HYDRO TRAVELER GUIDE: How to Play, Best Artifact & Weapon Builds, Team Comps | Genshin Impact 4.0

Hydro Traveler is the new MC form coming with Fontaine this Genshin Impact 4.0! Hydro Traveler has some interesting quirks with their elemental talents and Hydro application. Is Hydro Traveler even worth building? This video discusses how to play Hydro Traveler, constellations, best artifact and weapon builds, team synergies, gameplay tips, and my opinion on Hydro MC's kit. #HydroMC #Fontaine #GenshinImpact
Timestamps
0:00 Hydro MC Guide
0:26 Kit & Talents - Skill, Passives, Burst
4:34 Constellations
5:57 Aritfact Stats
6:48 Artifact Sets
7:46 Best Weapons
8:57 Team Comps / Synergies
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[@SevyPlays]

To those wondering about the 4pc Vourukasha set. The DMG bonuses will not gain stacks from Hydro MC's HP draining passive. It will only stack from externally taken damage.

[@allentayoto7387]

Wut... it's really starting to feel like Hydro MC's kit was the last thing they made, and all focus was placed on the Fontaine Characters 🤣

[@crazykim]

@@allentayoto7387 More like it was the first thing they made, and everything else was designed to not be helpful to Hydro MC on purpose

[@Bigboikilljoy]

KZbin unsubbed me from you

[@krispybaby]

omg me too@@Bigboikilljoy

[@kgpadji2890]

What about 4pc Nymph's Dream? Will that still work for them?

[@Dartheomus]

*Best way to use HMC:* Take HMC to Sumeru and resonate with a statue of the seven.

[@Marta1Buck]

Slap 4 pcs deep wood, or 4 pcs gilded.

[@andriuson]

equip ER or EM sword, boom you are ready to go

[@olgabutorina4156]

I'm so tired from DMC that I would rather use HMC for the whole next year

[@PP-jw9ud]

Zyox?

[@UncannyCreative8128]

😂

[@Sir_Neal]

Funniest thing I found out about HMC is how their burst can literally pass through the walls in Abyss and just float away

[@androy5188]

Adiós 🤣🤣

[@ARandomUser5]

"But now I must go, my planet needs me."

[@vakyro7175]

Fuck this shit, Iam out!

[@Sheevlord]

But can it be used to kill enemies in a next room through the wall? Could be situationally useful. I need to try it out

[@user-rd4st2ep2j]

@@Sheevlord bro, you're literally overdose on Copium

[@salceds]

Love how you actually took the time to explain the kit while pointing out how silly it is like it was actually viable 😭😭😭😭😭

[@DefinitelyNotAFerret]

I mean… for a giga whale, every character is viable 😂

[@xanthee_imr]

@@DefinitelyNotAFerretyou are overestimating hydro traveler

[@Kurogane3]

People clearly don't get the usecase for hydro traveler: By killing the enemies slowly, you get to listen to the fontaine battle ost for longer. 😊

[@riotangel4701]

And get to stand still and relax instead of moving around circles.

[@Evie0133]

We have discovered Hoyo's secret plan 😏

[@portiac6097]

No it’s for healing

[@ImagineCats9339]

The hydro traveler kit is actually impressive, it takes time and effort to come up with worst move set in the game 👏👏 I didn't even know this was possible

[@paulyvii]

had me in the first half ngl

[@olgabutorina4156]

I mean... low multipliers, bad application, moving burst - and voila! I think it's pretty simple

[@d_roy_]

Trueee, it'd take me 3 minutes to come up with a better kit, that is completely different.

[@daeaerafgj6468]

It's impressive to make a HYDRO character this bad... like, legitimately, she is worse than Amber and Dehya.

[@FutayuriShironeko]

Dehya at least has insane value of being unable to die to Sheer Cold and Static Fields in Dragon Spine and Inazuma whilst still being able to smack mobs around with her claymore normals, farming mats in those areas without needing to worry about healing every 15 secs@@daeaerafgj6468

[@PCVP4729]

Hydro is definitely one of the elements currently available for the traveler to switch to.

[@peterlad]

Real?

[@allyssxh]

FINALLY. I WAS WAITING FOR THIS. I couldn't find any proper videos explaining Hydro MC's kit and how to utilize her lackluster kit but now, I can finally build her. Thanks for the guide, Sevy!

[@sweetieswifey627]

Exactly, same

[@bassqueens]

2 piece hrydro 2 piece golden troupe is best!

