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yes hell is filled with fire immunes and yes I've read that every now and then people try a
Hydra
sorc and have mixed reviews. Is it possible with gg items to get a
Hydra
/"insert other skill here" sorc that tears through hell or is it a lost cause?
what's the best I can hope for? I'm intrigued
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yes hell is filled with fire immunes and yes I've read that every now and then people try a
Hydra
sorc and have mixed reviews. Is it possible with gg items to get a
Hydra
/"insert other skill here" sorc that tears through hell or is it a lost cause?
what's the best I can hope for? I'm intrigued

Renton212#2452
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BillyMaysed 2170Moderator

Sorceress Americas PC
Renton212 wrote: 2 years ago
or is it a lost cause?
Lost cause im afraid. The
Hydra
skill simply has too little of up time mixed with slow shooting and the cast delay that makes it so even if the damage was tripled it would still suck lol. Maybe if you could cast it as fast as traps and have up to 4-5 it would be decent. Although it was temporarily kinda cool that
Hydra
's and traps followed you before they hot fixed it.

UPDATE:
Hydra
cooldown being removed + dmg boost in upcoming patch 2.4

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It has less damage than other cooldown skills. It offers some utility in probing rooms and areas ahead, but it's not something other skills like FO can't do.

Hydra
is playable with the right gear, but it's not very efficient.
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Can the hydras from torches be piled up with the magic
Hydra
casting?

Had a Dream about getting a
Lo
, and all I found today was a
Wisp Projector
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BillyMaysed 2170Moderator

Sorceress Americas PC
Aegis200 wrote: 2 years ago
Can the hydras from torches be piled up with the magic
Hydra
casting?
No, you still suffer the same cooldown when casting from either.

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Wasn't there the Trang set items giving huge boost to
Hydra
level? Or is this cut off on sorceress?
If I was not mistaken, the
Hydra
bonus came with 2 or 3 set items as per this site's info?
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KanePortnoy wrote: 2 years ago
Wasn't there the Trang set items giving huge boost to
Hydra
level? Or is this cut off on sorceress?
If I was not mistaken, the
Hydra
bonus came with 2 or 3 set items as per this site's info?
That is a bonus to
Meteor
, but remember those bonuses are OSkill bonuses, meaning that for the class whose skill it is, they can only gain a maximum of +3 from OSkills. This is so that OSkill bonuses can be viable for other classes, while not being overpowered for the class they originate from. This is why Barbarians don't use dual Call To Arms to get a massive bonus to
Battle Orders
, they can only get a maximum of +5
Battle Orders
from dual Call To Arms: +3
Battle Orders
and +2 All Skills

If you offer what I am asking, add me on battle.net for a quicker trade. I'll see the notification instantly if I'm available.
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KanePortnoy wrote: 2 years ago
Wasn't there the Trang set items giving huge boost to
Hydra
level? Or is this cut off on sorceress?
If I was not mistaken, the
Hydra
bonus came with 2 or 3 set items as per this site's info?

Trang-Oul's Avatar grants you
Fireball
(lvl18),
Fire Wall
(lvl13),
Meteor
(lvl10) and
Fire Mastery
(lvl3). But the paladin shield
Dragonscale
grants lvl 10
Hydra
.

For my trades I expect
Lem
as lowest rune (exception
Hel
).
Otherwise please offer
Perfect Gems
, keys or essences.
Please don't PM me or add me on BNet without a comment on a trade posting.

Time zone: UTC+1 (Europe)
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Numarun wrote: 2 years ago
KanePortnoy wrote: 2 years ago
Wasn't there the Trang set items giving huge boost to
Hydra
level? Or is this cut off on sorceress?
If I was not mistaken, the
Hydra
bonus came with 2 or 3 set items as per this site's info?

Trang-Oul's Avatar grants you
Fireball
(lvl18),
Fire Wall
(lvl13),
Meteor
(lvl10) and
Fire Mastery
(lvl3). But the paladin shield
Dragonscale
grants lvl 10
Hydra
.
Whoa, +18
Fireball
? So a sorc can have like a native Level 35
Fireball
and wear a couple pieces from Trang’s and have a level 53
Fireball
? Seems like it would be crazy strong
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sonnytai331 wrote: 2 years ago
Numarun wrote: 2 years ago
KanePortnoy wrote: 2 years ago
Wasn't there the Trang set items giving huge boost to
Hydra
level? Or is this cut off on sorceress?
If I was not mistaken, the
Hydra
bonus came with 2 or 3 set items as per this site's info?

