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

Dragon Rider (Japanese:ドラゴンライダーDragon Rider) is a basicwyvern-mounted flying class introduced inFire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. Exclusive toGenealogy andThracia 776, it is a somewhat weaker counterpart to theWyvern Rider class which was enemy-exclusive inGenealogy before becoming playable inThracia 776. InThracia 776, it is playable and acts as the game's basic wyvern-mounted class, with theWyvern Rider serving as its promoted form; afterThracia, the Dragon Rider does not appear again, withGenealogy'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 thePegasus Rider: whereas its pegasus-riding cousin is fast and frail, the Dragon Rider is oriented in a bulky, powerful manner. Theirstrength anddefense are both high, with lesserskill andspeed compared to Pegasus Riders, and they share the same high movement and access toCanto as Pegasus Rider and other mounted classes. However, theirresistance is abysmal even compared to other physical classes. They also share the Pegasus Rider family's weakness tobows andwind 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	20/16	5 (4/2)	0 (7/0)	3 (6/1)	4 (8/2)	0	7 (4/2)	--	8 (4/5)	7/4 (6/4)	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 data

Class growth rates

Class skills

Class change

Genealogy of the Holy War

The class a unit changes into inGenealogy 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 inThracia 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 aKnight Proof after reachinglevel 10.	Wyvern Rider

Playable Dragon Riders

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

Portraits

• 
  The generic Dragon Rider portrait inGenealogy of the Holy War.
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  The generic Dragon Rider portrait inThracia 776.

See also

• Pegasus Rider
• Wyvern Rider
• Wyvern Lord

This article is part ofProject Classes, a project focused in writing articles for every class present in theFire Emblem series.