[@sweetieswifey627]

@@bassqueens good to know, that makes them easier to build at least Well for the most part, and a 2pc 2pc is less restricting too

[@ichlebeindermoderne6939]

Wow, you already have 35 characters built? I mean, the only reason to build hmc is when you have built 80% of other characters.

[@sweetieswifey627]

@@ichlebeindermoderne6939 or you could y'know let people have their fun, and if people have the time to be watching this video about FONTAINE then I'm sure they are definitely not new to Genshin and know what they are getting into with this character let alone others, also 35? Really? All you need is two go teams that are balanced enough to clear most anything the game throws at you, and building 8 characters isn't very hard 12 to 16 is much more realistic, not everyone raises every character they get/have to 90 the second they get them without hesitation so

[@josephchen1973]

I remember when nilou guide makers said "every future hydro character will be a consideration for nilou teams" and it seems like mihoyo took that personally

[@dominic2640]

Traveler will stay green forever. It's just really that good, but considering I gave hydro traveler a chance a few times... I was able to have fun with it with Raiden, Nahida and Dehya to simulate a colorful shooter simulation (as long as they are not rifthounds) and it was pretty cute... except for the burst because it moves. Plus I'd live to commend you for bringing back gameplay concepts that were previously mentioned a few times to help new players who have taken interest in the game because of the new region. Also, yes. I will call it "pew-pew" gun from now on.

[@pollycastle7832]

The pew pew is the best part of this character, indeed. However, I really liked how the blue from Hydro matches with her whole outfit (Lumine)

[@paulyvii]

I feel like Hydro traveler is only good for their pneuma attacks. They are outclassed by every other Hydro character in the game. Even Barbara has better usability than Hydro MC

[@ultimatedespair2368]

​@@paulyviiAnd let's be honest. So far the Pnuema/Ousia mechanic isn't very strong with the open world enemies

[@soldier_4th_class]

Thank you mihoyo for making sure Dehya is no longer the worst character in the game ❤

[@NecrolightzWolf]

copium 😞

[@kazukimisaki2312]

Player : momhoyo can we have dehya buff? Momhoyo : no we have dehya buff at home Dehya buff at home :

[@GrowingLamby]

Honestly, Dehya now has a good niche as a support for Lyney with her E

[@tron0150]

Why you forgot Amber, like that.

[@thechamp742]

​@@GrowingLambythat's not good enough honestly

[@nazmussakib2851]

When dendro mc was a massive upgrade i thought hydro and further version of traveller gonna be more epic... But unfortunately Hydro mc... Nevermind...

[@crazykim]

Yeah, I started building my Hydro MC because SURELY it would be alright at least, Dendro MC is pretty good afterall. But nope.

[@ReleaseZeKrakken]

​@@crazykimback to Dendro MC it is.

[@andrewwoods2557]

Anemo MC and Electro MC is equally bad

[@FahmiZFX]

@@andrewwoods2557 At least Anemo MC can trigger max stack Pale Flame artifact for Phys build by holding E and land 2 hits. But that's as far as it goes.

[@ultimatedespair2368]

​@user-rn4eh3js1lIt's basically the Deyha thing. Top tier characters making 1 look barely viable

[@catt4365]

i wasn't expecting much, but as the only free pneuma character for now i was hoping hydro MC would at least be ... usable, but wow did they ever manage to limbo under my expectations lol. that burst is making anemo MC tornado look good by comparison somehow

[@finding_aether]

Hydro traveller was created so we can listen to the battle music longer and enjoy the animations.😂

[@Soupreme2]

Hydro mc is certainly one of the mcs of all time

[@tommiyu]

He/she sure is a mc that’s for sure.

[@Axterix13]

One thing worth noting: the alignment doesn't just impact enemies, but also the objects in the open world, including triggering underwater with the basic swimming attack. This can save you a little bit of running, climbing, and swimming time in the open world. So while it isn't really worth building HMC, you might want to run HMC at 1/1/1 and whatever artifacts you have laying around, plus Lynette, while exploring Fontaine.

[@sonofdeleniel007]

. . . Except all the puzzles that are important are also conveniently nearby PneumOusia blocks that can also be used to clear the puzzles, so . . .

[@consciousnesshidden]

@@sonofdeleniel007 . . . And it's not like people ran Amber in every exploration team to get the torch puzzles, or all of the elements in a team of 4 to activate the elemental monuments, but just swap in the character, do the puzzle, and swap out . . .

