Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Specialists – every character and their abilities revealed

Check out our Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Specialists guide to find out the abilities and equipment you can try out in the new COD

Blops 4 specialists

Who are all the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Specialists? Now the game is out we know all there is to know about Treyarch’s latest addition to the colossal FPS series. Returning from Black Ops 3, Specialists are characters with set abilities that you can select just before starting a match – they are separate to the create-a-class system and effectively give players a role on the battlefield and encourage teamwork.

In Black Ops 4 Specialists all come with a single player scenario designed to add some narrative and context while also introducing players to the abilities of each character. It’s also worth noting that in multiplayer each team will only be able to have one of each Specialist, so don’t expect to be able to stack abilities. Finally, some Specialists also offer bespoke attachments to certain weapons, such as suppressive fire.

Finally we now know of all of the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Specialists and their abilities, so join us as we run through all of them, from newcomers to familiar faces.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Specialists

Nomad

  • Equipment: Mesh Mine – Deploys explosive traps that connect to create lethal tripwires.
  • Ability: K9 Unit – Attack dog that can be commanded to either follow you or patrol a designated location

prophet

  • Equipment: Seeker  – A rolling shock mine that seeks enemy players, paralysing them on contact.
  • Ability: Tempest – A tactical style rifle that shoots electrically charged Shock Rounds.

Black Ops 4 Specialists Battery

Battery

  • Equipment: Cluster – grenade that sticks to surfaces and releases several smaller grenades.
  • Ability: War Machine – grenade launcher that fires bouncing grenades which detonate after a short time or by hitting an enemy directly.

Crash

  • Equipment: Assault Pack – deploys ammo magazines that provide bonus score for taking down enemies and are available to the whole team.
  • Ability: Tak-5 – heals, boosts max health, and removes wounds for the user and up to four targeted allies; it works through walls, too.

Ajax

  • Equipment: 9-bang – a tactical grenade that flashes and stuns; can be cooked to detonate more than once.
  • Ability: Ballistic Shield – transforming defensive shield with a built-in machine pistol.
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Recon

  • Equipment: Sensor Dart – intel equipment that reveals enemies within its proximity on the minimap and is visible to everyone on the team.
  • Ability: Vision Pulse – scan the surrounding area to reveal enemies for a period of time. Visible to your whole team.

Torque

  • Equipment: Razor Wire – place razor wire to damage and slow enemies that attempt to cross it.
  • Ability: Barricade – deploy reinforced cover while securing objectives. This boasts a built-in microwave field that slows and damages enemies. Owner can deactivate cover at will.

Black Ops 4 specialists seraph

SERAPH

  • Equipment: Tac-Deploy – deployable beacon that allows your teammates to spawn to the surrounding area.
  • Ability: Annihilator – high caliber revolver that fires devastating rounds with increased bullet penetration.

Ruin

  • Equipment: Grapple Gun – quickly move to elevations and other locations
  • Ability: Grav Slam – a short, aggressive leap that delivers a lethal blast radius around the point of impact.

Firebreak

  • Equipment: Reactor Core – emits a damaging radiation field that wounds enemies and reduces their maximum health for a period of time. Damages you if you charge it for too long.
  • Ability: Purifier – flamethrower that shoots a steady stream of flame, scorching enemies up to mid-range.