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Hydroid Prime

The Corrosive Current

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A persistence-tank Plunder weapon platform

Corrosive weapon platform, high-health persistence tankSteel PathSteel Path enduranceLevel capWeapon platform
Hydroid Prime
CURATED LOADOUT

CONFIGURATION

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MOD CAPACITY

71 / 743 remaining

Rank 30 · Orokin Reactor · 60 base + 14 aura capacity

AURA 1naramon polarityPOLARIZED
Polarized slotR5
EXILUSzenurik polarityPOLARIZED
Polarized slotR10
Arcane PersistenceArcane Persistence
Arcane BlessingArcane Blessing
1umbra polarityPOLARIZED
Polarized slotR10
2umbra polarityPOLARIZED
Polarized slotR10
3UNPOLARIZED
Unpolarized slotR10
4madurai polarityPOLARIZED
Polarized slotR10
5zenurik polarityPOLARIZED
Polarized slotR3
6naramon polarityPOLARIZED
Polarized slotR10
7vazarin polarityPOLARIZED
Polarized slotR10
8madurai polarityPOLARIZED
Polarized slotR5

ABILITIES

Hydroid Prime

PASSIVE Enemies damaged by Hydroid are more vulnerable to Corrosive Status, with initial Status reducing Armor by 50%.

1

Tempest Barrage

Tempest Barrage

Summon a tempest to rain down upon a target area.

2

Tidal Surge

Tidal Surge

Crash through enemies in a ferocious wall of water.

3

Plunder

Plunder

Plunder Armor from nearby enemies and increase Corrosive Damage on your Abilities and weapons. Enemies affected by Corrosive Status offer a greater increase.

4

Tentacle Swarm

Tentacle Swarm

Summon a creature from the depths. Its watery tentacles emerge from nearby surfaces to wreak havoc.

CEPHALON FIELD GUIDE

How to play this build.

Tenno. Plunder wraps your weapon in corrosive and strips armour, so a fast beam self-strips and melts. The Umbral set plus Arcane Persistence tanks it, and Tidal Impunity makes you status-immune.

How it works

The Umbral set clears 700 armour for Arcane Persistence's 500/s cap; Hunter Adrenaline floods energy from hits.

Tidal Impunity cheaply covers the statuses that break Persistence.

Weapon synergy

Fast high-status beams that self-strip via Plunder and deal viral or viral-heat: Ocucor (the standout), Kuva Nukor, pure-viral Torid, Phage, Phantasma.

Lifesteal weapons (Coda Hema, Coda Hirudo, Sancti Magistar) for the Persistence healing.

Where it struggles

Very forma-hungry.

Needs a heal source.

Bosses.

Variants

The Drowned Vault (#021) is the looting camp-nuke Hydroid.

Who runs this

Players who want a near-immortal Hydroid that turns a beam weapon into a self-stripping melter.