Dragoon Guide

This section recommends which skills to prioritize. It follows a standard dragoon skill build. They can choose to focus on their lower-level skills via using Acrobatic Rhombus. More on this can be read upon in the 'Low-Level' build section.

Talismans can be farmed at exile mountains. If your character is already geared in a 105 set, soloing exile mountains should prove to be pretty easy. Talismans and runes can be bought and rerolled with Dark Night's Scar.

Rune colors should be Purple, Blue, Red (PBR) for the highest damage increase towards Partisan Skewer. Optionally, you can also use Purple, Green, Blue (PGB) for the highest cooldown reduction (Not recommended though lol).

Enchants are basically adding extra stats onto your gear. Although they are considered add-ons, they are not optional. They are relatively easy to obtain in this patch with many competitive options to farm and choose from.

Enchants can come in the form of Beads or Cards. They have essentially the same function, but beads do not require upgrading, whereas cards will often have to be upgraded to acquire the highest stat values.

Use this as a guideline if you have no idea what types of enchants to get. Dragoon is not locked to an Element and can use whatever. Since he is a Magical Percent class, you want to look for enchants with Magical Atk and/or Intelligence. An important note is to ensure you have at least 100% critical chance. Make use of the DFOpedia in-game to find what enchants you're missing and where you can obtain them.

 Avatars extra equipment that are usually associated with cosmetics. For this section, I am mainly referring to Clone Avatars. These equipment pieces come with colored emblem sockets that can be equipped with emblems of the respective color that increase your stats. 
Rare avatars are upgrades to clone avatars that also include having platinum emblem sockets on the top and bottom pieces.

Note: If you are still short of 100% Critical Chance, you should slot in Crit Rate emblems until you are able to cap the stat.

Mana Extraction's level can be increased past 10, up to 20, with the use of Fragmented Abyss: Mana Extraction Gear. This gear increases the strength of your buff skill and can be farmed and bought in Operation: Hope or from Shireen in Elvenguard. You should at least have a full set of these to power up your buff skill. 

Creatures and titles are further ways to min-max your damage. You should at least consider having on budget options so that you are straight up not missing damage due to missing equipment.

Titles and creatures can be differentiated into two types. Damage type and Buff type.  Having both is not a heavy requirement but allows you to further min-max your character and increase your damage.

Damage Titles increase your character's damage by a substantial amount. Any title with a damage modifier will suffice, but you should eventually look into grabbing yourself a decent title as you progress your character (+10-15% Damage Modifier). Some Titles (Platinum) additionally increase the damage of skills in a certain level range (Partisan Skewer is Lv. 60).

Buff Titles increase the level of Mana Extraction by up to 3 levels. This is naturally a raw damage increase, although not as much as the damage title. 

Damage Creatures are another form of damage increase, providing extra stats and an extra level one of your passive skills. Most creatures come with an ability that can be used. Any creature with a damage modifier will suffice, but you should eventually look into grabbing yourself a decent creature as you progress your character (+15-18% Damage Modifier / Fountain of Power +1).

Buff Creatures increase the level of Mana Extraction by 1. This is naturally a raw damage increase, although not as much as the damage creature.

Some creatures double up as both Damage and buff (provides +Damage Modifier and +1 Mana Extraction).

Auras are another form of damage increase, providing extra stats and an extra level one of your passive skills. Most creatures come with an ability that can be used. Any creature with a damage modifier will suffice, but you should eventually look into grabbing yourself a decent aura as you progress your character (+5% Damage Modifier or more).

Motion Auras act similarly to Rare Avatar Top & Bottoms, they contain a Platinum Emblem Socket that can increase the level of Mana Extraction by 1.  

Important Note: This section details on some beginner-friendly item builds that can be accessed early on in the 110 cap. Unless the epic item is absolutely essential for a certain build, I will avoid recommending epics that require more end-game farming (Ispins, Warpath, etc). Subsequently,  I will not be recommending any custom pieces, but if you want to have an idea of what kind of customs to keep, take a look at this chart.

110 Cap Epics can be bought from Meryl Pioner's Equipment Selection Boxes using Ominous Crystals. Make use of the in-game Equipment Navigator to find where to farm 105 epics.

While not necessary, it is recommended you redeem these boxes during a 'Soup Day.' Meaning redeeming these boxes when the quality (Inferior->Superior) rotation falls during a day when the quality is Superior. Superior quality items provide a small increase in stats over Inferior quality, but more importantly, allow you access to a future epic sub-equipment Optical Combat Glasses which rely on having a full set of Superior Quality epics.

Basically the recommended 'default' nowadays. Offers a lot of versatility in stats ranging from cooldown reduction, speed, defense, and power.  This build for the most part gets rid of your HP bar (Setting it to 1% permanently). Instead, your Mana becomes as if it were your HP, gaining a much higher mana pool as a result. The damage is relatively lower compared to other builds but you are pretty tanky. Better to be alive and doing some damage than being dead and doing none.

Note: Sader (Except Male Saders) heals are less effective on you since they cannot restore your mana. 

This set requires the pieces below to be farmed at Destroyed Castle of the Dead and/or bought with Shattered Dusk Crystals. Promised Time for Victory may not be available immediately as it is an Ispins exclusive epic, so use a placeholder epic until then.

One of the best starter builds. Can be used in conjunction with a bleed bracelet, and easily replaceable with better epics in the same slot when it is time to upgrade your build. This build revolves around using at least the 3 core pieces below. In exchange for a higher mana cost, your skills gain more damage. You may apply a standard skill build. 

Dragoon's cube skills have pretty high cooldowns, and this build provides a ton of cooldown to your skills (~50% cdr). The set essentially requires the bracelet to function and some consumable to activate all of its equipment effects (Warlord's Cry / random throwable items). You can buy cheap rocks to throw from Siusha in the Moonlight Tavern.

This build may not be accessible immediately since you need an Ispins-Exclusive epic Long-Cherished Wish.

This build is an alternative option for players looking for a different playstyle.  Since Dragoon has access to a lot of decent low-level skills, an alternative build prioritizing your non-cube skills can be utilized. Offers greater sustain since you have higher damage and lower cooldown on your non-cube skills.

Acrobatic Rhombus will be the main piece for this build, providing +20% Non-Awakening Skill Atk, as well as -30% Skill Cooldown for your Non-cube Skills.

Gray Cat Stone can be used early on, has an effect that increases the Skill Atk and your cooldown recovery rate of your Lv. 15-35 Active skills after you use Basic/Jump/Dash attacks. This effect stacks up, increasing your Skill Atk by 30% and 10% skill cooldown recovery for these skills. Cat Stone may be a little difficult to maintain continuously as it requires you to use x-strings frequently.

Requires custom epics if you want to continue using this build further in the late game (e.g. Ent Spirit Shoulder - Non-Clear Cube Fragment Skill Atk +15%). 

This build requires you to allocate your skills differently. Here are my recommendations. The skill build below focus on increasing the potency of your Non-cube skills.