[@sonofdeleniel007]

@@consciousnesshidden . . . Except Amber was kinda mandatory for a lot of those puzzles because, for some, she was the only Pyro they had, and there wasn't a Pyro block they could conveniently pick up to solve the puzzles. Something you failed to catch when responding to my original comment. Next.

[@consciousnesshidden]

@@sonofdeleniel007 bruh i was supporting you 💀. I meant it in the sense that even if there weren't any pneumousia blicks around, you could just swap em in, do it, and swap it out like normal, without any running about. Only caveat would be if you don't have HMC but DMC instead ig

[@sonofdeleniel007]

@@consciousnesshidden Maybe lay off with the sarcasm next time so I can properly read your comments, because it read like you were taking the piss out of my point.

[@allentayoto7387]

What I find funny about Hydro MC's skill is... you can literally use a hydro catalyst user-like the free Barbara-and you'd get better results while doing the exact same thing and more. This elemental skill is literally just a hydro catalyst user using NA.

[@pollycastle7832]

No auto target, tho, haha. I mean, I love bow users, but seems like most players hate having to aim xD

[@allentayoto7387]

@@pollycastle7832 It's not even the aiming part that make this skill bad. It's the fact that you can't move 🤣You would need Zhongli just to be able to properly use this skill. And suprisingly, Zhongli is getting a rerun in second phase. After I saw Neuvillette's kit, it made me question why they didn't do something similar to Hydro MC's skill. It's obvious that Hydro MC's kit wasn't planned properly. All focus must've been placed on the Fontaine characters. And here I thought they finally know how to make a proper Traveler kit after Dendro.

[@see0707]

I would forgive them if they made hydro MC's burst stationary They were THIS CLOSE to making a hydro Ayaka T_T

[@naliskun4222]

​@@allentayoto7387 ヽ(`⌒´メ)ノit's about that time to bust out tankfei our strongest shield THE LAW

[@flamezforthegamez1056]

@@allentayoto7387 Not exactly. Hydro Traveler provides himself a shield at C4. It's a constellation-locked necessary QoL for Hydro Traveler. Thankfully, its free but also lost cause that the shield is only for himself ONLY during the duration of the held-skill.

[@dustinabigan2776]

The only consolation I have for this situation is that at least I won't have to run into that dilemma of what element the MC should be. It's Dendro all the way. DMC and Nahida are key to NIlou Bloom for me and it's good (at least for me) that it stays that way for another year. They really fooled us into thinking that future MC element types will be good, well...it's been fun dreaming about that.

[@DefinitelyNotAFerret]

Same! For now 😂 I’m looking to replace DMC for Baizhu eventually, especially because of enemies like the consecrated beasts

[@spymadmax584]

​@@DefinitelyNotAFerretyao yao better better

[@DefinitelyNotAFerret]

@@spymadmax584 my issue with YaoYao is she takes way too long on field while I’m trying to be on field with Kokomi/Nilou 😞 and if at that point I’m just using her skill, I might as well use Collei…

[@spymadmax584]

@@DefinitelyNotAFerret what's your nilou bloom team comp?

[@DefinitelyNotAFerret]

@@spymadmax584 currently it’s Nilou, Nahida, Kokomi, and dendro traveler. It’s fine for literally everything except for super hard hitting enemies 😅 especially those that tend to push you out of jellyfish range or just stagger you so much you can’t even switch

[@mr.unicum]

Traveler does the fingergun thing because it's as effective as shooting an actual watergun

[@nickhall1616]

I honestly thought after getting the Dendro mc that they were gonna out more thought into the traveller and keep making them more op/better. However we can all clearly see they are a let down. I don’t know what’s worse the elemental skill or burst. Probably the burst honestly even at c6 hugeee L

[@evisl.w6552]

I feel like if the hydro MC was allowed to use both pneuma and ousia like being a mini furina but instead it would be like the skill applies pneuma while the burst applies ousia which would still make them not be good enough but it would have allowed the traveler to have a niche, yes I know Lynette is there but if the traveler could use ousia it would allow a little of utility but I think if they allowed you to customize which burst and elemental skill of the five elements you want to use it would increase the traveler usage exponentially of course the scaling would be the same as it is in the moment

[@grimes9504]

i'm ngl, i think this is the worst traveller we've gotten yet lmao

[@Lyarsia_Crescent]

Nah electro traveler is worse

[@burritobunny6901]

@@Lyarsia_Crescent Bro regenerates more energy than raiden + consistent electro application from normal attacks similar to raiden E

[@salceds]

