King Hydra: Difference between revisions

Dragon Quest monster
King Hydra
	; Art by Akira Toriyama
Japanese	キングヒドラ
Romaji	Kingu hidora
First appearance	Dragon Quest III
Old localization	KingHydra (III NES and GBC)

Revision as of 22:54, 10 January 2025

The King Hydra is the first of three monsters the Hero and his party fight before facing the Demon Lord Zoma in Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation. It is an even stronger version of the Hydra.

Appearances

Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation

The Hero's father, Ortega, is seen fighting the monster during the player's assault on Zoma's domain, but is slain during a cutscene and dies in his child's arms.

King Hydra (キングヒドラ Kingu hidora)

Original (NES)

Sprite
Bestiary No.: Unnumbered boss
Level: 46
Experience: 9500
Gold: 350
HP: 550 (1,600 SFC)
MP: 0
Attack: 240 (280 SFC)
Defense: 50 (150 SFC)
Agility: 50
Evasion: 0/64

Spell(s): None
Skill(s): Acts twice per turn.
Flame Breath
Recovers 90~110 HP per turn. (NES only)
Location(s): Zoma's Citadel
Cloudsgate Citadel
Item Dropped: Dragon mail¹⁄₁₂₈

Fire resistance *: 100%
Crack resistance *: 25%
Woosh resistance *: 0%
Zap resistance *: 0%
Drain Magic resistance: 100%
Whack resistance *: 100%
Kamikazee resistance: 100%
Poof resistance: 100%
Dazzle resistance: 100%
Fizzle resistance: 100%
Fuddle resistance: 100%
Snooze resistance: 70%
Deceleratle resistance *: 100%
Sap resistance *: 25%

Remakes sprites

SFC
GBC
Switch

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake

King Hydra (キングヒドラ Kingu hidora)

Sprite
Bestiary No.: #158
Family: Dragon
Experience: 97,600
Gold: 0
HP: 5,800
MP: 660
Attack: 393
Defence*: 384
Agility: 184
Evasion: 0/64

In-game description: The pet of a megalomaniac, this multi-headed horror is said to have slaughtered a great hero who attempted in vain to vanquish it
Spell(s): None
Skill(s): Acts 1~3 times per turn
Fog of War
Inferno
Sweet Breath
War Cry
Recovers 89~129 HP per turn
Location(s): Zoma's Citadel
Cloudsgate Citadel
Item Dropped: Dragon mail¹⁄₆₄

Fire resistance *: 100%
Explosion resistance *: 0%
Ice resistance *: 25%
Wind resistance *: 0%
Strike resistance *: 0%
Lightning resistance *: 0%
Drain Magic resistance: 0%
Whack resistance *: 100%
Kamikazee resistance: 100%
Poof resistance *: 100%
Dazzle resistance: 0%
Fizzle resistance: 100%
Fuddle resistance *: 0%
Paralysis resistance *: 0%
Snooze resistance *: 0%
Stumble resistance *: 25%
Stun resistance *: 25%
Deceleratle resistance: 0%
Sap resistance *: 25%

Draconian difficulty strategy

King Hydra got a massive buff in the HD-RD Remake, with 2~3 actions a turn and both Sweet Breath and War Cry to reliably trap the party in an endless cycle of not having actions. However, he has a major weakness in having zero resistance to all status ailments.

The easiest way to handle him is just to Snooze-lock him with the duplic Hat. As long as your caster outspeeds King Hydra (which is easily achieved using the meteorite bracer), then you have a 60% chance that one of the two Snooze casts will go off successfully, and regardless on whether or not King Hydra wakes up later that turn, he will still have lost all of his actions for the turn, allowing your other characters to focus on dealing damage without worrying about being disabled or killed. If 75% reliability isn't cutting it, a second, sufficiently fast, party member can also help by using the fairy flute on the King Hydra to bring reliability to 87.5%. On the off chance that King Hydra does in fact get an action, the chances that he will then use his one turn to completely turn the tables on you are still quite low. Thus, probabilistically speaking, your party will run King Hydra out of HP before he gets the chance to do anything seriously dangerous to your party, and if he does somehow ruin your run on the few turns where he isn't asleep, you may as well take the wipe and try again.

Icon	Family	Max HP*	Max MP*
		1,420	290
Max Attack*	Max Defence *	Max Agility *	Max Wisdom *
520	530	500	360

Bestiary No.	#120
Rank	A
In-game description	This dire dragon guarded the castle of a dreadful demon king. The myths associated with it include a tale of a certain hero it once defeated
Talents	Bad Breather (lv. 1)
Guaranteed traits	Beastsbane (lv. 1) Ultra Crafty Frizzer (lv. 20) Major Downer (lv. 40)
Large-size exclusive traits	Tactical Titan (lv. 1) Strong Starter (lv. 1) Late Bloomer (lv. 60)
Habitat	This monster has no natural habitat
Items	N/A
Synthesis chart	X
Notable synthesis

Fire Resistance *	Water Resistance *	Wind Resistance *	Earth Resistance *
50%	-25%	25%	0%
Explosion Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Electricity Resistance *	Light Resistance *
50%	0%	25%	25%
Dark Resistance *	Antimagic Resistance *	Bedazzlement Resistance *	Confusion Resistance *
0%	0%	50%	0%
Debilitation Resistance*	MP Absorption Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *	Poison Resistance *
0%	0%	25%	-25%
Sleep Resistance *		Stun Resistance *
25%		50%
Instant Death Resistance *
25%

