Summon Spectral Wolf Not Spawning Skill Links

I noticed what I assume to be a bug about 30 minutes ago. It appears that, at least while using Solar Guards as my minions, supporting them with Elemental Focus disallows The Scourge claw from summoning Spectral Wolves.

I ran through 3 full maps without getting the wolves to spawn. I figured it must be an item my Animate Guardian was wearing, but it appeared not to be. I swapped Elemental Focus for Minion Damage as a support to my solar guards and wolves started spawning again.

I am also using zombies and a stone golem if that affects anything. My character's name is GodmodeSummoner if that helps at all.

If I am missing something and this is not a bug, I would very much appreciate an explanation so I do not make the same mistake in the future. Thank you.
Last bumped on Feb 14, 2018, 12:59:57 AM
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You've hit an age-old oddity when it comes to assigning who killed something.

"10% Chance to Trigger Level 18 Summon Spectral Wolf on Kill" is a modifier that you have, since it comes from your item. Your minions are not wearing The Scourge, thus they do not have a chance to summon wolves. Under normal circumstances, the wolves should never be summoned unless you yourself actually kill something.

However, there is a workaround to another bug implemented long ago, which essentially assigns any kills by damage over time to you, regardless of the source of the DoT. Thus if your minions ignite an enemy, and the ignite kills it, the kill gets counted as yours, and has a chance to trigger the spectral wolf skill.

With Elemental Focus, your minions never ignite, and thus no kills are ever assigned to your character, and the chance to summon is never triggered.
Last edited by Abdiel_Kavash#5296 on Feb 12, 2018, 2:37:31 AM
Ah, okay. Thanks for the reply!

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