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[[File:HydradriveToken-JP-Anime-VR-NC.png|150px|left|thumb|A "[[Hydradrive Token]]", bearing the archetype's sigil on its head.]] | [[File:HydradriveToken-JP-Anime-VR-NC.png|150px|left|thumb|A "[[Hydradrive Token]]", bearing the archetype's sigil on its head.]] | ||
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| − | + | Due to its namesake, all members of this archetype have a reptilian, snake-like look with the Main Deck Except For [[Hydradrive Agent]] and [[Hydradrive Bringer]] Link-1 monsters resembling animals like snakes or lizards. The archetype's Link-2 and Link-3 monsters feature a more humanoid design while their Link-4 monsters resemble the [[wikipedia: Naga]], a semi-divine mythical creature that are half-human and half-snake in appearance. | |
===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
Revision as of 09:52, 16 May 2019
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"Hydradrive", known as "Highdrive"[1] (ハイドライブ Haidoraibu) in Japan, also tentativelly called "High Drive"[2], is an archetype of Cyberse monsters of various Attributes used by Bohman and Haru in the Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS anime.
Design
Appearance
Due to its namesake, all members of this archetype have a reptilian, snake-like look with the Main Deck Except For Hydradrive Agent and Hydradrive Bringer Link-1 monsters resembling animals like snakes or lizards. The archetype's Link-2 and Link-3 monsters feature a more humanoid design while their Link-4 monsters resemble the wikipedia: Naga, a semi-divine mythical creature that are half-human and half-snake in appearance.
Etymology
The Japanese name of this archetype is a portmanteau of "high" (ハイ Hai), "hydra" (ハイドラ Haidora), and "drive" (ドライブ Doraibu). Fittingly, the Hydra is usually depicted as reptilian, explaining the design of most "Hydradrive" monsters.
Playing style
"Hydradrive" plays around Link Summoning its Link Monsters, after which their strategy shifts to play around the opponent's monsters' Attributes. The Link Monsters all share the effect to be able to attack directly if the opponent controls a monster with the same Attribute as itself, as well as Special Summoning a "Hydradrive Token" upon being destroyed, so to easily defend the player itself from being attack directly and/or set up more Link Summons.
References
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS episode 101: "Ai of the Beholder" (Hydradrive Counter readout)
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS episode 47: "LINK VRAINS 2.0" (early official subtitles)
