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Multiplayer online battle arena is the article I will be attempting to update.

I chose to update this article because there was one piece of information that I believe is relevant to any and every MOBA I have played. That happens to be the roles. Every MOBA has some sort of role system in place because their characters are designed to be unique and have a play style that fits a certain need or want by the developer.

Role
In most Multiplayer Online Battle Arenas there are five main roles. Carry, Mage, Tank, Support/Healer, Jungler. Every game does not always have the same number some may have more while others less.

The carry role, also known as dps (damage per second), is a character who is to be the main source of physical damage in fights. They scale and itemize themselves to do the most damage against enemy characters and objectives. The mage role is a character who normally deals the most magic damage in fights. The main difference between the mage and carry role is the type of damage they produce and how they produce that damage. The carry role does damage off of their high attack speed and some spells while the mage does damage based off of spells and low attack speed.

The tank role is the front liner, the character who has a lot of health and armor so that they are able to stay in fights a lot longer and disrupt the flow of battle. Supports/healers are characters who support the entire team, they have abilities that are meant to aid allies and slightly hurt enemies. Some supports have healing abilities which can be very useful in fights, giving health to an ally while the enemy is losing more and more of theirs. The last role is the jungler. Since the map has routes and passages that connect the three lanes a jungler's responsibility is to defeat creatures in those routes, known as the jungle, and aid other lanes that need assistance. When a jungler aids another lane it adds another person to a normally one versus one fight or two versus fight, increasing in odds of the jungler's team.