Best Call of Duty Specialist Class Black Ops 3
- For the abilities they possess, see Specialist Ability.
- For the weapons they possess, see Specialist Weapon.
- For the Modern Warfare 2 achievement, see Achievements/Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
Specialists are the playable characters in Call of Duty: Black Ops III and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 multiplayer. Each Specialist is designed with a unique voice and personality, as opposed to the generic multiplayer soldiers in previous games.
Contents
- 1 Call of Duty: Black Ops III
- 1.1 Specialists
- 2 Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
- 2.1 Specialists
- 2.2 Reveal Images
- 3 Trivia
- 3.1 Black Ops III
Call of Duty: Black Ops III
In Black Ops III, each of them has both a unique weapon and a unique ability, but players can only choose one to use during each match.
The chosen weapon or ability becomes usable for a short time after the player fills up their power meter; the power meter is filled up automatically over time, but fills up faster through earning score.
Players also can only use one Specialist per match; Specialist selection is done before starting a match. There are a total of nine Specialists, listed below.
There are four Specialists available from level 1; Donnie "Ruin" Walsh, Alessandra "Outrider" Castillo, David "Prophet" Wilkes and Erin "Battery" Baker. He "Seraph" Zhen-Zhen is unlocked at level 22, Tavo "Nomad" Rojas at level 28, Experimental War Robot-115 "Reaper" at level 34, Spectre at level 40, and Krystof "Firebreak" Hejek at level 46. Each can be unlocked by spending an unlock token on either their weapon or ability.
Upon starting multiplayer for the first time a player will be given an unlock token to unlock one of the default four for use, and the game will default to this selection upon prestiging. The last specialist, Danny "Blackjack" Li, can be unlocked via acquiring Mercenary Contracts, by completing Weekly Contracts. Each Mercenary Contract allows the usage of Blackjack for a limited time of one hour per week.
Outside of Specialist abilities and weapons, gameplay is identical for all Specialists. Each Specialist has customizable armor which is purely aesthetic. They each also have unique quotes, sometimes speaking to other Specialists during gameplay or in the beginning of a match.
Because there are no differences in specialist appearances by team nor are there any team based specialists, in order to make it easier for players to spot an enemy all hostile specialists have red lights on their bodies to make it easier to distinguish them from friendlies.
The lights are located in different areas of each specialist but typically are on ammo pouches, shoulders, knee and elbow guards, and on heads. During gameplay all friendly players will have no lights but enemy players will have lights. When an enemy is killed the lights will turn off which can make it hard to distinguish dead players as hostile or friendly.
The following message appears in the Transmissions of each Specialist. It appears to be a teasing towards the Black ops 4 story, involving Savannah Mason-Meyer recruiting specialists:
+++Decrypt Success
Analytics: NULL
Tags: NULL
Header Ends +++
??: (clearing throat) "Based on the requirements layed out at the start of this procurement process, I'm certain that the intelligence gathered in the dossiers in front of you will lead you to conclude that the eight referenced individuals will be the best subjects for your program. Further, I believe that the plant you specified be placed amongst them will independently verify my findings. As instructed, the intelligence was gathered covertly, using a number of measures-"
?? 2: "Are you certain they were unaware of your surveillance?"
??: "Yes, sir, I state my reputation."
?? 2: "There's more at stake here than your reputation."
??: "Sir, yes sir."
?? 2: "Very well. Leave us. We were never here. We have never spoken."
Specialists
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
In Black Ops 4, Specialists make their return. Specialists have an ability for equipping and use during a match that recharge. Teams will be limited to two specialist types. There are a total of fourteen Specialists, listed below.
- Erin "Battery" Baker
- Jarrah "Crash" Bazley
- Kerk "Ajax" Rossouw
- Katsumi "Recon" Kimura
- Kieran "Torque" Mackay
- Donnie "Ruin" Walsh
- Krystof "Firebreak" Hejek
- He "Seraph" Zhen-Zhen
- Tavo "Nomad" Rojas
- David "Prophet" Wilkes
- Leni "Zero" Vogel
- Alessandra "Outrider" Castillo
- Spectre
- Experimental War Robot-115 "Reaper
Throughout the month of October 2018, comic books of the Specialists' origins were released and can be viewed here.
Specialists
Reveal Images
Trivia
Black Ops III
- In the map Gauntlet, there are displays that feature the Specialists' equipment and outfits.
- There is a display with an unknown Specialist, and the nameplate is scratched out. However, if the player examines the contents of the display, it appears it was intended for Prophet.
