Best Overwatch 2 Stadium Zarya Build Season 17: Hyper Beam

Zarya has some of the most adaptability of any hero in Overwatch 2 Stadium, but that all depends on what build you decide to go with. After testing the hero and seeing how others have fared, however, we think there is a clear best build for Zarya in Stadium. Get ready to beam down the competition!

Overwatch 2 Stadium Zarya Build Guide

Build Import Code: KBQ1P

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Powers order

• Round 1: Pre-Workout
• Round 3: Piercing Beam
• Round 5: No Limits
• Round 7: Containment Shield

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Core Items

• Bigger Beam: 11,000
• Hybrid Battery: 4,000
• Hardlight Accelerator: 11,000

Item focus

1. Weapon
2. Survival
3. Ability

Build Priorities & Strategy

This build takes off in Round 3 once you have both Pre-Workout and Piercing Beam activated alongside some Weapon Items. But, getting started, Pre-Workout will give you some nice sustain to properly frontline in early rounds. You can’t quite shred enemies until you have Piercing Beam and No Limits, so play somewhat less aggressively until then.

Bigger Beam should be your first Epic item to rush, as it gives you both 10% Weapon Damage and a 20% extension to Particle Cannon’s primary fire range. This helps you to feel less awkward in those midrange situations and also makes your Piercing Beam pierce even more.

Containment Shield is used in the late game to help out with sustain, but your goal here is not to sustain, it’s to deal insane damage and end fights quickly. Spam your bubbles to help mitigate what damage you can and support any diving DPS you have, otherwise greed them and keep your charge as high as you can,

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Build Pros & Cons

Pros:

• Strong single-target burst damage at high charge
• Overall, very high DPS potential
• Bubbles give you a lot of bailout options for yourself and your allies

Cons:

• Can feel very weak if the enemy team is working around your charge meter
• It can be harder to generate charge against heroes like Reinhardt or Mei
• Not a lot of massive AOE potential
• Less tanky than other builds

If you enjoyed using this build, consider trying one of our other Overwatch 2 Stadium builds! We will be working on getting one made for each of the heroes in the mode, so stay tuned if you can’t find the hero you are looking for.

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