7 Most Badass Dragoons / Dragon Knights Ever
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Final Fantasy has featured some pretty legendary Dragoons (Dragon Knights) over the years, with some notable figures being Estinien Wyrmblood and Kain Highwind.
Throughout this video, we wanted to shine a spotlight on some of the most badass, delving into the likes of Freya Crescent and Ricard Highwind, the Dragoon who started it all way back in Final Fantasy II.
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Kain Highwind is genuinely a character who was ahead of his time, I can only imagine how badass he would be in a mainline title now
Cloud is now my son who can fly but wait til he can expect, he's going to be the Unveiled God!! He now also has a baby sister who they love!!
I feel like estenien was a Kain clone in ff 14 to a certain degree
@@73delgado isn't that the joke about him I mean RABtoons literally made that the joke about him during their Heavensward in a nutshell short anytime someone talks to Estenien they literally called him Kain pissing him off the entire time
@@origialtych lol i forgot about that. I mean i think it was intentional though. Estenien even turns on the warrior of light at one point because he becomes Corrupted by Nidhogg and suprise he becomes an ally again after Nidhoggs eye gets destroyed or something like that.
Kain is a true badass
Estinien making this list gives me so much joy.
Not only that, he was he first one, which is the second most memorable spot on any list. When people think about this video, Kain and Estinien are the most likely ones to come to mind. :)
@@Firestar1992for me, would be us from FFXI or even the Last Dragoon. Coolest dragoons to me, gameplay and story wise.
Kain’s iconic pose always sends shivers down my spine.
ESTINIEN!!!!!!!
He's the Azure Dragoon!
Dragoon/Dragon Knight is my favorite job class in the Final Fantasy franchise. >_< And Freya Crescent is my favorite Dragoon/Dragon Knight.
Ok you’re a furry we get it
Always loves the dragoon/lancer classes. I always end up with Ramza as a lancer for a while in tactics when I play too
I will also give Freya my Favorite Dragon knight, she is just great
Freya is the best. Dragoon is such a badass class!
I will admit without a blush that I hollered Estinien's name at the start of that segment :D
He has been QUITE the fascinating character and even though I have not yet completed the Dragoon storyline in FF14, I'm pretty darn invested in the guy due to fan fic and the actual MSQ story surrounding him. Love to make fun of him and love to have him at my back in a fight!
Not only is Kain my favorite Dragoon, he's ny favorite character in the FF series. He seemed so real and I really felt with him with is internal struggles.
I agree but he is my favorite because he was left handed like me 😅
I would add that Cid also has to deal with a personal struggle when he must decide between going to space (his personal dream) and Shera's life (his future wife). And he's my favorite dragoon btw.
One of the best lv.4 limit breaks too
Sadly i never used cid as a character during my runs. His weapons were my least favorite too.
My favorite would have to be FF IX Freya. My only issue with she didn't get enough attention in the second half.
The one thing I'll like to point out about Kain is, he has in my opinion the single most badass line in all FF games.
EXDeath: So, you would offer your life in exchange for theirs?
Kain: Of course not. I offer yours!
Freya from FF9 will always remain my favorite, with Kain being a second favorite of mine. I remember keeping Freya on my party at all times when I wasn't forced to use certain characters.
Dragoon is by far one of my favorite jobs in the series. I’ve recently been leveling it in FFXIV and it’s so much fun. As for favorite, it’s hard to pick. Kain has always been my number one but Estienien is quickly rising up the ranks to take the top spot for me.
Kain’s character arc that ends with him as a Holy Dragoon in FF4: The After Years, is one of the greatest in the franchise!
So, that game did something good for once?
@@nikoladedic6623 I personally think that game is a fantastic game. It’s underrated and I don’t see why so many people don’t like it. I almost feel like it’s another 13 situation, where people hate it and haven’t even PLAYED it because someone on the Internet said it was bad.
No mention of Kain ultimately conquering his own Darkness at Baron Castle after initially losing the fight with his reflection at Mt. Ordeals in Final Fantasy IV: The After Years?!
