Gone are the no-name soldiers, the generic ghillie suits, and the standard issue fatigues. In , you no longer play as a grunt, but rather a highly skilled Specialist soldier. Each of these soldiers will have their own progressions system (of which we have zero details, for now), can equip various special weapons and abilities, and have their own background story. Each Specialist is...well, special. And in this article, we're going to show you why.

In the final game, will have nine total Specialists to choose from. Each has a special weapon and one unique ability you can equip before each match, which can be used once you fill up your ability gauge. As of now, we've only seen four Specialists in action, but we will be updating this article with all of the new faces that pop up from now until the game's release on November 6. Check out everything we know about each Specialist in the following slides.

At first glance, you might think Ruin is just your average futuristic soldier, but this guy is missing a few organic appendages. Ruin was so dedicated to becoming the ultimate super soldier that he got his own arms cut off to replace them with a set or more powerful bionic limbs.

With this newfound bionic tech he likes to approach battles not unlike the Incredible Hulk: get right up in his enemy's faces and smash them. Ruin's first equippable skill are his Gravity Spikes. When your ability gauge is full, activating the Gravity Spikes launches Ruin into the air as he slams the ground, sending a wave of destruction all around him. His alternate ability, called Overdrive, accelerates all movement for a short period of time. Perfect for capturing flags.

Seraph is a brutal enforcer of the 54I cartel. We don't have too many details on the crime syndicate as of now, but we can safely assume it's full of fearsome, militant killers. She doesn't have much in the way of bionic appendages, but she definitely makes up for it with her astonishingly powerful hand cannon.

The Annihilator is Seraph's weapon of choice. It's a one shot, one kill weapon with a sight that allows you to quickly zero in on your target and a kick that lets you know it ain't messing around. This thing is seriously powerful. On the other hand, Seraph can equip her Combat Focus ability, which gives her a bonus multiplier to the score she earns towards Scorestreaks. It makes it easier to reach those expensive (and more devastating) Scorestreaks, or allows you to keep the inexpensive ones coming at a constant pace.

The hooded Outrider looks like she might just be a futuristic Assassin's Creed assassin. She grew up in the mean streets of a Favela; a street rat that eventually ended up using her skills in the Brazilian Special Forces. If the hood and the sneaky demeanor didn't give it away, Outrider is definitely the hunter of the Specialist group.

Outrider plays out the hunter role with her Sparrow, a compound bow that shoots explosive arrows. The arrows have variable range. Quick shots will arch, which creates the potential for impressive skill shots. Fully-charge your shot and the arrow will pick your target off their feet and then explode in mid-air. Outrider's Vision Pulse ability sends a radar pulse out that highlights any nearby enemy for a short time, giving you a huge advantage over the competition.

Reaper's kind probably would have been the beginning of the end for the human race. Sentient machines with gatling guns for arms practically spells armageddon. This soldier is an Experimental War Robot consisting of cutting-edge robotics and weaponry that was supposed to replace humans in the field, only Reaper (the first prototype) is exceptionally expensive, so production was halted after just one was built.

In battle, Reaper brings its Scythe, the aforementioned robotic arm that turns into a high-powered mini-gun. When deployed, the gun takes a moment to rev up and get blasting, making a better defensive weapon than an offensive one. If you don't want to go guns blazing, Reaper also has the Glitch ability allowing it teleport backwards 6 (or so) seconds into the past. It's the perfect way to shake a pursuer, or get out of a tough firefight.

We don't have the details on all of the Specialists yet, but Treyarch has teased that there will be nine total multiplayer characters, each with their own abilities, to choose from. From the reveal of the first four, it's tough to predict who or what may be coming next. But stay tuned, we will be updating this article will all of the latest info on every new face that gets announced as we get closer to Black Ops 3's release this winter.