Everything You Need to Know About HYDRA!! | Raid: Shadow Legends

[@jfulltime]

This is so helpful. So many times I see videos about Hydra using a bunch of champions I don't own. Having this breakdown of what should be in a Hydra team is something I've been looking for for awhile. Thank you so much for this.

[@seanforbes1034]

Finally Thank you Been waiting for an actual "dummy guide" to hydra from any cc

[@EmberLung]

Came back after about a year and a half, literally today I need to make a Hydra team. Perfect timing, extremely useful! Breaking each aspect into fundamentals is so much more helpful than just "x champ/comp is broke!"

[@ZeroLimits17]

I’ve watched you’re videos on Hydra lately and have gone from barely getting min chest on normal to 2 key max chest hard in about a week. The way you’ve broken it down makes it easy to understand 🤙🏼

[@quantumdream22]

Thanks!

[@Renesh11]

As a 'new' player (3 months in) I cant wait to do hydra. Especially in the earlier difficulties it gives more room to test out champs where as with the higher difficulties you just need certain champs. Great vid for us newcomers!

[@biljancanin]

One of my former clan members did a 509.65 million on Nightmare with a 6 star blessing Acrizia doing 248 million with her alone. Took hum 1h 34 minutes and he reached the turn limit. Its mild to say he is a kraken...

[@NubRaids]

Acrizia is a walking cheat code xD

[@biljancanin]

@@NubRaids well, true. Especially in the hands of a true Kraken with massive support around her

[@DajJednego]

*cries in gempack*

[@StrangestTstories]

@@DajJednego I laughed too hard

[@DajJednego]

@@StrangestTstories

[@yuno_4731]

if you dont have crazy s tier champions, i recommend 2-3 smite champions. especially if you dont have a geo, rg or husk. ninja with smite works well. deliana and ukko as well, a1 aoe + throw a counter attack reaction accessory. this will help to free your champions when eaten. (:

[@alasala1687]

So glad you did this Nubkeks, I was one of the people requesting it as I just don't get Hydra still. Thanks so much

[@skelton4795]

took a break from the game for about a year, stopped when vlad was the current fusion and began again pretty much when maranix started (still upset i missed a lot of really good fusions) and havent looked at hydra since i wanted to get back in the game before looking into it deeper since it looked pretty complex so thanks a lot for the viedeo man, really helpful.

[@CapitanBobby22]

This is an excellent hydra intro video from the information provided. Huge help to progressing players. Trivializing the only reason not to like hydra is because "it's hard and ur getting frustrated" is a bit silly tho.

[@Bigtinycrawler]

So this is spooky. I am a recently returning player and have decided to give hydra a try for the first time. My clan mates all recommended I check nub raids for how to hydra. I put if off for a fay or 2, then low and behold the EXACT video I need is just uploaded. Its like you knew man....

[@reidygg387]

Great video Nubkeks! Thanks for taking the time to make it.

[@endersai3650]

This is awesome. Commenting for engagement, hope your channel shoots to the moon.

[@wildbear2472]

Thanks for all the great Hydra insight Nub. You're my go to resource for this

[@mattgibson6144]

Thanks for this. It's not only going to be helpful while trying to tackle normal, but I can see myself referring back often as I work through the difficulties. First visit after seeing you in a collab vid, but definitely won't be the last as I subbed about halfway through the vid 🤣. Think I'll be spending a bit of time in your back catalogue.

[@sambaker1423]

One for the future, for sure. But thank you so much! I'm mid game right now, and the thought of hydra is just plain scary! But I'll come back here when it's time!

[@BronRobinson]

Very concise and informative, this will be so helpful in being more effective with my heroes synergies and skills. Much appreciated!!

[@quantumdream22]

Outstanding! Thank you so much for this excellent guide.

[@FinMac101]

Nice overall video. Having a sample team with Mithrala when it’s a Hydra beginners guide is a little weird though.

[@NubRaids]

Yeah I would love to get a sample team from a first clear normal added in to the sheet but I haven't got one yet!

