MultiVersus Has Scrapped Support Roles

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MutliVersus appears to be scrapping Support roles for its big relaunch next week, altering characters such as Steven Universe, Velma, and Gizmo and slotting them into different roles.

MultiVersus' big launch is only a handful of days away now, launching on May 27 next week. Once it's live, we'll be able to dive in and see all the new sparkly changes for ourselves, such as new characters, gameplay mechanics, and that all-important rollback. However, one of the more interesting changes seems to have made its way onto social media ahead of schedule, and that's the scrapping of the Support role.

First spotted by Twitter user TorchwickKazuki, the tags that indicate where a character is from and what they're like to play have surfaced online, and it appears as though several characters that were previously labeled as Support characters have had their roles swapped. For example, Steven Universe was previously classified as a Support role, but he will now be classified as a Tank following the game's relaunch.

Similarly, the rest of the game's Support role characters - Velma, Reindog, and Gizmo - have all been swapped to Mages instead, which does make sense given all three are quite projectile-heavy fighters. It's an interesting change, one that doesn't appear to have an explanation at this moment in time, but it doesn't appear to be an unpopular one either.

Most people seem to understand why the Support role has been scrapped, theorizing that the label could potentially dissuade people from picking up the character in solo battles. Velma has pretty much always been a powerhouse of a character anyway, and not that helpful in terms of actual support, while Steven being shield-focused does make him an ideal tank.

Gizmo and Reindog are arguably the only two characters you could properly classify as Support, but they do have their own tools to dish out the damage too, and you can't really have an entire role made up of two characters when the rest have over half a