Welcome to the LE Community!
First of i want to point out:
I am not sure what “bizarre” means for you, but this is beta and balance and tweaking is expected.
In case you are talking about one of the most skills that got the most attention, here is a really insightful comment of their Lead Developer:
Now regarding to the ring you are talking about:
I think this ring is not even meant to be something tremendously strong, it’s jsut a nice leveling mid-tier uniques.
They did add a lot of those low-medium level uniqeus this patch, which should feel exciting if you find them early.
+1 to skills is incredibly strong early on and msot of the stats on the unique are fairly generic, so almsot any character could use it if you find it early.
Also most uniques in LE are very specific and do not buff multiple archetypes, which i personally really do like a lot, since they are nost just some “better rare”, but they are meant to be for specific purposes.
In this case the whole “poison spell” is a very specific niche.
A Unique like this is not meant to buff your entirely arsenal of skills IMO.