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{{MonsterIcon|Ice Hydra}} is extremely strong, tanky and powerful. It requires a lot of DR in order to survive its basic attacks and it can freeze us, making it more deadly. Against this monster in particular, we rely on status effects for over half of our DPS through {{ItemIcon|Blazing Helmet}} and {{ItemIcon|Poison Virulence Ring}}+{{ItemIcon|Poison Virulence Gloves}}. Without these items our kills/hr is cut in half. {{PrayerIcon|Protect from Magic}} results in more kills/hr (''and'' more effective kills/hr by saving a lot of food) than offensive prayers due to reducing the amount of time spent frozen considerably, allowing more status effects to be applied. Once you've killed enough Hydras for {{ItemIcon|Frostshield Amulet|qty=5}}, make your first {{ItemIcon|FrostSpark Amulet}} and equip it in the amulet slot. Again, less time being frozen increases kills/hr more than raw stats. | {{MonsterIcon|Ice Hydra}} is extremely strong, tanky and powerful. It requires a lot of DR in order to survive its basic attacks and it can freeze us, making it more deadly. Against this monster in particular, we rely on status effects for over half of our DPS through {{ItemIcon|Blazing Helmet}} and {{ItemIcon|Poison Virulence Ring}}+{{ItemIcon|Poison Virulence Gloves}}. Without these items our kills/hr is cut in half. {{PrayerIcon|Protect from Magic}} results in more kills/hr (''and'' more effective kills/hr by saving a lot of food) than offensive prayers due to reducing the amount of time spent frozen considerably, allowing more status effects to be applied. Once you've killed enough Hydras for {{ItemIcon|Frostshield Amulet|qty=5}}, make your first {{ItemIcon|FrostSpark Amulet}} and equip it in the amulet slot. Again, less time being frozen increases kills/hr more than raw stats. | ||
The alternative to tackling {{MonsterIcon|Ice Hydra}} now would be to manual one completion of {{ZoneIcon|Lair of the Spider Queen}} in order to obtain access to {{ZoneIcon|Afflicted City}} to fight {{MonsterIcon|Plague Doctor|Plague Doctors}}. This monster drops {{ItemIcon|Area Control Potion III}} which can be used to combat the intense slowing aura of {{ZoneIcon|Forsaken Tundra}}. This will speed up the Mythical tasks by about 35%, but farming {{MonsterIcon|Plague Doctor}} takes more time overall than the time saved on {{MonsterIcon|Ice Hydra}}. The advantage is that you will also accumulate a healthy stack of {{ItemIcon|Penetration Potion III}} | The alternative to tackling {{MonsterIcon|Ice Hydra}} now would be to manual one completion of {{ZoneIcon|Lair of the Spider Queen}} in order to obtain access to {{ZoneIcon|Afflicted City}} to fight {{MonsterIcon|Plague Doctor|Plague Doctors}}. This monster drops {{ItemIcon|Area Control Potion III}} which can be used to combat the intense slowing aura of {{ZoneIcon|Forsaken Tundra}}. This will speed up the Mythical tasks by about 35%, but farming {{MonsterIcon|Plague Doctor}} takes more time overall than the time saved on {{MonsterIcon|Ice Hydra}}. The advantage is that you will also accumulate a healthy stack of {{ItemIcon|Penetration Potion III}} and {{ItemIcon|Hinder Potion III}} while doing so, which will be helpful for future grinds. Details on how to tackle these dungeons are given in the [[HCCO/Guide/13|next chapter]]. | ||
==Polar Bear== | ==Polar Bear== | ||