Unleash your Primal Rage as Yeti Winston and lay traps as Hunter Mei in Overwatch 2’s Yeti Hunter game mode.
The Overwatch 2 Winterland 2025 event features a bunch of returning game modes, and Yeti Hunter is one of them. Read on for our guide on how to win as both Yeti Winston and Hunter Mei!
Overwatch 2 Yeti Hunter explained
To play Overwatch 2's Yeti Hunter game mode, you must first choose to either be a hunter or the yeti. You can also go for the flex option. Hunter Mei players must work together in a team of five players while Yeti Winston jumps in solo.
Overwatch 2 Yeti Hunter Winston tips
If you're going solo as Yeti Winston, then you begin the match in a cave. Jump around and follow the orange indicators to eat meat. Your ultimate is immediately activated upon consuming four pieces. When this happens, unleash your Primal Rage! Your goal is to eliminate all five Hunter Mei enemies before eliminated ones spawn back into the fray.
Remember that you're Winston, so your kit in Yeti Hunter is similar to regular Winston. Therefore, jump and land on top of Mei players to deal damage and use your barrier to help prevent damage. Make strategic jumps around the map as well so that Mei players have to travel farther to catch up to you.
Overwatch 2 Yeti Hunter Mei tips
If you're playing as Hunter Mei, then work with your teammates to predict where Yeti Winston wants to go next, track him down, and freeze him to dish out some damage. Your team's goal is to get his health down to zero. However, if the enemy Winston happens to eat four pieces of meat, then watch out for his ultimate. You can tell how long this lasts by looking at the bar under the "Run for your Life" text in front of your screen. Above the same text is Winston's health total.
Just like Yeti Winston, Hunter Mei's kit is similar to her normal one. The major difference is her ultimate, which becomes a giant Junkrat trap in Yeti Hunter. You can left-click to freeze Yeti Winston as well. Additionally, don't forget to use your Cryo-Freeze to heal up and Ice Wall to block Winston's route, quickly access tricky locations, and save yourself or your teammates.
Since Yeti Hunter is part of the Overwatch 2 Winter Wonderland festivities, completing matches earns you progress toward event challenges. You must complete challenges to gain Winter Wonderland Cookies, which can then be exchanged for loot boxes, Overwatch 2 Season 20 Battle Pass tier skips, the Frozen Junkrat and Frozen Cassidy skins, and more!
That's all for now. We hope you enjoy this year's iteration of the Winter Wonderland event. Stick around on esports.gg for more Overwatch 2 news, guides, and updates!