Model	Experience	Gold
	220	624g

List No.	067
Field Notes	A five-headed fiend whose blazing breath can rapidly reduce enemies to ash—along with everything else. From guarding a demon king's castle to humbling a hero of yore, this merciless beast has spawned legends galore.
Location(s)	Rockscotter's Rift (Showdown: Old Five-Necks)
Item(s) Dropped	None

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 |switch-sprites=[[File:King Hydra erdrick trilogy.png|100px]]
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-====Strategy (HD-2D Remake, Draconian difficulty)====
-King Hydra got a massive buff in the HD-RD Remake, with 2-3 actions a turn and both [[Sweet Breath]] and [[War Cry]] to ''reliably'' trap the party in an endless cycle of not having actions. However, he has a major weakness in only having 50% resistance to [[Snooze]].
-The easiest way to handle him is just to Snooze-lock him with the [[Duplic Hat]]. As long as your caster outspeeds King Hydra (which is easily achieved using the [[Meteorite Bracer]]), then you have a 75% chance that one of the two Snooze casts will go off successfully, and regardless on whether or not King Hydra wakes up later that turn, he will still have lost all of his actions for the turn, allowing your other characters to focus on dealing damage without worrying about being disabled or killed. If 75% reliability isn't cutting it, a second, sufficiently fast, party member can also help by using the [[Fairy Flute]] on the King Hydra to bring reliability to 87.5%. On the off chance that King Hydra does in fact get an action, the chances that he will then use his one turn to completely turn the tables on you are still quite low. Thus, probabilistically speaking, your party will run King Hydra out of HP before he gets the chance to do anything seriously dangerous to your party, and if he does somehow ruin your run on the few turns where he isn't asleep, you may as well take the wipe and try again.
+==={{DQ3HD}}===
+{{DQ3HD2DEnemy
+|name=King Hydra
+|kanji=キングヒドラ
+|romanji=Kingu hidora
+|bestiaryNumber=#158
+|family={{Dragon}}
+|description=The pet of a megalomaniac, this multi-headed horror is said to have slaughtered a great hero who attempted in vain to vanquish it
+|sprite=[[File:King hydra DQ III HD sprite.png]]
+|hp=5,800
+|mp=660
+|exp=97,600
+|gold=0
+|attack=393
+|defense=384
+|agility=184
+|spells=None
+|skills=Acts 1~3 times per turn<br>[[Fog of War]]<br>[[Inferno]]<br>[[Sweet Breath]]<br>[[War Cry]]<br>Recovers 89~129 {{HP}} per turn
+|item=[[Dragon mail]]{{fraction|1|64}}
+|locations=[[Zoma's Citadel]]<br>{{Cloudsgate Citadel 3}}
+|evasion=0/64
+|fire-resist=100%
+|explosion-resist=0%
+|ice-resist=25%
+|wind-resist=0%
+|strike-resist=0%
+|lightning-resist=0%
+|drain-magic-resist=0%
+|whack-resist=100%
+|kamikazee-resist=100%
+|poof-resist=100%
+|dazzle-resist=0%
+|fizzle-resist=100%
+|fuddle-resist=0%
+|paralysis-resist=0%
+|snooze-resist=0%
+|stumble-resist=25%
+|stun-resist=25%
+|deceleratle-resist=0%
+|sap-resist=25%
+}}
+====Draconian difficulty strategy====
+King Hydra got a massive buff in the HD-RD Remake, with 2~3 actions a turn and both [[Sweet Breath]] and [[War Cry]] to ''reliably'' trap the party in an endless cycle of not having actions. However, he has a major weakness in having zero resistance to all status ailments.
+The easiest way to handle him is just to Snooze-lock him with the [[duplic Hat]]. As long as your caster outspeeds King Hydra (which is easily achieved using the [[meteorite bracer]]), then you have a 60% chance that one of the two Snooze casts will go off successfully, and regardless on whether or not King Hydra wakes up later that turn, he will still have lost all of his actions for the turn, allowing your other characters to focus on dealing damage without worrying about being disabled or killed. If 75% reliability isn't cutting it, a second, sufficiently fast, party member can also help by using the [[fairy flute]] on the King Hydra to bring reliability to 87.5%. On the off chance that King Hydra does in fact get an action, the chances that he will then use his one turn to completely turn the tables on you are still quite low. Thus, probabilistically speaking, your party will run King Hydra out of HP before he gets the chance to do anything seriously dangerous to your party, and if he does somehow ruin your run on the few turns where he isn't asleep, you may as well take the wipe and try again.
 ==={{DQ10}}===
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 |in-game-description=This dire dragon guarded the [[Zoma's Citadel|castle]] of a [[Zoma|dreadful demon king]]. The myths associated with it include a tale of a [[Ortega|certain hero]] it once defeated
 |talents=[[Bad Breather]] (lv. 1)
-|traits=[[Beastbane]] (lv. 1)<br>[[Ultra Crafty Frizzer]] (lv. 20)<br>[[Major Downer]] (lv. 40)
+|traits=[[Beastsbane]] (lv. 1)<br>[[Ultra Crafty Frizzer]] (lv. 20)<br>[[Major Downer]] (lv. 40)
 |ltraits=[[Tactical Titan]] (lv. 1)<br>[[Strong Starter]] (lv. 1)<br>[[Late Bloomer]] (lv. 60)
 |habitat= This monster has no natural habitat
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 {{DQIII}}
+{{DQIIIHD}}
 {{DQHI}}
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 [[Category:Dragon Quest III enemies]]
 [[Category:Dragon Quest III bosses]]
+[[Category:Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake enemies]]
+[[Category:Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake bosses]]
 [[Category:Dragon Quest X enemies]]
 [[Category:Dragon Quest X bosses]]

King Hydra: Difference between revisions

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Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake

Draconian difficulty strategy

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