Battlefield 6 Classes Guide

Class-based gameplay returns in Battlefield 6, making it the perfect time to revisit and master what makes each class a vital asset in combat. In this Battlefield 6 class guide, we will go over the class system as a whole, the newly added leveling system and perks, as well as everything else that makes classes unique. 

Even though chances are you’ve played BF games before, for this installment, the developers are making some significant changes that are aimed at highlighting each class’s identity and making them more specialized in what they do.

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Read our other BF6 guides:

• Beginner's Guide
• Weapons Tier List
• Best Loadouts
• Best Settings

 

 

Battlefield 6 Class System

Battlefield 6's class system of classes is built on two pillars: Customizable elements that give you freedom in how you play, and Class-Defining elements that ensure each role feels unique and purposeful. The goal is to create a balance between flexibility and clear Battlefield identity, so you always know your strengths while still having room to adapt to the fight.

Customizable elements include your weapon loadout, class gadgets, Training Paths, and throwables. These systems let you experiment with gear, adjust to different maps, and support your squad in the way that best fits the situation.
Class-Defining elements are tied directly to your chosen role. Each class has a Signature Weapon, Trait, and Gadget, plus a default weapon package to get you battle-ready from the start. These features highlight what your class does best, whether it’s spearheading assaults, shutting down vehicles, sustaining allies, or controlling the flow of information.
By combining these two systems, Battlefield 6 classes feel distinct but still adaptable. You’ll know exactly what makes your role valuable, and your squad will know what to expect when you’re in the fight.

BF 6 Class Leveling

A new system was introduced in the game to make things a bit more engaging – Battlefield 6 class leveling. Don’t be alarmed though; this game didn’t go all RPG. It’s a very light version.

Leveling in Battlefield 6 is tied to the new Battlefield 6 training paths system, which gives each class two unique progression routes. These paths are designed to strengthen your role while rewarding teamwork and objective play. You choose your Training Path in the loadout menu before a match, and it stays active for the duration of that round.

Each path has four stages of progression:

• Level 0 – A passive bonus unlocked the moment you choose your Training Path.
• Level 1 – An upgraded benefit earned through score XP and teamplay actions.
• Level 2 – A stronger enhancement of your role’s key abilities.
• Level 3 – A one-time activated ability with major impact, such as Recon’s UAV call-in for passive spotting. After using it, you drop back to Level 2 and must re-earn it through gameplay.

Progress resets at the start of each round, so consistent contribution to your team is essential for reaching and using Level 3 abilities more than once in a match. This design encourages players to actively fulfill their class role rather than passively waiting for unlocks.

The Training Path system blends steady passive upgrades with situational, high-impact abilities, making leveling feel both rewarding and tactically meaningful.

Assault

The Battlefield 6 Assault class is designed to be the spearhead of any squad, built for aggressive pushes and fast, decisive engagements. In earlier games, the Assault class was essentially a medic who was carrying the Defibrillator and a First Aid Kit. This has been the case for ages, which never really made sense, since you have a class called Support, who, for some reason, only provides ammo resupply. This time around, for BF6, Assaults have been taken away their ability to revive and heal, but instead have been given increased speed and other tools that make them the best class for pushing objective or flanking. This is exactly what this class is supposed to be about. Take a look at the Assault Battlefield 6 class perks below:

• Combat Style: Run-and-gun attacker with a focus on rapid entry and sustained pressure. Assault thrives on momentum, using speed and explosives to overwhelm enemies.
• Signature Weapon: Assault Rifle – Grants faster draw and weapon-switch times plus quicker sprint-to-shoot recovery, letting you respond instantly to changing situations.
• Signature Trait: Soft Landing – Reduced fall damage and no movement speed penalty after drops, keeping you mobile across vertical terrain.
• Signature Gadget: Adrenaline Injector – Triggers a burst of speed, explosive and debuff resistance, and heightened enemy footstep audio. Originally included health regeneration, but that feature has been removed in testing to keep balance.
• Active Ability: Reveals nearby enemies, with each kill extending the effect’s duration.
• Training Options:
  
  • Grenadier: Carry extra grenades, reload launchers faster, and resist flash effects.
  • Frontliner: Gain improved health regeneration, a second Adrenaline Injector charge, and reduced penalties while firing on the move.

If your goal is to go for objectives, such as capturing points, retaking them, or flanking the enemy, assault is the class you should go for. Get your favorite Battlefield 6 signature weapon and get to work!

Engineer

The Battlefield 6 Engineer class hasn’t changed that much compared to Assault or Support. Their job has always been taking care of armored vehicles. It’s either repairing your team’s armor or destroying the enemy’s. To do that, you have the two most essential tools at your disposal – the blowtorch, aka the repair tool for repairing, and some sort of rocket launcher for ground enemy vehicles oran  AA (anti-air) rocket launcher for taking care of helicopters and planes.

• Combat Style: Vehicle and explosives specialist, capable of repairing friendly hardware and destroying enemy armor. Engineers excel at controlling vehicle play, using rockets, mines, and repair tools to dominate the Battlefield’s mechanized front.
• Signature Weapon: SMG (Submachine Gun) – Provides improved hip-fire control, keeping you accurate when fighting infantry at close range.
• Signature Trait: Flak Jacket – Reduces explosive damage, giving you better survivability in high-destruction zones.
• Signature Gadget: Repair Tool – Infinite-use blowtorch that repairs allied vehicles and damages enemy ones. Overheats if used too long, but always available in your loadout.
• Active Ability: Overloaded Repair Tool – Repairs vehicles much faster for a limited time.
• Training Options:
  • Anti-Armor: Carry more launcher ammo, reload launchers faster, and use rockets that reduce the repair effectiveness of vehicles you hit.
  • Combat Engineer: Automatically repair vehicles you’re in, extend Repair Tool usage time before overheating, and automatically spot nearby mines.

