Hydra Set Feedback, channeling issue solved!

Wizard
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I know it was said that there will be no new items added for hydra wizard but this would give the LOD version and SET version different play styles.

Bring damage % from Typhon’s Veil back down BUT add a separate complimenting 2-piece set!

This way we can keep a LOD channeling version and a Non channeling Set version.

Change:
Typhon’s Veil
6-Piece Bonus: Hydras deal ~ 750% increased damage for each Hydra head alive.

Add:
Typhon’s Triple Threat
Wand+Orb Set
2-piece set bonus - increase hydra dmg by 200% and allows an additional active hydra (total of 3 with Serpent Sparker).
Then add something to the two piece to make deathwish and etched sigil not stack with set

Example:
-Cannot have 3 Hydra active while using channeling skills
-while channeling with Typhon’s Triple Threat, loose 3 heads per tick

Just work out the numbers or whatever to make them competitive!

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I like the idea, especially because I feel Deathwish/Etched Sigil is terrible for build diversity. Look at a LoD/LoN build for Wiz and I can almost guarantee it’ll use those two items. The combo is more restrictive to build diversity than the game being balanced around sets.

As for specific feedback for your ideas, I think the hypothetical weapon set would need something similar to Path of Exile’s “Ancestral Bond” Keystone. Something to limit non-hydra damage benefits; something like “you deal X% less damage while attacking enemies yourself.”