Marvel Rivals Convoy Guide (2026): All 6 Maps, Attack and Defence

Convoy is Marvel Rivals' take on the payload mode, and it is the mode where team discipline shows most clearly. The attacking team has to stay together around a slow vehicle, the defending team only has to stop it, and the map decides where every fight happens. This guide explains Convoy as it works in Season 10.5 "Butcher's Blasphemy" on 8 November 2026: the setup, how the vehicle moves and stops, why checkpoints matter more than anything else, all six Convoy maps including Thebes, and the attack and defence plans our boosters use.

How Convoy works

Wikipedia's summary of the mode is short: the two teams "are randomly assigned offense or defense", the attackers "escort a moving object through the map" and the defenders "must stop the object". Everything else in Convoy follows from that. The attackers want the vehicle to keep moving; the defenders want it standing still, and they win if the clock runs out before it reaches the end of the route.

Two things make Convoy feel different from the other two objective modes. First, the fight moves. A Domination round is always about the same circle, but a Convoy attack starts in one part of the map and ends in another, so the high ground, the flank routes and the health packs change every minute. Second, the attackers have to be in one place, next to the vehicle, while the defenders can choose where to fight. That gives the defence the first move in every fight, and it is why a disorganised attack loses Convoy faster than any other mode.

Beebom's Season 10 mode explainer (updated 1 October 2026) notes that Quick Play and Competitive share the same three objective types, so the Convoy you play in Quick Match is the Convoy you play in ranked. NetEase's own patch notes don't restate the rules, and they don't publish the vehicle's speed or the attack timers, so this guide doesn't quote any; where a number appears, its source is named next to it.

The 30-second setup

Every Convoy attack begins with the defenders' setup. Beebom describes it as a setup timer for the defence, with the attackers released after 30 seconds. Both teams use that half-minute very differently.

The setup is also the moment to read the enemy composition. If the defence shows two heroes who fly, expect them on the high ground; if the attack shows dive heroes, keep your backline together. A short call, one sentence long, is worth more than a minute of debate.

Moving, stopping and pushing back

The vehicle's behaviour is the heart of Convoy, and both of our references describe it the same way. It moves while attackers are close to it, and Wikipedia and Beebom both say more attackers make it move faster. It stops while an opposing player is near it. And in Beebom's words, the defenders can stand near the vehicle "to recapture it and push it back", so a vehicle the defence controls rolls backward.

Three practical rules follow from that, and they are BoostPirate's coaching advice rather than published numbers:

• Clear the vehicle before you push it. Standing on a contested vehicle does nothing; it doesn't move while a defender is near. Kill or displace the defender first, then step on.
• Not everyone belongs on the vehicle. Extra attackers speed it up, but a Vanguard holding space in front and a Strategist healing from cover usually move it further than six players standing in a crowd.
• Defenders only need to touch. A defender who survives next to the vehicle stops it. Heroes who can stay alive under fire, or come back to it quickly, are worth more on defence than a few extra eliminations.

Checkpoints: the only progress you keep

Every Convoy route is split by 2 checkpoints, and Beebom's explainer is clear about what they do: once the vehicle crosses a checkpoint, "it can no longer roll back". Everything the attackers gain between checkpoints can be taken away by a defence that holds the vehicle long enough. Everything up to the last checkpoint is banked.

That changes how an attack should spend its resources. A team that wins a fight near a checkpoint should push through it with everything it has, ultimates included, because that progress is permanent. A team that wins a fight just after a checkpoint has more freedom: it can take time, reset and walk the vehicle forward carefully. In our experience the worst Convoy attacks do the opposite, spending ultimates early in a section and then arriving at the checkpoint with nothing left.

For the defence the logic is mirrored. The most valuable place to hold is just before a checkpoint, where a stop forces the attackers to win one more fight before their progress is safe. And when a defence does lose a fight close to a checkpoint, it is often better to let the vehicle through and set up properly at the next choke than to trickle back one by one and feed the attackers' ultimates.

All six Convoy maps

Six maps use Convoy in Season 10.5, by Wikipedia's list and Beebom's Season 10 list, which agree. Four of them have been in the game since launch or 2025; two arrived in 2026.

Yggdrasill Path (Yggsgard) and Spider-Islands (Tokyo 2099) are launch maps. Midtown came with Season 1's Empire of Eternal Night, and Arakko with Season 2's Hellfire Gala. Museum of Contemplation, set in the Collector's Museum, arrived on 30 January 2026 according to Beebom's Season 6 roadmap, and Thebes followed on 24 July 2026, two weeks after Season 9 opened, as Beebom's Season 9 roadmap and roundup report. NetEase's Season 10 notes don't change any Convoy map.

