Talk:Viability Ranking/@comment-39230426-20191011163757

Hydratila the Boltcaster: SS- --> S

Hydratila the Riftmaker: SS- --> same

So the Ranking Council have been really trying to talk about all 3 Hydratila's for a while now, and we've only come to a concrete vote for Boltcaster and Riftmaker. We're still waiting on a certain, slightly inactive member to put in their vote for Icebringer so we can finally get them moved and go to a different monster like Gurlik.

Ok, so, we decided Boltcaster needed a drop. In terms of all 3 Hydratilas, he's definitely one of the weakest of them. Yes, he has the actual Speed of a Denier (3,509), but even so it's not too impressive when compared to so many other deniers in the modern meta rn. And yes he can deny, every Hydratila form has an AoE Freeze skill. Boltcaster is rolling with an AoE Daze to back it up tho, which just isn't that impressive. And despite having the highest base power on his skills over the other two forms (his Pain Capacitor skill daling 75 damage), he has the 2nd lowest Strength stat of the 3 so he's incapable of backing up the high damage with any actually good damage output. Overall, very unimpressive monster, especially for a Nemesis, so he's getting a drop to S. Still if you get him, do try to look at his positives and use him for what he can do rather than what he cannot do.

With Riftmaker, we've all come to the conclusion that he's really the best of the 3 Hydratilas (believe me, when we get one more good vote, Icebringer is getting a good drop). He's the best damage dealer out of all the Hydratila's cuz of his respectable Strength stat at 3,575, his Earth skills all apply Stun, so he can potentially deny all the enemies twice in a row or more cuz of his access to both AoE Stun and AoE Freeze, like all the Hydras he has an AoE PER skill with 0CD, and like all the Hydras he has a single 50 Special damage with 0CD and 0 Stamina Cost that gives his whole team Freeze Immunity and Stamina Regen (and a single 65 Special damage skill that's similar with 0CD and 0SC, but applies Stamina Leak to a target rather than team Freeze Immunity). He can honestly take the most advantage of these skills cuz of his good damage output and his ability to actually be a good Attacker cuz of his stats, so we decided he's most worthy of staying in the SS ranks by keeping him in SS-.

Please be patient, and also please apply to the Ranking Council if you are able to and would like to help us out with these rankings. Here is where you can do so. If we have more members on the Council, maybe it'd be easier and faster to get through these rankings so do consider.