Mines Malingerer
Posts: 44
Joined: Sunday, 13th March 2011, 18:49
Hydras make me panic
Hydras keep killing me. I've gotten to the point where I just want to run away from them and leave them alone, but they usually catch up and block off a stairwell. I actually managed to kill one with this last HEAE, using Mephitic Cloud and Throw Icicle, but then I went around a corner, saw another, and as I was backing away, got trapped by a jackal, AND suddenly became starving, with no defensive spells up. Obviously I should have eaten something sooner. Anyway, I have this pattern when I actually make it to the Lair, feel like I'm doing really well, and then get gibbed by a hydra (or my own stupidity).
So: how do you deal with Hydras? I mostly play casters because my melee characters don't usually last very long, haven't gotten my head around the melee play style yet, so I guess I'm looking more for caster advice. One hit from a Hydra usually does me in, even with a buckler and Ozo's Armour. I usually try to have Speed up, too, but that doesn't always save me. I think I panic and start running into other packs of critters, just making things worse. I'm sure there are much, much worse things awaiting me further down, but right now these guys seem to be a big stumbling block.
I wasn't sure whether to post this here or in the YASD forum, but I'm more looking for generic Hydra advice rather than specific morgue related advice.