@@Lyarsia_Crescent Electro Traveler is an underrated battery but he's built the same way as you would with Raiden without the damage,

[@Lyarsia_Crescent]

@@burritobunny6901 let's be real hydro traveler is more useful than electro traveler yes electro traveler regenerates more energy but when it comes to usefulness hydro traveler is better electro traveler's dmg is weaker than xinyan and needs a lot of er to get their burst cause u won't be using him on field for hyper bloom teaser and overload teams while u can play hydro traveler on field with bloom hyper bloom burgeon

[@yonathanhaile631]

@@burritobunny6901 sure hes a good battery but he needs a battery himself its so useless

[@flamezforthegamez1056]

Here's a wild take: Use Hydro traveler as a Favvery [Fav battery] for hydro characters or team generally. He would be pretty low investment. Three things you need- Favonius sword, as entailed by the role Favvery; Marechaussee Hunter set with a crit circlet, and lastly, recommended C4 for traveler so you don't need a shielder for the sake of a battery. This is primarily a low-investment battery considering Marechaussee Hunter+Favonius passive synergy behaving much like a Royal series weapon that grants energy.Considering that Hydro Traveler makes successive attacks in the ability, the skill which causes stacks of Marechaussee hunter to trigger, he will have high probability to trigger Fav without relying on substats. Max stacks of Hunter, 36% plus 31% crit from circlet and you got yourself a neat 67% crit to build off. You're gonna expect running Traveler 3s on-field in hold-skill if you want to maximize their crit as it will take 3 seconds for 3 self-inflicted damage instances to take place. Hydro Traveler also produces 3.33 hydro particles. It's a long ways off from Sac XIngqiu, but HMC would be a runner-up if Xingqiu is occupying another team, bored of him, or if XIngqiu is anti-synergistic with a team you are running with. Does it make Hydro Traveler super viable or actually good? No. Does it make him unique? Yes, actually. Needs very little substat investment for fav triggering, which in exchange uses a risky mechanic of draining HP plus being stationary for that period, but it eases substat grinding, so you can invest more into crit dmg, energy recharge, and/or atk. I'll try it out myself and see how it does. BIg problem with this build- farming the new set which nobody previously farmed, traveler occupying a larger uptime than other batteries, being vulnerable during the process, equipping Fav opportunity cost, and especially the need for Hydro Traveler to be at least 62% of max HP for the Marechaussee to gain max stacks, so if you aren't picking up the orbs which would extend HMC's uptime, you're gonna lose consistency on a large chunk of crit.

[@usmanya5110]

i feel like peopl would only farm the domain just for fischl, yae and Albedo.

[@flamezforthegamez1056]

@@usmanya5110 Well, you would need to farm Marechaussee set for any future characters like Neuvillette and Wriothesley so why not be resin-efficient about it and invest a bit into a supportive Marechaussee set?

[@chichoskruch21]

I love playing the MC for immersion purposes and, since Hydro is pretty much the strongest element in the game, was looking forward to playing Hydro MC. Since Fontaine dropped until today, I have been developing my Hydro MC in hopes something would come out of it. Without doubt I can say that this is the most absolute dogshit character in the entire game and no one even comes close to how bad they are. Xinyan and Amber, the jokes of the game are still superior in every possible way. The weakest Hydro unites (Candace and Barbara) outclass the Hydro MC by such a wild amount, it is almost inconceivable. Man, I wish at last there was a cool factor in how they look or play, but no. The water finger gun looks incredibly stupid and feels horrible to play around. Is this revenge for the Dendro MC for being so strong? Did they design it in 0.5 and are still rolling with it? I don't know but I absolutely hate it.

[@Couldbedumber]

Calling Barbara weak when Ocean hued clam exists is insane actually lol

[@F1rstWorldNomaD]

If you could move while shooting, like with bows, that wouldve been awesome.

[@user-sh5ij1qp2e]

I got C2 on it and I will say that the bubble slowed down a lot and deals more damage, this plays a significant and important role for the hydro traveler.

[@pana3685]

How to play and get the best value out of your hydro MC : don't play hydro MC

[@casualpotato44]

Hey, I use her to dolphin dive around. Lol

[@crazykim]

@@casualpotato44 Just use Lynette for that instead, then you also get some ground movement. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@casualpotato44]

@@crazykim I do have her in team. But I don't switch her in water. My head canon is she doesn't like swimming. She's part cat.

[@yehriot]

I hate the fact that Hydro MC is so bad but the Pneuma damage they provide is so important at the moment 😩

[@ichlebeindermoderne6939]

Why is it important?