[@enumclaw79]

You're so right about resistance. I went through an arc with stats -- when I started playing the game I only cared about damage output. Then I really got into accuracy, now resistance is where it's at (also with enough acc lol). I suspect everyone goes through it -- to start with you don't really have many debuffs, and if you do, the enemies have no resist. Then as you progress debuffs become more important and enemy resist starts to become a thing. Then later on the enemies start debuffing you in ways that really hurt and you need to counter than. I have a Hard Hydra team that is 400 resist on every character and does about 60-70m on any rotation. Sadly my clan hasn't unlocked any higher than that so I can't try it out vs brutal or nightmare

[@johnbixler6768]

thank you as always for your views and theory crafting especially on Hydra. I'm often driving while listening, so can rarely comment... but thanks!

[@mikeritchie877]

Think the only thing you missed is how important DEC SPD & INC SPD used in conjunction can be. I went 1500 total turns(Max) with the boss turns at 367. Because of Nekmo, I was able to hit the Heads 3 times for their one. This allowed me to do 80+mil on Normal. Can't go into Hard because my Clan isn't there yet. I one key the whole of easy(132mil) with Lady Kimi doing the same as Nekmo but it takes 2 turns. DEC SPD & INC SPD are paramount.

[@krunoslavsokolic9281]

You are best hydra tutor among cc.. My clan opened brutal..its a big jump from hard...cant imagine harder..

[@alwreid8312]

I have been waiting for something like this :D

[@zazzle54321]

Great video, subscribed and will be watching more of your videos

[@NubRaids]

Awesome, thank you!

[@chillones9574]

Thanks for the work you put in, excellent use of the spread sheets as well.

[@joeingarra4434]

Legend! Great vid!! Thanks for your continued insights.

[@hateflyy]

I just got Scyl two days ago, very low spender, but I've been able too 1 key normal for months now. I will say though, I didn't think I was able to until I was forced to hit Hydra for the advanced quests. I do need to focus highly on champs that cleanse.

[@Epiphonech]

Great job, just what I needed - roles and skills plus needed stats. Time for optimizer!

[@zhangdavid4219]

Great guide. Thanks!

[@mocafrost]

This is extremely useful. Ty.

[@tweeotch]

Thanks, Nub. Now I might give Hydra a try.

[@DevilTroll]

Just what I needed, recently got Shamael and Nekmo so was looking to attempt Hydra properly again. Looks like I might need to use Deliana a bit more for the Block buffs, Might help me get more than 2 million on Normal.

[@AugustVonpetersborg]

Great guide!

[@jordandejong5515]

First 💃🏾💃🏾 thanks for this guide watching it with a cuppa tea now 😁

[@xFieldsy]

Just wondering as a new player (70 days in) if I was to build champs for hydra, would they generally do well in most other PVE content?

[@NubRaids]

I think that early in the game you do the opposite, you build champs for other areas and they can carry over to hydra 👌

[@xFieldsy]

@@NubRaids okay thank you!

[@tsujikiri840]

Awesome & informative video as always! I don't know if it was mentioned but I was curious about the order on which heads you take down first or has priority over the 3 other heads in any given time... I know its imperative to always provoke Decay as best as you can, after that, I just land my HP burn on either Mischief or Torment coz I find them annoying to deal with, after that, I'm not sure which head to kill next.

[@Malice0176]

Great job!

[@misaelsilvera4595]

i cant even one key demon lord nightmare 8 months in the game haha, great vid

[@Mortis2405]

Thankyou so much for this

[@sandorkrenyoczi5717]

I had it for 9 months for normal, but i was lucky with dupla legendary event and the free blademaster help a lot.

[@soggymarshmallow]

How do you ensure that the head of mischief doesn't swallow and eat all of your champs? How do you target that head with hex if it consistently redirects attacks? How do you keep hex up if the head of decay is cleansing it off?

[@lightspeedwr2918]

Decent hydra info vid

[@CamericaMuscle]

Love these videos nub!! Can you do 3x3 arena? In-depth please

[@NubRaids]

Check out my Collab with eharbad last week :)

[@CamericaMuscle]

@@NubRaids Thank you!!! Love your content

[@Crixus654]

I’ve been playing 3 years come this December, can just about 1 key hard 😩

[@feb0gmr170]

I really need this one! 🙏

[@StannisHarlock]

If you want to resist Torment's fears, get Shamael. Only way to do it consistently. IF you don't have Shamael, Doom Priest is perhaps the next best champion to have for helping with fear, but she's not nearly as good as Shamael.

