Dragon Knight

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Dragon Knight
Dragon Knight.png
Job Base(s): Rune Knight
Job Type: 4-1
Job Level: 50
Race: Human
Changes At: Geffen
Number of Skills: 12
Total Skill Points: 90
Total Quest Skills: 0
Job Bonuses
STR AGI VIT INT DEX LUK
+6 +8 +7 +8 +8 +6
4th Class Bonuses
POW STA WIS SPL CON CRT
+8 +5 +3 +5 +6 +6


Overview

DragonKnight Big Art.webp

Dragon Knights are the final evolution of the Rune Knight class. Their name is often abbreviated and referred to as "DK". They have traded in their dragon mounts for mature dragon mounts and are ready to do some serious damage with an arsenal of new powerful attacks while also having the highest HP pool compared to other classes.

Job Change Guide

See Dragon Knight Job Change Guide for detailed information.

This is one of the hardest job change quests for players without OCP \Kachua gear. Be prepared to fail a few times. It takes about 10-15 minutes to finish the quest.

Builds

Dragon Breath Build

Stat Amount Notes
STR 1, 30-50, 90-100 1 point for pure Dragon Breath only. More STR can be added for carrying capacity and masquerade skill resist in WoE. 90 and on if getting Hundred Spears or IB.
AGI 1-60 60 only to get rid of animation delay, but not recommended for early on.
VIT 105-125 Extremely important for every Rune Knight build.
INT 90-120
DEX 120 OR 125 120 base DEX for eliminating Dragon Breath fixed cast time with Temporal Dex Boots.
LUK 1-30
POW 100
STA 0
WIS 0
SPL 0
CON 0
CRT 0

Dragon Breath and Dragon Water Breath damage depends on Max SP and CURRENT HP. Most Rune Knights have their builds centered around the Dragon Breath and Dragon Water Breath skill. Dragon Breath builds are versatile - Tanking, Mobbing, MVP, WOE, PvP. Dragon Breath is a powerful AoE attack that scales with level/HP/SP.

Unfortunately, it is mediocre until around level 130+ due to requiring the player to have a high HP/SP pool and the lack of available monsters weak to the element before level 120-130. Players around level 100 will find themselves only doing 4-6k damage in basic gear and 6-10k with excellent gear, and will most likely have to rely on tanking for parties until lvl 130+ to level up. At lower levels, flat SP bonuses (Ex: +250 SP) provide much more damage than gears that give a % of SP (Ex. +10% SP).

Players may find themselves having to keybind multiple weapons in order to play this build effectively. For example, switching between a weapon for damage output or one for survivability with HP regen.

While this build is not consumable intensive, having items that boost Max HP and Max SP will differentiate the Great from the Good.

The 25% Max HP and Max SP bonus from Transcendence is a must for this build. While leveling as a Lord Knight, if the player chooses to level with 1 STR, having a sufficiently heavy spear for Clashing Spiral is crucial.

Note: Dragon Breath and Clashing Spiral cannot be interrupted and does not require a Phen Card (or other equipment / cards that provide the effect).

Skills: Dragon Training 5 / Dragon Howling 5 / Dragon Breath 10 / Dragon Water Breath 10 / Rune Mastery 10

  • optional: Phantom Thrust 3 / Hundred Spears 10 / Ignition Break 5
    • Prereqs: Cavalier Mastery 1 / Brandish Spear 2 + Clashing Spiral 5 (if getting Hundred Spears) / Counter Attack 1 (if getting Ignition Break)

Ignition Break Build

Stat Amount Notes
STR 90-125 Base damage.
AGI 1+
VIT 50-94+ 100 total recommended for stun immunity.
INT 1-50 This build requires a lot of SP use but can be remedied with SP leech effects.
DEX 50-90 Spear Dynamo and LUK provide good accuracy, DEX provides cast time reduction.
LUK 1+ 3 points of Luk = 1 ATK, 1 HIT. Putting points here once STR starts costing a lot can conserve points to get more ATK.
POW 0
STA 0
WIS 0
SPL 0
CON 0
CRT 0

Rune Knights requires job level 23 to reach Ignition Break 5.

The Ignition Break build tends to have higher DPS than Dragon Breath builds for leveling, especially at lower levels (100-130) when an RK's HP / SP pool is not high. During Ignition Break's 2 second cooldown, Bowling Bash is usually the next best skill to do additional damage, which is why this build is often referred to as the IB + BB build. Rune Knights can get both Dragon Breath AND Ignition Break if they wish (although they will need to gear accordingly to get the full effect of Dragon Breath), while still maxing Rune Mastery.

Chaining Bowling Bash with Ignition Break can produce high AOE DPS. Using IB + BB to MVP is possible and effective as well.

