Dragoon

The Dragoon is a Cerberus unit encountered in Mass Effect 3, introduced in the multiplayer Retaliation DLC. Dragoons are heavily-armored soldiers capable of lunging toward their enemies with flashing speed and golden biotic-whips.

Capabilities
Offensive

Cerberus Dragoons are equipped with the M-25 Hornet SMG and biotic lashes, which they can use to lunge toward the player or slam the ground with them for a circular melee attack.

Defensive

While they possess powerful armour, Dragoons are devoid of any shields or barriers whatsoever. Given their nature as an armored enemy, Dragoons cannot be grabbed over-cover for instant-kills but are still vulnerable to headshots.

Tactics

 * Dragoons are geared towards close-range combat and their biotic lashes deal far more damage than their Hornet SMGs. As such, most players should keep their distance and take them down from afar.
 * However, be wary as they lunge while doing their lash attack and can cover a lot of ground when doing so.
 * Anti-armor weapons/powers are the most effective way of eliminating Dragoons. Using a mixture of Armor-Piercing Rounds, Carnage, Incinerate, Reave and Warp can help immensely against them. Annihilation Field and Dark Channel can also be very useful in conjunction with the latter.
 * Take caution when fighting Dragoons, for they can leap considerable distances in order to engage the player and are typically accompanied by Phantoms as well as other Dragoons. Additionally, they tend to avoid taking cover, instead opting to charge directly into close range, pushing players out of their cover.

Trivia

 * The term dragoon originally referred to mounted infantry with training in both regular infantry fighting skills as well as in horseback riding.