[@Charlemagne923]

Nub, don't know if you read every comment, but I'm wondering if a new vid like this with updates they made to gear (like curse set) would be helpful or not. This particular video changed the way I was able to look at and handle Hydra. If you thought there was value in making an update to it, that could help a lot of players.

[@glitchydata6373]

free regroup should be a feature with both clan boss's. gives the player the option to not have to have trash runs after having to walk away from 15 plus minute runs

[@chunk9006]

Why the hate on my Acrizia team? Lol just messin with you. Awesome video as always.

[@NubRaids]

I'm jealous 🥲

[@nunya2400]

I cant even 3 key normal, I am probably using the wrong champs. Maybe with this I can start to put together better synergy on a team or two. ty!

[@piotrjeske4599]

I don't mind punishing , but when the anwser to what do l do if l dont have shamnel or power legos, is you do nothing . It took me 16 months to 1 key easiest head, but on fear/poison resets l still need 2-3 keys.

[@seanforbes1034]

I HAVE acrizia. It is NOT a free win. I needed this

[@joecuddington3205]

I wish the regular clan boss had a free regroup. Nothing more frustrating trying to tune a team and having to waste a key to find out the team isn't going to work.

[@MrSimeonk]

I am late game player and still can not 3 key normal. Interested in knowing how the veil mechanic works.

[@larsmartintangen7072]

Thanks, i dont hate hydra but i get between 1 mill & 20 mill damage on normal, and i have no idea what i done right or wrong. And thats why i dont like doing it. I will watch this a few times and try to compose a deacent team 👍

[@ZanderBarcalow]

Stopping the cleanse and having a mischief tank go a long way in making runs less variable. Sometimes head of wrath will pop off at the worst time, not a whole lot you can do about it.

[@redisk]

I am one of the hate hydra crew, I got the champ and stopped caring about getting more than the norm chest and now with the red star upgrades I'm trying. I am just so heavily overwhelmed still.

[@LoyaltyUntilDeath]

Does SIN have a 36 hour time limit for your 400k points? I work nights so I generally get 100-150k sleep then finish it off and wake up to a bunch of discord messages

[@NubRaids]

There are multiple sin clans with different requirements. For sin deception you just need to do your points before the end of cvc. Though you need to be attentive to discord in case clan leader calls to push extra points or to stop points 👌

[@LoyaltyUntilDeath]

@@NubRaids If you get IRAT, dont do that extra push I'd appreciate it

[@cheik240]

You´re the boss 💪

[@DogeButcher]

I was about 125 days in when i got my first 1 key on normal i got around 12-14 mil. Which i reckon is pretty good ?

[@JAYK47]

What is your best advice for people without 3 Block buff champs for each team???

[@jasonisfamous6544]

I 1 keyed it before i got dark athel. I also spent alot on energy and leveling food lol

[@1800careless]

Chefs kiss

[@hathcotetv1]

is there some kind of secret difficulty setting I don't know about? I watch these videos and wonder how in the world you guys are doing this. Mentioned this on Eharbad's video, I have good champs and decent gear (just completed my first Hard DT rotation and have made it into TTA gold) but if I try to do Hard Hydra I get wiped in no time, even with all the buffs/debuffs you are talking about. Been playing almost 1.5 years but Hydra is just beyond me at this point.

[@NubRaids]

You'll be close to getting into it then, congrats on beating dt hard!

[@Pop-qb8ey]

You need a lot of Different debuffs, especially Block buffs and provoke are important. and at least one reviver and some heals.

[@eliasastol7926]

I guess i SUCK then because i've played for a couple years have some decent champs, but can still only get the 2nd reward on the first difficulty. thanks for making it sound easy though.

[@arunodg5536]

Why does my frozen banshee do 1 million damage to demon lord but 10k in hydra?