[@yehriot]

@@ichlebeindermoderne6939 bc I don't have Lyney and I only have Ousia with Lynette

[@sikuaq1035]

or pull for lyney 😈💸

[@amandaslough125]

I like the Arkhe system, but you can stat stick your way without it.

[@ultimatedespair2368]

​@@amandaslough125Easily stat stick everything. The only time I even used the arkhe system was because of the achievements needed for the meka boss duo

[@gamabussy]

It's truly wild to me that they play-tested this and approved it for release!

[@NoitNoit-ef2yq]

They play tested and saw that was shit, so was approved for release, cant have the free characters be good, see how Lynette is just the worst Anemo unit in the game?

[@spymadmax584]

​@@NoitNoit-ef2yqlmao no Lynette is really good as a burst support. On par with sucrose. While sucrose gives EM buffs for the entire team, Lynette gives more atk buffs to the team. It's just a matter of in what teams you're using them. Replace sucrose with Lynette and it'll still work

[@NoitNoit-ef2yq]

@@spymadmax584 dont compare Sucrose with Lynette please, It will just be worse for Lynette its like beating a dead dog.

[@xanthee_imr]

Guys Lynette is fine and viable but comparing her to Sucrose is like comparing a tricycle to a Ferrari, just don’t..

[@beratbayram]

Their main use is being a pneuma applier until we get someone else. They also have some use outside of combat like activating those water vases and shooting at something when you dont have an archer.

[@AshVXmc]

Fontaine characters can only either be pneuma or ousia aligned. Hydro MC is pneuma

[@DefinitelyNotAFerret]

For a lot of exploration, we get blocks for both energies anyways, and we can easily brute force all the enemies and bosses.

[@beratbayram]

@@AshVXmc Couldn’t remember which one, thx

[@beratbayram]

@@DefinitelyNotAFerret Yeah like most of things in this game but this doesn't change the fact that they have a use and searching for those orbs is kinda troublesome especially underwater if there is no puzzle nearby.

[@shadycactus6146]

…the thing is, i tried using hmc to do that commission with the aircraft where you shoot the balloons, and she couldn’t even do that lmao. not sure if it was a range thing, or if the droplets just didn’t interact for some reason. had to just switch back to childe lol

[@antonqwee]

the best thing about HMC is that you can go to sumeru and get DMC

[@maevethefox5912]

Biggest upside to using Deepwood - you won't forget to put Deepwood back on when you go back to Dendro to go in the Abyss xD

[@stevstole4455]

Question: If the traveller got a revamp or a buff would you like it or not. Not just hydro but all elements that are available to him/her.

[@FranciscoJG]

ANEMO → burst lasts 2 more seconds and doesn't move GEO → additional DEF scalings on burst and skill ELECTRO → increases the absorption radius for the skill amulets, higher energy generation and burst duration DENDRO → maybe a buff for the C6 numbers HYDRO → burst doesn't move and has additional HP scaling, better HP scaling for skill

[@kenchen704]

They really should have made her burst behave the same way as Ayaka burst, that would make it actually usable

[@kingmurder8245]

dam this crushing my hopes and dreams on having a food pyro traveler😭

[@LuckyJJ3]

Finally, kiddo. I was waiting for this video. 😊 Thank you so much!

[@Dandandandandandandandandanda1]

Hydro MC would be so much better if they can move while doing the hold skill and if their burst follows the enemies.

[@spymadmax584]

Gotta sell the monseuir somehow 🙃

[@robertrenato]

The pew-pew seemed like a fun idea, but other than that, the disfunctional burst, the low dmg...What were they thinking?:D

[@salceds]

The scalings aren't that bad either, it's just the actual mechanics...

[@Tylercx3]

Who would’ve thought, the Dehya buff we’d get would be characters to put lower than her on tier lists.

[@Skrumpis]

Yo another awesome video Sevy! And yeah, hydro MC is criminally abysmal

[@mechwarreir2]

1:06 they start going "pew pew" - is pretty much a complete summary description of hydro MC

[@pyronado4320]

The best combo I found for them is open map > go to sumeru statue of 7 > switch to dendro

[@AO-ek9qw]

1:06 "pew pew" that was the cutest thing I have ever heard

[@irispark1381]

The sword only challenges just got so much easier solving archery puzzles

[@sethkalukeerthie2164]

I just wish we could move during the hold skill, it would make it somewhat decent

[@jyusatsu]

11:57 is the same reaction I had on Hydro MC 😅

[@GentleIceZ]

I admire your work ethic for bothering to make this video at all, since if it were me I would have made a community post that was just the Qiqi sticker and called it a day

[@KazuoZex]

Feel like a lock-on mechanic for the skill like Nahida's would be nice, and when you release it there would be a set amount of Hydro shots that would target the enemies highlighted. If the burst started from MC's position and gained a bigger AoE over time, I think would be better overall for viability. I still think MC we got is okay, just not very useful in most scenarios.

