Hydra inconsistency?

Wondering how many shots it takes to kill with a hydra. In arena I have been killed with one shot, and yet I have seen it take up to 3 shots to kill. I am speaking about direct hits here. Is there a difference in damage when locked on or something?

Wrong section. This is TMCC section. You want the H5 Guardians section.

Wrong section bro; this is the Mcc section.

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> Wondering how many shots it takes to kill with a hydra. In arena I have been killed with one shot, and yet I have seen it take up to 3 shots to kill. I am speaking about direct hits here. Is there a difference in damage when locked on or something?

its 2 shots. must be locked on and hit a fully health spartan. if player is hurt than it will kill in 1 hit and if you try to blind fire n hit n explode near by it will take 3 shots. you need a direct hit. the only thing Hydra is inconsistent of is the lock on. sometimes it takes a fraction of a second, other times it takes almost a good 5 full second to lock.

ive seen a spartan take 3 full shots to the body before he died, this is moderate range and he wasnt moving cause he was sniping

Fergus has it right from what I have seen. Without locking on you’re probably getting a nearby explosion that doesn’t do the damage necessary to kill.