Dragon Rider

For the basic wyvern-riding class in other games, see Wyvern Rider.

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Dragon Rider

Unit type(s) Flying (all titles) Infantry (replaces Flying when dismounted; Thracia 776) Weapon(s) Sword, Lance Skill(s) Canto

Dragon Rider (Japanese: ドラゴンライダー Dragon Rider) is a basic wyvern-mounted flying class introduced in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. Exclusive to Genealogy and Thracia 776, it is a somewhat weaker counterpart to the Wyvern Rider class which was enemy-exclusive in Genealogy before becoming playable in Thracia 776. In Thracia 776, it is playable and acts as the game's basic wyvern-mounted class, with the Wyvern Rider serving as its promoted form; after Thracia, the Dragon Rider does not appear again, with Genealogy's Wyvern Rider-Wyvern Lord class tree remaining for the rest of the series.

Like the Wyvern Rider, the Dragon Rider acts as a statistical counterpoint to the Pegasus Rider: whereas its pegasus-riding cousin is fast and frail, the Dragon Rider is oriented in a bulky, powerful manner. Their strength and defense are both high, with lesser skill and speed compared to Pegasus Riders, and they share the same high movement and access to Canto as Pegasus Rider and other mounted classes. However, their resistance is abysmal even compared to other physical classes. They also share the Pegasus Rider family's weakness to bows and wind magic.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Genealogy of the Holy War	35	9	0	5	5	0	8	0	9	--	C C
Thracia 776	16	5 (2)	0	3 (1)	4 (2)	0	7 (2)	--	8 (5)	4	E* ( E*)

Max stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Genealogy of the Holy War	80	25	15	22	21	30	26	15	9	--	C C
Thracia 776	80	20	20	20	20	20	20	--	20	20	A* ( A*)

Miscellaneous stats

Game	Experience	CRP	Gold	Weight mod.	Capacity	Vision	Size
Genealogy of the Holy War	--	--	1,000	--	--	--	--
Thracia 776 (Mounted)	--	3	--	--	--	--	--
Thracia 776 (Dismounted)	--	2	--	--	--	--	--

Class growth rates

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Constitution*	Movement*	Weapon level
Genealogy of the Holy War	100%	30%	10%	30%	30%	0%	30%	10%	--	--	--	--
Thracia 776	50%	20%	3%	15%	10%	10%	15%	--	--	15%	0%	--

See class growth rate for more details on the mechanics of class growths in each game.

Class skills

Game	Skill	Learning conditions
Genealogy of the Holy War Thracia 776	Canto	Innate; hidden and unnamed

Class change

Genealogy of the Holy War

The class a unit changes into in Genealogy of the Holy War is determined by the unit and not the class; however, no units change into or out of the Dragon Rider class.

Base class
Dragon Rider

Thracia 776

The class a unit changes into in Thracia 776 is determined by the unit and not the class; however, all units in the Dragon Rider class have the following class change option:

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Dragon Rider	Using a Knight Proof after reaching Level 10.	Wyvern Rider

Playable Dragon Riders

Playable Characters
Name	Game
Eda	Thracia 776
Playable Dragon Rider units in the Fire Emblem series.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English (unofficial)	• Dragon Rider • Dracorider	• Used in older patches. • Used in the "Project Naga" patch.
Japanese	ドラゴンライダー	Dragon Rider

Gallery

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  The generic Dragon Rider portrait in Genealogy of the Holy War.

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  The generic Dragon Rider portrait in Thracia 776.

See also

• Pegasus Rider
• Wyvern Rider
• Wyvern Lord

This article is part of Project Classes, a project focused in writing articles for every class present in the Fire Emblem series.