Talk:Hydroid/@comment-7645613-20160223140549

I always thought they could buff hydroid a bit by replacing tentacle swarm and combine it with undertow. Think about it, the main problem with undertow besides the low damage (which it isn't made for anyway) is when enough enemies fall in, other enemies will stand at the edge of the puddle glitched and not be able to go in.

Combining undertow and tentacle swarm would allow tentacles to grab enemies and throw them down in the puddle while occasional ripping them out of the puddle and flail them in the air, allowing teamates to deal damage tot hose in the air. It would not only make him even more fun, but it would make him a a bit more menacing in puddle form.

Secondly, tentacle swarm as we know it would be replaced by a tentacled beast that moved through the environment (mostly under) and have both tentacles that grabbed enemies and throw them around, but a mouth that would occasionally grab an enemy, pull them "under" the environment dealing high damage, then spitting them back out for a ragdoll if they don't die. It would act similarly to Tornado in the sense that this monster would move through the environment and move toward large clusters of enemies. The only change the the ability would be it's name changed to "Kraken" and the secondary damage type with it's mouth that would deal 4x the normal amount dealt by it's tentacles.