Trang-Oul's Avatar grants you
Fireball
(lvl18),
Fire Wall
(lvl13),
Meteor
(lvl10) and
Fire Mastery
(lvl3). But the paladin shield
Dragonscale
grants lvl 10
Hydra
.
Whoa, +18
Fireball
? So a sorc can have like a native Level 35
Fireball
and wear a couple pieces from Trang’s and have a level 53
Fireball
? Seems like it would be crazy strong
Nah, it's not +18, it's more like CTA's BO which skills i.e. enables lvl 18
Fireball
.
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Oh so it doesn’t stack with your native skills? Sad
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Numarun wrote: 2 years ago
KanePortnoy wrote: 2 years ago
Wasn't there the Trang set items giving huge boost to
Hydra
level? Or is this cut off on sorceress?
If I was not mistaken, the
Hydra
bonus came with 2 or 3 set items as per this site's info?

Trang-Oul's Avatar grants you
Fireball
(lvl18),
Fire Wall
(lvl13),
Meteor
(lvl10) and
Fire Mastery
(lvl3). But the paladin shield
Dragonscale
grants lvl 10
Hydra
.
Thanks, must have been misreading it then :)
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BillyMaysed 2170Moderator

Sorceress Americas PC
Hydra
about to become viable with patch 2.4! They said they are removing its cooldown entirely and boosting its damage. :D
List of Class Skill Changes in 2.4
(C: Thunderclaww#1932)

-Amazon:

Increase on
Inner Sight
radius

Improve
Slow Missiles


Improve the "lockout" of
Dodge
/Avoid/
Evade


Impale
slows on every hit and doesn't rely on Attack Rating

Fend
is faster within the animation

Valkyrie
casting delay is reduced

Adjusting scaling (Damage, Mana cost) of Bow and Arrow skills

-Assassin

Martial Arts only consumes one
Charge
at a time (vs three)

Updating some tooltips and duration consistency for Shadow Disciplines

Lightning and Fire Traps are getting improvements in damage/syngeries

Blade
Skills getting a tuning pass

-Barbarian

Warcry improved at higher levels

Improving
Find Potion
to incentivize more skill points

Improving
Leap
(and
Leap Attack
) so it could be better

Berserk
syngeries are changing

Pierce
Chance to Throwing skills

Frenzy
synergy with Increase Stamina

Whirlwind
isn't getting any changes

-Druid

Fire skills getting better physical scaling

Artic Blast has better scaling, synergies, and targetting

Shapeshift can cast Elemental Buffs

Werewolf
getting better attack rating scaling

Fire Claws
getting synergy updates

Werebear
getting damage scaling

Summons don't have hidden randomized health values anymore

Ravens getting changes

Wolves getting more damage (identity: damage dealers)

Spirit summons getting physical resistance

Spirit Wolves getting Cold Damage on their melee

Spirit Barb getting better
Thorns


-Necromancer

Skeletal Mages getting big damage scaling

Blood Golem
and
Fire Golem
getting damage scaling

Iron Golem
Thorns
improved

Bone Skills getting scaling improvements

Bone Armor
damage absorb scaling improved

Weaken
skill getting more damage scaling at higher skill points

No improvements to Summoning at the start of a game

-Paladin

Holy Bolt
pierces, better synergy

FoH
Holy Bolt
pierces, less casting delays, improved controls

Better scaling for offensive auras, damage based on range to caster

No planned change to
Conversion


-Sorceress

Cold armors diversified

Frost Nova
improved

Some Fire & Lightning skills improved, better synergies

Inferno
improved,
Blaze
improved

Hydra
improved + casting delay removed

Nova
improved scaling, thunderstorm synergy,
Static Field
synergy

Thunderstorm changes in the works, not teaseable currently

-Mercenaries

New Runewords made with Mercs in mind

A1 - new ranged skills with aoe damage effectiveness

A2 - auras not difficulty-restricted,
Thorns
improvements/changes

A3 - buffed + new utility skills

A5 - gets
Battle Cry
+ improved hp/def

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OP
My sacrificial offering to the gods worked and my wish was granted.
Hydra
Sorc trial with the new patch :D

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