[@hugedeal8611]

I’m really enjoying hydro MC personally, granted i say that acknowledging that I expect literally nothing from the MC when a new zone/element drops. The pew pew gun is really really fun, I like that in the nation of justice im holding my finger out judging mobs.

[@vaLLLLLLLLLL]

Traveler goes "Objection!" and I'm here for it -An aa fan

[@Jay-ch5xu]

Ah, finally! I've been waiting for this! I'll still build em despite them...sucking. Real bad.

[@hazelluong2954]

Ok but their skills look so pretty though. I have been all about stepping away from the meta and just immersing into the beautiful and magical world of Teyvat like the first time we set foot into this world, and I gotta say I really appreciate the visual appeal of hydro MC’s kit

[@lumosities]

i have found my people !

[@hazelluong2954]

@@lumosities Yayy lovely to meet you my people!

[@DanaOtken]

Cannot disagree. Since my Anemo gear seems to work well enough for Hydro, I'm using the latter for now and I'm mostly using it because it's just fun to use and I don't really need to kill much at the moment.

[@madmaxim3965]

Dendro MC remains the only one that is useable in actual teams, i do use geo mc time to time and in fact its been my MC default only because you can use her boulder from her skill for a added boost if kazuha isnt enough for those tricky spots lol I did use ameno MC alot and remember being a. Somewhat goood kit back in the day... but dont know if that was just pure early game

[@DanaOtken]

I haven't found those sources of Swirl getting old; if you don't like teambuilding the Anemo MC will almost never be unable to fight effectively without support. Probably not what you want in timed fights, but fairly easy commissions and domains aside those are not common.

[@BaneDane_JB]

How to make a strong Hydro MC Use the Dendro MC then enchant their normal attacks with Candace (this also gives the skyward blade an actual use case to take advantage of all its stats)

[@clorinde69]

Of all the characters i’m at my earliest for hydro mc 💀

[@yayie2235]

Trying to find something to convince me to build Hydro MC, I've been reluctant to start since his/her kit is horrible. But I guess judging from your video, I might just ditch the ER needs (ignoring the burst) and focus on the skill instead. So, Atk scaling weapons and sands, and ignoring the HP scaling.

[@Sfirezx]

Its been a while, Sevpai. Thanks for the great work!

[@redlox2]

Like I get hydro MC is pretty bad (especially coming off Dendro MC) but I think people will always argue whether the abilities of constellations should be added to the kits if characters and have different ones constantly (Mtash complained a few of Yae Miko should have been kit not constellations) So the constellations being arguably not good enough is not just a traveller issue

[@amandaslough125]

This comment reminds me of how I honestly think the meta community has an extremely skewed view in energy costs. They always go Beidou or someone has a high cost, and then the character's burst cost is actually only 70. That's certainly high enough you need to worry about it, but it's literally average. I don't remember how many have 60, but there's between a handful and a dozen of characters (5-8?) that have a cost of 40 and only Nahida with 50. It's definitely less than 12 within a cast of over 70 characters. The vast majority of characters have 60-80 energy and the highest costing ones being 90. And yet somehow if they have 70+ energy, it's a very common addition to the complaint list if a character is considered bad.

[@lowliethxd1471]

It is harder to make Hydro mc bad than good. Hoyoverse really put an effort into this one. - A random youtube comment (from Zajef vid I think)

[@lyreshbelagan1477]

I was waiting for this. :))

[@v.infinity269]

Tbh i tried bulding them when i first got them but got frustrated and went to xingqiu but then my friends and i decided to try and do all the bosses with different element travellers and i had to choose hydro traveler and ofc now i decided to level their e to level 8 and am now a dedicated main lol

[@Drakesbigsnake]

i have my hydro traveler on harbinger of dawn and 4 piece heart of depth, it works pretty well with candace

[@Drakesbigsnake]

basically a worse childe in terms of normal attacks

[@KnightOfCarim2]

Remember that you can hit weakspots with his skill, then you can guarantee critical hits, which means you can stack full critical DMG and do a freeze comp so you can hit weakspots guarantee with all shots while you use some cryo supports to keep aplying cryo.

