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Which Hydroid are you building?
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Star Chart2–3 FormaModerateHigh confidenceStar ChartSteel Path
First Tide — Star Chart
Plunder the room, dash through with Tidal Surge, rain Tempest Barrage. Tentacles wait until you mean to camp. Primed Continuity and Primed Flow are the first real upgrade — not Blind Rage.
Junctions through the Outer Terminus. Steel Path is the next card, not this one.
- Steel Path ready: Arcanes are fair game, shards can wait.
- Content: Steel Path matched against what this loadout is actually for.
- Playstyle: Plunder / guns.
- Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts on Progress and Corrosive Corsair — Steel Path replaces this.
By player stage
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| Build | Stage | Cost | Dmg | Sur | En | Mob | Ease | Forma | Helminth | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Tide | Starter | Starter | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0–2 | Full kit | Star Chart, first Hydroid, learning the rework loop |
| First Tide — Star Chart | Star Chart | Moderate | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2–3 | Full kit | Junctions through the Outer Terminus. Steel Path is the next card, not this one. |
| Corrosive Corsair — Steel Path Viral Tempest | Steel Path | Advanced | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3–4 | Full kit | Steel Path Star Chart, Circuit, first Archon. Helminth is the next card. |
| Corrosive Corsair — Optimised Viral Tempest | Optimised | Endgame | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4–5 | Nourish (Grendel) or Breach Surge (Wisp) | Netracells, Archon, EDA. You have Helminth or you don't need it. |
| Corrosive Corsair — Endgame Viral Tempest | Endgame | Endgame | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4–5 | Nourish (Grendel) or Breach Surge (Wisp) | endgame / endurance Grineer, weapon platforms, anyone who picked Hydroid to peel armor |
| Kraken Room | Steel Path | Advanced | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3–4 | Full kit | Defense, Interception, Disruption, any mission where you stand still on purpose |
| Drowned Slow | Endgame | Endgame | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | Gloom (Sevagoth) | Solo Steel Path, Eximus rooms, people who want Hydroid to stand in the puddle and live |
| Pilfering Depths Pilfering Swarm | Endgame | Endgame | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4–5 | Full kit | Farming runs, Survival loot, people who already own Nekros and want a second loot frame |