Hydra

Diablo II Notation Basic Class Skill Item Ally Quest Area Monster Tale Amazon Assassin Barbarian Druid Necro Paladin Sorceress Sorceress Skill Levels Fire Spells Lightning Spells Cold Spells 1 2 Fire Bolt Warmth 3 4 Inferno Blaze 5 6 Fire Ball Fire Wall 7 8 Enchant Meteor 9 10 Fire Mastery Hydra Type Long range triple pet cast Fire medium range single target bolts Tier 6 Required level 30 Required skills Enchant Requirements None Left button No In town No Mana cost 19.5 + (0.5*slvl) Attack no mana No Weapon damage No Synergy skills Fire Bolt, Fire Ball Level01 6 12 18 24 30 This skill enables the Sorceress to summon a beast of pure flame from the core of the world. The Hydra have been allies of the Zann Esu women for generations, owing their freedom in ancient times to the actions of the renowned Sorceress, Habacalva. They never fail to answer a call from a proven Sorceress, and stand ready to spit bolts of scorching magma at her enemies. Detail Stat Level 1-8 9-16 17-22 23-28 >28 Minimum Fire Damage (5.5*slvl) + 8.5 (7.5*slvl) - 7.5 (9.5*slvl) - 39.5 (11.5*slvl) - 83.5 (13.5*slvl) - 139.5 Maximum Fire Damage (6.5*slvl) + 13 (8.5*slvl) - 3 (10.5*slvl) - 35 (12.5*slvl) - 79 (14.5*slvl) - 135 Stat Value +% Fire Damage 3 * (Fire Bolt.blvl+Fire Ball.blvl) Delay (seconds) 1.6, global (LoD) None (D2R) Duration (seconds) 10 Maximum Hydras Summoned (D2R only) 6 Although summoned, caster's +% Fire Skill Damage, -% Enemy Fire Resistance and Fire Immunity Sundered (D2R only) are applied (as are any synergy bonuses from the Sorceress' skills). Each of the three hydra heads fires independently, so it is possible for them to fire at up to three separate targets. Each hydra head fires bolts with ~14 2/3 yard range. Awareness range of hydra heads is slightly larger, so they can begin to fire on an approaching enemy while it is still out of range, hitting it as it comes into range. 12 frame attack animation which cannot be increased or decreased in any way. [1] 15 frame AI delay in all difficulty levels lengthens the minimum interval between consecutive attacks to 27 frames. Although theoretically this means each head could fire maximum 9 [250/27] bolts in 10 seconds (250 frames) for 27 bolts from all three, in practice pauses between shots mean that the average total is closer to 22 bolts between the three in 10 seconds, or 2.2 per second. When cast continuously, this number of bolts per second is multiplied by duration / cast rate to calculate maximum fire damage per second after the first Hydra has expired. Cast rate is Delay (1.6 seconds or 40 frames) plus Action frame, so Sorceress cast rate is 40 + (4-7) or 44-47 frames, depending on Faster Cast Rate. For example, maximum fire damage per second after 10 seconds for a Sorceress with 45 frame cast rate (63-199 FCR) would be fire damage multiplied by 2.2 * 250/45, or ~12.2. Hydra cannot be targeted by hostile units but will expire at end of their duration. Useful for scouting and attacking targets not within caster's line of sight: cast at edge of screen and hydra heads will fire at any hostile units beyond within their awareness range; cast beyond a corner or doorway and they will fire at any hostile units around it. Source Council Members can cast Hydra, although they only apply 17% damage to players. Skill bonus +(1-3) Hydra (Sorceress Only) can spawn on ilvl >36 orbs and staves. Oskill Value Source Min Rlvl Ladder +10 Dragonscale Zakarum Shield 80 No Can only be equipped by Paladin. Charges Level Charges Source Rlvl Ladder 6 36 Hexfire Shamshir 33 No 30 10 Hellfire Torch Large Charm 75 No Chance to Cast On Striking Level % Chance Source Min Rlvl Ladder 15 12 Dragon body armor/shield 61 Yes When Struck Level % Chance Source Min Rlvl Ladder 6 3 Tiamat's Rebuke Dragon Shield 38 No Hydra Shield suffix also applies Chance to Cast Hydra When Struck. Level % Chance Item Min Rlvl Min Alvl 3 10 Amulet 30 40 Levels 1-60 Stat Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Mana Cost 20 20.5 21 21.5 22 22.5 23 23.5 24 24.5 Minimum Fire Damage 14 19.5 25 30.5 36 41.5 47 52.5 60 67.5 Maximum Fire Damage 19.5 26 32.5 39 45.5 52 58.5 65 73.5 82 Stat Level 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Mana Cost 25 25.5 26 26.5 27 27.5 28 28.5 29 29.5 Minimum Fire Damage 75 82.5 90 97.5 105 112.5 122 131.5 141 150.5 Maximum Fire Damage 90.5 99 107.5 116 124.5 133 143.5 154 164.5 175 Stat Level 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Mana Cost 30 30.5 31 31.5 32 32.5 33 33.5 34 34.5 Minimum Fire Damage 160 169.5 181 192.5 204 215.5 227 238.5 252 265.5 Maximum Fire Damage 185.5 196 208.5 221 233.5 246 258.5 271 285.5 300 Stat Level 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Mana Cost 35 35.5 36 36.5 37 37.5 38 38.5 39 39.5 Minimum Fire Damage 279 292.5 306 319.5 333 346.5 360 373.5 387 400.5 Maximum Fire Damage 314.5 329 343.5 358 372.5 387 401.5 416 430.5 445 Stat Level 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Mana Cost 40 40.5 41 41.5 42 42.5 43 43.5 44 44.5 Minimum Fire Damage 414 427.5 441 454.5 468 481.5 495 508.5 522 535.5 Maximum Fire Damage 459.5 474 488.5 503 517.5 532 546.5 561 575.5 590 Stat Level 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 Mana Cost 45 45.5 46 46.5 47 47.5 48 48.5 49 49.5 Minimum Fire Damage 549 562.5 576 589.5 603 616.5 630 643.5 657 670.5 Maximum Fire Damage 604.5 619 633.5 648 662.5 677 691.5 706 720.5 735 Reference Fire Spells (Arreat Summit) Librarian, Sympathy for the Devil Minions & Pets (FAQtoids)