Hybrid Map Pool and Best Heroes

Hybrid maps in Overwatch 2 provide players with a mix of the Assault and Escort game modes, beginning with the former before transitioning into the latter if the control point becomes captured. Read on to see a list of all Hybrid maps, the best heroes to play in Hybrid, and the game mode's mechanics.

List of All Hybrid Maps

New Hybrid Maps

Midtown	Paraíso

Returning Hybrid Maps

Hollywood	King's Row
Eichenwalde

Best Hybrid Heroes

Best Hybrid Team

Best Tank
Best DPS
Best Supports

Team Explanation

In general, Hybrid maps offer a mix of long sightlines, high verticality, and ample choke points. Heroes that can use these characteristics to their strength and those with high mobility are more effective in this game mode.

Zarya is an excellent Tank for both attacking and defending in Hybrid. Her Projected and Particle Barriers work well for shielding her and her mobile teammates, protecting them from high-damage abilities. In addition, her Particle Cannon lets her turn back the damage absorbed by these barriers, allowing her to hit as hard as Damage Heroes toward crucial enemy targets and groups of foes. Lastly, Zarya's Graviton Surge disrupts clumped-up enemy teams with ease and sets them up for her teammate's other ultimate abilities.

Ashe is a potent frontline marksman in Hybrid. She has high burst damage with Viper headshots and Dynamite explosions, making her great at medium and long-range engagements. In addition, her Coach Gun lets her reach the abundance of vantage points in each Hybrid map, allowing her to shoot down her foes more effectively. Ashe's ultimate, B.O.B., helps her contest objectives while acting as a source of added damage and crowd control.

Genji excels in Hybrid maps due to his high evasion and mobility. Using Cyber-Agility and Swift Strike, he can quickly navigate flanking routes and reach crucial enemy targets. His Shuriken are also potent when used along choke points and long sightlines, having no damage falloff and dealing heavy critical damage. To round out his lethality, Dragonblade allows Genji to tear through attacking and defending teams with ease.

Lúcio offers incredible utility for both attacking and defending in Hybrid. His Speed Boost allows his team to reach and secure crucial objectives faster, while Healing Boost lets him passively heal his allies around control points and payloads. Lúcio's Soundwave is also great for pushing away foes and separating key enemy targets from their team. Lastly, Sound Barrier grants a massive temporary health boost to Lúcio and his allies, improving their survivability when pushing and defending.

Moira is a well-rounded Support that pairs well with Lúcio in Hybrid. Biotic Grasp allows her to heal multiple allies while letting her wear down enemy heroes from a distance. Biotic Orb is also incredibly versatile in Hybrid, being a potent healing tool and damage option around choke points and control points. For mobility and survivability, Moira has Fade, which allows her to safely retreat and maneuver around risky sightlines to reach teammates in need. Coalescence rounds out Moira's utility by being a barrier-piercing beam that simultaneously heals her allies and damages foes, working best for pushing toward objectives and defending against advancing foes.

Alternatives (Situational Picks)

Tank	Damage	Support

Alternative Tanks

• Orisa: Orisa is a potent alternative for Hybrid, being a well-rounded Tank that excels in both offense and defense. Fortify and Javelin Spin both make Orisa incredibly hard to take down, with the latter also capable of blocking projectiles and knocking foes away from crucial objectives. She also has efficient disruptive options in Energy Javelin and Terra Surge, which work well around choke points and control points.
• Reinhardt: Reinhardt works well as an alternative Tank for playing on Defense and for poke-oriented teams due to his massive Barrier Field and high-damage Fire Strikes. His Charge and Earthshatter are also potent crowd-control abilities when used around choke points and control points.
• Sigma: Sigma is another solid Tank for Hybrid, excelling in pushing and defending long and narrow pathways with his mobile Experimental Barrier. His Accretion and Gravitic Flux are also potent for disabling key enemy targets and disrupting whole teams of enemies.

Alternative Damage

• Hanzo: Hanzo is a potent alternative marksman in Hybrid. He is particularly strong on maps with numerous vantage points and narrow pathways, as he can set up and use his Storm Bow and Dragonstrike ultimate from and along those areas. In addition, he also offers a unique form of utility with Sonic Arrow, giving him and his teammates crucial information about the enemy's positioning.
• Sojourn and Soldier: 76: Both of these characters are well-rounded Damage Heroes with high mobility and excellent mid-range damage output, making them respectable alternative Damage Heroes in hybrid. Soldier: 76 offers hitscan and better horizontal mobility, while Sojourn has one-shot potential and better vertical mobility.
• Widowmaker: Widowmaker is a long-range marksman that excels at defending Hybrid maps with long and narrow sightlines. On these maps, Widowmaker stays in the backline, picking off crucial enemy targets from afar with Widow's Kiss while providing vital enemy information with Infra-Sight.

Alternative Supports

• Ana: Hybrid maps with high vantage points and long sightlines allow Ana to safely and efficiently support her team from afar. Biotic Grenade and Nano Boost are also effective at breaking stalemates and pushing or defending crucial objectives.
• Baptiste: Baptiste works well as an alternative Support for team compositions that prefer plenty of area of effect healing due to his Biotic Launcher and Regenerative Burst. His Immortality Field and Amplification Matrix are also potent when used to hold down control points and payloads.
• Brigitte: Brigitte is an excellent alternative Support for assisting diving Damage Heroes while also acting as a safeguard for your vulnerable teammates. She can stick to her frontline and use her offensive abilities to activate Inspire, as well as protect her allies and push away threats with Barrier Shield and Whip Shot. Rally is also effective at attacking and defending crucial objectives with its speed buff and long-lasting temporary health boost.

Hybrid Map Mechanics and Features

A Mix of Assault and Escort

Hybrid maps in Overwatch 2 combine the Assault and Escort game modes in a single map.

Matches start with two teams attacking or defending the map's capture point. If the attacking team manages to seize the capture point, the map transitions into an Escort mission where they need to deliver a payload toward its destination before time runs out.

Timer and Point Rules

Every Hybrid map plays under a 4 minute timer, with the time extending by 2 minutes if the point gets captured. Each team gains points whenever they seize a capture point or reach certain destinations with their respective payloads.

Match Formats

Best of 1 in Competitive and Casual Play

Each Hybrid game is played under a Best of 1 format, with teams switching between attacking and defending once per game.

Overwatch 2 Related Guides

List of Maps

Control Maps

Ilios	Lijiang Tower
Oasis	Busan
Nepal

List of All Control Maps

Escort Maps

Circuit RoyalNEW	Dorado
Route 66	Watchpoint: Gibraltar
Junkertown

List of All Escort Maps

Hybrid Maps

MidtownNEW	ParaísoNEW
Eichenwalde	King's Row
Hollywood

List of All Hybrid Maps

Push Maps

ColosseoNEW	New Queen StreetNEW
EsperançaNEW

List of All Push Maps