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There are many, many types of hybrids, but only several have been proven efficient.

There are many, many types of hybrids, but only several have been proven efficient.

*'''[[Rammer]]/[[Hammer]]''': Basically, a fast hammer with a frontal weapon rack. The tactic is to begin hammering after pinning your opponent, a thing rammers can do easily, and useful for pushers. However, they are not as maneouvrable as real rammers (because of the hammer head and the srimech that often fails) and pretty much unstable. Extremely efficient against horizontal spinners if done well. Side hammer hybrids are stronger against vertical spinners and possibly popups (again, a weapon against your greatest enemy) and wipe out the instability problem and lack of invertibility.

*'''[[Rammer]]/[[Hammer]]''': Basically, a fast hammer with a frontal weapon rack. The tactic is to begin hammering after pinning your opponent, a thing rammers can do easily, and useful for pushers. However, they are not as maneouvrable as real rammers (because of the hammer head and the srimech that often fails) and pretty much unstable. Extremely efficient against horizontal spinners if done well. Side hammer hybrids are stronger against vertical spinners and possibly popups (again, a weapon against your greatest enemy) and wipe out the instability problem and lack of invertibility. Examples include [[Flying Chao]]'s [[BBEANS#BBEANS5|BBEANS 5]] bot [[Vetearn Destroyer]] and [[Clickbeetle]]'s [[Cheshire Cat]].

*'''[[Rammer]]/[[Poker]]''': The best hybrid here isn't the fast poker, but a regular rammer with several pneumatic weapons. Foolishevil's bot RoAcH (Starcore 3) is a great design to start with. These basically add some bite to your rammer, provides you with a decent tossing agility, but also provide an additionnal weapon to a pusher, solving the issue of pushers doing low damage. Of course, your chasis is going to be big with all these motors, batteries and air tanks, so you'd better be on a weight diet for this hybrid. Useful against horizontal spinners.

*'''[[Rammer]]/[[Poker]]''': The best hybrid here isn't the fast poker, but a regular rammer with several pneumatic weapons. Foolishevil's bot RoAcH (Starcore 3) is a great design to start with. These basically add some bite to your rammer, provides you with a decent tossing agility, but also provide an additionnal weapon to a pusher, solving the issue of pushers doing low damage. Of course, your chasis is going to be big with all these motors, batteries and air tanks, so you'd better be on a weight diet for this hybrid. Useful against horizontal spinners.

*'''[[Rammer]]/[[Horizontal spinner]]''': A good design, these are fast horizontal spinners with several static spikes, or at the opposite, a rammer with two spinners. Horizontal spinners will be easier to fight with that. Basically adds speed and frontal defense to a HS, while of course weakening the spinner.

*'''[[Rammer]]/[[Horizontal spinner]]''': A good design, these are fast horizontal spinners with several static spikes, or at the opposite, a rammer with two spinners. Horizontal spinners will be easier to fight with that. Basically adds speed and frontal defense to a HS, while of course weakening the spinner. [[ACAMS]]' [[2 Sinister]] is a notable example.

*'''[[Horizontal spinner]]/[[Sit&Spinner]]''': Several HS masters have used that design. A sit-and-spinning HS will make more damage at the cost of mobility. Just build a fast HS and give it a wide wheel stance.

*'''[[Horizontal spinner]]/[[Sit&Spinner]]''': Several HS masters have used that design. A sit-and-spinning HS will make more damage at the cost of mobility. Just build a fast HS and give it a wide wheel stance.

*'''[[Hammer]]/[[Poker]]''': This type of bot attacks by pushing opponents into a wall or corner, then hammering down the wounded opponent. These bots are more than rare, and the best example is ScootOrDie, a DSL remake of a RA1 bot. Not extremely efficient because your hammers often bites the air if your pokers push your opponent.

*'''[[Hammer]]/[[Poker]]''': This type of bot attacks by pushing opponents into a wall or corner, then hammering down the wounded opponent. These bots are more than rare, and the best example is ScootOrDie, a DSL remake of a RA1 bot. Not extremely efficient because your hammers often bites the air if your pokers push your opponent.

*'''[[Flipper]]/[[Hammer]]''': These bot designs not only flip the opponents, but Hammer down at the same time, this can either clamp the opponent, do more damage than a normal hammer, or just fail.

*'''[[Flipper]]/[[Hammer]]''': These bot designs not only flip the opponents, but Hammer down at the same time, this can either clamp the opponent, do more damage than a normal hammer, or just fail. For examples, see [[Clamp]].

*'''[[Flipper]]/[[VS]]''': Possibly one of the rarest hybrids known, these bots lift opponents upwards, usually into the main weapon.

*'''[[Flipper]]/[[VS]]''': Possibly one of the rarest hybrids known, these bots lift opponents upwards, usually into the main weapon. NFX's [[BTTB]] bot [[Tribute to Tribute to Mayhem]] is an example.

*'''[[Flipper]]/[[HS]]''': Another very rare hybrid. One of these ([[Hedgehog IV]]) competed in BBEANS 2.

*'''[[Flipper]]/[[HS]]''': Another very rare hybrid. One of these ([[Hedgehog IV]]) competed in BBEANS 2.