The Hydra

The Hydra
Level	20
Race	Unknown
Zone	Labyrinth - Stage 9 (Boss)

The Hydra is an enemy that appears in the Labyrinth in Sonny 2. It is the boss of the zone.

Battle

Attributes

Attributes		LV20
EASY	Speed	154
	Instinct	169
	Strength	169
	HP	11315
CHALLENGING	Speed	171
	Instinct	338
	Strength	338
	HP	19235
HEROIC	Speed	171
	Instinct	422
	Strength	422
	HP	22630
Focus	130	Physical	Cosmic	Ice	Fire	Lightning	Earth	Shadow	Poison
Target Weakest	Piercing	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	250
25%	Defense	75	100	320	100	320	100	100	320

Abilities

Burning Acid	Cost	CD	Available Targets	Number on Action Bar
	15 Focus	0	Enemies	1
			Element	Damage/Healing
			Fire	100% Strength
			Accuracy modifier	Additional notes
			1
	Burning Acid	This unit's Fire Defense is lowered by 20%.		Lasts 4 turns.
	Debuff

Corrosion	Cost	CD	Available Targets	Number on Action Bar
	15 Focus	4	Enemies	1
			Element	Damage/Healing
			Poison	10% Strength + 10% Instinct
			Accuracy modifier	Additional notes
			1	Sonny can also use Corrosion.
	Corrosion	This unit receives 35% additional damage from all sources, and Poison Defense is lowered by 30%.		Lasts 8 turns. Actually lowers Piercing, not Defense. Cannot stack. 30% chance to resist dispelling.
	Debuff

Envenom	Cost	CD	Available Targets	Number on Action Bar
	15 Focus	5	Enemies	2
			Element	Damage/Healing
			Poison	10% Strength + 10% Instinct
			Accuracy modifier	Additional notes
			1	Sonny can also use Envenom.
	Envenom	This unit is suffering damage equal to 65% of the caster's Strength each turn. This effect has a 40% chance to resist being dispelled.		Lasts 9 turns.
	Debuff

Epinephrine	Cost	CD	Available Targets	Number on Action Bar
	15 Focus	0	Enemies	1
			Element	Damage/Healing
			Poison	100% Strength
			Accuracy modifier	Additional notes
			1
	Epinephrine	This unit's damage and healing is 15% more effective, but it is suffering damage each turn, equal to 120% of its own Speed.		Lasts 3 turns. Actually raises healing received, not dealt.
	Debuff

Heart Attack	Cost	CD	Available Targets	Number on Action Bar
	15 Focus	7	Enemies	1
			Element	Damage/Healing
			Physical	100% Strength
			Accuracy modifier	Additional notes
			1
	Heart Attack	The 'Damage-Over-Time' effects on this unit are 300% more effective.		Lasts 1 turn.
	Debuff

Infect Hydra	Cost	CD	Available Targets	Number on Action Bar
	15 Focus	3	Enemies	1
			Element	Damage/Healing
			Poison	100% Strength
			Accuracy modifier	Additional notes
			1
	Infected	This unit is infected, and will be damaged for 315% of the caster's Strength next turn. This effect has a 10% chance to resist being dispelled.		Lasts 1 turn.
	Debuff

Medidtate Hydra	Cost	CD	Available Targets	Number on Action Bar
	None	0	Self	1
			Element	Damage/Healing
			Accuracy modifier	Additional notes
			Unavoidable	Restores 100 Focus.

Potent Toxin	Cost	CD	Available Targets	Number on Action Bar
	15 Focus	6	Enemies	1
			Element	Damage/Healing
			Poison	100% Strength
			Accuracy modifier	Additional notes
			1
	Potent Toxin	This unit is paralysed. All damage and healing done to this unit is reduced by 90%, and it suffers 7% of its total Health as damage each turn. This effect cannot be dispelled.		Lasts 4 turns. Cannot stack.
	Undispellable

Ability Selection

Notes on enemy AI:	While in a given battle stage, enemies will attempt to use First Choice abilities. If impossible (due to focus, silencing or cooldowns), they will proceed to Second Choice, etc. Cooldown for enemies indicates how often abilities may be used, and is effectively one less than for Sonny (IE cooldown of 2 can be used every second turn) Enemy-targetting abilities have a chance of targetting the weakest enemy rather than targetting at random; this is given in the Attributes section above. Ally-targetting abilities always target the weakest targetable ally. Selection within a category is random unless indicated. All exceptions noted below.
Battle Stages	First Choice	Second Choice	Third Choice
HP never reached 85%	Burning Acid	Medidtate Hydra
HP reached 85% but not 42%, all friendly units above 1% HP	Potent Toxin	Corrosion Envenom Infect Hydra	Medidtate Hydra
HP reached 85% but not 42%, weakest friendly unit below 1% HP	Potent Toxin	50%: -Corrosion -Envenom -Infect Hydra 50%: -Medidtate Hydra
HP reached 42%	Epinephrine Heart Attack	Medidtate Hydra

Tactics

It is best to destroy the ally Fire Claws first. Once the Hydra takes a certain amount of damage, its attack become powerful poison attacks; when stacked with the Fire Claws' attacks, these become difficult to counter.

When Epinephrine is active, for Biologicals, do NOT use Shadow Blend. For Psychologicals, do NOT use Wraith Form. The debuff causes DoT equal to your own speed.

Drops

Item Name	Item Icon	Sell Price	Item Stats	Item Description
Broken Emerald Shard		€403	N/A	It's probably worth quite a bit of money.
Emerald Death		€373	Strength+186 Vitality+34	It's rare you find a shard this perfect.

Trivia

• Despite being the boss of the zone, the first time it's challenged, it is actually the second-to-last stage so the boss music does not play. The final stage of the zone will actually be the three miners. It will appear as the zone boss once the player attempts to enter battle in the Labyrinth again.

• It may have been inspired by the Greek mythological creature the Lernaean Hydra. Evidence of this is that its ally Fire Claws resemble heads, and the fact that the zone is named the Labyrinth, which in mythology, is where the Minotaur was found. Other evidence is that weapons such as "Poseidon's Fury" are found here, which are references to Greek mythology.