All Battlefield 6 classes: Assault, Engineer, Support and Recon explained

Battlefield 6 will have four classes for you to choose from in matches - Assault, Engineer, Support and Recon - all of which have different Field Specs and gadgets designed for specific combat roles.

Choosing the right class based on the map and mode you're playing, the classes of the rest of your squadmates, and how the enemy team are fighting can be crucial to victory in Battlefield 6. Enemy tank causing problems on an objective? A few Engineers will make short work of them. Struggling to work out where enemies are fighting from? Recon can mark them to help the team and pick them off from a distance.

Having put many hours into the Battlefield 6 beta, here's everything you need to know about all four classes in Battlefield 6, including the best ones and what Field Specs are.

Every Battlefield 6 class explained

There are 4 classes in Battlefield 6 multiplayer, each with a particular role within the team. This is supported by a signature gadget, trait and skill with a certain weapon type that cannot be changed, though other elements can.

The Battlefield 6 class system comprises these roles:

• Assault: A frontline attacker who uses close and mid-range weapons to devastate enemy infantry, striking hard and fast.
• Engineer: A vehicle and destruction expert who can repair friendly vehicles and use a range of explosive launchers to damage structures and enemy vehicles.
• Support: A combat medic who assists teammates with healing, ammo resupplies, and quick revives, and can easily heft light machine guns for supressing fire.
• Recon: An information-gathering class that's great for spotting enemies and picking them off, whether that's with powerful C4 or stealthy sniper rifle shots.

At the beginning of a match in Battlefield 6, you can choose between any of the four classes, but you can also choose a new one after you die or for a short time just after you spawn. Simply press the prompt on the screen (Y on PC) and you'll be able to pick any of the classes for when you return. You can even edit the loadout, though don't take too long to re-join the fight – it's better to do this between matches.

What is the best class in Battlefield 6?

The easiest Battlefield 6 class to understand and learn is the Assault, so if you're a beginner, that's a decent choice. It's a simple enough premise: run in with a couple of powerful guns to blow away enemies at close-to-mid range and use your abilities to stay mobile and destroy cover. They also are built with the pump action shotgun in mind, arguably one of the the best Battlefield 6 weapons.

That being said, the best BF6 class is more about finding your own particular niche, or working out what your team needs at that moment. Vehicle-heavy games can be benefitted by more Engineers, while the Recon class tends to thrive on larger maps (at least if they're running the Sniper Training option). Meanwhile, if you want to know how to revive in Battlefield 6 and be an expert combat medic, Support is for you.

Field Specs for Battlefield 6 classes explained

Training options in Battlefield 6 are specializations you can pick for each class that grant specific Field Spec abilities that push them towards a certain role or playstyle. It's a way to optimize your build for a specific purpose – at launch, all classes will have two Training options to choose from.

Do classes have open or closed weapons in Battlefield 6?

Unless playing in specific game modes that say otherwise, the Battlefield 6 class system has open weapons for all classes, meaning any class can use any weapon in their loadout.

However, each class has the aforementioned Signature Weapons with which they get unique features and bonuses. So, for example, the Recon class can use any weapon, but only gets the hold breath feature with Sniper Rifles, their Signature Weapon.

Battlefield 6 Assault Class

The Assault Class by default is an assault rifle user with a shotgun as backup, as well as a small grenade launcher. They move fast and are the first ones through the door, with improved mobility and survival to endure the inevitable shooting coming back at them.

For how to maximize the deadly potential of this class, check out our guide on the best Battlefield 6 Assault build.

• Combat Style: Run-and-gun, frontline attacker. Combine mid and close range weapons with adrenaline shots and explosives for breach-and-clear tactics.
• Signature Weapon: Assault Rifle. Faster draw and switch times with better sprint recovery.
• Signature Gadget: Adrenaline Injector. Immediately trigger health regeneration back to full, as well as temporary buffs: sprint speed increase, explosive resistance, debuff resistance and increased ability to hear enemy footsteps.
• Signature Trait: Soft Landing. Reduced fall damage and no movement speed penalty after falling.
• Active Ability: Reveal nearby enemies, and killing an enemy extends the duration of this effect.
• Field Specs:
  • Grenadier: Hold more grenades, reload your launcher faster, and resist flash effects.
  • Frontliner: Improved health regen, gain a second Adrenaline Injector use, and be penalized less when firing on the move.

