Fans and FPS enthusiasts have eagerly anticipated the release of Ubisoft’s newest FPS game, XDefiant. With its official launch, we will provide you with a brief overview of the various Factions and abilities featured in the game.
Just like other first-person shooter games available today, every Faction in XDefiant is designed to embody a distinct class, providing players with faction-specific abilities and traits that cater to diverse playstyles. Furthermore, all Factions featured in XDefiant are inspired by beloved characters from popular Ubisoft titles including Far Cry, The Division, and Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon.
What Is The Best Faction in XDefiant?
In XDefiant, selecting your desired Faction is largely based on personal preference as each class provides its own distinct qualities. Whether you prefer a more aggressive playstyle or a more calculated and methodical approach, there is a class suited for every player.
Freedom
The Caribbean island of Yara’s Libertad revolutionaries, who are prominently featured in Far Cry 6, are the primary healing-focused class in XDefiant. With a variety of abilities, they excel at providing healing support to both themselves and nearby allies, making them a top choice for players seeking to strengthen their team.
Abilities
- The Médico backpack, also known as the Ultra version, offers a significant increase in health and healing for a limited duration.
- Espíritu de Libertad (Passive) – The contagious spirit of freedom slowly heals you and nearby allies
- The Remédio ability allows you to launch a gas canister that continuously heals friendly units until it is destroyed or canceled.
Phantoms
The former Ghosts, now known as Shadow Team, utilize their skills and advanced technology to secure profitable contracts.
Phantoms are known for their tenacity and are highly skilled in controlling the battlefield through the use of various shields. These shields can be used to strengthen positions or lead attacks, showcasing the Phantoms’ expertise in manipulation.
Abilities
- The Aegis (Ultra) is a combination of a spherical plasma shield and an electro-scattergun, designed for close-quarters combat.
- Enhanced (Passive): Health has been improved through personalized gene therapies.
- Mag Barrier (Ability): This ability creates an electromagnetic barrier that effectively blocks incoming enemy fire and grenades.
- The Blitz Shield ability allows you to equip a tactical shield and use it to perform a shield bash by pressing the Melee button.
Echelon
“The members of the NSA’s Echelon initiative are skilled in both combat and utilizing information and stealth as their main strengths, but they particularly excel in the latter.”
Echelon operatives are able to maintain their invisibility on the mini-map and use their skills to surprise their enemies and cause chaos. Additionally, they have the ability to reveal the location of enemy forces, giving their allies a valuable advantage in combat.
Abilities
- The Sonar Goggles (Ultra) allow you to detect and track your enemies, while wielding the iconic Third Echelon 5.7 pistol to take them down.
- Undetectable (Passive): The agent remains hidden from enemy minimaps.
- Intel Suit (Ability): Reveals the whereabouts of nearby enemies to your team.
- The Digital Ghillie Suit ability makes the agent almost undetectable, but the effect is diminished while moving and aiming.
Cleaners
Taking cues from The Division 2, the Cleaners utilize fiery strategies to rid New York City of its impurities, and they carry the same infernal ferocity to XDefiant. Referred to as “experts in dealing damage”on the official website, they possess a formidable arsenal of abilities intended to wreak havoc.
Embrace your innate fiery nature with this faction, and when faced with intense situations, unleash the ultimate power of the Purifier—a formidable flamethrower that will undoubtedly make any opponents think twice before trying to confront you.
Abilities
- The Purifier (Ultra): Enemies are effectively sterilized by the use of a flamethrower.
- The passive ability, Incendiary Rounds, causes ammunition to deal additional burn damage while also reducing the weapon’s range.
- The Firebomb ability allows you to detonate a Molotov cocktail, resulting in explosive damage and setting the surrounding area on fire.
- Incinerator Drone (Ability): A napalm-delivering drone burns everything in its flight path.
DeadSec
The DedSec hackers are highly skilled in technology and possess a multitude of abilities. They can disrupt enemy HUDs, take control of deployable assets such as shields, turrets, and drones, and deploy independent Spiderbots to locate their enemies. Coming from various backgrounds, all members of DedSec share the same objective of disrupting and dismantling systems of control, whether they are technological or not.
Abilities
- Lockout (Ultra): Disable the enemies’ HUD, mini-map, and abilities in the affected area.
- The Fabricator (Passive) prints a new device once it has been deployed.
- The Spiderbot (Ability) allows the deployment of a Spiderbot which will stun the nearest enemy by latching onto their face.
- Hijack (Ability): Hack enemy-deployed abilities and make them your own.
After learning about all the Factions and their unique abilities in XDefiant, it is ultimately up to personal preference and desired playstyle to determine the best Faction for you.
For those who prefer to hunt enemies stealthily, the Echelon Faction is a good choice. On the other hand, if you want to deal heavy damage against closely packed enemies, the Cleaners Faction may be more suitable. Ultimately, the decision comes down to personal preference.
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