Archetype

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In WAR, the term archetype refers to one of the four general types of careers available. War is divided into four archetypes. These archetypes each have attributes that give advantages over one another. In Warhammer Online the four archetypes are Tanks, Melee DPS, Ranged DPS, and Support/Healers. This is a chart of the various Careers and their archetypes.

Archetype	Order of the Griffon	Oathbearers	Shining Guard	Raven Host	Bloody Sun Boyz	House Uthorin
Tank	Knight of the Blazing Sun	Ironbreaker	Swordmaster	Chosen	Black Orc	Black Guard
Melee	Witch Hunter	Slayer	White Lion	Marauder	Choppa	Witch Elf
Support	Warrior Priest	Runepriest	Archmage	Zealot	Shaman	Disciple of Khaine
Ranged	Bright Wizard	Engineer	Shadow Warrior	Magus	Squig Herder	Sorceress

Struck careers will not be in-game at launch, but may be added later.

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Each army has exactly one playable career for each archetype (see table), and each archetype performs a specific main role, although different careers of the same archetype may play slightly differently. For instance the Sorceress is a Ranged DPS archetype career, however, her play mechanic (called "Dark Magic" - causing her to have a chance to hurt herself the more harmful magic she casts) is very different from the Shadow Warrior (also a Ranged DPS), who has a stance-based mechanic of gameplay.

Archetypes also have an advantage over another Archetype. This plays in very well when balancing the careers.