Talk:Hydroid (Warframe)/@comment-98.181.49.91-20140603040447/@comment-98.181.49.91-20140603182355

Part of the point is to reduce duration below the default - not just to increase the power efficiency. Hydroid tends to get locked into his duration-based powers (particularly Tentacle Swarm). By reducing the duration, you effectively decrease the cooldown on Tempest Barrage and Tentacle Swarm while also decreasing the distance on Tidal Surge into something much more controllable. It's a "skirmisher" playstyle that fits him very well.