Mountaintop Studios is labelling its new tactical shooter Spectre Divide “genre-evolving.” And while the jury’s still out as to whether this new title will shake up the tac-shooter scene, one thing is sure: The way it approaches abilities is unlike any other.
There are no classes or heroes in Spectre Divide. Instead, players will have the ability to select a Sponsor prior to every match. These Sponsors resemble companies or factions and each come with three different abilities you can activate during a round. Many Sponsors have a clearly defined role; e.g., Bloom Technologies has support abilities like a barrier and a heal.
![The Ryker Industries Sponsor screen from Spectre Divide, showing all the abilities and level rewards for the Sponsor.](https://dotesports.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Ryker-Industries-Spectre-Divide-Screen.jpg?w=640)
There are eight sponsors in Spectre Divide‘s August playtest, and four are locked to start. You can only have one Sponsor selected at a time, and you’ll be able to progress through a Sponsor’s levels if you play games with its endorsement activated. As you level up a Sponsor, you’ll earn rewards for it, including themed Sprays and banners.
Here are all eight Sponsors and their abilities in Spectre Divide, so you can best pick a playstyle that’s best for you.
All Sponsors abilities in Spectre Divide
Sponsor Name | Ability One (Q) | Ability Two (E) | Ability Three (C) |
Pinnacle International | Splinter Grenade: A grenade that explodes into eight splinters. Each do 40 damage. Cooldown: 75 seconds | Adrena Link: Using this ability equips a Spectre-linked stim that heals the user for 80 health over 10 seconds. Your Spectre gains enhanced vision and ignores weapon-move speed debuffs. | Flash Grenade: A grenade that explodes after 1.6 seconds and blinds all players in the line of sight. Alt fire: Underhand throw the grenade, which will explode in 1.0 seconds. |
Morrgen United | Smoke Shift: A grenade that creates a cloud of smoke for 14 seconds. Alt fire: You throw a smoke grenade and your puck at the same time. Your puck’s recall line is invisible to enemies. Cooldown: 60 seconds | Meltdown: A grenade that creates an area of caustic fluid that damages enemies for 168 health over seven seconds. | Hidden Grasp: A trap that quickly becomes invisible and will explode when an enemy gets too close, creating a slow zone for 10 seconds. |
Bloom Technologies | Hex Barrier: A barrier comprised of four sections that each have 150 health. The barrier will block bullets. Cooldown: 30 seconds | Twin Mend: Heal an ally and their Spectre for 80 health over 10 seconds. Alt fire: If damaged, you can choose to heal yourself and your spectre for 40 health over 10 seconds. | Swarm Grenade: A grenade that releases a swarm of bees that blocks vision and damages enemies for 100 health over 12 seconds. |
Ryker Industries | Wave Scan: A sonar spike that emits three pulses towards your active body. If an enemy is hit by a pulse, they’ll be located for three seconds. Alt fire: The spike will bounce once before sticking. Cooldown: 45 seconds | Hull Mine: A proximity mine that sticks to the ground. After a short delay, enemies who get too close will trigger three explosions that deal 15 health damage each. | Arc Sentry: A sentry that heavily slows enemies who cross its line of sight. |
Vector Dynamics | Dual AMP: Deploy a marker and gain a 15-percent increase to fire rate for eight seconds. Reactivating it teleports your Spectre to the marker and gives it a fire-rate buff. Kills rest buff duration. Cooldown: 30 seconds | Vector Wall: Deploy a slow-moving nanobot wall that will block vision for 10 seconds. Alt fire: The wall moves quicker, but lasts for six seconds. | Nano Sphere: Deploy a bouncing nano swarm dealing 90 damage over 2.5 seconds to the first enemy it gets near. |
Ghostlink Collective | Partition: Deploy a wall that blocks line of sight for eight seconds. This wall cannot be stopped by terrain. Touching the wall slightly blurs vision. Cooldown: 45 seconds | Dupe: Deploy a clone of your current body that lasts for 5.5 seconds. You’ll additionally leave a dupe behind when you Puck throw if you have a charge remaining. This dupe lasts 60 seconds. Enemies who shoot dupes are briefly revealed. | Dead Zone: A grenade that creates a large distortion field lasting 10 seconds that blurs vision of all players inside. |
Muu Robotics | Patches: Deploy a drone that moves forward and heals you and allies in its radius for 80 health over 12 seconds. Alt fire: The drone remains stationary. Cooldown: 60 seconds | Dazzler: Deploy a flying drone that follows your crosshair. After one second, it explodes and obscures the vision of any enemy in line of sight. | Hyper Dome: A grenade that creates a permanent Fast Recall Zone and 150 health shield dome on floor impact that lasts 14 seconds. |
Umbra Reconnaissance | Recon Wing: A drone that sticks to the first surface it hits. After 1.2 seconds, it reveals enemies within range for 2.5 seconds. Target Marker: Instantly create an area of effect at the marker that reveals enemies for 2.5 seconds. Cooldown: 50 seconds | Pulsefinder: Instantly equip a scanner that pulses every two seconds for 30 seconds. If an enemy is hit by a pulse, they are detected and leave a marker at their location. Detected enemies can see remaining pulses. | Glare Burst: A drone that charges for 1.2 seconds before blinding all players in its area of effect for four seconds. Target Marker: Instantly create an area of effect at the marker that blinds all players for four seconds. |
How to unlock Sponsors in Spectre Divide
Only four are unlocked when you first load in: Pinnacle International, Morrgen United, Bloom Technologies, and Ryker Industries. You have two options for unlocking a Sponsor in Spectre Divide; either activate its endorsement and play matches to progress its levels, or buy level seven in the Sponsor’s progress path directly with the in-game currency (SP).
For the August playtest, players automatically have 2,050 SP to spend. Purchasing level seven in a locked Sponsor costs 1,000 SP, meaning you can unlock two Sponsors. Be sure to read through those abilities one last time before making your final choice.
![A screenshot from Spectre Divide showing players what happens when they try to unlock](https://dotesports.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Purchase-screen.jpg?w=640)
If you’re wanting to get in on all the building hype for the Shroud-backed tactical shooter, you can sign up to the Spectre Divide playtest through Steam or follow its storefront page for more information on its release date.
Published: Aug 18, 2024 08:18 pm