- There is also a Specialist display with no Specialist in it, but it has a king of hearts playing card in the display, and the status seen above the display says "Unknown".
- In Kill Confirmed, dog tags display information about the specialist that dropped them.
- Spectre's dog tags are scratched out, since nothing is known about him/her.
| v• d •e | |
|---|---|
| Winslow Accord | Player · Jacob Hendricks · John Taylor · Leary · Sebastian Diaz · Sarah Hall · Peter Maretti · Griffin · Dylan Stone (formerly) · Javier Ramirez (formerly) · Alice Conrad (formerly) · Joseph Fierro (formerly) |
| Central Intelligence Agency | Rachel Kane · Maurice Baak |
| Coalescence Corporation | Yousef Salim · Sebastian Krueger · Xavier Hirtzel (formerly) · Corvus |
| 54 Immortals | Goh Xiulan · Goh Min · Danny "Blackjack" Li · Jae Xiong |
| Nile River Coalition | Abasi Hakim |
| Egyptian Army | Said · Zeyad Khalil |
| Nightmares | Dolos · Deimos |
| Multiplayer Specialists | Donnie "Ruin" Walsh · Alessandra "Outrider" Castillo · David "Prophet" Wilkes · Erin "Battery" Baker · He "Seraph" Zhen-Zhen · Tavo "Nomad" Rojas · Experimental War Robot-115 "Reaper" · "Spectre" · Krystof "Firebreak" Hejek · Danny "Blackjack" Li |
| Zombies | Nero Blackstone · Jack Vincent · Jessica Rose · Floyd Campbell · Nikolai Belinski · Edward Richtofen · "Tank" Dempsey · Takeo Masaki · Shadowman · Samantha Maxis · Ludvig Maxis · Reporter · Groph · Cyber Silverback · Cosmic Silverback · Peter McCain · Gersh · Yuri Zavoyski · Brock · Gary · Eddie · Pablo Marinus · Sophia · Monty |
| Non Canon | The Replacer |
| Twitters | TheUnmarkedMan · Jaxiplanet |
| v• d •e | |
|---|---|
| Multiplayer Specialists | Donnie "Ruin" Walsh · David "Prophet" Wilkes · Erin "Battery" Baker · He "Seraph" Zhen-Zhen · Tavo "Nomad" Rojas · Krystof "Firebreak" Hejek · Jarrah "Crash" Bazley · Kieran "Torque" Mackay · Kerk "Ajax" Rossouw · Katsumi "Recon" Kimura · Leni "Zero" Vogel (Operation Absolute Zero Contraband) · Alessandra "Outrider" Castillo (Operation Grand Heist Contraband) · Spectre (Operation Spectre Rising Contraband) · Experimental War Robot-115 "Reaper" (Operation Apocalypse Z Contraband) |
| Zombies | Chaos Story: Scarlett Rhodes · Bruno Delacroix · Diego Necalli · Stanton Shaw · High Priest · Alistair Rhodes · Oracle · Reginald Barton · Bitten Bradfisch · Remus · Tiberius · Gideon Jones · Christina Fowler · Jonathan Warwick · Godfrey · Catherine · Perseus Aether Story: "Tank" Dempsey · Nikolai Belinski · Takeo Masaki · Edward Richtofen · Abigail "Misty" Briarton · Marlton Johnson · Samuel J. Stuhlinger · Russman · Albert "Weasel" Arlington · Michael "Finn" O'Leary · Billy Handsome · Salvatore "Sal" DeLuca · Warden · Ludvig Maxis · Stanley Ferguson · Samantha Maxis · Shadowman · Monty · Schuster · Layman · Yuri Zavoyski · Anton Gersh · Cornelius Pernell · George Sawyer · Robert McNamara · Peter McCain · T.E.D.D. · Rushmore · Paxton "Gunner" Ridge · Weiss · Hale · George Barkley · Avogadro · Pablo Marinus · Harvey Yena · Reporter · Jebediah Brown |
| Blackout | Icons: Viktor Reznov · Alex Mason · Frank Woods · Raul Menendez · Jason Hudson (Operation: First Strike Contraband) · Vacation Hudson (Blackjack's Reserves) · The Replacer (Blackjack's Shop "Replacer Bundle") · Uncle Woods (Black Ops Pass) · Sarah Hall (Blackjack's Reserves) · David Mason (Blackjack's Reserves) · Ladies' Man (Blackjack's Shop "Summer Break Bundle") · Sergei Kozin (Black Market Special Order) · M. Shadows (Blackjack's Reserves) · Classic Price (Modern Warfare preorder) · The Liquidator (Black Market Special Order) · Grigori Weaver (Black Market