[@NubRaids]

Most of the heads are immune to poison or take 90% reduced damage from poison

[@jakublhotsky5751]

most of heads are imune to poison

[@M1Y4MUS4SH1]

im only 28 days in this game..first time today reached 45 lvls and tried hydra..with absolutely nothing (kael, ronda, talia ,royal guard ,steelskull, duhr.)..game wasnt so good with me anyway(my 2nd acc got lilitu at 2nd ancient shard in game) ..i did 90k dmg (not milion)....i was sure about that but i wanted to see the anime and to spot details and how its working..its very hard ..new f2p players will avoid it for sure....even is someone is super lucky and get very good champs still will find it hard ..+ is very hard to build them for there in 1-2 months....so i think it will take me 6-12 months maybe more u are right about that

[@sylvainsuffy9685]

Thx !

[@matthewlayton3623]

awesome

[@jasonisfamous6544]

I did 35 mil on normal yesterday with 1 team then 1 mil only with my second lol u gota have a few specific mechanics to even fight it

[@jeffm9340]

Adding more Hydra difficulties? I wish they wouldn't. 15 saved teams for 18 needed teams at present.... 6 months before a repeat. Random head respawns. It's just a huge time sink in a game that is already a huge time sink. I've completed everything else in the game and I can't be bothered to do more than normal/hard each week.

[@soWhat88181]

The question is what % of the clans even take down Brutal not to mention Nightmare?

[@NubRaids]

Maybe 10-15%

[@willa4998]

Man I struggle with hydra even with really good champs. 😢

[@ttamn92]

As s returning player that's been gone for about 2years or so coming back to the game my old champs that used to be top tier with great builds feel so weak now with all the ways of stacking up stats now lol and all the guides for new content recommend 99% new champs with new style kits I'm struggling to get caught up lol and I have a decent account or used to be I guess lol.

[@Saltheart_Foamfollower]

I have come to enjoy Hydra, but - mostly because I have to manual everything - I have a hard time looking forward to the 60 minutes it takes to use a key. It's too much.

[@Gloomsong]

Why succeed at it, when the rewards are second to only IT in s...kiness?

[@ramboke911]

I would like it if you would make use of timestamps in your vids.

[@vigarbot]

Hello Nub.

[@TamThan4ever]

I just one key Normal in day 113 :>

[@kingdarkem]

Htf getting stats that high? My best champs got only 150 speed and has in full speed gear with each piece having speed on it.... XD gotta get better gear and build the hall up I guess

[@Farmboy1O2]

I'm doing something wrong lol Been playing over two years and still cant one key normal 🤣

[@NubRaids]

Hopefully normal flops over for you after watching the vid! 😂

[@Zorander.]

I like hard content :)

[@davehethoutsemeer2608]

That sheet is like Mia khalifa! It amuses me

[@jama655]

How do i even get my stats this high lol

[@WutTheDeuceGaming]

just gonna throw this out there, this clan boss NEEDS an "easy" difficulty. I've been playing long enough to have Dark Athel from the login bonus and STILL cannot touch this clan boss. The fact of the matter is you need a LOT of champs to even be able to play this. If you don't have certain utility and gear, forget about it. You're not doing it. It will be years before I can even get the first chest on normal. Why they chose to gatekeep this clan boss is beyond me. There is a large portion of players that cannot even play it and will not be able to for a long time. This boss is for whales. See yall when my completely FTP is finally able to play this 2-3 years from now, lol. Imagine making an enemy that requires god damn spreadsheets just to figure them out. There's a reason that once people get all the legendary frags, that they stop doing it.

[@darkphoenix9971]

I feel like I am playing poorly when compared to these 6 month players 1 keying hard 😔

[@Ounouh]

Everything you need to know about hydra: IT FUCKING SUCKS

[@kocken421]

and get lydia in 6 month lol sorry maybe 1 year ago not now

[@Pop-qb8ey]

The biggest Problem with Hydra is the rewards.

[@Edgunsuk]

no help at all 6 months worth of learning in a 30 min video , cant we just get a list of teams that work ? ye i imagine there are a few combinations but it cant be that hard ?

[@misulucas]

are you trying to make us all blind with those white screens?

[@NubRaids]

Gotta keep you on your toes

[@jama655]

How do i even get my stats this high lol