Fans have developed an esoteric language of skill trees, buffs and area-of-effect weaponry to delineate between titles and styles and functions.
Donnie Walsh, call sign Ruin, is a brute force infantryman whose special weapon is a pair of gravity spikes which he can plant in the ground causing devastating area-of-effect damage to enemies.
Warlocks, meanwhile, produce the Nova Bomb, an area-of-effect mega-blast that scatters groups of aliens like bowling pins; or there's Radiance, a sort of buff power that enhances the stats of the entire fire team for a limited period.
Area-of-Effect Soft-bots are meant to operate on "rubble pile" asteroids, which are pretty much what they sound like.
Over time the various agents learned (and of course reported back) various stratagems, from simple things such as how to scatter units under an area-of-effect attack to complex multi-pronged offenses.
Casters and supports cover a wide variety of heroes; some, like Howitzer, Gideon, and Iggy & Scorch, are great at gaining ground in the lanes by quickly destroying minions with their area-of-effect abilities.
Cybruisers are equipped with a rocket-launcher, the deadliest weapon monsters can have, direct hits one-shotting armor-less players and massive area-of-effect damage making perfect positioning vital.
The primary roles of a mage are: Area-of-Effect damage, Crowd-control, Ranged Damage, and Utility.
Good leveling builds optimize damage output with survivability, and for some players, boost your area-of-effect damage.
Blood Elves have an area-of-effect Silence, both are powerful abilities in either PvP or PvE.
