Heartbreaker Dagger Spells have Culling Strike mod doesnt work with Bane

I saw that the culling strike gem doesnt work with Bane, however the mod from Heartbreaker dagger should clearly override it. It says spells have culling strike and Bane is a spell. There are many instances where item mods have override interactions.

can't remember Bane can hit or not......

Bane applies a debuff so that doesn't count as a "hit" as far as I know.

So I would say working as designed and not a bug.

Bane doesn't hit.

Hit or not, it's still a spell. That mod should apply to all spells regardless of it hitting or not.

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WoT_Seanchan wrote:

Hit or not, it's still a spell. That mod should apply to all spells regardless of it hitting or not.

No. Culling strike as mechanic is defined as a property of/associated with hits. "strike" implies as much as well.

It basically DOES apply to all spells, but spells that dont hit CANT cull.

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WoT_Seanchan wrote:

Hit or not, it's still a spell. That mod should apply to all spells regardless of it hitting or not.

And that statement explains why you are so wrong here......
@Clownkrieger is spot on here.

You can read more here -->
https://pathofexile.fandom.com/wiki/Culling_strike
--> Culling Strike is a property that causes hits to kill enemies left with 10% of maximum life or less.

So no hit = no culling strike. Very simple.

So no bug here and working per game design of GGG.

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Mark_GGG wrote:

It does work, in that the Bane spell will have Culling Strike.

But having Culling Strike means that if it hits something, it will kill that thing if it's on 10% or lower life after the hit. That's fundamentally what Culling Strike is.

So because Bane can't hit anything, it having Culling Strike is entirely irrelevant.

Oh ok, see that's what I was wondering about because when the damage over time hits a monster and I notice it gets down to the last 10% and stops. I thought the culling strike granted from the dagger mod would have applied it.

DOT not a hit....