Below is a reference breakdown of commonly used Dragonknight tank skills. You don’t need every skill listed here on your bar at once, use this section to understand what each option provides and when it becomes useful.

• Goading Throw – Ranged taunt that also heals you and applies Major Maim, reducing enemy damage.
• Stone Giant – Enemy debuff that makes them receive more damage, boosting group DPS.
• Hearth and Home (Eruption) – Provides a large group heal over time, Minor Heroism for faster ultimate generation, and Major Protection for yourself.
• Warding Burst – Group damage shield that also grants Minor Courage and contributes to ultimate generation.
• Polar Wind – Strong burst heal with a self HoT that also heals an ally.
• Trample – Grants Major Heroism and applies multiple damage status effects, turning the Dragonknight into an ultimate engine when paired with Saxhleel Champion.
• Gibbering Shelter – Emergency defensive ultimate that provides strong mitigation, group shielding, and passive resource recovery.
• Leashing Soul – Pulls enemies together, restores Magicka and Stamina, and applies Major Cowardice to reduce incoming damage.
• Elemental Susceptibility – Free Major Breach with constant Burning, Chilled, and Concussion procs, enabling Minor Maim, Minor Brittle, Minor Vulnerability, Off Balance, and Minor Breach (with Blockade), while triggering Dragonknight sustain through Burning.
• Elemental Blockade – Maintains continuous infused Crusher enchant uptime, applies Minor Breach to Chilled enemies, and provides a projectile damage shield for the group.
• Expansive Frost Cloak – Grants Major Resolve to the entire group.
• Runeguard of Still Waters – Passive safety tool that grants Minor Resolve and Minor Protection, immobilises nearby enemies, and triggers a heal when under 50% Health.
• Standard of Might – Primary ultimate that provides a large, unique Spell and Weapon Damage buff to the group. When paired with Saxhleel Champion, it also grants Major Force, massively boosting group damage, while the caster gains 15% reduced damage taken for the duration.

Add Pull Skills

• Inner Rage – Ranged taunt that provides a strong group synergy, dealing Flame damage over time to the taunted enemy and additional AoE Flame damage to nearby enemies.
• Razor Caltrops – Applies AoE Major Breach to all enemies in large pulls and snares them.
• Power Slam – Used to proc Void Bash, pulling all enemies together in one cast while applying Major Maim to reduce incoming damage.
• Pulsar – Applies AoE Minor Mangle and, when used with a Charged Ice Staff, guarantees AoE Chilled, enabling Minor Maim, Minor Brittle, Minor Breach (with Blockade), and granting Minor Protection to the group.

Dragonknight Skills (No Subclassing)

• Igneous Shield – Provides a damage shield for yourself and a smaller group shield, grants Major Mending, and should be cast before healing skills to increase self-healing effectiveness.
• Blood of the Green Dragon – Emergency burst heal that scales based on missing Health, also applies a heal over time and grants Major Fortitude, Major Endurance, and Major Vitality.
• Magma Fist (Stone Giant) – Applies Heat Shock to enemies, increasing the damage they take and boosting overall group DPS.
• Earthshield Mantle (Hardened Armor) – Grants Major Resolve, provides a damage shield, and returns Flame damage to enemies that deal direct damage to you.
• Choking Talons – AoE immobilise used for add control that also applies Minor Maim and provides an Ignite synergy for the group.
• Chains of Dominance – Pulls and taunts enemies, applies Burning and Major Cowardice, refunds Magicka if the target cannot be pulled, and activates Minor Brutality through the Elder Dragon passive.