All Marathon Runner Shells, Abilities, & Traits

Bungie’s Marathon features seven different classes, or “Runner Shells”, with each one possessing different abilities, traits, and stats. However, not everybody knows  the differences between these characters, or what they excel at. Therefore, we decided to create a list of all Marathon Runner Shells as well as their abilities, Traits, and more. Without further ado, let’s dive right in.

All Marathon Runner Shells, Abilities, & Traits Explained

Overall, Marathon technically features seven different Runner Shells for the player to choose from:

Destroyer

• Prime Ability: Search & Destroy
• Tactical Ability: Riot Barricade
• Trait 1: Thruster
• Trait 2: Tactical Sprint

Assassin

• Prime Ability: Smoke Screen
• Tactical Ability: Active Camo
• Trait 1: Shadow Dive
• Trait 2: Shroud

Recon

• Prime Ability: Echo Pulse
• Tactical Ability: Tracker Drone
• Trait 1: Awareness
• Trait 2: Stalker Protocol

Vandal

• Prime Ability: Amplify
• Tactical Ability: Disruptor
• Trait 1: Microjets
• Trait 2: Powerslide

Thief

• Prime Ability: Pickpocket Drone
• Tactical Ability: Grapple
• Trait 1: X-Ray Visor
• Trait 2: TBA

Triage

• Prime Ability: Capacitive Gauntlets
• Tactical Ability: Med-Drone
• Trait 1: Battery Overcharge
• Trait 2: Shareware

Rook

Overall, the Rook Shell in Marathon is essentially a “free loadout” Shell. While it doesn’t have as many abilities as other Shells, he does come with an ability that shields its identity from NPC enemies on the map. Furthermore, Rook comes with other restrictions:

• Firstly, Rook can only join a match that has already begun
• Secondly, Rook can only play solo

However, the upside is that nobody will be notified when you join the match. So if you just want to re-stock on certain supplies, Rook makes for a great shell. But just remember you’ll be all alone facing teams of up to three Runners.

Overall, that includes all Runner Shells in Marathon, as well as their abilities and traits. The Marathon Release Date is still some time away, but it never hurts to arm yourself with information before heading out to a firefight. Nevertheless, we look forward to trying out all of these classes to see which one works best for us.