Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-28869806-20151214211329/@comment-1746153-20151215092833

@Omnibender: I've heard people say that it could be possible to still have support-only characters, but they'd simply be impossible to switch to via leader swap, although that would certainly be unfair. It may sound pessimistic, but I'm leaning towards the possibility of them being removed completely, since I doubt that the developers would bother turning them into full-fledged characters.