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Other examples can overlap with Fragile Speedsters, with their range and speed providing an obvious synergy.

This will hopefully be mitigated by their opponents' tools (varying in many ways, from speed to close in to Smoke Out to cover them while they're far away), environment (usually by letting opponents Take Cover! and hope to flank the Long-Range Fighter), or themselves (such as their close-range weakness being very, very, very distinct) in some way. As such, the risk of this character type being a Game-Breaker can be rather significant since one of the only things worse to suffer than getting easily killed is getting easily killed when you can barely see your enemy and can't hope to fight back.

This kind of Long-Range Fighter tends to be Difficult, but Awesome, as their strengths are useless if the player or their teammates doesn't manage to keep aware of enemy positions and keep them out of close-combat, but their advantages are very blatant when pulled off. Such characters are likely Glass Cannons, with their range and damage being always feared as long as someone isn't next to them. Someone or something who specializes in ranged combat, but is less effective against close-up threats.