How Hydroid Became The Worst Warframe

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Hydroid is commonly known as the worst Warframe in the entire game, and to many players that's no surprise. Hydroid has been neglected for years and hasn't received anything major or game changing. However, over the years Hydroid has had an interesting tidal wave, so today let's check out this treasure hunting and ship sinking pirate.
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Intro 0:00 - 0:30
Introduction: 0:31 - 2:09
Hydroid Release: 2:10 - 4:47
Pilfering Swarm: 4:48 - 11:45
Hydroid Rework: 11:46 - 14:38
Hydroid Prime Trailer Development: 14:40 - 19:50
Hydroid's Fall From Grace: 19:51 - 21:58
U27.2 Corroding Barrage Nerf: 22:00 - 26:27
Present Date Hydroid: 26:28 - 34:01
Conclusion: 34:02 - 34:56
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NOTICE: This video is NOT about any endgame or high endurance and level cap strategies. I base my review and points off of how the frame performs in the GENERAL META and 90% of the game, I am NOT a level cap creator, there are other creators who specialize in that. I do NOT dive into high endurance strategies either. Thank you for understanding.
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Sonic Unleashed OST - Windmill Isle Night
Sonic Unleashed OST - Cool Edge Night (CP Remix)
Kohta Takashi - Galactic Life
Hiroshi Okubo - Sweet Sour
Sonic The Hedgehog 2006 - Flame Core (The Cavern)
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No Straight Roads OST - The City Streets
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[NovaUmbral]

EDIT: For those confused let me make this clear, Hydroid wasn't top tier on release just decent. I stated that near the end of that section.
EDIT 2: Another correction, when I mention Viral being niche I don't mean its use with slash I just meant on its own without Hunter Munitions, my fault there I forgot to add on screen text to clarify.
I mean you can argue that Viral was only good with slash so... I guess its niche in that sense? but yeah my fault there, apologies!

I sacrifice my mental stability and an umbra forma for this video, I hope it was worth it.

[Anne_Grapple]

People forced "HydroidPrimeTrailerWhen" before, now we need to force "HydroidReworkWhen" to stop this ship from nonstop sinking.

[deletedaccount]

I remember when hydroid was the GOAT for farming in endless survival camping a room with his augmentation mod, man those memories with friends were great. We would spend ages farming polymer bundles because those were one of the few things we were actually low on all the time.

It really feels sad how far he's fallen from grace because he was quickly becoming one of my favorite frames. It feels odd to because i don't remember a point where I really lost interest in him, it was more just a gradual decline over time as more and better things came out till i eventually just stopped using him as a whole.

[notsae]

Hydroid has a really interesting pirate/Davy Jones/sea god theme that makes him one of the cooler frames ideas wise, yet his abysmal execution makes all these cool themes fall flat on their face.

[EvnRain]

Hydroid was unironically the very reason as to why im playing Warframe all those years back, his design and concept was captivating for me.
The very first thing i did was strive for him, learnt about the elusive argon crystals and met some really cool people that helped me with Vay Hek :) all those fond memories, he is even my most used frame for the longest time, i just loved him too much, but something happened to him, it wasnt a drastic change it was more of a slow decline.

Hydroid truly is the relic of the past, its interesting to see just how untouched this frame is compared to the others, serving as a character that reminds me of just how different warframe was back then.

I really wish he gets the rework that he deserves, conceptually Hydroid is one of the coolest frames to ever exist for me

[pilanger]

My problems with Hydroid:
1. We don’t talk about the passive
2. He has two charge abilities…why
3. His playstyle just doesn’t feel right for a watery pirate theme, it’s very passive (considering a lot of his kit is designed to work with Undertow)

Possible solutions for a rework:
1. The passive could be something like Scurvy, where getting a status effect makes you invulnerable for a second or two? It’s a rough idea but it’s better than the chance to spawn a tentacle
2. Get rid of the charge on his 1. And at least make it cool and have it be actual cannon balls instead of water bullets, it’s mainly used for CC so damage doesn’t matter a ton
3. The dash can turn into a whirlpool or something like it to group enemies…basic I know, but it could be used in conjunction with his 1 to keep enemies in the CC field
4. Make Undertow into something like a Bermuda Triangle which could be an area buff/debuff field, enemies move slower or take more damage and Hydroid gets some sort of buff so he can take a hit
5. Make the Kraken a high priority summonable ally. Please let us summon the Kraken. He would have high range AoE attacks and as long as it hits an enemy once, Pilfering Swarm would still work for loot

Just an idea workshop, makes him a bit more pirate-y and more active while still maintaining an area defense playstyle

[AlvinEarthworm]

I think this review is due for a rework.

[Zeowolf]

My biggest gripe with Hydroid is not only are his abilities not good (with the exception of his 4 with farming augment) but then D.E. added a charge mechanic to two of hydroids abilities. Farming niche is now outclassed with the arrival of Khora and her augment so there is no reason to even use him. Its ashame because I love his concept/design

[-cams.]

Still find it hilarious how DE tried twice (and failed) to deliver on a good Nova deluxe skin, but casually gave one of the best overall skins in the entire game to Hydroid.
leave your shit takes and tastes below, I love reading them.

[keenmans]

I am loving there little hyper focused retrospectives on the frames, as someone who has been playing since 2014 these are like a blast from the past for me and I cannot wait to see the menace that Loki was whenever it comes out.

[vandetta]

It's funny how they progressively reworked each of Mag's abilities one by one over time until she became usable in all content. Then there's Hydriod getting indirectly nerfed until there's nothing left.

[James-]

Also pretty important to the lore, when de nerfed hydroid they added mod drop boosters to prime access.

[finleymorris]

I’ve been saying for years that he should get a rework that adapts his theme, so now he works with hot and cold water, obviously with heat and ice procs. To further adapt his pirate theme, make the rework encourage gun play. I also thought they could do something very unique with him in making Tidal Surge not even be an ability, but make it happen when he slides (Or if we don’t want to remove normal slides from him, change it to be if you slide during the roll animation) and give him a new second that acts as both a survivability and weapon-boosting power.

[SuperHexer]

A lot of people say frost is "in a bad place", but like as a frost main godspeed to all you Hydroid players who stick with him. Really hoping that we can wring out a proper rework for him out of DE soon...

[ruifebra]

Fear not everyone, Based Pablo has blessed us with a planned rework!(tennocon 2023)

[Walt_Chocolate]

Hydroid is my most used Warframe at 48.6%. Wisp is my second most used at around 9.4%...

I have around 2000hrs in game... I want you to think about how long I've waited for hydroid to have a rework. Thank you for the video, and i hope it brings attention to DE to do something about our waterboi. I've seen so many great ideas in a comment section already and it's nice to see people are still enthusiastic about him.

But, i think it's time i take a break. Seeing this video put in perspective how long I've been waiting for my light at the end of the tunnel...Godspeed all.

[keyzzz]

It's baffling that they kept this warframe THIS bad for years now, they reworked yareli and she's okay now but hydroid is still bad and can't get any meaningful changes

[jamesbaker]

I thought Oberon being slowly pushed out by Wisp and Citrine was rough…then this video reminded me Hydroid mains have it much much worse.

[SyedTauhidul]

Hydroid is essentially that one guy who peaked in high school.



Also, will someone in DE for the love of god give hydroid to Pablo already for the rework

[EWolfenstein]

As a disciple of the Fairy King, I do feel bad for those who would be looking forward to pirate theme that otherwise seems competent. I would argue that the scaling damage should be shifted to his passive whenever he deals damage with one of his base abilities. Then rework the healing mod after rolling the healing functionality into the puddle.