When did Hydra get Awesome?

[TyranntX]

It was already my favorite myth unit in the original game and EE, but it kinda sucked in those versions, you had to hunt wild game to power it up and if it got hurt you had to heal it with Hippocrities (or whatever the Healing Hero's name is for the Greeks, who for some reason is absent in this game.) Here thugh, it's got a fancy new upgrade that lets it regenerate and now instead of getting heads from kills it just gets them gradually as you deal damage to enemies! a 5 headed Hydra deals 150 hack damage to units and 75 Crush to buildings! That's better than 10 foot soldiers and any Siege weapon! Scylla got the same treatment too! Seriously! Is this thing part of any meta now? or am I just hyped over nothing?

[Knout]

Hydras has to give the last blow to grow head, which was too dependent on luck. And now they do aoe damage which was not the case before if anyone confirms ?

[TyranntX]

Originally posted by Knout:

Hydras has to give the last blow to grow head, which was too dependent on luck. And now they do aoe damage which was not the case before if anyone confirms ?

If it can, it only adds to the glow up this unit got. Still though, Hydra and Scylla feel powerful now, as they should (Even for a mid game myth unit.)

[Maou]

Originally posted by Knout:

Hydras has to give the last blow to grow head, which was too dependent on luck. And now they do aoe damage which was not the case before if anyone confirms ?

I have heard that Hydras no longer need kills to grow more heads. It is instead based on the damage they do. I have not confirmed this though.

Edit: I can confirm that it is based on the damage they do, not the amount of kills. It seems to only work on units though. And not buildings. Will have to do a deeper check at some point.