Dragon Knight

A dragoon from FFXI
Also known as	Dragoon, Lancer
Type	Physical
Skills	Jump

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The Dragon Knight is portrayed as a skilled warrior class, though usually unable to wear heavy armor. This Knight's weapons of choice are spears and lances. Meshing well with this choice of weapon is the Dragon Knight's signature skill: a leaping attack. The traditional Dragoon "Jump" command (and its kin) causes the Dragon Knight to launch skyward, usually to remain in the air for the equivalent of one combat round or so. During this time the Dragoon cannot be harmed or even targeted by friend or foe, and is effectively out of the battle. From above, some Dragon Knights thrust downward with their spears, falling upon and skewering their foes. In some incarnations, these warriors choose instead to toss the weapon down from on high, adding the momentum of their fall to that imparted by their throw. Either way, the attack causes approximately twice as much damage as an attack launched from the ground. In addition, the Dragon Knight's speed and skill at handling such potentially unwieldy weaponry allows an experienced Dragon Knight to strike multiple times during one combat round.In rare cases they can inherit powers of dragon and maybe change into one. Armor or armour (see spelling differences) is protective clothing intended to defend its wearer from intentional harm in combat and military engagements, typically associated with soldiers. ... The bayonet is used as both knife and spear. ... Hunting spear and knife, from Mesa Verde National Park. ... The term lance has become a catchall for a variety of different pole weapons based on the spear. ...

The Dragon Knight class has appeared as a playable job class in the following games in the Final Fantasy series:

• Final Fantasy II (Ricard Highwind)
• Final Fantasy III
• Final Fantasy IV (Kain Highwind)
• Final Fantasy V
• Final Fantasy VII (Cid Highwind)
• Final Fantasy IX (Freya Crescent)
• Final Fantasy X (Kimahri Ronso)
• Final Fantasy XI
• Final Fantasy Tactics
• Final Fantasy Tactics Advance

In addition, the characters Ricard Highwind (Final Fantasy II), Kain Highwind (Final Fantasy IV), and Freya Crescent (Final Fantasy IX) are identified as Dragon Knights. Among them Kain Highwind is especially notable for being featured on the logo of Final Fantasy IV. Alexander Highwind Tycoon (Final Fantasy V), though not specifically stated to be a Dragon Knight, shares the common Highwind surname and wears armor resembling the traditional Dragon Knight garb. Cid Highwind (Final Fantasy VII) and Ward Zabac (Final Fantasy VIII) are similar to Dragon Knights in that they both fight using a harpoon-style weapons and both characters' limit breaks are aerial attacks ("Jump"-like attacks). Kimahri Ronso (Final Fantasy X) has abilities from both the Dragon Knight class and the Blue Mage class. An interesting side-note about the character class is that almost all Dragoons (with the exception of the first Dragoon, Ricard) are left-handed. 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In Final Fantasy VI the "Jump" skill made an appearance as a special ability conferred by the "Dragoon Boots" relic. Any character capable of equipping the relic found their standard "Fight" command replaced with "Jump," which allowed them a traditional Dragoon-style Jump attack. Unique to this incarnation of the skill was the ability of the "Dragon Horn" relic to, when paired with the "Dragoon Boots", allow any Jumping character two to four successive Jumps. Alternatively, by summoning the Esper called Palidor, all the player characters in a given battle could Jump simultaneously.

Dragon Knights are also occaisionally connected to the Wyvern (飛竜, Hiryū^?), a winged dragon capable of flight. They were a major plot point in Final Fantasy II, as well as Final Fantasy V and it's OVA sequel, Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals. In Final Fantasy XI, Dragoons (DRG) are also able call upon a Wyvern to fight by their side through the DRG ability "Call Wyvern". A human ovum An ovum (loosely, egg or egg cell) is a female sex cell or gamete. ...

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Though the "Call Wyvern" ability was originally only available once every 2 hours, in the December, 2005 update it was changed to a 20 minute timer, and a new two hour ability called "Spirit Surge" was made available. Spirit Surge greatly enhances all of the Dragoon's stats, as well as giving large amounts of extra HP, MP, and TP. The wyvern cannot be called until Spirit Surge wears off. Depending on the Dragoon's subjob, his Wyvern uses one of three sets of skills: Offensive, Defensive, (healing) or Multipurpose. Dragoons with Defensive-type Wyverns can effectively solo from level 60-75 by equipping the Drachen Armet, which enhances the Wyvern's healing ability. Dragoons have the traditional "Jump" attack along with an improved "High Jump" which does some damage and removes some enmity, and a "Super Jump" which does no damage but removes any current monster enmity from the Dragoon. They can also heal their wyverns by transferring their own HP (Wyverns cannot be targeted by spells like Cure), and have bonuses when fighting dragon-type monsters. In party situations, Dragoons generally fill the role of melee damage dealers. Image File history File links Dusk3. ... Image File history File links Dusk3. ...

In Kingdom Hearts II, one of the Nobody breeds who are commanded by Xaldin, a member of Organization XIII are the Dragoons. They wield spears, reminiscent of the Dragoon class in the Final Fantasy series of games. They also typically float with one leg bent so that their foot rests near their knee, reminiscent of Kain Highwind's stance. When fighting against Dragoons, Sora can even "learn" the Jump attack through a Reaction Command. Xaldin himself could also be considered a Dragoon, because he wields lances (6 of them), performs the "Jump" technique, and he can combined his lances together to create a large dragon (similar to the ones from Chinese folk tales), which releases a large slicing whirlwind from its mouth. Kingdom Hearts II ) is an role-playing video game developed by Square Enix, partly published by Buena Vista Games, and directed by Tetsuya Nomura. ... The symbol of Organization XIII and Nobodies. ... The symbol of Organization XIII and Nobodies. ... Sora ) is the protagonist of the Kingdom Hearts role-playing video game series. ...