I agree with you, even though it was just the same route that Cecil did just longer.
And Kain let his reflection escape from the mountain, collect three of the world's crystals on behalf of the Maenad, and almost kill Cecil in the process!
@@bardinblue9830 most useful reflection ever!
Freya for me.. Her moves are just so fluid
always happy when a list can include xiv, love xiv's dragoon design.
FFIV was my first final fantasy. Kain instantly became my favorite with the jump and as I grew older I loved him even more as a character. His iteration in dissidia duodecim was so perfectly on point.
This was a great video, I liked how you included more than just party members.
I'd say Freya was the most impressionable to me growing up.
I love Freya!! Also would have been dope to see what they did with Aranea's DLC.
Kain, Cid, Freya, and Estinien are my fave Dragoons!
I feel like saying Freya has torn allegiances is a bit of a stretch, especially when the example used is that she fought alongside Beatrix later. That's not an example of Freya's allegiance shifting, but _Beatrix's_ allegiance shifting.
Considering the title does not specify Final Fantasy, the list should be: Dart, Lavitz, Rose, Haschel, Meru, Shana, and Kongol.
Freya Crescent's my favorite!
Love Freya …cannot wait for a ff9 remake!!!
Same
Favorite Dragoon (and dragoon is my favorite class hands down) is Fang, but im not surprised and fully agree with your order choice more specifically for Kain.
FF9 was my first FF game and Freya was one of my favorite characters to have on my team. She also had a great role in the story too.
Dragoon supremacy ! ❤
ever since i became a dragoon in FF14 it's my favorite class in the whole franchise, Dragoons are iconic, epic & absoultely badass
like c'mon nothing compares to Juming around with a spear while looking like the cooles mfcker EVER 😂😭❤
Thank you for this video. I played every FF from 0 to 15 (except 11), and dragoon is my favourite class (even in FF14 my main job is dragoon). And Kain is my favorite character, but I love them all, they are all amazing.
Usually my favourite type of characters are the sword wielding badasses, but right after them it's the Dragoons, they're armour and fighting style look so badass.
I loved Kain and Cecils relationship I always put myself ad Cecil and my best friend as Kain and when we started playing ff 14 I became a dark knight and my friend became a dragoon I miss that game
Dragoon is my favorite job class!
Cain is probably my favorite.
He's also the reason as a child I was convinced "legend of dragoon" was a FF spin-off.
I think it’s funny when people spell names wrong even when the source material has kept consistent
Most of them also have either darkish Blue or Purple in their clothes colors.
This might only be in game skins/sprites, but is noticable. Only Freya does not show this color pattern that I know of, even though she does have blue in the bib (???).
Ricard (re card), not Richard
Came here to say the same!
I did not realize Fang was considered the "Dragoon" wow it never crossed my mind. Nonetheless her design and character were good. I am bias to lance users in any game though and bows so 🤷♀️ my picks would probably be based on the games I played. MHW introduced me to the FFXIV Dragoon Armor and my goodness it looked so amazing badass with the MH hunters amazonian bodies.
Freya really got a raw deal in FF9. She's such a cool character and undergoes severe tragedy throughout the early game, but then her entire storyline and relevance just gets dropped for no reason :(
Kain is my favorite dragoon character but I really liked Freya’s trance ability.
I'm torn between Kain and Estinien being my favorite Dragoon. Both have awesome character arcs, and Estinien's character arc is tempting me to start playing FFXIV, even though I'm not much of a MMORPG person.
You are in luck! Estinien major character arc is in Heavensward which is included in the free trial! FFXIV can be played mostly solo with the introduction of the trust system which allows you to bring NPCs as part of your party in to dungeons.
not only is his development great in the free trial, the way he acts after that moment of the story is such a delight to see. Also if you ever gives ffxiv a try, I suggest you do the dragoon side quest for some extra dialogue in heavesward, nothing big just a nice detail
With out dowt, Estinien is my fav. He has such a great development and evolution through the expansions to Endwalker
When the list involves Kain, Estinien, and Freya, it is basically impossible to pick a favorite.
