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Dragon Knight
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
Talent Bonuses
POW STA WIS SPL CON CRT
+8 +5 +3 +5 +6 +6

Overview

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

Wind Cutter Build (2024)

Introduction

Wind Cutter damage depends on Base level and Base Damage. So equips that increase ATK, will be helpful in boosting it's damage. The Wind Cutter skill hits enemies twice when using a Two-Handed sword, while using a spear makes it ranged attack for enemies with reflect. The main equipment that is needed initially is the full Peuz's set that will boost the Wind Cutter damage by a lot. This can be farmed in game from the 6380.png Mora Coins given in the Mora Village quests. Additional gears help to boost damage and spamming.

This is a very good F2P starter build which new or old players can use to level up to 200+ easily. This build can also be used to farm and hunt some of the lower HP MVPs.

Stat Points

Stat Amount Notes
STR 120 - 125 STR to increase more damage.
AGI 90 - 100 AGI needed for Flee and ASPD.
VIT 90 - 120 For high health and survivability.
INT 1 or 12 - 18 Additonal INT for SP pool.
DEX 100 - 110 High DEX for HIT.
LUK 30 - 60 or 100 LUK for extra ATK and CRIT auto attacks. 100 LUK for Curse Resistance

Suggested Equipment

Gears:

Special Gears:

Note: 24288.png Rune Knight Shadow Weapon and 24441.png Sonic Shadow Shield combo are crucial for WC build, it give you 60% hard defense bypass (Recommended at lvl 160+)

Pets:

Suggested Runes

Some of the runes from Rune Mastery are very helpful for Wind Cutter RKs. They are recommended to be used at Lvl 130+.

Suggested Skills

Skills: Dragon Training 5 / Rune Mastery 10 / Wind Cutter 5 / Spear Dynamo 5 (For Extra ATK and HIT) / Aura Blade 5 / Two Hand Quicken

Special Thanks to Sanggoro for Researching and Testing this Newbie friendly build!

Dragon Breath Build (2024)

Introduction

Dragon Breath and Water Dragon Breath is a long range ground targeted AOE skill. It is one of the best overall build to clear more than 90% of the game content with right gears. Its damage calculation is very different from standard skills, refer the skill page for details. You need 185+ ASPD, 101% After Cast Delay, and near 0 Cast time, to maximise spamming the skill. It has no cooldown. Some of the runes will help change the element of the breath. Unfortunately, with current mechanics and equips its damage ceiling is lower than other builds.

Stat Points

Stat Amount Notes
STR 1 ~ 30 1 point for pure Dragon Breath only. More STR can be added for carrying capacity
AGI 90 ~ 100 AGI for high ASPD and reducing animation delay
VIT 120 ~ 130 Extremely important for every Rune Knight build
INT 120 ~ 130 Extremely important for every Rune Knight build
DEX 80 ~ 120 120 base DEX for eliminating Dragon Breath fixed cast time with Temporal Dex Boots.
LUK 1 LUK is not needed for this skill right now

Damage Modifiers

  • Current HP
  • Total SP
  • Long Range
  • VIT
  • INT
  • Skill Element
  • Monster Element

Suggested Equipment

Below is a list of equipment based on approximate costs compiled by Sanggoro

Affordable and Cheap Early Dragon Breath Build

Gears:

Special Gears:

Pets:

Mid but Awesome Dragon Breath Build

Gears:

Special Gears:

High End and Almost High End Dragon Breath Build

Gears:

Special Gears:

Skills

Ignition Break Build

Introduction

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.

Stat Points

Stat Amount Notes
STR 120-125 Base damage.
AGI 90+
VIT 50-94+ 100 total recommended for stun immunity.
INT 1-60 This build requires a lot of SP use but can be remedied with SP leech effects. INT also gives cast time reduction.
DEX 50-90 Spear Dynamo and LUK provide good accuracy, DEX provides cast time reduction.
LUK 120-126


Suggested Equipment

Weapon

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:

Accessories

Card options for Accessories:

Skills

ASPD/Frenzy Crit Build (Deprecated)

Introduction

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.

With Twohand Quicken or Frenzy and the addition of the Rune Knight's 12729.png Asir Runestone, 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 '18666.png CD In Mouth' and '2678.png Ring of Flame Lord'. 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 1191.png 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.

Stat Points

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.

Suggested Equipments

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:

Skills

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

Costume/Shadow Equipment

Class Data

Skills

Skill Description Levels Type
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
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
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
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
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-handed Defense
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
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
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
Increases normal melee physical damage for the skill duration. 10 Supportive
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
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
Note: This skill has not been implemented into IRO. Can only be used when riding a dragon. Embraces the power of the dragon within the body, then exhales the powerful dragon's breath towards the target. 10 Offensive

Skill Tree

Job & Talent Bonuses

Stat\Amount +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9 +10 +11 +12
STR 1 9 16 24 30 36
AGI 3 5 12 19 23 33 38 49
VIT 5 14 19 25 32 42 50
INT 8 11 18 26 31 37 43 47
DEX 2 4 10 17 23 27 35 44
LUK 7 14 21 28 31 40
POW 1 16 26 29 36 43 46 50
STA 8 22 37 40 45
WIS 32 44 47
SPL 2 7 20 24 39
CON 5 11 18 29 35 46
CRT 3 9 25 34 42 49

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
✔
Knight • Lord Knight • Rune Knight • Dragon Knight
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 - Demolition • Servant Weapon - Phantom • Servant Weapon - Sign • Storm Slash • Two-handed Defense • Vigor
Quests Knight Job Change Guide • Knight Skill Quest • Rebirth Walkthrough • Rune Knight Job Change Guide • Dragon Knight Job Change Guide
Weapons One Handed Sword • Spear • Two Handed Sword
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