Don't need a video on this one, it's in known bugs on discord.

tl;dr another update that broke stuff

Ok good because the only mention I saw was:

"We've noticed that after the update 10.10, certain Champions stopped prioritizing attacking Heads that are digesting their teammates or Exposed necks in auto-battle mode. We'll fix these AI behavior deviations in future updates."

So it didn't sound like they were aware of the extent of the AI issues

Yeah, it just seems like in general AI quality degraded heavily after this update. Have seen quite a few reports of confusing (and outright bad) decisions.

Maybe we should treat this as the new Hydra Meta. As soon as there's a patch, get in there to find out what's broken/exploitable asap. Keeps things interesting at least, and by interesting I mean aggrivating and sad

I am glad that I read this.  I was about to reopen my Hydra thread to get some help.  Now, I can save time and resources not gearing any other champs for Hydra.  

Sadly it just means we can't run on auto right now. I mean you can but...

For example, this week with the current bugs my Auto NM runs were getting about 100 mil dmg. Doing it manual I got 380 mil. Since the "Rebalance" it's usually about 50% less doing it on auto. Right now it's 1/3rd of the manual damage :(

I run on auto but use the red dot to compensate for obvious AI issues.  Now, that is even worse.  The "fix" was supposed to make sure AI was better.  I dont have any trust that Plarium will ever fix Hydra.  Until, they do, I wont waste resources building teams for it.  

Yeah I skipped his fusion unfortunately... sadly he's one of the few skipped fusions I didn't end up pulling like a month or two afterward. Also I think Rian's A1 block buffs isn't tied to the hit itself so it can still place on Poison Cloud

hate to be the bearer of bad news, but her block buffs is absolutely tied to the attack.

There are (at least) three burners that apply the HPB independent of a hit, so they are not bothered by Poison Cloud: Teumesia, Sulfuriyon & Mordecai.  I am not aware of any others, but that does not mean there aren't.  

Theres a few more that can apply burns over cloud but thru passives.  Gizmack, and Vulkanos for example.

So there's a patch affecting Hydra in 2 days... is there a betting site that we can use to gamble on whether something gets broken in Hydra as a result? Maybe ClanDuel or BetRSL Sportsbook?

I put my $2 on totally broken but only got 1-5 odds.  

looool

I refuse to make any predictions too. Just gonna sit on my hands and see what comes out of this mess. 🙈

The only reason there adding quick battles to the complete shambles that is Hydra, is so ur not sitting watching ur single target nukers or AA champs attacking freshly spawned heads with serpents will on them, by adding quick battles ur blissfully unaware of how absolutely pathetic this game mode now is and Plariums lack of ability/interest in fixing it

Yeah, I have a strong suspicion that the quickbattle is going to decimate my scores :)

So, the only mention to a change in Hydra-Specific AI in today's announcement is this:  "If a Champion has the Provoke debuff in their skillset, they will specifically target the Head of Decay. "

While that is a welcome change, it does not say anything about a single-target Provoker prioritizing their Provoke skill over their other skills, which makes this merely a half-measure.

Furthermore, there is no mention of changes to targetting behavior related to Ally Attacks, Poison Cloud, Serpent's Will, Reflect Damage...

Did I miss something, or did they fail to address any of these Hydra AI debacles?   

AFAICT, it looks like they chose the route of "we can't break it more if we don't try to fix it at all."  

They mentioned it in the main update thread https://forum.plarium.com/en/raid-shadow-legends/843_news/43196_new-update-version-10-20-0/#improvements-and-battle-fixes

- Fixed a bug that caused Champions to not attack decapitated Hydra Heads when battling on Auto.

- Fixed a bug that caused Champions battling on Auto to use Ally Attack skills against Hydra Heads that were under a Serpent’s Will buff.

Honestly - I'm pleasantly surprised. Plarium seem to have actually done this properly. I ran on auto while watching, and everything seems to work.

The only "bug", and honestly, I think this one would be kinda hard to program properly, is that when there's a devouring head, support champs will use their A1 instead of their support moves. EG for example Arbiter will use her A1 instead of her A3, which is clearly not the right decision.