Kain is my favorite because it was my first experience with a dragoon. It is where i fell in love with them.
Estinien is amazing too, I love his story arc.
Aranea is definitely a sexy badass those are probably my top 3
Wtb dragoon main character!
Kain. Hands down.
Cid has been a mainstay in my party starting from my first ever playthrough back in the late 90s, so he's my fav ofc! Fang coming in at a strong second place, and Aranea with the bronze. Great list!
Throwing me for a loop calling Ricard Richard. Now I'm diving into rabbit holes about dissidia cards and other forum debates on the name.
That moment when Estinien is mentioned and you cheer like it's a sporting event. 👍
Great video! And thanks for the mention! 😂
Cid from Machinabridged is my all time favorite. Angry spiteful old man smoking cigarettes in the back yard not throwing out the butts. Man that's who I want to grow up to be. 1000%
My favorite Class in all of Final Fantasy! I love it
Favorite Class. Cain, Cid and Aranea are my favorites.
Kain
"And you, sir?"
"Estenien Varlineau. Formerly of the Order of the Knights Dragoon. In Ishgard."
Well done video 😊👏👏👏
Richard ftw. Rides a wyvern into a tornado, sacrifices himself to rescue the heroes, he's highly underrated.
Ooh, favorite dragoon that’s hard to pick. I’d probably have to go with Kain Highwind although Kimhari Ronso is a close 2nd with FFX being my favorite FF for a while until FF4:TAY came around where now it’s contested which game I like more.
Dragoon is my absolute favorite job in the franchise, and given that FFIV was my gateway into FF (courtesy of my dad), Kain has always had a special place in my heart. That being said though, I’ve gotten into FFXIV as of late, and I have to say that Estinien is my absolute favorite Scion alongside Y’shtola. And of course, with FFVII being my favorite game in the franchise, of course I absolutely adore Cid.
Barbara from Final Fantasy Dimensions deserves an honorable mention, she had an amazing design and set of abilities.
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Kain is and always will be the Quintessential Dragoon
I wasn't expecting to actually see fang on the list yeah!!!!!!
_"You're not the only one who can ride the wind!"_
Personally, my favourite is Aranea. Beyond Promoto's DLC and the main game, I like how in Comrades, she is considered one of the main forces, protecting the remaining survivors and cooking for you (which is most important), and her story from the cancelled DLC shows how even though she worked for the enemy nation, she was willing to quit when they went too far, and do whatever it took to stop the super killer death robot (not its actual name) that was going on a rampage and heading to the same place as the refugees were headed.
Every time to say "RicHard"? I die a little.
Done did Kimahri DIRTY
I love Dragoons I've mained Drg in FFXIV since RR just something about the job in not only ffxiv but all FF games that's fun to play. Very much looking forward to seeing what FFXVI brings to the table
I'd say the one in the ff16 trailer looks really kool
I’ve been a dragoon since FF4 and never looked back. Favorite job class hands down.
Since there is a tattoo of Kain on my arm , I'm going with kain
i played lacrosse from childhood all the way through college and i was a defender so i used a longstick...and from the first game as a child to the very last game as a 22 year old i would imagine myself as a dragoon knight (i would also hum/sing the victory fanfare after wins...was i made fun of? yes, but did i have a lot of fun? you bet your ass i did)
Favourite class in FF for sure. I'll always use spear users in other games too, there are some awesome characters... let's list some.
I'll start with a couple of obscure ones:
Julienne from I am Setsuna
Reisz from Trials of Mana
ESTINIEEEEEEENNNNN!!!!
[He's the Azure Dragoon]
It’s a bit inconsistent due to different art sketches and character models, but some of the dragoons here are left handed. Kain, Freya and Estinien are left handed in game and Cid is depicted left handed in his art. I’d chalk it up to being ambidextrous but that’s a good detail to keep with dragoons.
Freya is one of my favorite characters in the series. She in my opinion is top 3 on this list. Fang above Freya on this list is wild to me.
for me it’s down to Cid seeing as how 7 was my first Final Fantasy but also Kain because I loved his story
Kain Highwind has always been and will always be my favorite Dragoon.
