Roles

The masks one wears onstage.

The role a Hero plays determines the part they play in combat. Each Hero may invest in any and all of the available roles in Last Odyssey, but may only play one role at a time. Out of combat, they may switch between roles at will, while in combat they must switch roles during the Paradigm Phase. While they play a role, they may use any of its associated abilities that their player has unlocked via advancement except for the capstone ability, which can only be used by their eidolon. Any of the unlocked passive abilities for a role, such as Trained Spellcaster, only apply if the Hero currently occupies the role. In addition, while playing a given role a Hero gains extra role-dependent bonuses to three different statistics equal to their three attributes.

• The Six Roles
  • Striker: An offensive role focused on doing damage to the front row.
  • Caster: An offensive role focused on doing damage to the entire battlefield.
  • Healer: A defensive role focused on healing and removing statuses from allies.
  • Defender: A defensive role focused on drawing warrior attacks and negating received damage.
  • Support: A defensive role focused on charming allies and protecting them from elemental damage.
  • Saboteur: An offensive role focused on hexing warriors and making them vulnerable to elemental damage.