Hydra

Hydra is a Sorcerer skill from the Conjuration skill tree. Its features are:

Grants Player	Exploits Condition
Fire Dmg	Critical Strike Damage
Burning Dmg (DoT)
Conjuration
Pyromancy

'Creates Condition' means this skill creates this condition i.e it could make a target Vulnerable that other skills can take advantage of. 'Exploits Condition' means this skill takes advantage of a condition, not necessarily of its own making. So for example another skill might Stun and this skill could take advantage of that.

Hydra Summon a 3-headed Hydra for 10 seconds. Each head spits fire at enemies, dealing 14% damage. Maximum 1 active Hydra at a time. Mana Cost: 20 Enchantment Slot Effect After spending 300 Mana, a 5-headed Hydra spawns for 5 seconds. Damage: Fire Lucky Hit Chance: 53% Tags: Conjuration, Pyromancy

Upgrades

Enhanced Hydra While Healthy, your casts of Hydra gain 1 additional head.	Summoned Hydra Hydra also Burns (DoT) enemies for an additional 60% of its base damage dealt over 6 seconds.
	Invoked Hydra After you Critically Strike, your Hydras gain +30% Critical Strike Chance for 3 seconds.

Items that work with Hydra

The following items either:

• Grant a bonus when using Hydra
• Create a condition Hydra can exploit
• Exploit a condition Hydra creates

Legendary Aspects

Aspect of Conflagration	Offensive	While channeling Incinerate, your Burning damage (DoT) is increased by 20 - 30%. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	Light's Watch (Map)	Fractured Peaks	Sorcerer
Aspect of Engulfing Flames	Offensive	You deal x 10 - 30% increased Burning damage (DoT) to enemies below 50% Life While enemies are affected by more Damage over Time than their total Life, you deal x 80 - 100% increased Burning damage to them. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	Sorcerer
Assimilation Aspect	Resource	You have 8% increased Dodge Chance. When you Dodge, Fortify for 5-20% of your Maximum Life. Ring	N/A	Extraction	All
Battle Caster's Aspect	Offensive	When your Conjuration skills hit you have up to a 30 - 40% chance to gain +1 Rank to your Conjuration skills for 12 seconds. This can stack up to 3 times. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	Sorcerer
Incendiary Aspect	Resource	Lucky Hit: Burning damage (DoT) has up to a 12 - 17% chance to restore 10 Mana. Ring	Tomb of the Saints (Map)	Kehjistan	Sorcerer
Serpentine Aspect	Offensive	You may have 1 additional Hydra active, and Hydra’s duration is increased by 14 - 24%. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	Sorcerer