Kain no question, I love the list, but kain is ya boy no question
So I went for a drive with my mom the other day and we passed a military base with a big sign that said something like "First Canadian Platoon of Dragoons" or something.
First time I've ever been tempted to join the military! Just so I could say I'm a Dragoon, lmao.
wow tuned in just in time
Kain for sure is amongst a favorite of mine
Let's not forget about Kain's redemption in The After Years
You forgot to mention the most badass Dragoon.... LowLight from FFXI and FFXIV!!! 🤩
J/k
Great video and really enjoyed the fun times with all the great Dragoons in Final Fantasy. 😎👍
For me Freyja and Kain are my favourites Dragoon Knight but since I play DOO I like a lot Aranea too ^^
For all the iconic representations that the Dragoon get from the FF franchise, I've just realized that there never was a mainline FF title with a Dragoon as the main protagonist. They're always side characters or party members of the main protagonist but never THE character given to the player as their avatar and center story piece for a game.
I feel though if there was to be an spectacle fighter-style Final Fantasy title (like a FF Devil May Cry), a Dragoon protagonist would definitively fit the bill, what with their usual abilities and powers.
I'm a massive FFIV fan, but Estinien has supplanted Kain as my favorite Dragoon.
I would've said Kain in IV and after years in the past, that is, until I played XVI. The top spot now belongs to Dion MF Lesage. I like to think he survived, as we all know Dragoons don't suffer fall damage. Alas, I fear he is with Great Gregor along with Clive and Joshua...😔...(Salute).
Estinien! ❤️
@3:28 Is there a canon pronounciation for Ricard Highwind? It is typed "Ricard" in the games and in this video, but he keeps reading it as "Richard". I've always treated his hame with a hard C, as in "Rikard".
Yea, you forgot to put my FFXI Dragoon up there... 😉
There s more about the plans of an aranea dlc in the book Dawn of the future. With that you get a pretty good picture of what was planned.
I always pronounced it Ry-Card…. Not Richard… no “H” … but that’s just me
Love the vids, keep up the amazing work =]
I always pronounce Ricard the same way as the name Ricardo.
It always frustrates me when people add letters all willy-nilly
I think it's criminal that we don't have the nidhogg transform spear that estinien uses at the end of heavensward forward
It's kind of cool how all of the honorable mentions are better than Cid.
Heavensward Expansion makes me become Dragoon Main In FF14
Its just so F*cking Badass dude
you cannot deny that they got coolest and menacing Style of Armor
Estinien is the best Dragoon in all of Final Fantasy in my opinion.
Kain, no contest. Estinien is also quite good, but Kain is the OG. I had no idea they were going to do a DLC for Aranea (I know they had one for Lunafreya as well however) sucks that got scrapped, she was one of the better characters in 15 :(
I don't think there's a single DRG I don't like ^^ and it's also one of my top 5 favorite jobs. Oddly enough, though I love 11's incarnation best, that game sadly never had any real iconic DRG characters even within the job questline. I do seriously miss having a pet Wyvern though.
I really dreamt of Episode Aranea 😩
All dragoon face a struggle of allegiance
Kain changing sides
Freya allegiance to race and being outcasted
Arenea decided to help Noctis despite being sent to eliminate
Even Fang cause her situation similar to vanille compared to the rest of the group
They discern who they allege to having a moralistic component pushing them to decide to side for the good and what is right to do
Kimahri and Cid.
All of them
Estinien is the coolest dragoon of all time!
Cid Because of his old fashioned Pilot outfit and his smokes, he's like Clint Eastwood of Final Fantasy
I love how FFXIV made the spikes on a Dragoon canonically functional. Essentially, the spikes are there to injure the Dragon if the Dragoon was eaten.
Estinien is definitely my favorite. Wearing red armor because it's stained by the blood of a dragon you killed? Easily one of the most metal things in FFXIV.
He never washed it and look where it got him 🤣