Thebes, section by section

Thebes is the newest Convoy map and the one most players know least, so here it is in order. Beebom's map guide (23 July 2026) describes the attackers escorting the "Faith-Harvesting Engine" to the "Temple of Khonshu", through ancient Egyptian architecture mixed with retro-futuristic technology. It calls the map "very reminiscent of the Arakko map" and says it "features an unusually large amount of high ground".

1. Open startSmall open spaces in front of the pyramid; the attackers' widest fight.
2. Pyramid entranceTwo close-quarters corners, one in the start area and one just outside the entrance.
3. Inside Apocalypse's PyramidA main lane with alternate routes above the choke, an abrupt turn and high ground; a slide route with bonus health packs.
4. The sarcophagusThe vehicle passes Apocalypse's body, a nod to the Death of Apocalypse event.
5. Temple of KhonshuA tight, straight doorway: the last choke, with windows and doors as flank routes.

Beebom's tips for Thebes fit the shape of the route: take the high ground with aerial heroes, use flankers and poke because the map favours them, bring brawler Vanguards for the close corners, and don't walk only the main lane when the pyramid offers alternate routes above the choke. The slide inside the pyramid, with its bonus health packs, is both a route and an escape. It also lists three sample sixes:

BalancedBeebom, 23 Jul 2026

Emma FrostDoctor StrangeElsa BloodstoneHelaMantisLuna Snow

DiveBeebom, 23 Jul 2026

VenomHulkBlack WidowDaredevilJubileeCloak & Dagger

Anti-diveBeebom, 23 Jul 2026

Peni ParkerThe ThingNamorWinter SoldierRocket RaccoonWhite Fox

Team comps are Beebom's suggestions from July 2026, not a tier list; balance has changed since, so check your own rank's pick data before you copy one.

How to attack a Convoy

A good attack is a sequence of won fights, each one followed by a short, fast push. Our routine, the one our coaches teach:

1. Group out of spawnsetup

   Leave together and arrive together. The defence has had 30 seconds to set up; don't give it a numbers advantage too.

2. Take the space, then the vehiclefight

   Win the fight in front of the vehicle first. Stepping on it while defenders are near does nothing, because it doesn't move.

3. Push hard after a won fightpush

   Every second after a pick is free distance. Put enough players on the vehicle to speed it up while the defence is respawning.

4. Spend ultimates near checkpointsbank it

   Progress past a checkpoint can't be undone. That is where a big ultimate buys the most.

5. Reset when you loseregroup

   If two are down, back off together. A trickle feeds the defence's ultimates and loses more time than waiting.

How to defend a Convoy

The defending team doesn't need to win every fight. It needs the vehicle to stand still for long enough, and it needs to avoid losing fights at the worst moments. Our defensive rules:

• Fight in front of the choke, where the attackers have to come to you.
• Keep one durable hero ready to touch the vehicle: a single defender nearby stops it.
• Hold hardest just before a checkpoint, where the attackers' progress isn't banked yet.
• Fall back to the next choke as a team when a fight is lost; don't feed.
• Watch the flanks on maps with lots of high ground, such as Thebes and Arakko.
• Save one ultimate for the last section: the final fight decides the attack.

On high-ground maps such as Thebes, the defence's biggest risk is a flank from above. Beebom names the windows and doors at the Temple of Khonshu entrance as flank routes, so a final hold there needs at least one player watching them.

Picking heroes for Convoy

NetEase doesn't rank heroes by mode, and we won't invent a tier list. What we can give is the role logic our coaches use for Convoy:

• Vanguards carry the attack. You want one who can stand next to the vehicle under fire and make space in front of it; brawlers shine in tight corridors, and heroes with barriers or crowd control help most at the doorways. Our Vanguard guide goes deeper.
• Duelists decide where the fight starts. Poke and high-ground Duelists are strong on maps like Thebes; flankers punish defences that all look at the vehicle. See the Duelist guide.
• Strategists keep the player on the vehicle alive. Self-peel matters, because a defence that can't kill the vehicle-holder will dive the healer instead. The Strategist guide covers positioning.

Remember that ranked has hero bans, so have a second pick ready for every role you play. Our hero bans guide explains how the ban phase works.

Common Convoy mistakes

Convoy in ranked and in Season 10.5

Because Quick Match and Competitive use the same objective types, everything above applies in ranked. The last patch before this guide was checked, Version 20261105 on 5 November 2026, changed no maps, and Season 11 begins on 13 November 2026 with no new map announced as of 8 November 2026 (Beebom, 6 November 2026). If Season 11 adds or reworks a Convoy map, this page will be updated.

Convoy is one of three objective modes. Our Convergence guide covers the mode that turns into a Convoy after a capture, the Domination guide the point-control mode, and the maps guide lists every map in the game. How breakable cover changes chokes is in the destruction guide, and if you are about to start a new season, read the Season 11 rank reset guide first.