Each Troop in Gems of War has a Role assigned to help players and our Suggest-A-Team feature build teams. The Roles also determine which Skill Points a Troop will gain when you enhance it with Medals.

Overview

Troops can only have a single Role, which represents a Troop’s most common purpose in the game. 

For example: Gorgotha is both a good frontline Troop and Mana Generator. His primary purpose is as frontline troop though, so he is classified as a Defender.

You can see a Troop's Role on their card as a symbol next to their Troop type.

You can filter for specific Roles in the Troop menu and also use the Troop Role filter as a quick in-game reference for what each Role's symbol is.

The Roles

There are 9 Troop Roles in-game; they are:

	Defender	Frontline tank, great at mitigating skull damage
	Warrior	Tough frontliner, or offense tank, with damage capability
	Warmaster	Buffs/summons allies for attack or creates skulls
	Striker	Heavy damage dealer, mostly targets single enemy
	Assassin	Can often one-shot-kill an enemy
	Mage	Deals large amounts of area damage
	Generator	Generates Mana
	Support	Buffs allies in a defensive fashion
	Warlock	Debuffs one or more enemies