Storm Totem Still Bugged in 1.5, attacks very slow randomly

[LastEpochLich1]

Storm Totem casts the bolts very slow from time to time. Its very random and doesnt matter if its been stunned or not, it just starts to cast very very slow, like once every 1.5 seconds even though it should cast very fast with all my castspeed I have on it. Its awful to play at this state

[bubuc]

I (and other people as well) also encountered this. I think it may not be random. It definitely occurs when one of the following hostiles are near (at least these are the ones I observed the bug with): void leech, desert stinger, phrax, fallen osprix, void maggot, rotfly, storm wisp.

[Gandhar]

I’m currently playing Shaman and have not encountered a slow cast speed with Storm Totem.
The only thing that is slow is the activation delay after totem is spawned. Thats around 1 second.

Here’s a summary of my build:
https://www.lastepochtools.com/profile/gandhar/character/KresTor

[LastEpochLich1]

The slow cast bug starts to happen in Monos. Clearing the campaign is normal, but once in monos storm totem starts to cast very slow again and again.

[Gandhar]

The only thing i could guess would either be monolith mods or the “Unmatched Storms” -Node (less cast speed / uses Gathering Storms skill tree).
Could also be an interaction of your current equipped items/idols.

[LastEpochLich1]

Yes its something going on with Unmatched Storms. I unspecced it and now ST casts very fast. But in Monos with Unmatched it behaves slow at random still. It shouldnt cast very fast then once every 1.5 seconds without anything going on

[bubuc]

I went back to Radiant Dunes (char lvl. around 90), and the slowdown does happen when the desert stingers are around.
I still think this slowdown occurs with specific enemy types.
(I do have Unmatched Storms specced)

[bubuc]

And one more thing I just realized. The totem occasionally does not attack Storm Wraiths in monos. They just float around and the totem does not attack for a couple of secs.

[LastEpochLich1]

Im glad others discovers this as well so this issue can be solved. Without Matching Storms ST is very fast and powerful, but less damage due to not being able to properly use Unmatching Storms, lose alot of damage

[Gandhar]

Did another test with my current cycle shaman and can confirm that Storm Totem cast speed is slow or does not cast at random even though i place it near enemies and buff it with Thunder Totem node so it should net get stunned easily since it gets a massive HP buff(have not seen the stun icon over totem yet).

My assumption why its bugged (need confirmation for that):

1. Maybe this skill is bugged in a way that is ignores the less cast speed from Unmatched Storms most of the time but sometimes it kicks in so its slow AF.

2. Could be totem targeting range as well. Since the cast speed is really slow (in comparison to Unmatched Storms) and Storm Totem can target way over a screen away i guess it gets “hickups” soemtimes while targeting enemies and sometimes does not cast or casts slowly. I removed points from Clouds on the Horizon and Storm’s Reach, and it seems i get less of these “hickups”.

Hopefully someone can figure out the root of this issue.