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Or, at the very least, it helps them narrow down which role they might like to fill as they try out various characters across each class.\u00a0 Every fighter also has a distinction that tells you which direction their moves are best suited for covering too: Vertical, Horizontal, or Hybrid. These are less important to overall gameplay, however, and more just a label to provide at-a-glance insight into their playstyle.\u00a0 As of now, there are five distinct Character Classes: Bruiser, Tank, Support, Assassin, and Mage. 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MultiVersus <\/em>takes the concept of a platform fighter and adds in features more commonly found in other free-to-play games, which fit almost perfectly into the model designed by Player First Games and Warner Bros. Games. <\/p>

One such inclusion is official Character Classes, which specify areas and roles that individual characters on the game\u2019s roster are going to be the most capable of performing well. <\/p>

Classes are just one way the developers are making MultiVersus <\/em>more accessible to a wider audience, as giving players an early idea of where a character\u2019s strengths and weaknesses stand from just a glance at the roster should help some players pick someone to start with. Or, at the very least, it helps them narrow down which role they might like to fill as they try out various characters across each class. <\/p>

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Every fighter also has a distinction that tells you which direction their moves are best suited for covering too: Vertical, Horizontal, or Hybrid. These are less important to overall gameplay, however, and more just a label to provide at-a-glance insight into their playstyle. <\/p>

As of now, there are five distinct Character Classes: Bruiser, Tank, Support, Assassin, and Mage. Each of these classes typically denotes the general area a character is best used in, and here is an explanation of each, along with every fighter classified within them. <\/p>