In Spriggan Form your Healing Totem has a passive node called “Spiked Totem” that reads:
“…Thorn Totem’s skill tree, mana cost, cooldown, and totem limit also apply to Healing Totems.”
In Thorn Totem you have a passive node called “Rotten Core” which reads:
“When Thorn Totems die or are unsummoned they have a chance to release a Burst of Poison…”
This particular mechanic belonging to Thorn Totem does not seem to carry over to Healing Totem - It is admittedly the only one that I have focused into that is skill-altering to an immediately visually noticeable degree - but this leads me to believe that there may be other interactions belonging to Thorn Totem that also do not carry over to its Spriggan counterpart. As I continue to level and play with the skills, I will update this thread further.
I feel like this is a bug, or an accident, like maybe since it’s not a “Thorn Totem” that’s dying, the games language won’t apply its passives to a dying “Healing Totem” or something simple like that, or perhaps there are certain interactions that are intended to not carry over - in this case a simple line of text like “Has no effect on the Spriggan Form’s Healing Totem” would alleviate any confusion.
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