South Park: The Fractured But Whole Classes: Guide To Every Attack

South Park: The Fractured But Whole significantly expands on the class system introduced in The Stick of Truth, this time offering 10 class options instead of four, each based on a different type of superhero ability. Each class has three attacks and an Ultimate. Over the course of the campaign, Cartman will expand on the player’s origin story, adding another class to your repertoire and allowing you to mix-and-match attacks from various classes.

Choosing your next class can be an agonizing decision. While Cartman gives you enough information to understand the basic strengths and weaknesses, you don’t learn the details of the available attacks until after making your selection. It’s frustrating, but can be undone at any time: revisit Cartman in his basement to change classes.

Or just consult our guide to the classes of South Park: The Fractured But Whole.

A few things to know first.

Each attack is one of three types: Brawn, Brains or Spunk. These three attributes can be modified with DNA, a type of upgrade added midway through the campaign. Swapping out DNA includes a helpful chart showing how different DNA strands will increase or reduce each of your equipped attacks.

Most attacks deal damage, but there are a lot of other status effects:

• Slow - Reduce enemy movement by one space for three turns
• Chill - Skips enemy’s next turn
• Shock - Damage to enemy at end of their next turn, plus splash damage to adjoining enemies
• Burning - Damage to enemy for next three turns
• Grossed Out - Damages characters at end of next turn, great vomiting SFX
• Protection - Extra health bar that absorbs damage
• Bleeding - Damages enemies for four turns
• Confused - Enemy will attack nearest ally for two turns (or until damaged)
• Charmed - Causes target to switch sides for turns (or until damaged)
• Enraged - Enemy will only attack character that enraged them
• Blocking - Protects against all damage for one turn
• Invisible - Character can’t be targeted during next turn

Bear in mind there are even more considerations than an attack’s Type and status effects. Since combat in The Fractured But Whole relies so much on tactical spacing, an attack’s range or pattern on the grid will always be the most important consideration. You can see the attacks’ grid patterns in the screenshot included for every Class. Finally, while damage from attacks varies based on your Artifacts and DNA, we’ll loosely categorize their damage potential into “Loads,” “Mid” and “Wee.”

With all that in mind, check out every attack in South Park: The Fractured But Whole.

Speedster

Ultimate: Hyperspace Fury, high damage to enemy in adjacent square

Quantum Fist

Double-Edge

Supersonic Dash

Brutalist

Ultimate: Full-Force Fisting, high damage to enemy in adjacent square

Brutal Bash

Wrecking Ball

Gastro Smash

Blaster

Ultimate: Backfire Blast, Burning + Gross Out + low damage to enemies in a rectangular grid

Triple Burn

Heat Wave

Plasma Beam

Elementalist

Ultimate: Elemental Onslaught, Shock + Chill + low damage to all enemies in large square

Sand Trap

Ice Prison

Hydro Helper

Cyborg

Ultimate: The Big Guns, high damage to single enemy in player’s row

Fatal Attraction

Ganz Technique

Faraday Uncaged

Psychic

Ultimate: Chakra Cleanse, Healing + Protection to allies inside 7-square grid

Psi-Shield

Dazzling Flash

Cerebral Blast

Assassin

Ultimate: Deadly Dive, divebomb one square within seven-square grid, high damage

Quick Cut

Spin Slash

Shadow Swap

Gadgeteer

Ultimate: Airborne Annihilator, moderate area of effect damage in nine-square range

Boom-Boom Buddy

Straight Shooter

Gigavolt Globe

Plantmancer

Ultimate: Nature’s Gift, Revives + Heals all allies

Purifying Petals

Sweet Scent

Root Burst

Martial Artist

Ultimate: Dragon Swagger, Enrages enemies in seven-square grid, Blocks

Dragon Force Punch

Dragon Dance

Dragon Reversal