Hydra (Final Fantasy XI)

Hydra is a Hyper Notorious Monster (one of the Aht Urhgan trio) in Final Fantasy XI, found in the Wajaom Woodlands, a new zone added with the expansion Treasures of Aht Urhgan. Hydra appears once every 3-5 days. He has a variety of abilities listed below, most of which are meant to inhibit those fighting it from causing particular types of damage. Hydra is ignored almost entirely by the endgame community, primarily because it drops absolutely nothing of worth whatsoever. Of the Aht Urhgan trio, it is considered by far the easiest to defeat, as the effects of its strongest move, Nerve Gas, are rather simple to remove once inflicted. Of note, Hydra has perhaps the largest on-screen character model in all of Final Fantasy XI.

Special attacks

 * Trembling: Moderate area damage that will Dispel 2 to 3 effects from those in range.
 * Magma Hoplon: Light Wind-based area damage that will inflict Gravity status on those hit.
 * Serpentine Tail: Heavy cone damage when hate is taken from behind Hydra.
 * Polar Blast: Ice-based paralysis attack, used when only the Right Head is alive.
 * Pyric Bulwark: Shield that nullifies all physical damage inflicted, used when only the Right Head is alive.
 * Pyric Blast: Fire-based plague attack, used when only the Left Head is alive.
 * Polar Bulwark: Shield that nullifies all magical damage inflicted, used when only the Left Head is alive.
 * Nerve Gas: Heavy area damage, Curse effect, 20 HP/tick Poison effect, used when Hydra has less than 25% of its remaining HP.