Skills: Ignition Break 5

  • optional: Dragon Training 5 / Dragon Breath 10 / Sonic Wave 5 / Hundred Spears 10 / Enchant Blade 5
    • Prereqs: Cavalier Mastery 1 / Counter Attack 1 / Bowling Bash 10
      • Recommended LK skills: Twohand Quicken 10 / Parry 10 / Spear Dynamo 5 / Aura Blade 5

ASPD/Frenzy Crit Build

Stat Amount Notes
STR 90-125 Base damage.
AGI 80+ Depending on gear, weapon of choice and how much you're willing to spend on consumables.
VIT 80-94 100 total recommended for stun immunity.
INT 1 OR 120 Enchant Blade adds intelligence to your auto attack damage. 120 INT if using Seraphim Coronet.
DEX 1+ Doesn't need to be too high because crits don't miss, and Spear Dynamo 5 adds 50 HIT.
LUK 72~126 120 LUK to gain the full benefits of Temporal Luck Boots, or multiple of 18 (72/90/108/126) to gain defense bypass effects from Perverse Demon Mask.
POW 0
STA 0
WIS 0
SPL 0
CON 0
CRT 0

With Twohand Quicken or Frenzy and the addition of the Rune Knight's Asir Rune, Rune Knights are capable of reaching maxed out ASPD quite easily. Two handed Swords are the preferred weapon of choice due to the Twohand Quicken buffs, although other weapons can be used with Frenzy. This build is HEAVILY gear dependent and benefits greatly from expensive Auto-Cast gear like 'CD In Mouth' and 'Ring of Flame Lord'.

WARNING: This build is difficult to level. This build is specialized for single target DPS (leveling post 99 is all about mob leveling). This build is also very expensive to level and is not recommended for new players.

This build is often considered a 'for fun' build, although it can reach respectable DPS with high investment. Many ASPD RKs will depend on Ignition Break as their main AOE and leveling skill. This build depends on expensive gear to limit the stat point investment in AGI. Even without the Alca Bringer, the RK class is capable of hitting 193 ASPD with even lower than 90 AGI, leaving you more points to sink into other stats. There are many Lord Knight skills which are key to maximizing your auto-attack DPS, which is why it is mandatory to rebirth into Lord Knight for this build.

Skills: Enchant Blade 5 / Rune Mastery 10

  • optional: Dragon Training 5 (if Riding a Dragon) / Sonic Wave 10 / Ignition Break 5
    • Prereqs: Aura Blade 5 / Frenzy 1 / Parry 10 / Spear Dynamo 5 / Twohand Quicken / Two-Handed Sword Mastery 10

Equipment

General Equipment

These gears are suitable for any Rune Knight build. They won't be mentioned for the specific RK builds, but are sometimes the best option.

Weapon

Cards for weapons

Armor

Shield

with each of the common racial resist cards.

For MVPing:

Headgear

  • Leech
  • Mid Headgear with slot

Cards for Headgear

Garment

Card option for Garment

  • 4133.png Raydric Card (-20% damage from attacks with Neutral property)
  • 4174.png Deviling Card (-50% damage from attacks with Neutral property but +50% damage from attacks of any other element)

Hundred Spears Set

This set is mandatory for maximum damage with Hundred Spears (and all four pieces must be worn to get the bonus damage). Can be obtained for FREE by doing Mora Village quests and earning coins. This set also compliments the Dragon Breath skills nicely due to the HP increases and possible SP enchants on it.

15036.png Ur's Plate 2883.png Ur's Seal [1] 2475.png Ur's Greaves [1]2574.png Ur's Manteau

Goibne's Set

This set is good for players who have a lower budget but still wish to enjoy the Dragon Breath build or to have higher HP. It's a tank set to get a player started until they can make a more customized set. Recommended to wear all set pieces for the HP and SP bonus. Only downside to this set is the lack of reductions and slots to card any of the pieces. Replace the set with Variant Shoes once able to afford it.

2354.png Goibne's Armor 5128.png Goibne's Helm 2419.png Goibne's Greaves 2520.png Goibne's Spaulders

Dragon Breath Build

Weapon

For Dragon Breath:

For Hundred Spears:

For Clashing Spiral damage:

Cards to use with weapon:

Shield

Headgear

Anything that adds HP/SP, reduces after cast delay, provides leech or reduces cast time. Some options include:

Upper:

Middle:

Lower:

With these cards depending on the situation:

  • 4403.png Kiel-D-01 Card (luxury card; for upper and mid headgear with Dragon Breath; a non-card alternative is to be under the effect of Magic Strings from a Maestro)
  • 4288.png Carat Card (for upper headgear at +9 or higher)
  • 4269.png Incubus Card (for mid headgear)
  • 4366.png Kathryne Keyron Card (for upper headgear; a non-card alternative is to be under the effect of Magic Strings from a Maestro)
  • 4582.png Bungisngis Card (for high upgrade headgear)

Armor

Cards to use with armor:

Garment

Card options for Garment:

Shoes

Card options for Shoes:

Accessories

Card options for Accessory:

Costume/Shadow Equipment

Ignition Break Build

Weapon

The best weapon is probably a level 4 weapon with as many slots as possible for True Seyren Windsor Cards.

