Hydra Sorcs... get in here and give me feedback. Any changes?

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Firewall Sorcs please find another thread. Want to talk about hydra as a main build. Not as a filler ability for some other build.

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1 word: useless
sry :frowning:

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I would go with two;
Completely useless

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I still use it for now, just because I love the spell (auto fire and I can cast ahead of me, into rooms etc) but yeah, I think maybe they over nerfed it.

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Im only using it because I have a piece of armor with +1 hydra and I havent filled one of my bar slots yet anyhow.

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Uh, hydra works and feels like a support ability. It’s meant for damage layering, not killing the screen all by itself. But you can choose not to use it at all I guess… ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Edit: How does blizzard manage to break how a TEXT emoji displays. Absolutely phenomenal… :clap: :joy:

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Use hydra in a later patch bro plz

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Again?

Worst set in D3 too :<

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Its still viable for bossing, its just very obvious they nerfed it too much, in fact I tried multiple classic sorc builds and they nerfed mostly everything imho, ice blades doesn’t feel right anymore and I’ve yet to see how chain lightning has been nerfed because in beta that used to be pretty OP too, heck even Inferno seems pretty weak now.

My biggest concern since they nerfed sorcs fairly harshly, how they are going to perform in WT3+ because I’m starting to hit walls in WT2 now, died multiple times trying to take over a stronghold earlier and nearly had to go to WT1 since gear just wasn’t dropping for the builds I was messing around with.

I’ll be honest, Blizzard nerfed the sorc a bit too much and heck, it needs a few of the nerfs rolling back.

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Appreciate the good replies. Honestly I expected 10 trolls to 1 honest feedback.

I however, do not like any of these replies. =(

I was concerned this would happen when I seen how OP hydra was in the first open beta. I knew there would be a public knee jerk reaction to it and blizzard would over react to it and then a playstyle I enjoy would be junked.

I was hoping they would see their error and correct by the time the game came out.

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Seems you don’t like the truth instead. They over-nerfed hydra, is somewhat playable but the opportunity cost make it an inferior option, a waste of a skill slot.

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Don’t worry too much. In my opinion, it’s been (but only slightly) over nerfed but I think they’ll re-tweak Hydra again.

Give Ice Shard build a try, it’s super fun.
Essentially, you don’t use your basic skill (takes some getting used to and expect times where you can’t do anything because of no mana…but the positives out way this).
And you use;

  1. Ice Shards
  2. Ice Barrier
  3. Frost Nova (get the upgrade that adds vulnerability)
  4. Teleport (get the damage reduction)
  5. Blizzard
  6. Deep Freeze

Maybe it just feels great because of my playstyle but it seems better than firewall/hydra because;

  1. More survivability
  2. Great burst (when you make them vulnerable)
  3. And essentially more fun because you’re not just spamming firewall all the time.
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I use both firewall and hydra, hydra seem pretty solid… I’m also only like level 28-29 and working on another character now… I wouldn’t say it’s not really viable as a main ability, but works well with other abilities for some good damage.

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I use a build that I used in beta based around Arc Slash, hydra and unstable currents with skill points in protection/frost nova with aspects that give 2 hydra’s/barriers and attack speed buffs using a wand/focus and I smash stuff with my sorc, the hydra now basically pads your damage numbers…2 of them together can still do plenty of damage against trash mobs, and add in skill points to increase damage/crit against burning targets and they become useful again, just not as a good as they used to be.

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Yes, redo your build to remove hydra.