[quote=@SimplyJohn]
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Well, as long as he's close to them at least. It'd be a bit overpowered if he could use all of their abilities anytime he wanted. Also limiting his ability to close range only would mean he'd have to weight up the tactical concerns of the operation, adding his support to whichever team member required it the most in order for the mission to succeed.

Also it would leave him vulnerable if he were caught by himself, hopefully encouraging him to keep the team together and coherent to prevent leaving himself exposed.
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Very true. Or maybe just different tools for him to effectively lead, like infrared target markers, methods of marking specific enemies without using words.