Battlefield 6 Engineer Class

The Battlefield 6 Engineer has the power to both wreck and repair. You fix your own team's vehicles with a specialized blowtorch, while also using explosives and rockets to ruin the enemy's vehicles.

To set up the full destructive force of this class, we've got a guide on the best Battlefield 6 Engineer build, but here are all the basics you need to know:

• Combat Style: Vehicle and explosives expert. Destroy and repair vehicles with missile launchers and blow torches respectively.
• Signature Weapon: SMG. Better hip-fire control.
• Signature Gadget: Repair Tool. A blowtorch that's the main method of repairing vehicles in Battlefield 6 and equipment and damages the enemies'. Infinite use, but overheats if used too much.
• Signature Trait: Flak Jacket. Reduced damage from explosives.
• Active Ability: Overloaded Repair Tool. Using the blowtorch repairs vehicles much faster than normal.
• Field Specs:
  • Anti-Armor: More ammo for launchers and faster reloads, as well as special rockets that reduce repair effectiveness on the vehicles you hit.
  • Combat Engineer: Auto repair vehicles you're in, get longer use out of the Blowtorch, and spot nearby mines automatically.

Battlefield 6 Support Class

The Battlefield 6 Support class is a medic and more, a protective class that revives allies quickly, provides them with health, ammo, deployable cover, clouds of smoke and suppressing fire from an LMG. An optional defibrillator allows you to instantly get allies up without any need to revive properly.

To master the medic loadout, we've got a page covering the best Battlefield 6 Support build, but here are the important things to know:

• Combat Style: Backline medic and cover fire. A mix of suppressing fire, team healing, ammo pouches, deployable and revival devices that keep the rest of the team supplied and safe.
• Signature Weapon: LMG. No sprint penalty when using an MG.
• Signature Gadget: Supply Bag. Deployable item that provides ammo to all those nearby and increases passive health regeneration.
• Signature Trait: Quick Revive. Revive allies quicker and drag them around faster while you do so.
• Active Ability: Temporarily increase the Supply area of effect around you, as well as the speed with which you revive people.
• Field Specs:
  • Combat Medic: Act as a moving health station and regenerate your own health when reviving teammates.
  • Fire Support: Improved weapon control when mounted and more options to provide ammo to others.

Battlefield 6 Recon Class

A sneaky saboteur and sniper, the Battlefield 6 Recon class is used to spot enemies for the whole squad, then take out as many of them as they can with either long-range headshots or surprise attacks. They're either on a ridge lining up shots, or sneaking around backstabbing and laying C4.

We reckon the best Battlefield 6 Recon build is all about being a master sniper, but all of the core class information is below:

• Combat Style: Stealthy sniper and infiltrator. Marks targets and softens defenses without getting into combat directly if possible.
• Signature Weapon: Sniper Rifles. Can hold breath to stabilize aim and rechamber faster between shots.
• Signature Gadget: Motion Sensor. A deployable gadget that marks nearby enemy players, vehicles, and gadgets on the minimap while they're moving. Enemy players won't be detected if moving while crouched or prone.
• Signature Trait: Auto-Spot. Looking at enemies while aiming down sights marks them for other players.
• Active Ability: Summon a UAV that marks all enemies in a specific area temporarily.
• Field Specs:
  • Sniper: Faster auto-spot speed, range and duration. Sniping an enemy highlights them, and targets killed with sniper headshots can't be revived.
  • Pathfinder: Become undetectable to equipment, highlight enemies you damage, and take down enemies with less noise.

Want to put these classes to the test yourself? Find out how to access the Battlefield 6 beta! Or to go beyond ground level infantry, find out how to get Jets and Helicopters in Battlefield 6!

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