User blog comment:Keitto191/Rouge/Mage Hybrid/@comment-4756422-20120618090251

Also I may add that with RPG games evolving into sci-fi and more mythological classes, new combos have come through the years that are hybrids of warrior, rogue and/or magic. Some of these are classes or character types depending on the game:

-The shaman: Usually a summoner-warrior/summoner-healer/warrior-healer.

-Magic Knight: Such as crusades/paladins (90% of the time a holy-healing character), centaurs (dual sword-magic or magical-archers), scholars/sages, rune knights, priest (certain priest or healing classes now a days can carry weapons like maces or wands that can inflict meelee damage)

-Elemental bruisers: Classes that use physical combat with elemental infusions or status effects. Classes such as the monk/kung fu master (sometimes also a warrior-rogue rather than a warrior-mage), ninja, barbarians, paladins, druids, assassins (with poison elements).

-Combat medic: Healing characters that have diverted from the usual squishy healers that need protection, able to actually protect themselves (sometimes only for a short while). Examples: Healing riders, the medic (from Team Fortress), templars,paladin, arcbishops, bards, soldier medic (shooting or war games), and shamans.

-Psychic soldier: A character that uses psychic abilities for combat, either mental or telekinetic. Such as sentinels(Mass Effect) which are like mage-rogues, vanguards (Mass Effect) which are like warrior-mages.

-Tech soldier: A character that uses technology and hacking for combat, this is the replacement for rogues/thiefs in sci-fi, they avoid being detected by cameras and alarms instead of physical beings; and also carry hacking skills to steal information or supplies from machines (rather than stealing from people). Examples: sentinels (Mass Effect) are mage-rogues that use tech and biotics(psychic abilities) for combat, while infiltrators are tech and soldiers or rogue-warrior; hacker, engineer, mechanic, bounty hunter.

-Trickster: Usually a character but has become its own class modernly; carries abilities such as shapeshifting (can be used for stealth and combat and is usually of magical origin), invisibility and illusions. Sometimes the may be summoners, which now rather than wands may also carry dual weapons or scythes. Examples: summoners, druids, warlocks, jesters, clowns, hermits, demon class, dark wizard, vampires, necromancers.

-Tamers/riders: A character that uses beasts for attacking purposes or as a form of mobility, this characters are usually fast and have high dodging/hiding abilities but poor defence and hp; they may also carry magical or elemental abilities. Examples: wyvern riders, pegasus riders, beast tamer, shapeshifter, summoner, ninja, demon slayer, shaman.