Role	Niche	Description
The Scout	The Runner	Focuses on mobility. Can run faster than others and reach higher places or across gaps. Examples: The Scout (TF2), Sombra (OW)
	The Ranger	Lone ranger. Has good mid-range single-target damage and has access to some form of sprint and self heal. Examples: Soldier: 76 (OW), Pale Rider (Gevo)
	The Wasp	Uses hit-and-run tactics. Has mobility to get in close, mag-dump for extreme DPS, then retreats. Examples: Tracer (OW), Zaku II [Ranged] (Gevo)
The Explosives Expert	The Bombardier	Rocket launcher unit. Has good vertical ascent via rocket jumping or other means. Examples: The Soldier (TF2), Pharah (OW)
	The Demolitionis	Lobs grenades and sets explosive traps. Has decent vertical jumping ability by detonating their own mine. Examples: The Demoman (TF2), Junkrat (OW)
The Annoyance	The Pyro	Spreads fire in a wide arc, dealing high DPS and threatning to take out units with afterburn damage. Examples: The Pyro (TF2)
	The Cryo	Spreads ice in a wide arc, slowing down enemies until they are immobilized for free damage. Examples: Mei (OW)
	The Autohit	Has some amount of auto-hit weapon that just needs enemies to be on-screen to damage. Examples: Winston (OW), Guntank (Gevo)
The Brawler	The Knight	Main weapon is restricted to melee only but deals such high damage it can potentially one-shot. Examples: The Demo-knight (TF2), Gundam Barbatos (Gevo)
	The Ninja	Has a very lackluster ranged option; relies on skills that give them mobility and melee damage. Examples: Genji (OW), Gundam Exia (Gevo)
	The Fencer	Focuses on jumping in and out of melee distance, peppering foes with both melee and ranged attacks. Examples: Susanowo (Gevo)
The Tank	The Heavy	Has low mobility and a weapon spin-up time but deals extreme DPS even at a range. Examples: The Heavy (TF2), Bastion (OW), Gundam Heavyarms (Gevo)
	The Berserker	Based around taking damage (mitigated by abilities) which increases their damage output for punishment. Examples: Zarya (OW), Zaku II [Melee] (Gevo)
	The Wall	Creates a protective barrier that shields them and their allies. Has some amount of crowd control. Examples: Reinhardt (Ow), Brigitte (OW)
The Bully	The Bulk	Has limited flight but otherwise low mobility. Dives in and uses high bulk and close-range DPS to outdamage foes. Examples: D.va (OW), Sazabi (Gevo)
	The Hook	Has a chain grab gimmick and the ability to combo-kill as long as an enemy is caught. Examples: Roadhog (OW), Marasai (Gevo)
The Manual	The Manual	Sets up a single, larger turret and upgrades/repairs it. Tries to set up a stronghold. Examples: The Engineer (TF2), Torbjorn (OW)
	The Automatic	Sets up smaller, disposable turret(s) and pushes forward, replacing them along the way. Examples: The Gunslinger (TF2), Symmetra
The Pocket Healer	The Pocket Medic	Dedicated healer that latches onto one target at a time. Examples: The Medic (TF2), Mercy (OW), Zenyatta (OW), Methuss (Gevo)
	The Triage Nurse	Passively heals themself and all nearby allies. Examples: Lucio (OW), Gundam Unicorn (Gevo)
	The Heal Gun	Weapon and skills can be used on both friend and foe, healing allies or damaging/debuffing enemies. Examples: Ana (OW), Moira (OW)
The Sniper	The Camper	Sets up in a nest and snipes long-range unless otherwise driven away. Examples: The Sniper (TF2), Widowmaker (OW), GM Sniper (Gevo)
	The Huntsman	Bow-wielding sniper that is mid-range and actively pushes forward. Examples: The Huntsman (TF2), Hanzo (OW)
The Infiltrator	The Backstabber	Uses invisibility to maneuver behind foes and insta-kill them. Examples: The Spy (TF2)
	The Gunslinger	Fires precision shots from a handgun, dealing with one person at a time as they move forward. Examples: McCree (OW)
	The Vampire	Has self-heal on kill to sustain themselves as they eliminate enemies one-by-one. Examples: Reaper (OW), Susanowo (Gevo)
Special	The Flier	Capable of flying, bombarding enemies from above and getting behind enemy lines easily. Examples: Asshimar (Gevo)
	The Lock-on	Tags enemies and uses skills that lock onto tagged enemies automatically. Examples: Nu Gundam (Gevo)
	The Copycat	Peppers enemies to build ultimate, then temporarily turns into another character and uses their kit. Examples: Echo (OW)