Unique Items

	Blue Rose "Her lover's spirit faded, and in her sorrow she wept frozen tears. Where they fell, roses of the purest ice would blossom each winter." - Greenslade's Tales, Chapter 7: "The Myth of Irina Coldheart" Type: Ring Class: Sorcerer Description: Lucky Hit: Damaging an enemy has up to a 30% chance to form an exploding Ice Spike, dealing # Cold damage. Triple this chance if the enemy is Frozen.	+ % Resistance to All Elements + % Cold Resistance Affixes: % Mana Cost Reduction + % Critical Strike Damage + % Lucky Hit Chance + % Ice Spike Damage
	Esu's Heirloom "While scholars have proven these boots were not created by Esu herself, it is noteworthy that they have been passed down since the formation of the Mage Clans." - Barrett's Book of Implements Type: Boots Class: Sorcerer Description: Your Critical Strike Chance is increased by 20 - 30% of your Movement Speed bonus.	Affixes: + % Critical Strike Damage + % Movement Speed for 4 secs after killing an Elite + % Movement Speed % Mana Cost Reduction
	Flamescar The burn may heal, but the pain is eternal. Type: Wand Class: Sorcerer Description: While Channeling Incinerate, you periodically shoot embers that are attracted to enemies, each dealing # Fire damage.	+ % Lucky Hit Chance Affixes: + % Damage to Burning enemies (DoT) + % Mana Cost Reduction + % Lucky Hit Chance with Fire Damage + 3 - 4 Ranks of Incinerate
	Paingorger's Gauntlets Crafted from fragments of Duriel's carapace, wearing these gloves, or being struck by them, causes an agonizing sensation akin to pushing one's hands through a thousand shards of glass. Type: Gloves Class: All Description: Damaging enemies with a cast Non–Basic Skill marks them for 3 seconds. When a Basic Skill first hits a marked enemy, the Basic Skill’s damage is echoed to all marked enemies, dealing x 100 – 200% increased damage.	Affixes: + % Critical Strike Chance + % Attack Speed + 8 - 14 All Stats + % Basic Skill Damage
	Mother's Embrace "Every tome, every scroll, every book in this temple produces the same answer. The only being willing to stand against the Eternal Conflict, against the Prime Evils, was Lilith." - Elias Type: Ring Class: All Description: If a Core Skill hits 4 or more enemies, 30% - 50% of the Resource cost is refunded.	Affixes: + % Resist All + % Shadow Resistance + # All Stats + % Maximum Life + % Critical Strike Damage
	Ring of Starless Skies "Yours is the power to pluck the stars from the heavens with the ease of a child gathering fruit from the bough." - Unknown Type: Ring - Uber Unique Class: All Description: Spending resources reduces your resource costs and increases your damage by x10% for 3 seconds, up to 40%.	+ % All Resistances Affixes: + % Lucky Hit Chance + % Critical Strike Chance + % Critical Strike Damage + % Core Skill Damage
	Staff of Endless Rage "Leaving even blackened bones for your kin to mourn is too good an end for you." - Josiah Type: Staff Class: Sorcerer Description: Every 3rd cast of Fireball launches 2 additional projectiles and deals x 20 - 40% increased damage.	+ % Damage to Crowd Controlled enemies Affixes: + % Fire Damage + % Core Skill Damage + % Damage to Close Enemies + 1 - 2 Ranks to Inner Flames Passive
	Staff of Lam Esen "Also known as the Greatstaff of the Old Religion, this powerful relic is one of only a small handful of Skatsimi artefacts that have survived to this day." - Barrett's Book of Implements Type: Staff Class: Sorcerer Description: Your casts of Charged Bolts have a x40 - 60% chance to be attracted to enemies and last 300% longer.	+ % Damage to Crowd Controlled enemies Affixes: + % Lightning Damage + % Critical Strike Damage + % Damage to Close Enemies Lucky Hit: Up to a 5% Chance to Restore +% Primary Resource
	Tal Rasha's Iridescent Loop "Fool said he dug it out of the sands near Lut Gholem with a few other worthless trinkets. I hid my delight at receiving such as treasure in exchange for a meager handful of coins" - Rakhaan Type: Ring Class: Sorcerer Description: For each type of elemental damage you deal, gain [X] 14% increased damage for 4 seconds. Dealing Elemental damage refreshes all bonuses. (Sorcerer Only)	+ % Resistance to All Elements + % Resistance to All Elements Affixes: + % Non-Physical Damage + % Lucky Hit Chance + % Resource Generation + % Cooldown Reduction
	X'Fal's Corroded Signet Skulking in the shadows of the Realm of Destruction, the Scarred Baron plots the downfall of the mortal who banished him there. Type: Ring Class: All Description: Your Damage over Time effects have up to a 50% chance to erupt, dealing # damage of the same type to Nearby enemies.	+ % Resistance to All Elements + % Fire Resistance Affixes: % Cooldown Reduction * % Lucky Hit Chance + % Damage Over Time + # All Stats

