I remember in the early days of my playtime, I used to just use jump after full thrust no matter what because it seemed like a cool combo!
Been waiting for this since its ur main and mine also!
i'm glad i'm not the only one who keeps blood of the dragon on their hotbar despite it not being usable anymore
Started with DRG from the very beginning and still levelling as main first job (currently Lvl 73). In the Legacy DRG video you had the jump order as Jump > Spine shatter dive > Dragonfire Dive, I was just wondering why Spine shatter got moved to the end? I assume its burst damage window is better or just animation timing, but wasn't too sure of the exact reasoning, unless I missed it.
Also your vids so far have been really helpful to me for getting the essentials of how the class functions.
Noooooo you reminded me they are planning to change DRG 😩. Honestly though, you can tell DRG is the dev team's favorite job. In the last 10 job patches it has only ever gotten better. It is easily the most fun I have playing this game and I always get a huge dopamine boost by poking monsters with my pointy stick
Also it's nice to watch a FF14 video that's not about plugins and ACT right now