Best Faction in XDefiant – Tier list

All the maps and Factions that you see in XDefiant are taken from some of the major IPs under the Ubisoft umbrella. Every Faction in the game has abilities that are unique to their class and cater to specific playstyles.

Since there’s a lot that you need to consider when picking a Faction in XDefiant, here’s the best one that you should go with in Season 1.

Faction tier list

Tier	Faction
S	Libertad (Far Cry 6)
A	Phantoms (Ghost Recon), Echelon (Splinter Cell)
B	GSK (Rainbow Six Seige), DedSec (Watch Dogs 2)
C	Cleaners (The Division)

There are six different Factions in XDefiant, four of which are available right from the start while two are locked for players to earn – GSK and DedSec.

S Tier

Libertad

• Activated Abilities: BioVida Boost, El Remedio
• Passive Trait: Espiritu de Libertad
• Ultra Ability: Medico Supremo
• Best weapon to use: AK-47

Libertad is the best Faction in XDefiant, providing health buffs that are essential for both you and the rest of your team. Their passive, Espiritu de Libertad, immediately heals everyone around you, reducing the time you’re exposed after a close gunfight.

We recommend choosing the BioVida Boost ability, as it speeds up regen even more for your squad if you’re in close proximity to one another. The Medico Supremo Ultra gives you a whopping 200 health while granting a massive healing boost in a limited area.

While the other options on this list may have flashier abilities, Libertad servers arguably the most important purpose in the game – keeping you and others alive. Whether you’re a lone wolf or a team player, this is the Faction for you.

A Tier

Phantoms

• Activated Abilities: Blitz Shield, Mag Barrier
• Passive Trait: Hardened
• Ultra Ability: Aegis
• Best weapon to use: TAC-50

The Phantoms from Ghost Recon are a powerful Faction in XDefiant. These soldiers from the future can equip the Blitz Shield or Mag Barrier barriers that can block enemy fire and projectiles such as grenades.

The Faction’s passive trait slightly increases their maximum health (up to 120), while their Ultra ability creates a spherical plasma shield around the player, perfect for close combat.

Phantoms have an additional 20 HP, which can be the key to winning an engagement in XDefiant.

Echelon

• Activated Abilities: Digital Ghillie Suit, Intel Suit
• Passive Trait: Low Profile
• Ultra Ability: Sonar Goggles
• Best weapon to use: P90

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The Echelon spies from Splinter Cell are the perfect Faction for stealth in XDefiant. Their passive trait alone makes them worth using, as it keeps you hidden from the enemy’s minimap no matter what you do.

The Digital Ghillie Suit is useful for getting the drop on other players, turning you invisible briefly. However, the Intel Suit is the Faction’s real secret weapon, revealing the location of nearby players to both you and your team, making it easy to pick them off.

The Sonar Goggles Ultra puts you in control of Sam Fisher’s iconic pistol, which takes just a couple of shots to secure a kill and can instantly turn the tide of a match.

B Tier

GSK

• Activated Abilities: Shock Wire, ADS
• Passive Trait: Hard Hat
• Ultra Ability: Flash Shield
• Best weapon to use: LVOA-C

Rainbow Six Seige comes to XDefiant through GSK, who are all about controlling the battlefield and restricting the enemy’s options. The Shock Wire is the perfect example of this, as you can drop electrified barbed wire to “zap and entangle foes.” This is great for cutting off lanes and preventing flanks.

The ADS ability is essentially a Trophy System, which CoD players will be familiar with. It’s perfect for objective-based game modes, as it will intercept enemy devices that are thrown in its direction.

Hard Hat prevents you from being one-shot in the head by a Sniper as it reduces headshot lethality, while the Flash Shield Ultra is a mobile cover that you can use to mobilize a team push and take control of an objective.

DedSec

• Activated Abilities: Hijack, Spiderbot
• Passive Trait: Fabricator
• Ultra Ability: Lockout
• Best weapon to use: M4A1

DedSec are the hackers in XDefiant, allowing you to interfere with enemies and even steal their abilities. The Lockout Ultra is especially effective, putting the other team on the back foot by preventing them from using their unique skills.

However, the Faction’s other abilities let them down, as they only prove useful in specific situations. Also, the Spiderbot, the most interesting part of their kit, can be easily picked off before it attaches to another player, which can prove frustrating.

C Tier

Cleaners

• Activated Abilities: Firebomb, Incinerator Drone
• Passive Trait: Incendiary Rounds
• Ultra Ability: The Purifier
• Best weapon to use: M16A4

Known as Pyro Technicians, the Cleaners come from The Division universe and are recognized for their fire skills in XDefiant. Using the Firebomb ability, you can generate a significant amount of area damage and burning, and the Incinerator Drone is perfect for quickly clearing objectives.

What’s most interesting about this Faction is that their Passive Trait turns your regular bullets into Incendiary Rounds, which allows them to do damage to your opponents after they’re hit. This makes them deadly at close and medium-range encounters, but it does decrease the weapon’s range.

If this helped you decide which Faction to pick up in XDefiant, now all you need is the best Ranked Play loadouts to dominate the competitive mode.