Cards to use with weapon:

Upper Headgear

Middle Headgear

Lower Headgear

Armor

Other options aside from set pieces are:

Cards to use with armor:

Shield

Card options for Shield:

Garment

Card options for Garment:

Shoes

Card options for Shoes:

  • 4910.png Darklord Essence Force3 Or of a lower value if on a budget. (iRO database doesn't have this item yet, but it is obtainable in-game. Divine-pride link)

Accessories

Card options for Accessories:

Costume/Shadow Equipment

Agi/Frenzy Build

Weapon It Is recommended to enchant these weapons with 2x Crit to free up other slots for more ASPD boost

Cards options to use with weapon:

(better if using the full card set)

For fun cards:

Headgear

Armor

Card options for Armor:

Garment

Card options for Garment:

Shoes

Card Options for Shoes:

Accessories

Card options for Accessories:

For more damage output:

Class Data

Skills

Skill Description Levels Type
Servant Weapon.png Servant Weapon
Summons the aura weapons, When dealing normal melee physical damage, the weapon is consumed and dealing melee physical damage for 2 hits to the target and surrounding enemies within 9 x 9 cells around the target. 5 Active
Servant Weapon-Sign.png Servant Weapon-Sign
Weapon consumption skill. Blows the weapon to the target, marks the sign for the Servant Weapon-Phantom and Servant Weapon-Demolition. 5 Active
Servant Weapon-Phantom.png Servant Weapon-Phantom
Weapon consumption skill. Instantly dashes to the target who is within 7 x 7 cells around the target marked by Servant Weapon-Sign and deals physical damage equal to the number of weapons consumed to the target and surrounding enemies within 5 x 5 cells around the target, has a chance to inflict [pitch-darkness] status to the targets. 5 Offensive
Servant Weapon-Demolition.png Servant Weapon-Demolition
Weapon consumption skill. Consumes all weapons to deals melee physical damage equal to the number of weapons consumed to all target who have been marked by Servant Weapon-Sign within 13 x 13 cells around the caster and restores the weapon equal to the number of targets hit. 5 Offensive
Charging Pierce.png Charging Pierce
Spear series and two-handed sword exclusive skill. When the user uses Pierce, Clashing Spiral, Hundred Spears or Madness Crusher during the skill duration. Charging counter will be collected. 10 Offensive
Two Hand Defending.png Two Hand Defending
When equipping two-handed sword, two-handed spear or two-handed axe, reduces physical damage taken from enemies depends on their size. 10 Passive
Hack and Slasher.png Hack and Slasher
Two-handed sword and two-handed spear exclusive skill. Swings the weapon to deals physical damage to the target and surrounding enemies for 2 hits. If user equips two-handed sword, damage type is melee physical damage. 10 Offensive
Madness Crusher.png Madness Crusher
Two-handed spear and two-handed sword exclusive skill. Strikes the single target and inflicts long ranged physical damage to the surrounding enemies around the target. 5 Offensive
Vigor.png Vigor
Increases normal melee physical damage for the skill duration. 10 Supportive
Storm Slash.png Storm Slash
Two-handed sword and two-handed axe exclusive skill. Deals melee physical damage to the target multiple times, has a 60% chance to double skill damage if using while under Giant Growth buff. 5 Offensive
Dragonic Aura.png Dragonic Aura
Deals powerful long ranged physical damage to single target, increases Dragon Breath, Dragon Breath - Water and Hundred Spears damage for 300 seconds. 10 Offensive
Dragonic Breath.png Dragonic Breath
Can only be used when riding dragon. Embraces the power of dragon within the body then exhales the powerful dragon's breath towards the target. 10 Offensive

Skill Tree

Dragon knight skill tree.thumb.png..png

Job Bonuses

Stat\Amount +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9 +10
STR
AGI
VIT
INT
DEX
LUK
POW
STA
WIS
SPL
CON
CRT

ASPD

Equip Attack Speed From 2nd Class
Bare Handed 156 0
Shield -5 0
Dagger -10 −1
Sword (One Handed) -12 −7
Sword (Two Handed) -15 −3
Axe (One Handed) -18 −8
Axe (Two Handed) -20 −5
Mace -5 0
Spear (One Handed) -8 +7
Spear (Two Handed) -12 +13
ASPD Potions Usable
645.png Concentration
✔
656.png Awakening
✔
657.png Berserk
✔

External Links

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2nd Class
Skills 		Bowling Bash • Brandish Spear • Cavalier Mastery • Charge Attack • Counter Attack • One-Hand Quicken • Peco Peco Ride • Pierce • Spear Boomerang • Spear Mastery • Spear Stab • Twohand Quicken
Transcendent
Skills 		Aura Blade • Clashing Spiral • Frenzy • Parry • Relax • Spear Dynamo • Traumatic Blow • Vital Strike
3rd Class
Skills 		Death Bound • Dragon Breath • Dragon Howling • Dragon Training • Dragon Water Breath • Enchant Blade • Full Throttle • Hundred Spears • Ignition Break • Phantom Thrust • Rune Mastery • Sonic Wave • Wind Cutter
4th Class
Skills 		Charging Pierce • Dragonic Aura • Hack and Slasher • Madness Crusher • Servant Weapon • Servant Weapon - Demolish • Servant Weapon - Phantom • Servant Weapon - Sign • Storm Slash • Two Hand Defending • Vigor
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