Hybrid

**Hybrid** is a Tier 4 weapon upgrade, stronger than a Compound.

## Technical/Design

Destroyer with a drone spawner at the back.

Base Stats
 Drone Spawner Reload
 Bullet Damage
 Bullet Speed
 Bullet Penetration
 Drone Damage
 Drone Speed
 Drone Penetration

[Source:Tank Editor from the Test Server]

## Strategy

#### As a Hybrid

A **Hybrid** is good against any tank which has a slower or same speed. Having a decent reload and high bullet damage offset many kinds of bullets, traps and drones. The following are some ways to make good use of a Hybrid:

* A Hybrid is good against Marksmen. A player can use the damage advantage to counter their bullets, but don’t leave the Marksman out of your FoV range and try to counter them to the edge.
* Additionally, the player can try targeting Annihilators. With half less reload, the player will take the upper hand. If the Annihilator tries to bait the player from focusing on its body, it may possibly be a one-shot.
* For drone tanks like Emperor, a player need to bait them to attack with all their drones to attack it and turn around so the player can dash near them. At that case, the player can simply avoid the Emperor’s drones and approach it.
* For Celestials, tier 1s might be very easy. Hybrid’s bullets simply go through theirs so it can get an easy kill. Especially Pulsars. For Satellites the player need to be wary if they surround it with drones, otherwise cope them like Pulsars. However Debris will be a tall order as the traps are relatively sturdy.
* Tier 2s will be much more challenging especially Blazars. Their bullets have stronger stats and have the same reload as you. The player should either run away or exploit with their bulky body. Shoot where the Blazar is not focusing on, and it will get damaged heavily.
* Normal bullet spammers like Quadro will be tasty food for a Hybrid. Their bullets are weak and the player may simply shoot at them, but if the player fails to destroy it, it is suggested to leave. Bullet spammers are not lethal to tanks.

#### Against a Hybrid

* Mainly use tier 2 Celestials to kill it like Quasar. Countering a Hybrid to the edge by using Auras like Meteor will be easy.
* As of minion tanks, especially Manufacturer, avoid your minions being destroyed as a Manufacturer has a bad reload, but also causing great damage if your minions’ bullets successfully shoot the Hybrid. The Manufacturer should escape once it thinks that its minions need to be recharged.
* As a bullet tank, like Penta, a player should never just shoot straight at the body of Hybrid, even if it doesn’t die, a Penta can’t damage it as both of your bullets will offset others’. It is recommended to use Inferno, and counter the Hybrid by keep going forward.
* It should not be challenging to kill a Hybrid with Riot-Inferno. Chase it until the Hybrid reached the edge and the player should be able to kill it with the Aura.

#### Matchups

* **Strong Against:** Bullet tanks, drone tanks, tier 1 Celestials (excluding Debris)
* **Goes Well With:** Asteroids, trap tanks without damaging aura or slow
* **Weak Against:** Trap tanks with auras and move fast, either Tier 2 Celetsials

#### Build Advice

* Ziggurat. It helps increasing the Hybrid’s health.
* Saw. It gives extra speed for the Hybrid.

## Trivia

* The weapon name, Hybrid was once used by a tier 2 tank named Alloy, and renamed after this tank has been added.