Increased spell damage per skeletal mage

Acolyte
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I have the folloring robe: https://imgur.com/4NS1N66
It says “31% increased spell damage per skeletal mage”
I have 4 skeleton mages summoned, but when I check my character stats and equip it, the “increased spell damage” stat only increases by 23%,.
Should it not increase by 31*4? Or have I misunderstood what this means?

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I did try resummoning them, but it didn’t change the number shown.
Thanks, I’ll try testing it a little.

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So I tested a bit on the training dummy, and I didn’t feel the effect worked properly, maybe a bug?

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One way to test this would be to un-equip most of the gear/idols that grant “increased Damage”.

@Celsiuss if you wanted to be REALLY thorough, you could also respect out of the passive that grant damage, but that is both time and money intensive, so I wouldn’t blame you for not testing this.

As mentioned, going from 2501 to 2515 in unnoticeable, but going from 15 to 30 will be.

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As someone who has lots of curse damage, but 0 spell damage, I can confirm that the increased damage per Skeletal Mage works properly when I summon a mage and have the equipment. I suspect it’s the snapshotting problem that was causing you to not see a damage increase before.

Now, if someone could make a build that uses these affixes and is actually good, then that’s another thing entirely. I have a Necromancer with 89% spell damage per Skeletal Mage and 2 items with +2 Necrotic damage per Skeletal mage, and I still feel that I hit like a wet noodle.

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I tried those and, as you say, it’s no bueno. I’ve focued mostly on the minions and it’s a lot stronger, which is a little unfortunate as my char is mostly a spectator, but it is powerful. I find you either have to focus everything on the minions, or ignore them completely.

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