Company of Heroes Online — the player is asked to create a character who will be either an allied commander or a Wehrmacht commander.
Each side has three different types of commanders. Their differences lie in the set of special abilities that the player can use during the game. For example, the air commander (Allies) has the opportunity to reconnoiter any part of the map and drop troops there. Each commander can only have 5 different abilities, out of 10 offered to choose from. These abilities can be improved.