Curse

Senator Tom · Jan 03, 2006, 04:14 AM // 04:14

1. agro hydras (3-6)
2. hit mantra of fire
3. hit dolyak signet
4. attack a hydra
5. hit watch yourself
6. spam ripostes and bleeding/deep wound on the hydras
7. use healing signet when needed
8. pwn

Murder In China · Jan 03, 2006, 05:38 AM // 05:38

Wouldn't Elemental Resistance prove to be better thatn Mantral of Fire?

Other than that, this build seems promisin. I will give it a go and leave some feedback tomorrow.

Senator Tom · Jan 03, 2006, 07:15 AM // 07:15

no mantra of fire is good for energy, and elemental resistance would reduce armor vs physical, and im pretty sure that the hydras hit for physical damage when they arent hitting with meteor and fireball etc

kvndoom · Jan 03, 2006, 08:02 AM // 08:02

The pecks from a Hydra are negligible at best, especially against Warrior armor + Dolyak + Watch Yourself. Elemental Resistance is the better stance. I've trield them both, trust me. And Bo knows a thing or two about Hydras...

dont feel no pain · Jan 03, 2006, 12:12 PM // 12:12

nice setup very nice , but like kvdoom said , ele rsistance is far better +40 armor is better than the dmg reducment of the mantra , if neeed energy so bad us a zealous hilt u only have 1 energy cost skill. in fact u could knock down ins to 6 with ele resistance and then put strength up to 12.

*shakes fist at kvndooms 716+ hydra claws* grrr i got 336 but i gave up hydras....way to boring.

Azn D · Jan 03, 2006, 12:18 PM // 12:18

Ele resistance is better but, don't those hydras do physical dmg when they attack you for, omg, 5 dmg or so? lol nice invetory you got there. Mine is full of candy cane stuffs.

ChoKILLate[FDG] · Jan 03, 2006, 03:16 PM // 15:16

Plus you are only using 2 skills that require any energy, so elemental attunement is definately better....and I have tried both with an axe build.

pagansaint · Jan 03, 2006, 03:33 PM // 15:33

And you could drop your Sever Artery skill, you don't need it to cause a deep wound or bleeding, due to Deadly Riposte doing it for you.

Can replace it with Desperation Blow or a Strength skill of choice. Maybe an interrupt for their Inferno? Distracting Blow interrupt's adjacent targets so you wouldn't even have to swap targets, just click the button.

Ristaron · Jan 03, 2006, 03:48 PM // 15:48

Quote:

Elite Hydra Farming Build

I was unaware there were 'elite hydras'.

(I have learned from experience to add this disclaimer's note that the above is a play on words, a joke.)

Senator Tom · Jan 03, 2006, 05:53 PM // 17:53

thanks everyone for the input, i switched in desperation blow or whatever and i really liked that a lot
i just cant spam now without mantra of fire. with ele resistance i didnt notice much of a difference either? meteor went from like 27 to 20? so i might end up switching mantra of fire back in becuase it works better for the build i run

Cash · Jan 04, 2006, 09:35 AM // 09:35

im running a similar build:

sever, gash, victory is mine, rip, readly rip, dol sig, ele res, heal sig

16tact, 12 str, 3 swords

i find i never have to use heal sig and am contemplating dropping it for something more useful. with said attributes, i gain 72 health per condition off ViM and thats more than enough to keep me alive (144 or 144+72 each use) even in groups of 6 or 7 hydras.

Permasiel · Jan 04, 2006, 10:08 AM // 10:08

And if you want to do a lot more damage easily, you can customize your sword. (because it's not like 17% while hexed helps).

Instead +20% dmg for the win.

Age · Jan 04, 2006, 09:06 PM // 21:06

What skills would work for say a W/Mo instead of mantra of flame as I am not W/Mes.But nice especaily that sales list.

ChoKILLate[FDG] · Jan 05, 2006, 04:04 PM // 16:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Age

What skills would work for say a W/Mo instead of mantra of flame as I am not W/Mes.But nice especaily that sales list.

Ascend and be able to change your secondary daily.

ChoKILLate[FDG] · Jan 05, 2006, 06:24 PM // 18:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cash

im running a similar build:

sever, gash, victory is mine, rip, readly rip, dol sig, ele res, heal sig

16tact, 12 str, 3 swords

i find i never have to use heal sig and am contemplating dropping it for something more useful. with said attributes, i gain 72 health per condition off ViM and thats more than enough to keep me alive (144 or 144+72 each use) even in groups of 6 or 7 hydras.

Very similar to my build...have you tried:
sever
gash
riposte
epidemic
dolyak
victory is mine
ele res
healing sig

Can remove healing sig for deadly riposte or sprint to farm faster. Basically sever and gash the first, wait till surrounded, hit epidemic, then use victory is mine....this heals a lot and you gain all the energy cost of the epidemic plus ele res!

Knight of Honor · Jan 06, 2006, 01:25 AM // 01:25

dam dude thats alot of claws why do you collect so much y dont u just sell them lol

Senator Tom · Jan 07, 2006, 01:43 AM // 01:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Permasiel

And if you want to do a lot more damage easily, you can customize your sword. (because it's not like 17% while hexed helps).

Instead +20% dmg for the win.

just using that sword because of the +5 vs. elemental dmg