Sorceress · Fire Skills

Hydra

Required level 30SummonFireClassic

What it does

summons a multi-headed beast of flame to reduce your enemies to ashes.

Duration: 10 seconds
Max Hydras: 6

How Hydra works, in depthThe Sorceress's three-headed fire turret. Its bolt damage at every level, the fixed 10-second life and 6-hydra cap, why it alone among her pets takes her Fire Mastery and resistance pierce, and what Fire Bolt and Fire Ball hard points add.

Items that give Hydra

6 items

+ levels for any classthe skill works even if it is not your class's

DragonscaleUnique · Zakarum Shield	+10 to Hydra	80

Chargescast from the item until the charges run out

HexfireUnique · Shamshir	Level 6 Hydra (36/36 Charges)	33
Hellfire TorchUnique · Large Charm	Level 30 Hydra (10/10 Charges)	75

Chance to castfires on its own when you hit, are hit, kill …

DragonRuneword	12% Chance to cast level 15 Hydra on striking	61
of Hydra ShieldSuffix	10% Chance to cast level 3 Hydra when struck	40
Tiamat's RebukeUnique · Dragon Shield	3% Chance to cast level 6 Hydra when struck	38

Per level

before synergies, masteries and +skills from items

Level	Hydra Fire Damage	Mana cost
1	14-19	20
2	19-26	20.5
3	25-32	21
4	30-39	21.5
5	36-45	22
6	41-52	22.5
7	47-58	23
8	52-65	23.5
9	60-73	24
10	67-82	24.5
11	75-90	25
12	82-99	25.5
13	90-107	26
14	97-116	26.5
15	105-124	27
16	112-133	27.5
17	122-143	28
18	131-154	28.5
19	141-164	29
20	150-175	29.5
21	160-185	30
22	169-196	30.5
23	181-208	31
24	192-221	31.5
25	204-233	32
26	215-246	32.5
27	227-258	33
28	238-271	33.5
29	252-285	34
30	265-300	34.5

Also raised by

items that add levels without naming it

Synergies

per hard point in

Fire Bolt: +3% Fire Damage per Level
Fire Ball: +3% Fire Damage per Level

Requires

EnchantLevel 18

Mechanics

the stats this skill sets

Source: skills.txt row “Hydra” and skilldesc.txt of build 3.3.93847. Mana = (mana + lvlmana × (level − 1)) × 2^manashift ÷ 256; damage brackets at levels 2–8, 9–16, 17–22, 23–28, 29+ scaled by HitShift. · Report incorrect data

Unless stated otherwise, everything here is Diablo II: Resurrected build 3.3.93847, Reign of the Warlock.