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Summon Hydra
Level	7
School¹	Summoning
Source(s)	Book of Blood Fen Folio
Casting noise	7
Spell noise	0
Power Cap	200
Flags	Mons abjure

Summons a many-headed hydra to fight alongside the caster for a short time. Spell power determines the number of heads.

Summon Hydra is a level 7 Summoning spell which summons a friendly hydra.

Useful Info

A hydra with 4 to 12 heads is summoned. The number of heads depends on spell power; the hydra will have (1d<power> - 1) / 6 heads, but there is an 83% chance that its heads are capped at 8.^[1]

The duration of the summon does not depend on the spell power and is always very short, around 9 turns.

There is a summon limit of 2; additional summons will cause the oldest to very quickly time out.

Strategy

Summon Hydra effectively takes the role of a Conjurations spell to a summoner. Hydras offer a high damage per turn, but since they have poor durability and time out very quickly, this spell has a relatively poor MP efficiency. Useful if you want to kill something quickly.

Monster Version

The following enemies cast Summon Hydra:

d Bai Suzhen

Note that Bai Suzhen cannot cast this spell while in the storm dragon form.

History

Summon Hydra was added in 0.8.

References

↑ spl-summoning.cc:466 (0.34.1)

[1] spl-summoning.cc:466 (0.34.1)

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-[[Summon Hydra]] is a level 7 [[Summonings]] spell which summons a friendly [[hydra]] with 4 to 9 heads to attack your foes. It has a much shorter duration than [[Summon Ice Beast]], however.
+[[Summon Hydra]] is a level 7 [[Summonings|Summoning]] spell which summons a friendly [[hydra]].
+==Useful Info==
+A hydra with 4 to 12 heads is summoned. The number of heads depends on [[spell power]]; the hydra will have <code>(1d<power> - 1) / 6</code> heads, but there is an 83% chance that its heads are capped at 8.<ref>{{source ref|0.34.1|spl-summoning.cc|466}}</ref>
+The duration of the summon does not depend on the spell power and is always very short, around 9 turns.
+There is a summon limit of 2; additional summons will cause the oldest to very quickly time out.
+==Strategy==
+Summon Hydra effectively takes the role of a [[Conjurations]] spell to a summoner. Hydras offer a high damage per turn, but since they have poor durability and time out very quickly, this spell has a relatively poor MP efficiency. Useful if you want to kill something quickly.
+==Monster Version==
+{{monsters with spell}}
+Note that [[Bai Suzhen]] cannot cast this spell while in the storm dragon form.
 ==History==
-Summon Hydra was added in [[0.8]].
+*Summon Hydra was added in [[0.8]].
+==References==
+<references/>