Paragon Glyphs

	Conjurer Rare: Sorcerer Bonus: For every 5 Intelligence within range, Conjuration Skills gain + 3% (lvl 1) - 15% (lvl 21) increased damage.	Additional Bonus: Conjuration Skills have a 20% increased duration. Requirements: 40 Intelligence (in radius range)
	Destruction Rare: Sorcerer Bonus: For every 5 Dexterity purchased within range, you deal + 4% (lvl 1) - 20% (lvl 21) increased Critical Strike Damage.	Additional Bonus: Critical Strikes increase all damage the enemy takes from you by x 2% for 10 seconds, up to x 12%. Requirements: 25 Dexterity (in radius range)
	Elementalist Rare: Sorcerer Bonus: Paragon nodes within range gain + 15% (lvl 1) - 75% (lvl 21) bonus to their Non-physical damage and damage reduction modifiers.	Additional Bonus: Dealing Fire, Cold, or Lightning damage to an enemy increases all damage you deal to them by x 5% for 10 seconds, stacking once per element. Requirements: 40 Intelligence (in radius range)
	Enchanter Rare: Sorcerer Bonus: For every 5 Intelligence purchased within range, you deal +2% (lvl 1) -10% (lvl 21) increased Non-physical damage.	Additional Bonus: For each skill equipped in your Enchantment Slots, gain + 5% Maximum Resistance to that Skill's element. Requirements: 40 Intelligence (in radius range)
	Flamefeeder Rare: Sorcerer Bonus: For every 5 Dexterity purchased within range, you deal + 2% (lvl 1) - 10% (lvl 21) increased damage to Burning (DoT) targets.	Additional Bonus: You deal x 10% increased direct damage to Burning (DoT) enemies. Requirements: 25 Dexterity (in radius range)
	Invocation Rare: Sorcerer Bonus: For every 5 Dexterity purchased within range, your Conjuration Skills gain + 8% (lvl 1) - 28% (lvl 21) Critical Strike Damage.	Additional Bonus: Enemies damaged by your Conjuration Skills deal 1% reduced damage to you for 6 seconds, stacking up to 15%. Requirements: 25 Dexterity (in radius range)
	Pyromaniac Rare: Sorcerer Bonus: Paragon nodes within range gain + 15% (lvl 1) - 75% (lvl 21) bonus to their Fire damage and damage reduction modifiers.	Additional Bonus: Every Pyromancy Skill you cast or every second you channel Incinerate increases your Fire damage by x 2% for 6 seconds, up to x 10%. Requirements: 25 Willpower (in radius range)
	Torch Rare: Sorcerer Bonus: For every 5 Willpower purchased within range, you deal + 2% (lvl 1) - 10% (lvl 21) increased Burning damage (DoT).	Additional Bonus: You deal x 2.5% increased damage per Nearby Burning enemy, up to x 12.5%. Requirements: 25 Willpower (in radius range)
	Ruin Magic: Barbarian / Druid / Necromancer / Rogue / Sorcerer Bonus: For every 5 Dexterity (Barb, Druid, Necro, Sorc) / Intelligence (Rogue) purchased within range, you gain + 1.1% increased Critical Strike Damage.

Item Affixes

The following Affixes are particularly useful with Hydra

Attribute	Amulet	Ring	Helm	Chest	Legs	Gloves	Weap 1H	Weap 2H	Off-Hand
Ranks in Hydra [2 - 3]			✔
Ranks in All Conjuration Skills [1 - 2]	✔
Pyromancy Skill Damage [10.5 - 17.5%]	✔			✔
Conjuration Skill Damage [14 - 28%]	✔			✔
Fire Damage [10.5 - 17.5%]		✔		✔
Damage Over Time [7.0 - 14.0%]		✔					✔
Damage Over Time [14 - 28%]								✔
Fire Damage Over Time [12.5 - 19.5%]	✔					✔
Damage to Burning Enemies [7- 14%]		✔					✔
Damage to Burning Enemies [14 - 28%]								✔
Critical Strike Damage [10.5 - 17.5%]		✔					✔
Critical Strike Damage [28 - 42%]								✔
Damage Reduction from Burning Enemies [5.0 - 12.0%]				✔	✔				✔
Attribute	Amulet	Ring	Helm	Chest	Legs	Gloves	Weap 1H	Weap 2H	Off-Hand

Changes to Hydra

Patch 1.3.3, March 5, 2023

• Damage increased by 15%.

Patch 1.2.0, October 17, 2023

• Summoned Hydra - Damage increased from 12% to 60%.