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Best teammates for Sombra

Who works well with Sombra, who clashes with them, and why. Sombra's best partners include Anran, Cassidy and D.Va.

Team plans Dive: natural · Brawl: natural · Poke: conditional

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From WinCon's coaching read of each hero's abilities, the same one the coach uses: a guide, not a measured win rate. Blizzard doesn't publish how heroes do against each other.

Heroes that work well with Sombra

Good partners for Sombra: pick one beside them, or pick Sombra beside one.

Tanks

  • D.Va (good pair): EMP hacks the group so Self-Destruct and the dive land unanswered
  • Doomfist (good pair): EMP hacks the backline he lands on; Hotfix before he engages
  • Junker Queen (good pair): Cyberspace halves enemy healing on the group she wounds
  • Winston (good pair): Hotfix before the jump and Cyberspace on his target
  • Wrecking Ball (good pair): Hotfix hacks health packs for his cycling; Cyberspace on his Piledriver
  • Zarya (good pair): EMP and Cyberspace on a Graviton Surge
  • Reinhardt (decent pair): EMP breaks their barriers for his walk-in; Cyberspace weakens the brawl

Damage heroes

  • Anran (good pair): Cyberspace weakens the backline she dives and heals her inside it
  • Cassidy (good pair): EMP locks their abilities for Deadeye
  • Genji (good pair): EMP into Dragonblade
  • Reaper (good pair): EMP into Death Blossom
  • Pharah (decent pair): EMP breaks the barriers that block her rockets
  • Tracer (decent pair): Hotfix carries her through the opening burst; Weaken cuts the counterattack
  • Vendetta (decent pair): melee dive fights inside Cyberspace, where enemies are Weakened
  • Venture (decent pair): Cyberspace weakens the backline she surfaces into

Heroes that clash with Sombra

These pull a different way from Sombra: the pair can still work, but it takes more care.

Tanks

  • Domina (minor clash): barrier poke at range keeps fights outside her reach
  • Sigma (minor clash): slow long-range trades keep fights outside Cyberspace and Hotfix range

Damage heroes

  • Widowmaker (minor clash): long-range poke where her short-range kit has no reach

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