Special Order) · Ranger · Frogman · Airborne · SEAL · Battle Hardened Zombies: Shadowman (Black Ops Pass) · Cosmic Silverback (Black Ops Pass) · Ultimis Dempsey (Operation Absolute Zero Contraband) · Ultimis Nikolai (Operation Absolute Zero Contraband) · Ultimis Takeo (Blackjack's Shop) · Ultimis Richtofen (Black Market Special Order) · Brutus (Operation Grand Heist Contraband) · Misty (Black Market Special Order) · Russman (Black Market Special Order) · Marlton (Blackjack's Shop "Starter Pack") · Stuhlinger (Black Market Special Order) · Primis Dempsey · Primis Nikolai · Primis Takeo · Primis Richtofen · Scarlett Rhodes · Bruno Delacroix · Diego Necalli · Stanton Shaw · IX Scarlett · IX Bruno · IX Diego · IX Shaw · John Doe (Blackjack's Reserves) · Jane Doe (Blackjack's Reserves) · Danny Trejo (Blackjack's Shop "Survivor Pack") · Bus Driver T.E.D.D. (Black Market Special Order) · Pentagon Thief (Blackjack's Reserves) Specialists: Donnie "Ruin" Walsh · David "Prophet" Wilkes · Erin "Battery" Baker · He "Seraph" Zhen-Zhen · Tavo "Nomad" Rojas · Krystof "Firebreak" Hejek · Jarrah "Crash" Bazley · Kieran "Torque" Mackay · Kerk "Ajax" Rossouw · Katsumi "Recon" Kimura · Leni "Zero" Vogel (Operation Absolute Zero Contraband ) · Reaper Classic (Black Ops Pass) · Alessandra "Outrider" Castillo (Operation Grand Heist Contraband) · Spectre (Operation Spectre Rising Contraband) · Danny "Blackjack" Li (Blackjack's Reserves) · Experimental War Robot-115 "Reaper" (Operation Apocalypse Z Contraband) |
| Specialist HQ | Savannah Mason-Meyer · Jessica Mason-Green · Lucy Mason-Green · Frank Woods · Raul Menendez · Alex Mason · Viktor Reznov · Goh Xiulan · Goh Min · Mendoza · Johaan Van Graan |
| Comic | Nakagawa Haru · Kamilah Seddik · Sam Murtry |
| v• d •e | |
|---|---|
| Player Mechanics | Heads-up display · Health System · Shellshock · Melee · Leaning · Mounting · Minimap · Experience · Swimming · League Play · Arena · Ranked Play · Divisions · Dive to Prone · Sliding · Exo Movements · Wall Running · Super Sprint · Cyber Cores · Specialists · Thrust Slide · Thrust Jump · Tactical Rigs · Zero-Gravity · Vehicular Combat · Destructible Environment · Finishing Move · Takedowns |
| Weapon Mechanics | Attachment · Damage multiplier · Fire mode · Recoil · Hitscan · Weapon Level · Speed Reload · Weapon Variant Stats · Gun Perk · Weapon Inspection · Division Skill |
| Non Playable Characters Mechanics | NPC · Randomly Generated Soldiers · Plot Armor · Squad Abilities · Heroic Actions |
| Engine Mechanics | Call of Duty game engine mechanics · Game Engine · Trigger · Live streaming |
| Currency and Loot Mechanics | Armory (Advanced Warfare) · Black Market · Supply Credits (cut) · Quartermaster · Salvage (currency) · Cryptokey · Armory (Infinite Warfare) · Keys · Depot Credits · Depot · CODPoints · Supply Drop · Parts · Armory Credits · Contracts · Orders · Social Score · Reserve Cases · Reserve Crates · Battle Pass |
| Customization Mechanics | Player Customization · Weapon Camouflage · Attachments · Reticles (Lens) · Prototype Weapons · Paintshop · Weapon Kits · Gunsmith · Safe House · Emotes · Calling Cards · Emblems · Emblem Editor · Playercard · Vehicle Horns · War Tracks · Watches · Weapon Charms · Weapon Blueprint |
| Miscellaneous | Cheats · Graphic Content Filter · Developer console · CoDCast · Paintball Effects · Civilian Extraction · Double Feature · T-Mode · Ban and Protect · Specialist Draft · Combat Immersion · Winner's Circle · Headquarters · Challenges · Arcade · Music Player |
Best Call of Duty Specialist Class Black Ops 3
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