[Mechanical Clarification] Commander of Darkness

I have 2 questions regarding Commander of Darkness.

First: Does aura effectiveness enhance the buffs? Most threads seem to say that it does, however I am not sure if it shows on tooltip.

Second: Does the cast speed and increased damage "Double Dip" for Totems? I am doing Bladefall Totem necromancer, and aren't totems considered allies? Also do my totems get the +20 Resists?

Thank you!

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VitaMuse wrote:

First: Does aura effectiveness enhance the buffs? Most threads seem to say that it does, however I am not sure if it shows on tooltip.

I am not sure about this one either but I would agree with "Most threads" in general, we know that Mark_GGG said the passive basically adds effects to your existing auras

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Second: Does the cast speed and increased damage "Double Dip" for Totems? I am doing Bladefall Totem necromancer, and aren't totems considered allies? Also do my totems get the +20 Resists?

it can't double-dip, Totems use your offensive stats and only your offensive stats, any offensive stats granted directly to a totem are discarded/ignored. They will benefit because of the increased cast speed and damage on you, which then gets transferred to totems.

you can combine the two explanations I gave you to reason out that the Totems should only get +20 resists when you have a Defensive Aura on, like Vitality, Discipline, Determination, Clarity, Grace, etc