The Hydro Traveler Is Really Bad | Face Reveal | Genshin Impact 3.8



An analysis of how the Hydro traveler is shaping up to be in Genshin Impact, with a focus on his damage and kit

00:00 Face Reveal
00:41 Hydro MC Vs Dendro MC
01:35 What Makes Hydro Good
02:09 Skill Analysis
03:59 Burst Analysis
05:07 Hydro MC is Really Bad
06:20 Build Optimization
07:33 Closing Thoughts

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34 thoughts on “The Hydro Traveler Is Really Bad | Face Reveal | Genshin Impact 3.8”

  1. Hydro mc burst should have acted as a taunt and the skill should have generated a hydro particle with each hit when the skill is held (unless their constellations accommodate this) but I kinda see this as dehya support and a preview to hydro archon's kit but no gravity

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  2. Wait. I’m thinking how Archons and their “Acting” Archons rely on them except maybe Venti and Jean. Ningguang wants shield and Zhongli’s Shield is the strongest plus the geo constructs. Yae Miko wants er and Raiden gives that in Mono Electro or duo dps. Alhaitham wants Nahida to reach greater feats from shred, buff, and battery. I’m getting scared for Neuvillete. Furina might be a healer and masochist to gain the changing hp mechanic Fontaine introduces. Hydro Traveller provides mini heals. Furina’s heal might not actually be huge like other dedicated healers. Only enough for the team to not be critical. My guess is, she’ll really be HP heavy and her skill drains her hp. The more she drains her hp the stronger the buff she provides. Like for every 1,000 hp loss equals to 0.03% elemental reaction buff. Her skill might be off field hydro application that drains her hp when cast. I’m thinking more like Blade in HSR. The greater the hp loss the greater the damage boost and her burst must be for survivability. Idk if it’s going to be similar to HMC bubble heals that needs to be picked up. I remember in Alhaitham’s BETA he needs to pick up his mirrors or something. It’s a really clunky playstyle I hope this don’t get implemented on furina. Will have to comeback after Neuvillete’s Beta comes out. But I’m pretty sure that he will be reliant on the gimmick of the Archon.

    How Mondstadt wants their enemies grouped together like Diluc’s burst, klee’s range. Probably for Mona too.

    How Liyue wants shields. Hu Tao, Ganyu, Xiao wants them to not be interrupted in their sequence.

    How Inazuma have high energy costs. Tho they all do not depende on Raiden. They hate her haha. But ER was really necessary in that region. Even Yoimiya has er gimmicks.

    Sumeru was really reliant on Nahida on almost everything.

    Now in Fontaine, we need someone to drain and rejuvenate the HP of allies for the Hp gimmick. More likely Fontaine is the Destruction path of Genshin.

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  3. DMC fell off after drop of Nahida/Baizhu/YaoYao?
    Mf still has 10% usage rate. Has better dendro app than Baizhu and Yaoyao combined
    Is meta choice in Nilou Bloom teams

    Nah, he didn't fell off. He solidified his position.

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  4. My fanfiction hydro traveler build: E: Hydro Traveler performs a forward slash that deals hydro damage. (Constellation: the damage scales with hydro Travelers HP) Q: Hydro traveler creates an aura around him that periodically deals hydro damage and gives the active character resistannce to interruption (Constellation: When the aura expires deals additional hydro damage based on hydro travelers HP, C6: The character under the effect of hydro Travelers Q aura gains a 15% hydro damage bonus) All the numbers would be average.

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  5. At least there's so many hydro units that it really doesn't matter if the hydro trav is good or not. After the flash of dendro being a new element there's nothing exciting about new areas or traveler variants, all the other characters pull that slack well.

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  6. "My final form" (emphase on the nostrils be like : we are chad nostrils *flex flex*). Thank you for your analysis on HMC, tbh i am kinda disappointed by it; I hope some off meta TC will be able to do something with them like they did for Hyperbloom Dori.

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  7. in short, dont build hydro mc at all…
    although i still would build HMC up to lvl 1-6-6. i like exploring the regions and main story as aether.
    it gives a bit more immersion playing as him while having home-region /story-related party.

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