Battleborn

General

Battleborn is not just the name of the game but also how you describe the playable characters in the game. These are a group of heroes, they are the champions of this game. Battleborn is a hero shooter and therefore features a wide range of playable characters.

The game contains 30 unique heroes divided over 5 different factions. You can find their profiles on the hero list. Each faction has a unique skill assigned to its champions. The Eldrid have Health regeneration, the Jennerit have Life Leech and the Peacekeepers have large shield capacity.

During your adventure, you can play characters ranging from a cyborg Hawkman to samurai vampires to mini-gun-wielding man-mountains. If you like slash and parry, run and gun, cast and dash, or simply obliterate your foes. Battleborn has it while you are building and growing your personal team of heroes.

You initially started the game with 7 heroes and needed to unlock the other Battleborn by playing the game, however, since the Winter Update, all the heroes are unlocked from the start.

Character Role Specialization

In broad terms, you can divide the Battleborn heroes into 3 classes. These 3 character archetypes are; Attacker, Defender, and Supporter. This not only tells what type of character you are picking but it also has a benefit on the battlefield. Because depending on the role you play your character will get a boost against non-player enemies.

Boosts

• Attackers deal 15% more damage to non-Battleborn enemies.
• Defenders take 15% less damage from non-Battleborn enemies.

Classifications

As I mentioned the ‘character role specialization’ divides the heroes into 3 big archetypes. However, each Battleborn has a different take on that role. This is where the character’s classifications come in. These will tell you where the hero excels at.

One hero might be better at attacking and pushing the team forward while another hero could be very good at defending and keeping his ground and therefore is very territorial.  There are a lot of classifications like; Healers, Shielders, Snipers, Disruptors, etc. These describe their play style.

• Adorable:  Because Toby is an adorable penguin.
• Agile: The character is fast and/or highly mobile. Often includes skills or helix augmentations that increase mobility. Focuses mainly on vertical movement.
• Assassin: The character is specialized in taking down a single target fast.
• Brawler: The character is adept at getting into and staying in fights.
• Combat:  The character is exceptionally useful in the middle of a fight.
• Controller: The character has a lot of crowd control (CC) abilities that set up or assist the team.
• Disruptor: The character has quite a few crowd control (CC) abilities that stop or interrupt the enemy.
• Healer: The character specializes in restoring allies’ health.
• Initiator:  The character is especially adept at starting fights. Usually involves a combination of movement abilities and crowd control.
• Mobile: The character is fast and/or highly mobile. Often includes skills or helix augmentations that increase mobility. Focuses mainly on horizontal movement.
• Pusher:  The character has a good Area of Effect damage and/or fast minion clear.
• Rescuer:  The character is especially adept at last-second saves that mean the difference between life or death.
• Shielder:  The character specializes in restoring allies’ shields.
• Skirmisher:  The character is specialized in hit-and-run or guerrilla tactics.
• Sniper:  The character can accurately hit targets at long range. That does NOT mean the character needs to stay far back.
• Stealth:  The character can cloak and disappear from sight. The only indication is a slight shimmering effect.
• Tank:  The character is a beefcake. Lots of health and often has a shield that blocks damage
• Territorial:  The character specializes in controlling a specific area.
• Versatile:  The character is flexible and can fill or specialize in multiple roles.

Skill Level

Each Battleborn hero has a learning curve, it all depends on your own skill level and how fast you pick up stuff. However, some characters are designed with a more complex skill set. The Skill Level is a classification of how difficult it is to learn/play the character. There are 3 different skill levels:

• Easy – These heroes play very straightforwardly.
• Complex – These characters have ability combos you need to pay attention to in order to use them well.
• Advanced –  These characters require the use of combos, specialized skills, or technical play to use them well.

Abilities

Every Battleborn hero plays from a first-person perspective and has unique playstyle mechanics. They not only differ by looks but also by how fast they are, how high they can jump, or even if they can fly. They all have different stats on how each of them performs in the amount of Health, Power, Range, and speed.