Talk:Hydroid/@comment-108.87.117.137-20161005020126/@comment-27117868-20161017094414

What's there to learn? Press 3 to become invincible, press 4 and pray your host doesn't suck and that RNGesus is on your side, press 1 and maybe you'll knock down a few enemies for a second or two, press 2 when... when... never press 2 because you might as well just run and Hydroid doesn't have the energy economy to waste unless you're running high duration and Zenurik or multiple Energy Siphon. Weapons can carry shitty warframes, my Sancti Tigris is testament to that. I didn't win missions because Hydroid is a balanced and viable frame, I won missions because Sancti Tigris is beastly. You really can't argue with the numbers. His terrible damage, subpar crowd control and subpar survivability are just facts based on numbers. Numbers you can't argue with. When I see people saying Hydroid is good, they're always pulling weapons in the discussion, for example: "Hydroid is a great melee frame because I could fuck everyone up with my penta formaed Galatine Prime." They don't realize Hydroid had nothing to do with it, his passive is worthless, the weapon was the only thing that mattered, and if they had chosen another frame, they would've had much greater success, like Chroma.

I just came back to Hydroid again after a hiatus from Warframe, and he feels as clunky as ever. On the other hand I just finished formaing my Frost for a crowd control build, and man does he feel great by comparison. His abilities just work, they have oomph, his stats have purpose instead of being arbitrary and shit and you can contribute without having an amazing weapon, just because the frame is that good. It would never happen with Hydroid, if you don't have top tier weapons with Hydroid, you're dragging everyone else down.