[@iFishFrogs]

Which new enemies have weakspots?

[@newfacepaula]

because you have plenty of Hydro characters in the first place. heck the same reason why you dont see much everyone using the Anemo traveler in spiral or overworld much is you have now good crowd control characters like Kazuha is just an upgraded version of Sucrose and Venti the then only character that can crowd control and 4 stars like Faruzan, despite being a buffer, her skill and CA could group up enemies, and Heizo with his burst. while Dendro element is still a baby especially an off field support/subdps thats why Dendro Traveler is good to use, just like Geo Traveler is still better cuz of most of the geo character right now are niche support at best.

[@reiniest]

with those abilities, hydro mc is definitely one of the characters of all time

[@JH-tc6wj]

Lol, thanks for the vid! I totally forgot this was a thing

[@mayukich.1379]

Yes! yes! SEVY IS BACK TO GENSHIIIN FINALLY 😭❤️❤️❤️

[@NJR0091]

NGL I didn't go into this video looking for a build guide - I went in thinking 'surely there's something I'm missing with team synergy, artifacts or... something, cuz they couldn't have made a version of MC that's THIS bad, especially after what was a pretty solid free unit in Dendro traveler'... and yet here we are. One step forward, two steps back.

[@Dom-kk9sj]

Thank you for the help keep up the good work 🎉

[@jiichamaa]

I can't believe there's actually a guide for this...

[@hyrumdobosz8939]

What about the Tenacity of the Millilith set? At C4 they do get a shield... they switch in, Start shooting with a shield that refreshes on each hit, then switch out. Could work I think.

[@JakauYT]

i respect you for even making this good lawd

[@FamilyReunion97]

I run MC and local units in my overworld playthrough when a new patch drops. It's a nice change of pace from ending all combat encounters in one rotation with my abyss team, but my god... Hydro MC finds new and innovating ways to disappoint me with every guide I look up.

[@BrianStorm742]

I always use the Traveler's newest element until the Archon Quest is over, and then revert to the one I prefer (which will probably forever be Dendro Traveler) until the next region comes. So I'm not going to 'build' him per se, but I'll give his talents a few levels and I'll put a generalist artifact set on him for the time being.

[@leonayers]

Sorry Sevy, I'm just having so much fun pewpewing and perma-staggering enemies in the overworld. Thanks for the guide!

[@arcturus4939]

Let us all be real here, ALL MC's kit per element excluding Dendro is going to suck or lackluster. Furthermore, the only reason why Dendro MC is good is because Dendro is new at that time and we need an alright dendro unit besides Tighnari and Collei. As per other elements, they all existed since the beginning with many characters already, so making MC good to those elements is not needed.

[@baronsionis6855]

No, the only reason dendro mc was good was because dendro reactions are for the most part entirely EM based and thus scale on lvl, not atk and other stats which the traveller is lacking in.

[@jimwar211]

Yeah the traveler's kit has always been made for the sole purpose of exploring the new region, the only time that changed is when Sumeru needed dendro bows so we got Collei instead. I can't believe people are getting confused over this.

[@lekimlan9952]

We have 2 guides for dendro and hydro traveler now. Can you go back and make guides for geo, electro and anemo traveler?

[@bunnyellie352]

Hi! Can you do a anemo traveller’s build please? ❤

[@colorlessguard]

thank you Sevy for putting in the time and effort to create a guide for Hydro Traveler! ik they are quite the letdown, especially coming right after Dendro Traveler who was pretty good, but ik there will definitely be some Traveler mains out there who will really appreciate this 🩵 personally for my Traveler not much will be changing- she was already using sac sword and i’m just gonna keep her Deepwood set on her and swap out her goblet 👍

[@jadenalexis820]

Hydro MC will take a while to get used to. Perhaps there’s a future character whose kit is a great compliment. Making MC’s Burst pick up and trap enemies like Hydro Mage / Anemo Burst feels like a missed opportunity.

[@DarkLess89X]

With neuvillette Hydro MC E (x3 Hydro sphere) switch neuvillette instant E, Q and again instant E

[@Mejillustrates]

Right now I'm having fun with Hydro MC and using him more as support for my Dendro characters, but if I get Neuvillette in the next update I will change back to Dendro because Dendro is one of the best for MC. But right now I'm just having fun😄.

[@anotheraltaccount]

DMC being viable was a nice boost to my immersion to not feel like I was punished for wanting to play as my character. Sad they didn't continue with it.

