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Line 4: Very often [[The Chick]] or [[The Smart Guy]] is likely to have this in a [[Five-Man Band]]. See also [[White Mage]], [[The Medic]], and [[Combat Medic]]. In Videogames, The [[White Magician Girl]] is often this. {{examples~~\|Examples:~~ }} Line 14: * [[Mahou Sensei Negima]], Around half the current group of main heroes fall under this so much so they have a Character Page to themselves [[Mahou Sensei Negima/Characters/Ala Alba Support\|Characters]] ** Most Notable is Ako who is a [[Status Buff\|Buff Bot]] , Nodoka the [[Mind Probe\|Mind Reader]] (Before she started [[Min-Maxing]] her powers to the point where even the [[Big Bad]] fears her.) and Natsumi who has an [[Invisibility Cloak]] ability. * ''[[Darker ~~Than~~than Black]]'': Mao and Yin can count as that in Hei's team, as they both provide survey. In November 11's team July provides survey; April, while [[Making a Splash\|her power]] has good offensive purposes, she supports November by summoning rain he can freeze, since it's much more effective that way. * Borderline example: Sailor Mercury in the first season of ''[[Sailor Moon]]''. Her "bubble spray" attack was used to stun and disorient enemies, and her only other power was an [[Everything Sensor]] visor. She finally got some offensive attacks in the later seasons. She has attacks, but they are entirely non lethal, compared to her teammates'. * Lampshaded in ''[[Puni Puni Poemi]]'': When the Aasu sisters try to defeat the [[Humongous Mecha]] that's destroying the city, they quickly realize that all seven of them are Support Party Members with no offensive powers. Line 21: == Comics == * [[The Fantastic Four]], especially before Sue Storm [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]. All of the males on the team have powers with direct offensive use. Originally all Sue had was the ability to turn invisible. Later she gain forcefield projection (still an example of this trope), and even later she learned to use those offensively, making her in a certain irony the strongest and most versatile member of the team. * Several members of the ''[[X-Men]]''. Forge, for example, is a [[Technopath]]. Shadowcat can phase through solid matter. Cypher can turn invisible. Gateway can open portals for the team. ** Subverted with Professor Xavier of course, who is a telepath AND in a wheelchair. So you'd expect him to be _spectacularly_ useless in a fight. Except he can mind control you, screw with your brain and perceptions, and do all sorts of things to your mind. Line 41: == Tabletop Games == * The Healer base class from [[Dungeons ~~and~~& Dragons]] 3.5. They work fine patching everyone up after a fight, but are almost completely useless ''during'' one. The Wizard in [[Dungeons ~~and~~& Dragons]] 3.5 could do this. He could only memorize a very small selection of spells every day, but had access to a nearly endless choice. So it was entirely doable to not memorize any combat spell, and instead pick spells that buffed, or did all sorts of utilitarian uses like creating houses for the party to sleep in. Similarly the Bard, who has almost no attack spells, and whose songs are buffs ** Ditto the Artificer, who can make and mod magical items out of combat, but during a fight almost entirely depends on his sub-par combat skills. * In ''[[Shadowrun]]'' this can be the fate of many Hackers and Facemen, as their skills are best used for the mission outside of combat, where they are amongst the most useful party members. In a fight, they will pale compared to Street Samurais, Adepts and Mages. * Normally, having a gun that shoots rocket propelled exploding cartridges would send one straight into [[Combat Medic]], but in the [[Crapsack World]] of [[Warhammer ~~40000~~40,000]], the Apothecary of Space Marine armies is taken for his ability to help comrades resist wounds. Likewise, the Imperial Guard army features special support personnel who can direct artillery from support units far away (IE: not actually in the game), coordinating "off-screen" fleet defenses, or even serve as psychic telephones. Inquisitional retinues include quite a few characters whose combat ability is a joke, but whose support ability varies from completely useless to ''almost'' useful. The Tau Empire features a priest class leader who in theory buffs the army's morale, but in practice is a high liability as his death causes most of the army to consider feeling. Line 55: Edward, Porom and Rosa of ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'' Garnet (Before she got her summons) of ''[[Final Fantasy IX]]'' Yuna of ''[[Final Fantasy X]]''.<ref>Though she can summon creatures, said creatures replace the whole party when she does so. Herself included.</ref>. Some other classes of ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics]]'' count too, like the Chemist and Orator. ** The ''[[Final Fantasy X-2]]'' version of the White Mage class deserves mention because it has virtually no offensive options beyond the high-level [[Holy Hand Grenade]] ~~-- it~~—it ''doesn't even have a "Fight" command''. * The Cleric classes from ''[[Ogre Battle]]'' act as this, only healing the party. This in turn makes them some of the most valuable troops to have. * Ninten from [[MOTHER 1]] is unique to the series as a whole as he is the only character with PSI abilities that has no offensive PSI moves at all. Both [[~~Earthbound~~EarthBound\|Ness]] and [[Mother 3\|Lucas]] from later games in the series have most of the same moves of Ninten but it is coupled with a powerful offensive PSI move PK Rockin' and PK Love respectfully. He has a powerful physical attack and good defense to compensate. * [[Team Fortress 2]] has the "Support" Classes, although they can fight, just not as well as the Attack and Defensive classes. The one which fits this trope best is [[The Medic]], who focuses on healing, but the Sniper and Spy are effective for discretely taking out specific targets and breaking the enemy's ranks. * Accordion Thieves from [[Kingdom of Loathing]] are this, being bards with a slightly different flavor. They have no combat skills, only buffs. And they can only have three of their buffs running at a time. And it's a single player game. Needless to say, they are not a very popular class. 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