Hydra has been gutted

[Venaliter-1813]

@MicroRNA-1507

You are correct. I thought Blizzard might be concerned but my thought was a “smidgen” of a nerf where smidgen is 1-2 GRs, not what they did.

@MicroRNA-1507

The reason that I had wizards ahead of barbs is that in patch 2.6.7 PTR, the top non-season solo barb clear was GR 140. In patch 2.6.7a, ww/rend multipliers were slightly less buffed relative to the PTR version and this build still cleared GR 146 in non-season. Given that wizards in this PTR cleared GR 142, you might imagine that even without changes, the top clears may exceed GR 146.

I am not predicting a wizard buff (if anything they might be brought down a smidgen). I am pretty sure that witch doctors will go live as a weakened version of the PTR and Blizzard already mentioned that crusaders may need an additional tweak to lower their power.

At the time, Wizards were lower than WDs, Barbs and Crusaders, so I expected SS to go back up to 600% and for TV to be buffed. While WDs were toned down slightly, (12%?), the extent of this Hydra nerf is almost cataclysmic. I’m not sure either LoN or the TV set is playable now in Solo, Group or Speed metas. Necros and WDs are far superior trash clearers, and RGKs are Crusaders in Season 20 as of now. 2x Hydra may strike middle ground as both, maybe?