The Hydra Sorceress is a "Hot" Character builds to begin your journey into the world of Diablo 2. With hardly any item investment, the Hydra Sorc is capable of destroying Mephisto, Andariel, and Stony Tombs. With a decent Faster Cast Rate Breakpoint and also the use of the Skill Teleport, you will get to these bosses very quickly. She can be somewhat hard to pilot with low survivability in certain stages but is a solid Ladder Starter.

The mixture of Static Field, as well as your Mercenary, is a way to take out Fire Immunes along with other difficult targets before you get a Flame Rift.

Best

The Secret Cow Level - High Density, No Immunities

Tal Rasha's Tombs - High Density, Many Elite Groups, Super Chests, Skip Fire Immune Tombs

Flayer Jungle + Flayer Dungeon - High Density, Easy Mobility, Many Elite Groups

Stony Tomb ONLY - High Density, Many Elite Groups, No Immunities

Far Oasis - Easy Mobility, Many Elite Groups, Quick Access, Beetleburst

Worst

Chaos Sanctuary - Immunities, High Elemental Damage

Travincal - Immunities, High Elemental Damage

Burial Grounds + Crypt + Mausoleum - Low Density, Trash Mobility, Few Elite Groups

Blood Moor + Den of Evil - Low Density, Immunities, Few Elite Groups

Arreat Plateau - Low Density, Few Elite Groups

Setup

The Hydra Sorceress is sufficiently strong to depend on a few key Runewords. Priority Stats:

Resistances

Faster Cast Rate

Faster Hit Recovery

+x to All Skills

Our Spirit, Stealth, Lore, and Ancients' Pledge from the core of the build. This gives us the core Stats we have to successfully farm the "Starter" indicated Farming Spots.

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Mercenary

Focus on giving your Mercenary Resistance and Life. Insight is a pretty easy Runeword to farm that provides a great amount of damage and Quality of Life with Meditation. Get the Might Aura Mercenary for added damage against Immunes.

Skills

Put 1 Skill Point into each one of the following Skills:

1. Static Field

2. Telekinesis

3. Teleport

4. Frozen Armor

5. Warmth

Max the following Skills within this order:

1. Hydra

2. Fire Mastery

3. Fire Ball

4. Fire Bolt

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