[@TomFrontGenshin]

That’s funny that I can now play Cuphead with MC’s elemental skill

[@NeoSlashott]

Why not give HydroMC + Fischl(Oz) + Layla(shield) for a electrocharged pew pew fortress shots?

[@Lightning-ig2do]

I wish the Hydro traveler was a straight up reskin of the Dendro traveler. The skill would just be a simple water hit, and the burst would be a water circle that deals damage at intervals, like Ayato's ring. My personal favorite is the electro traveler because of the way he can help with energy recharge.

[@simpleyetcomplex]

My MC’s been Yellow since Liyue and he’s not changing until it’s know that Pyro MC can be a good damage dealer then maybe.

[@claidheamhsoluis3044]

I have a principle that I must use the current iteration of the MC for the new region until another new region comes out... And while HMC's kit is like a wet noodle, I have a decent Nymph's Dream set and pew pew gun go brrrrrtttttt (I mostly quick swap HMC and Lynette for the Pneumosia mechanic and Lynette's taunt is good)... As a MC main, yes, I am definitely NOT overdosing in combined Sinthe and Copium usage...

[@ahmedgouasmia8391]

knowing MC's kit is always a slightly watered down vereion of the respective archon's kit is kinda worrying me for the hydro archon

[@tinkerer3399]

Eh not really. What are we actually looking at here. An on field strong Hydro applicator, an off field moderate Hydro applicator with more of a damage focus, and a smattering of healing and shielding. The parts of the kit are all decent, they are just tuned low and/or are clunky on Hydro MC.

[@newfacepaula]

good. you all just babied by yelan or xingqui stuff.

[@kryzasantos5512]

but the archons have good kits in general tho. and honestly, it's not "slightly" watered down. it's a couple of tiers below (maybe for dendro, still nahida's so OP that even dendro MC's kit paled in comparison. kinda exaggerated but u get the point)

[@BiscuitGeoff]

I am running him with Lynette for immersion and to use the new mechanics. In order to actually survive and win fights, he also has Nahida and Kuki on his team. They are completely carrying the Fontaine units.

[@aizenhaunter]

I use my hydro MC with deepwood and add Baizhu for dendro application. Together with the two, i add Raiden and Lynette for addt'l dmg

[@sonic55193]

It feels like Monsieur Neuvillette took what supposedly Hydro Mc's kit.

[@andriuson]

can't wait for freminet, so i can change back my traveler to dendro

[@Kaiji...]

Unfortunately Freminet is about as strong as Dehya, unless he's changed before release

[@cesarmendozarueda826]

Being a Hydro main is kind of hard sometimes, like when my dear Candace came one, but Hydro MC is... more painful. But, soon will come Neuvi. :D

[@SirLexion]

I’m building hydro MC as main dps with all maxed talents and nymph’s dream, Candace for hydro infusion, Zhongli, and Kazuha. Wish me luck 😂

[@DNAtapana]

The very first 2 stars unit in the game 😂😂 Thanks for the video : D

[@PreciousCosmos]

i only use traveler in my overworld team with xiao, yanfei and baizhu. was looking forward to being able to use HMC for burgeon but it seems hoyo designed the kit to be as anti-bloom core as possible ;-;

[@dnyaneshkale9540]

Btw its not that we want to build traveller. Its that we might have to build traveller if abyss needs pneuma to disable enemies. We will be forced to use traveller

[@Vania1669]

I don't care if my Hydro Aether is bad I use them in the story and for abyss ill have my own teams Overall my 3rd favourite traveler, behind anemo and dendro.

[@maysarettagobel9079]

First I wanna try to main hydro mc like I did with other versions of traveler, second, definitely the aesthetic, the blue colour goes so well with lumine. But I found it so hard to use that they're basically unusable 🥲🥲. Plus the ult passes every barrier existed, I mained anemo traveler the longest that I got so used to putting a pillar before releasing the ult, and I thought that hmc will be the same 🥲

[@DanaOtken]

That's interesting; I don't have Zhongli and I've never even thought of trying to stop the tornado, since I usually only use it when I do want to pick up, carry and control small enemies (most often, Abyss or Fatui mages as soon as they're vulnerable so I can finally focus on and finish off something else).

[@TwinkleStar707]

He didn’t even need to be a damage dealer just giving him decent hydro application and maybe some healing since that used to be Hydros thing, and that would give a serviceable unit that doesn’t upset the meta or anything but would work if you wanted them to. This is just sad adjdkdkskxn