| Role | Niche | Description |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| The Autohit | Has some amount of auto-hit weapon that just needs enemies to be on-screen to damage.
Examples: Winston (OW), Guntank (Gevo) |
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| 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) |
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| The Fencer | Focuses on jumping in and out of melee distance, peppering foes with both melee and ranged attacks.
Examples: Susanowo (Gevo) |
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| 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) |
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| The Wall | Creates a protective barrier that shields them and their allies. Has some amount of crowd control.
Examples: Reinhardt (Ow), Brigitte (OW) |
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| 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) |
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| 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 |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| The Vampire | Has self-heal on kill to sustain themselves as they eliminate enemies one-by-one.
Examples: Reaper (OW), Susanowo (Gevo) |
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| 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) |
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| The Copycat | Peppers enemies to build ultimate, then temporarily turns into another character and uses their kit.
Examples: Echo (OW) |