Online:Dragonknight

Dragonknight is a class in Elder Scrolls Online. It is geared primarily towards tanking characters, but also utilizing fire to deal magic damage.

In-Game Description: These skillful masters-at-arms use the ancient Akaviri martial arts tradition of battle-spirit, and wield fearsome magic that pounds, shatters and physically alters the world around them.

Skills

Ardent Flame

Ardent Flame is geared towards fire damage.

Draconic Power

Draconic Power is geared mainly towards self-preservation and tanking.

Earthen Heart

Earthen Heart is a mix of self-defense and support abilities.

Builds

Build	Role	Description	Primary Stat
Dragonknight Initiate	New Players	Learn to channel your inner dragon through the mastery of Dragonknight abilities.	Magicka
Inferno Dragon	Damage	Set your enemies ablaze in an inferno of destructive magic.	Magicka
Venomous Dragon	Damage	Control the field of battle with lethal poisons and furious strikes	Stamina
Stoneskin Dragon	Tank	Channel your fury and charge into the fray like a raging, heavily-armored dragon.	Health
Elder Dragon	Healer	Safeguard your allies by granting them powerful boons such as shields, health, and power.	Magicka

Compatible Builds

It is possible to build a character which meets or mostly meets the recommendations of multiple builds simultaneously. The chart below shows skill morphs which conflict between different builds.

	Dragonknight Initiate	Inferno Dragon	Venomous Dragon	Stoneskin Dragon	Elder Dragon
Dragonknight Initiate		Dragon Blood	Searing Strike Magma Armor Molten Weapons Obsidian Shard	Dark Talons Obsidian Shield	Molten Weapons Obsidian Shield
Inferno Dragon	Dragon Blood		Searing Strike Fiery Breath Molten Weapons	Dark Talons Dragon Blood	Molten Weapons
Venomous Dragon	Searing Strike Magma Armor Molten Weapons Obsidian Shard	Searing Strike Fiery Breath Molten Weapons		Magma Armor	Inferno Magma Armor
Stoneskin Dragon	Dark Talons Obsidian Shield	Dark Talons Dragon Blood	Magma Armor		no conflicts
Elder Dragon	Molten Weapons Obsidian Shield	Molten Weapons	Inferno Magma Armor	no conflicts

The Dragonknight does not allow any triple-builds with fewer than three conflicting morphs. The two triple combinations with the least conflicts are Stoneskin Dragon, Elder Dragon, and either Inferno Dragon or Venomous Dragon.

Gallery

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  A Dragonknight

See Also

• For more information, see the lore article.

Books

• Ardent Flame: Draconic or Endemic? by Gabrielle Benele — A scholar's notes on meeting a so-called Dragonknight
• Forged in the Heart of Mundus by the Dragonsmith of Bruma — Notes on the abilities granted unto the Children of the Mundus
• Legacy of the Dragonguard by Kiasa-Veda, the Chronicler of Blades — A history of the Dragonguard
• Mythical Beast, Real Powers by Drusus Ovicula, Proctor of the Imperial Library — An Imperial scholar's notes on his experience with Dragonknights
• To Smite with Dragon Claws — Battle Chant of the Intrepid Two Hundred

Notes

• The Dragonknight class icon is known as 'Dragonguard' in the game file, suggesting it may have been an earlier name for the class.