Best Of
XDefiantrequires players to choose a faction before playing.
The game features five factions: Phantoms, Cleaners, DeadSec, Libertad, and Echelon.
Each faction inXDefiantoffers unique skills and abilities that can give you an advantage over your enemies.
However, different factions suit different playstyles, which may affect your overall gameplay experience.
For these reasons, it is essential to familiarize yourself with multiple factions before making your decision.
Here is a comprehensive guide ranking and reviewing the best factions inXDefiant.
Interestingly, DeadSec bases itself on the hacking system inWatch Dogs.
This faction offers four abilities and traits.
Its ultra-ability, Lockout, limits your enemies' ability to use their abilities, HUD, and mini-map.
The Hijack ability also enables players to hack enemies' active skills.
DeadSec allows players to deploy a small spider-like robot called a Spiderbot.
This bot jumps on the nearest enemy’s face and stuns them, incapacitating them temporarily.
Finally, the faction also features a passive trait called Fabricator.
This handy trait prints copies of every gear you deploy, ensuring you always have crucial devices.
However, DeadSec has a few shortcomings.
Most notably, the Lockout and Hijack abilities only work within a small radius.
As such, you must get close to your enemies to deploy them, exposing yourself to danger.
Additionally, enemies can easily take out the Spiderbot with one shot if they see it coming.
Cleaners
The Cleaners faction is about blowing up your enemies or setting them on fire.
The best ability in the cleaner’s faction is The Purifier.
This ability temporarily equips you with a powerful flamethrower to burn all enemies within reach, causing substantial damage.
However, it also has three notable shortcomings.
TheIncendiary Rounds trait reduces your weapons' range.
The Cleaners faction’s abilitieshave prolonged cooldown periods.
And finally,Cleaners have a larger hotbox than other factions, which makes them easy targets.
Phantoms
The Phantoms faction focuses on defense to protect you and your team from attacks.
It is beneficial for getting your team from one point to another when under heavy gunfire.
you’re free to use it strategically to help you take a moment to dominate.
This XDefiant faction’s Aegis ability deploys an impenetrable spheric shield around your team.
The Aegis ability also equips you with a close-range electro-scattergun to disperse nearby enemies.
Conveniently, your teammates can shoot through the barrier to repel approaching enemies.
The Blitz Shield ability deploys a larger but less efficient shield.
This shield blocks most of the incoming fire, reducing the amount of damage incurred from the front.
Additionally, players cannot use their guns when the shield is active.
On the plus side, it’s possible for you to use the shield to bash your enemies.
Besides deploying protective shields, the Phantoms faction also boosts your health.
Its passive trait, Hardened, increases your health meter by 20%.
Libertad
The freedom fighters of Yara inFar Cry 6inspire the Libertad faction.
It specializes in healing and other health-related buffs, giving you and your players enough juice to fight.
Libertad’s Medico Supremo ability deploys a medical backpack on the ground that accelerates regeneration and increases health.
The backpack benefits all teammates within the active radius.
Notably, the healing gas is limited and runs out after some time.
Moreover, the gas canister stops working when shot.
Libertad also offers a convenient trait called Espiritu de Libertad.
This passive trait continually provides healing to you and your allies without deploying medical packs or gas canisters.
The Libertad faction is ideal for beginners trying to stay alive as they learn the ropes.
Moreover, veterans can use it to increase their survivability later in the game as fights intensify.
Echelon
Echelon is hands-down the best faction inXDefiant.
It specializes in stealth and oversight, enabling you to hide your positions and uncover enemies' positions.
The ability also temporarily equips you with Sam Fisher’s powerful 5.7 pistol to hunt and kill hidden enemies.
Additionally, the Intel Suit ability enables you to share the positions of hidden enemies with your teammates.
Additionally, the Digital Ghillie Suit ability makes you almost invisible, enabling you to sneak up on enemies.
However, moving and aiming reduce this ability’s effect, making you visible to enemies.
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