New pro lerny strat

[Roshnak]

I saw the lerneaean hydra in my most recent game of crawl and thought "ugh, another kite-fest. Hooray."
Then I realized I had a mirror. Well, this happened:


What are some other creative ways you guys have dealt with lerny?

[dynast]

Summoned forest and watched it get eaten by the trees.

[amaril]

Corrupt. But usually I just avoid it.

[dowan]

Statue form troll UC! 100 heads don't matter if they each do 0 damage!

[Moose]

viewtopic.php?f=17&t=6542&p=87556#p87556

[WingedEspeon]

I once used a flaming falchon and a wand of tele to lop off a head or two before the teleport kicked in untill I killed him by making him run out of heads and not HP

I have also use the phantom mirror.

[CanOfWorms]

Needles of paralysis on a stabber, somehow.

[xentronium]

You can blink around and empty wands of fire, cold, and draining at it.

[pumpyscump]

Gong and a randart hunting sling (in melee, obviously) took care of lernean hydra, with minimal damage to yours truly!

[Rast]

"New"

[ZoFy]

Vulnerability + Banish.
How come nobody asked OP what was his Evocations skill at?

[Roshnak]

Vulnerability + Banish.
How come nobody asked OP what was his Evocations skill at?

8.5

Theoretically you would need 0, since the hydra clone attacks instantly, and it's a one hit kill.