Your training options, very obviously, are there to help you decide whether you want to focus on driving the armor yourself and help your teammates who drive the armor with easier repair, or if you want to focus on destroying the enemy armor. That’s the two jobs you have as an Engineer, and those perks are exactly what you need to make those jobs easier.

Support

The Battlefield 6 Support class is finally getting the things it deserves, which are the tools to support the team not only by providing an ammo replenishment station, but also by being able to actually revive and heal teammates. I don’t know what it is, but it makes so much more sense now that the Assault class specializes in speed, and the Support can finally heal. Anyway, here’s what you need to know about this class:

• Combat Style: Backline medic and cover fire. Uses a mix of suppressing fire, healing, ammo resupply, deployables, and revival tools to keep the team safe and combat-ready.
• Signature Weapon: LMG (Light Machine Gun) – No sprint speed penalty when carrying and firing an MG.
• Signature Trait: Quick Revive – Revive allies faster and drag them to safety more quickly during the revive.
• Signature Gadget: Supply Bag – Deployable that restores ammo and increases passive health regeneration for nearby allies.
• Active Ability: Expands the Supply Bag’s area of effect and increases revive speed for a short time.
• Training Options:
  • Combat Medic: Act as a mobile healing station and regenerate your own health when reviving teammates.
  • Fire Support: Gain improved weapon control when mounted and more ways to provide ammo to allies.

If you’ve never played any large-scale FPS games like Battlefield before, you might think that Supports are meant to stay back, behind the frontline, and only show up when they’re needed. It’s actually quite the opposite. Whether you’re playing in a squad with friends or not, 90% of the teammates are randoms, and they constantly need you to be there with them. This means that you have to be smarter and stay alive longer than non-support classes to actually be able to revive them. So, that means that the Support class requires some more skill and a bit more pacing to be useful.

However, that also doesn’t mean Supports are bad at killing enemies. You’re not forced to use LMG, but OMG, they’re so useful at holding the choke points! With such a short TTK as in BF6, your LMG is a real lawnmower, and it doesn’t even matter which one you use.

Recon

The Battlefield 6 Recon class is your typical sniper, so if you like this type of gameplay, there’s no need to sell you on it anymore. But, there’s more to Recon than just his sniper rifle. Over the years, the developers made sure to give Recon tools that make them even more useful than just some one-shot campers.

Recons’s other responsibilities (besides putting one between the eyes) include setting up respawn beacons that can be used by the members of your squad to respawn anywhere besides the controlled points or the base.

The other important role is spotting or marking the enemy troops. While any class can mark enemies by pressing a button, Recon is the only class that perfects this by way of using Motion sensors that mark enemies in a radius automatically, which is ideal for situations when it's too dangerous to do so manually.

This also greatly plays into the “behind the lines” gameplay. When you look through your scope, you will automatically mark enemies for your teammates, and depending on the position, you could mark an upcoming tank or APC approaching the point that’s being taken by your teammates who don’t yet see it. If they’re smart, they’ll use that information, and the Engineers on your team will take care of it. Here is the full list of Recon class qualities:

• Combat Style: Stealthy sniper and infiltrator. Marks enemies, gathers intel, and disrupts defenses without direct confrontation whenever possible.
• Signature Weapon: Sniper Rifles – Allows holding breath to stabilize aim longer, reduces scope sway, and speeds up rechambering between shots.
• Signature Trait: Auto-Spot – Automatically marks enemies when aiming down sights.
• Signature Gadget: Motion Sensor – Deployable device that detects and marks moving enemies within range on the minimap.
• Active Ability: Summon a UAV that scans and marks all enemies within a target area for a short time.
• Training Options:
  • Sniper: Faster auto-spot range and duration, highlights enemies you snipe, and prevents headshot victims from being revived.
  • Pathfinder: Become undetectable to equipment except while sprinting, highlight enemies you damage, and move more quietly when taking down foes.

With the enhanced ability to mark enemies and mobile respawn beacon Battlefield 6 class gadgets, and a weapon that can one-shot any other player from a certain safe distance, recons are more than just bloody snipers. 

If you don’t believe it, good luck retaking the point that’s the closest to your base that’s been taken by a cheeky enemy squad. If you go there without knowing where the enemy is hiding, your attempt will fail. But, have the Recon use their UAV, and you’ll clear out and retake the point very easily.

Conclusion

Not only did Battlefield 6 bring back the original four classes, it also gave them the identity refresh they needed. Each class now has a clear role, whether through reworked gadgets or entirely new ones.

If you’re new to Battlefield, you can switch between classes freely during a match, allowing you to adapt to the situation. See a tank or APC that your team is ignoring? Switch to Engineer. Struggling to capture a point despite repeated pushes? Go Assault. If you’re not being revived and no medics are nearby when you’re down, swap to Support—your squad will appreciate it. And if the enemy has too many Recons picking off your team, consider taking Recon yourself and countering their efforts.

It is now much easier to actually fulfil your role as a class in Battlefield 6 than ever before, so don’t just go for the kills; those are easy. Play for the team and go for the objectives!

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