Talk:Hydroid (Warframe)/@comment-24924131-20140510052323

This is a very good, if not the best invasion/exterminate frame, almost in the same level as a maxed ember (ember is better for infested and low level missions while hydroid can 1 shot level 30~ grineer). I modded mine with very low duration, big range, high power strength and maxed efficiency'''. It's all about spamming Tentacle Swarm. '''It hits through walls/floor so it's very good for getting hidden enemies. Plus, it's pretty much a "infinite range nuke" as the tentacles spawn at the location you're aiming at, instead of just around your warframe. So if you see enemies like 200yd from you, you can just aim at them and use your Swarm and the tentacles spawn point will be there.

I'd use the same playstyle for survival, it's very effective as a medium~ level nuke, even though as for higher waves it would be advisable to focus on CC/duration as the damage becomes pretty neglectable.

Against higher level enemies its pretty much a CC/Disable frame. There are much better frames for that (Nyx, Nova, Zephyr, Vauban). On the other hand, I find it to be side by side with Ember the best frame for Invasion/Exterminate, with the loadout described (high strength, low duration, max efficiency). Nova is good, but it fails at getting "hidden" enemies, like those bastards stuck behind walls or enemies in higher/lower levels. Plus you can't 1 shot things 100 yards from you. Hydroid exceels at it.

TL;DR: One of the best/fastest, if not the best frame for medium-level exterminate/invasion missions (ember is better/faster for low-level infested). It's supposed (in my opinion) to be built as a high range nuker. He has the ability to hit through walls and exceels at killing fast with a spammy high range/damage skill ("4").