It would be nice if they did, wouldn't it? The Hydra AI in general can be wonky and I find myself still manualing all my Hydra runs for that reason.

Same. 

I may get lazy once everything gets rolling and let it run on auto for a few turns, but as soon as someone gets eaten I have to go back to manual.

To me, in auto, it seems like my team wants to attack everyone EXCEPT the head that ate someone.

Hydra AI follows the same rules as AI everywhere else - IE, it will try to prioritize strong-affinity targets if possible, and try to prioritize placing debuffs over just doing damage. The two of those will almost always result in the devouring head not being the primary target.

Yeah, would be pretty good if the consumer head is prioritized by the champs... maybe in the future it gets patched 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

I kind of have mixed feelings on this.

On the one hand, it would be a good QOL change and make auto-attacking Hydra more effective.

On the other... Hydra is one of the last activities in game where I'm "forced" to actively participate, think about my next move, and still presents a challenge beyond just building a team and setting up the AI.

I guess I could still do that even with the change you suggest... but I'm a little lazy... if I could faceroll it I would. 😂

My argument against improving AI is be careful what you wish for...

That same improvement may be implemented in the foes attacking us elsewhere... I for one take full advantage of arbiter wasting her revive against me in tag. 

You actually still see Arbiter in tag? o_O

My alt does in G3, in G4 nearly extinct... The difficulty difference (at least for me) between the 2 is night and day, G3 is farmable at the top compared to G4